SB Nation Boston - Boston College 88, Providence 86: Reggie Jackson, Eagles Squeak Past Friars At Conte Forumhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48863/boston-fave.png2010-12-08T22:03:24-05:00http://boston.sbnation.com/rss/stream/16254132010-12-08T22:03:24-05:002010-12-08T22:03:24-05:00Boston College 88, Providence 86: Reggie Jackson, Eagles Squeak Past Friars
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<p><b>CHESTNUT HILL - </b>Something had to give at Conte Forum on Wednesday night. </p>
<p>Boston College was riding a three game winning streak and had won three of its last four games while Providence had won five in a row and nine of their first 10 games. When all was said and done, one team's winning streak would be over.</p>
<p>Reggie Jackson made sure that it was the Friars' streak that came to an end, scoring a team-high 26 points en route to Boston College's 88-86 victory against Big East foe Providence.</p>
<p>"I thought it was once again a very exciting college basketball game," said Boston College head coach Steve Donahue. "Providence is playing with such confidence right now. When they got down by 15, it seems like the way they play, it's almost like thats even more dangerous, because they play with such reckless abandonment."</p>
<p>Joe Trapani finished the game with 14 points after scoring six points in the first half. Trapani, who entered Wednesday night's game with 985 points, fell one point shy of 1,000 for his career. He will be the 38th player in school history to reach the historic milestone when he scores his next two points.</p>
<p>Josh Southern, who started for the first time this season, tied a career-high with 16 points and also had nine rebounds. Southern had seen limited playing time while recuperating from minor intestinal surgery in the offseason and got the start in place of Cortney Dunn, who was suspended for three games by Donahue following a violation of team rules.</p>
<p>"Amazing," Jackson said about having Southern back on the court. "Sometimes we feel like we've been missing him but he's really been showing what he can do. Conditioning has been a big factor. In the past, he's been kind of slouched just from being tired and fatigued, but he's battled through mental fatigue and physical fatigue just from working out and its shown."</p>
<p>"I thought he was terrific," Donahue said about Southern. "He's basically missed five shots since he's come back, he makes every shot. I think as he gets in better shape, you'll see more double-doubles and rebounds will go up and things like that. He's just a very good basketball player, he's got a great feel for the game."</p>
<p>Marshon Brooks led all scorers with 28 points for Providence. Vincent Council had 13 points, Duke Mondy scored 12 points and Bryce Cotton finished with 10 points for the Friars.</p>
<p>The Eagles shot 51.7% from the field (30-for-58) and are now 3-0 when shooting above 50%. Boston College also made 12-of-24 three-pointers (50%) but shot 57.1% from the charity stride (16-of-28).</p>
<p>"A lot of us are kind of disappointed with 16-of-28 from the free throw line, but for the most part we feel we were sharing the ball," Jackson said. "It was obvious that people had kind of contested lay ups that they can go either way, probably a 70-30 chance, 70% make it, 30% miss it. But weve been passing those up, obviously it showed on the offense shooting fifty plus percent tonight."</p>
<p>Providence had a miserable shooting night, making only 27-of-71 shots (38%), 11-of-33 threes (33.3%) and 21-of-29 free throws (72.4%).</p>
<p>Boston College (7-2) jumped out to a 9-0 lead courtesy of three consecutive three-pointers from Biko Paris, Danny Rubin and Joe Trapani. However, Providence (9-2) responded with a 9-0 run of its own to tie the game. Dallas Elmore then buried a three to give the Eagles a 12-9 advantage with nearly 15 minutes remaining in the half.</p>
<p>After Providence cut the Eagles' lead to one at 16-15, Boston College went on a 12-2 run to grab a comfortable 28-17 advantage with 7:13 remaining. The Friars scored the next six points to trim the lead to 28-23 at the six minute mark and were able to get within four points at 30-26 with under five minutes before the break.</p>
<p>However, Boston College found its stroke and rebuilt the lead to 36-26 after a Jackson three-pointer with three minutes left and ultimately took a 42-31 lead into halftime.</p>
<p>Boston College made 14-of-29 field goals and 7-of-14 three pointers while Providence connected on 11-of-32 shots and 5-of-15 threes in the opening period.</p>
<p>Southern led all scorers with 10 points at halftime for Boston College. Jackson scored nine points and Paris scored eight for the Eagles.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Brooks lead Providence with seven points at the break. Cotton and Kadeem Batts each scored six points and Council and Mondy both had five points for the Friars.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Providence was unable to get back into the game early in the second half, trailing Boston College 66-51 halfway through the period. The Friars were able to cut the lead to one point, 86-85, but that was as close as they'd get. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">After making a pair of free throws to cut the lead to two, the Friars opted not to foul right away, letting 12 seconds tick off the clock before Paris finally called a timeout for the Eagles. After the timeout, Trapani threw down a dunk to give the Eagles an 87-83 advantage with 5.3 seconds remaining.