Stonehill Skyhawks at Boston College Eagles
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Chad Venning scores 13 to help Boston College beat Stonehill 73-69
Dion Brown scored back-to-back baskets to match Boston College's biggest lead of the game and make it 57-44 with 10 minutes to play. Ethan Meuser made back-to-back 3-pointers before Todd Brogna and Hermann Koffi each added another from behind the arc before Brogna made a layup to cap a 15-6 spurt and make it a two-point game with 21 seconds remaining.
Hand and Elijah Strong each made two free throws from there to seal it for the Eagles.
Louie Semona hit a 3-pointer that gave Stonehill (6-6) a 22-19 lead with 8 minutes left in the first half half but the Skyhawks made just one of their next 10 field-goal attempts to close the first half and open the second.
Kelley hit a jumper with 4:54 left until the intermission that made it 28-26 and gave the Eagles the lead for good and Fred Payne's 3-pointer to cap the first-half scoring gave Boston College a 35-30 lead at the break.
Brogna made 3 of 4 from 3-point range and finished with a career-high 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting for Stonehill. Meuser scored 11 points and Amir Nesbitt 10.
Boston College (7-4) had lost three in a row since Joshua Beadle's 3-pointer in the closing seconds helped the Eagles beat Boise State 63-61 in the championship game at the Cayman Islands Classic on Nov. 26.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 69 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Hermann Koffi Turnover. | 69 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Elijah Strong made Free Throw. | 69 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Elijah Strong made Free Throw. | 69 - 72 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Foul on Todd Brogna. | 69 - 71 |
Statistics
 STO |
 BC |
|
|---|---|---|
| 24-53 | FG | 29-58 |
| 45.3 | Field Goal % | 50.0 |
| 10-23 | 3PT | 5-17 |
| 43.5 | Three Point % | 29.4 |
| 11-12 | FT | 10-12 |
| 91.7 | Free Throw % | 83.3 |
| 26 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
| 18 | Defensive Rebounds | 22 |
| 12 | Assists | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 9 | Points Off Turnovers | 14 |
| 3 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 20 | Points in Paint | 44 |
| 14 | Fouls | 13 |
| 6 | Largest Lead | 13 |
Game Information
Location: Chestnut Hill, MA
Attendance: 3,993 | Capacity:
2024-25 Northeast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Connecticut | 14-2 | - | 25-7 |
| Long Island University | 12-4 | 2 | 17-16 |
| Mercyhurst | 9-7 | 5 | 15-16 |
| St. Francis (PA) | 8-8 | 6 | 16-18 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 8-8 | 6 | 13-20 |
| Stonehill | 7-9 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Wagner | 6-10 | 8 | 14-16 |
| Le Moyne | 4-12 | 10 | 9-23 |
| Chicago State | 4-12 | 10 | 4-28 |
2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 19-1 | - | 35-4 |
| Clemson | 18-2 | 1 | 27-7 |
| Louisville | 18-2 | 1 | 27-8 |
| SMU | 13-7 | 6 | 24-11 |
| Wake Forest | 13-7 | 6 | 21-11 |
| North Carolina | 13-7 | 6 | 23-14 |
| Stanford | 11-9 | 8 | 21-14 |
| Georgia Tech | 10-10 | 9 | 17-17 |
| Florida State | 8-12 | 11 | 17-15 |
| Pittsburgh | 8-12 | 11 | 17-15 |
| Virginia | 8-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
| Notre Dame | 8-12 | 11 | 15-18 |
| Virginia Tech | 8-12 | 11 | 13-19 |
| Syracuse | 7-13 | 12 | 14-19 |
| California | 6-14 | 13 | 14-19 |
| NC State | 5-15 | 14 | 12-19 |
| Boston College | 4-16 | 15 | 12-19 |
| Miami | 3-17 | 16 | 7-24 |