National Basketball Association
Dayton 65, Boston College 53
When: 4:30 PM ET, Sunday, November 23, 2014
Where: Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan
Officials:
# Jeffrey Anderson, # Tommy Nunez Jr., # Bert Smith
Attendance:
8002
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Dayton 65, Boston College 53: Jordan Sibert scored 20 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead the Flyers to a win over the Eagles in the third-place game of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off.
Dyshawn Pierre added 16 points and six rebounds for Dayton (3-1), which also got 10 points and six boards from Devon Scott. The Flyers used their defense to make up for a struggling offense, holding the Eagles to 34 percent shooting, including 2-of-21 from 3-point range.
Eddie Odio paced Boston College (2-3) with 11 points and five rebounds while Olivier Hanlan, who had been averaging 19.5 points, finished with 10 points, including 0-of-9 shooting beyond the arc.
After giving up the first basket of the game, Dayton went on an 18-6 run over the next eight-plus minutes to take a 10-point advantage on Sibert's 3-pointer with 10:46 to play. Boston College went on a quick run to cut it to two less than three minutes later, but the Flyers wouldn't give up the lead, and Sibert's 3-pointer with six seconds left gave Dayton a seven-point advantage at the break.
Hanlan had four of the six points in the Eagles' opening 6-0 run in the second half to pull within one, and Boston College finally pulled back into a tie on Odio's free throw at the 14:51 mark. It was still tied with 8:56 to play when the Eagles went over four minutes without a point as Dayton opened up a five-point advantage, and when BC pulled within two again with 4:20 to go, the Flyers went on a closing 11-1 run to win going away.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Dayton won despite shooting 6-of-21 beyond the arc. … C Dennis Clifford had a game-high nine rebounds for BC as the teams battled to a 33-33 draw on the boards. … Of the 10 players who saw the floor for the Eagles, eight of them had at least one turnover.
Top Game Performances
| Dayton |
|
Boston College |
|
Jordan Sibert 20 |
Scoring |
Eddie Odio 11 |
|
Dyshawn Pierre 4 |
Assists |
Olivier Hanlan 3 |
|
Kyle Davis 6 |
Rebounds |
Dennis Clifford 9 |
|
Devon Scott 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Eddie Odio 6 |
|
Kendall Pollard 2 |
Steals |
Olivier Hanlan 3 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Dennis Clifford 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Dayton
|
65 |
42.6 |
6-21 |
19-29 |
12 |
29 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
| Boston College
|
53 |
34.0 |
2-21 |
17-20 |
8 |
30 |
2 |
8 |
17 |
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