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Mondy nailed a desperation three to bring the Friars within one, 86-85, with two seconds left. The Eagles' inbounded the ball to Trapani, who was fouled with 1.8 seconds to play. Trapani hit the first free throw but missed the second, giving the Friars a shot to win the game.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Council fired up a full-court prayer as time expired that barely missed, rimming in and out to seal the Eagles' victory.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">"I was thinking, theres no way he can take that many dribbles to get the shot off," Jackson said about Council's final shot attempt. "Then I turned my head, and oh my goodness it looks like its going to go in. Fortunately, it was going too fast, hit the backboard and rattled out. Like coach said, they battled back, but fortunately we came out with the win tonight."</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Boston College travels to the Comcast Center to take on Maryland in its first ACC game of the season on Sunday at 4 p.m. EST. Providence will face Alabama at home on Saturday at 2 p.m. EST (ESPNU).</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px;">Boston College won the 105th meeting against Providence - the third straight - to move to 48-57 in the all-time series...The win moves Boston College to 7-2, the fifth time in sixth seasons the Eagles have started with that record through the first nine games. BC started 6-3 in 2009-10...The Eagles sank a season-high 30 baskets for their most efficient field goal percentage of the year (.517)...BC also shot a season-best from behind the arc (12-for-24)... Four Eagles scored in double-digits for the second time this season (vs. Holy Cross)... The Eagles led 42-31 at the intermission, giving the Friars their second largest halftime deficit (LaSalle, 16 points) of the year.</p>
https://boston.sbnation.com/boston-college-eagles/2010/12/8/1865096/providence-vs-boston-college-game-recap-dec-8Gethin Coolbaugh2010-12-08T19:53:20-05:002010-12-08T19:53:20-05:00Providence Vs. Boston College: Eagles Lead Friars 42-31 At Halftime
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<p><b>CHESTNUT HILL - </b>Josh Southern scored 10 points to lead all scorers in the first half and Boston College took a 42-31 lead over Providence at the end of the first half at Conte Forum.</p>
<p>Reggie Jackson scored nine points and Biko Paris scored eight points for Boston College. Joe Trapani had six points in the opening half for the Eagles. </p>
<p>Trapani, who entered tonight's game with 985 career points, is now nine points shy of reaching 1,000 career points for Boston College. He would become the 38th player in school history to reach the milestone.</p>
<p>Marshon Brooks lead Providence with seven points at the break. Bryce Cotton and Kadeem Batts each scored six points and Vincent Council and Duke Mondy both had five points for the Friars.</p>
<p>Boston College jumped out to a 9-0 lead courtesy of back-to-back-to-back threes from Biko Paris, Danny Rubin and Joe Trapani. However, Providence responded with a 9-0 run of its own to tie the game. Dallas Elmore then buried a three to give the Eagles a 12-9 advantage with nearly 15 minutes remaining in the half.</p>
<p>After Providence cut the Eagles' lead to one at 16-15, Boston College went on a 12-2 run to grab a comfortable 28-17 advantage with 7:13 remaining. The Friars scored the next six points to trim the lead to 28-23 at the six minute mark and were able to get within four points at 30-26 with under five minutes before the break.</p>
<p>However, Boston College found its stroke and rebuild the lead to 36-26 after a Jackson three-pointer with three minutes left and ultimately took a 42-31 lead into halftime.</p>
<p>Boston College made 14-of-29 field goals and 7-of-14 three pointers while Providence connected on 11-of-32 shots and 5-of-15 threes in the opening period.</p>
https://boston.sbnation.com/boston-college-eagles/2010/12/8/1864972/providence-vs-boston-college-eagles-lead-friars-42-31-at-halftimeGethin Coolbaugh2010-12-08T18:39:04-05:002010-12-08T18:39:04-05:00Providence Vs. Boston College: Greetings From Conte Forum
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<p><b>CHESTNUT HILL - </b>Tonight's game featuring Boston College and Providence may not seem like a marquee match up to most college basketball fans, but the game should be a lot more interesting than many think.</p>
<p>Boston College (6-2) enters the game riding a three game winning streak and has won four of its last five games. As for Providence (9-1), the Friars are also riding a winning streak of their own, defeating their last five opponents.</p>
<p>There are several story lines for this game, with the first being that Eagles senior forward Cortney Dunn has been suspended three games by head coach Steve Donahue as a result of violating team rules.</p>
<p>Dunn, the Eagles' starting center, has averaged two points and 2.3 rebounds in eight games this season. He will miss tonight's game against the Friars, as well as Boston College's first ACC game against Maryland on December 12th and the home game against Bryant on December 19th.</p>
<p>The next game Dunn will be eligible to play in is on December 22nd when the Eagles host Bucknell at Conte Forum.</p>
<p>Senior center Josh Southern is expected to start in place of Dunn. Southern, who has played limited minutes ever since returning from minor intestinal surgery in the offseason, will be getting his first start of the 2010 campaign.</p>
