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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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


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