National Basketball Association
Tarleton State 70, Boston College 54
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 20, 2022
Where: Sports and Fitness Center, St. Thomas
Officials:
# Sean Hull, # Trey Styons, # Ryan Sassano
Attendance:
1224
By Field Level Media
Freddy Hicks led the way for a second straight game in St. Thomas as Tarleton State cruised past Boston College 70-54 in Sunday night's U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam semifinal.
Hicks scored a game-high 21 points on 6-of-10 shooting and added six rebounds, three assists and a steal to help the Texans (3-1) win and set up a Monday championship against Drake.
Off the bench, Lue Williams scored 14 points with the help of three 3-pointers in the first half, while Shakur Daniel added 13.
The Texans shot 51.1 percent and scored 26 points off 20 Boston College turnovers.
C.J. Penha led the Eagles (3-2) with 12 points on five field goals.
A 5-2 BC lead was erased after five of the Eagles' 11 first-half turnovers fueled a 12-0 Tarleton State run over 4:56. Williams hit a triple to put the Texans back in front at 8-5, while Hicks closed the sequence with two free throws and a driving layup with 11:58 left in the first.
BC got back within eight on Mason Madsen and T.J. Bickerstaff layups before Tarleton State regained control with Williams scoring five during an 8-2 spurt. Daniel finished a three-point play to make it 27-13 at 5:33.
Garry Clark's layup with 45 seconds left in the half lifted the Texans 35-19 at intermission.
BC hit three of the first five second-half shots, a stretch that included five points from Penha. Daniel's jumper ended a 7-0 run and gave the Texans a 19-point lead with 14:25 left.
After the Eagles' Madsen and Chas Kelley III cut into the 46-25 score with consecutive 3-pointers, Jakorie Smith put in two baskets as part of a 6-2 response to re-establish the 19-point edge.
A 12-4 run -- including a Madsen trey and Armani Mighty three-point play -- brought BC within 11 with 5:39 left.
Despite Tarleton State going five minutes without a field goal, five Hicks free throws kept it in control. Hicks drove for two at the 4:02 mark to give the Texans a 63-48 cushion.
A Javontae Hopkins dunk punctuated the Texans win with 1:52 remaining.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Tarleton State |
|
Boston College |
|
Freddy Hicks 21 |
Scoring |
CJ Penha Jr. 12 |
|
Freddy Hicks 3 |
Assists |
Makai Ashton-Langford 2 |
|
Freddy Hicks 6 |
Rebounds |
T.J. Bickerstaff 5 |
|
Freddy Hicks 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Jaeden Zackery 4 |
|
Shamir Bogues 2 |
Steals |
CJ Penha Jr. 2 |
|
Garry Clark 2 |
Blocks |
DeMarr Langford Jr. 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Tarleton State
|
70 |
51.1 |
4-11 |
20-25 |
9 |
25 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
| Boston College
|
54 |
43.9 |
3-9 |
15-26 |
6 |
25 |
2 |
5 |
20 |
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