<p>Southern has looked better with every game he has played this season and had a career night against UMass in the Boston Tip-Off Classic at TD Garden on Saturday, scoring a career-high 16 points and collecting seven rebounds.</p>
<p>Last season, Southern served as the Eagles' starting center for the majority of the year, and is expected to be a major contributor for Boston College going forward.</p>
<p>Another storyline to keep an eye on is Boston College senior forward Joe Trapani's pursuit of his 1,000th career point. Entering Wednesday night's game against Providence, Trapani has 985 career points, leaving him 15 points shy of the milestone. He would be the 38th player in school history to reach 1,000 career points.</p>
<p>Teammate Corey Raji reached 1,000 career points earlier this season, doing so in the Eagles' win over Holy Cross. Raji was injured in the Eagles' win against Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge and will not play in his third second straight game.</p>
<p>While it is entirely possible that Trapani could reach the 1,000 points plateau tonight, it's not a shoe in, as Trapani is only averaging 13 points per game. Check back throughout the night for an update on his pursuit of history.</p>
https://boston.sbnation.com/boston-college-eagles/2010/12/8/1864912/providence-vs-boston-college-game-update-pregameGethin Coolbaugh2010-12-08T10:58:10-05:002010-12-08T10:58:10-05:00Providence Vs. Boston College: Eagles, Friars Meet At Conte Forum
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<p>It appears as if Steve Donahue and the Boston College men's basketball team have hit their stride as of late, rattling off three straight wins over California, Indiana and UMass.</p>
<p>The Eagles will look to build their winning streak to four games when they host the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/providence-friars" class="sbn-auto-link">Providence Friars</a> at 7 p.m. EST Wednesday night at Conte Forum.</p>
<p>Providence leads the all-time series against Boston College, 57-47. The series began in the 1941-42 season and the last meeting between the two schools was on November 28, 2009 when the Eagles prevailed for an 82-77 win in Providence.</p>
<p>Boston College (6-2) is coming off of a hard-fought victory over in-state rival Massachusetts in the Boston Tip-Off Classic at TD Garden on Saturday. <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/25507/joe-trapani" class="sbn-auto-link">Joe Trapani</a> and Reggie Jackson each scored 17 points and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/25514/josh-southern" class="sbn-auto-link">Josh Southern</a> had a career-high 16 points and seven rebounds in the win.</p>
<p>Saturday's victory marked their third consecutive win for Boston College and its fourth victory in the last five games. </p>
<p>Jackson leads the team in scoring with 18.8 points per game and ranks in second in the ACC. Trapani is averaging 13 points and <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/25506/corey-raji" class="sbn-auto-link">Corey Raji</a> averages 11.1 points for Boston College. Jackson also leads the Eagles with 26 assists and 14 steals. Raji leads the team in rebounding with 6.3 boards per game, and Trapani is right behind him with 5.8 rebounds per game.</p>
<p>Providence is off to a red-hot start this season and enter Wednesday night's matchup at 9-1. The Friars are off to their best start since the 1988-89 season and have won five games in a row after losing their first game of the season to La Salle (84-73) on November 23rd.</p>
<p>The Friars opened the season with four straight wins over Dartmouth (87-52), Yale (58-55), Morgan State (77-55) and Prairie View A&M (78-62) before losing to La Salle.</p>
<p>Since the loss, Providence has defeated Wyoming (84-77), Central Connecticut State (92-57), Northeastern (77-72) and in-state rivals Rhode Island (87-74) and Brown (91-64).</p>
<p>Providence's most recent victory over Brown came on Monday night at Alumni Hall. <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/100031/vincent-council" class="sbn-auto-link">Vincent Council</a> tied the school record for most assists in a game with 16 and also had 19 points for the Friars. <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/26124/marshon-brooks" class="sbn-auto-link">Marshon Brooks</a> scored a career-high 33 points on 14-of-21 shooting. It was Brooks' fourth game in a row with at least 20 points.</p>
<p>Brooks leads the Friars in scoring with 21.4 points per game and also averages 8.6 rebounds in 10 games. He ranks third in scoring in the Big East and fifth in rebounding.</p>
<p>Council ranks sixth in scoring in the Big East, averaging 17.1 points per contest. In addition, Council ranks second in the conference with 6.8 assists per game.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/124173/gerard-coleman" class="sbn-auto-link">Gerard Coleman</a> is third in scoring on the team, averaging 10.2 points, and both <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/players/100029/kadeem-batts" class="sbn-auto-link">Kadeem Batts</a> (7.2 PPG) and Nilal Dixon (7.1 PPG) round out the Friars' scoring attack. Dixon is also a strong presence on the boards, averaging 10.2 rebounds per game which ranks third in the Big East.</p>
<p>Wednesday night's game will be the Eagles' fifth game of the season at Conte Forum. After the game, Boston College opens up its ACC schedule with a road game against Maryland on December 12th at 4 p.m. EST.</p>
https://boston.sbnation.com/2010/12/8/2325919/providence-vs-boston-college-eagles-friars-meet-at-conte-forumGethin Coolbaugh