Fairleigh Dickinson Knights at Boston College Eagles
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Donald Hand Jr. scores 29 with 10 rebounds, Boston College beats Fairleigh Dickinson 78-70
Chad Venning scored a season-high 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting for Boston College (8-5).
Ahmed Barba-Bey was fouled on a 3-point shot and made all three free throws before Terrence Brown converted a three-point play to cut FDU's deficit to five points with 2 minutes left and Barba-Bey’s 3 with 39 seconds left made it 74-70. Hand answered with a layup 10 seconds later and followed with two free throws that capped the scoring with 18 seconds to play.
Barba-Bey, a graduate transfer from Division-II Jefferson, hit eight 3-pointers and led Fairleigh Dickinson (4-11) with a career-high 31 points on 10-of-12 shooting. Brown added 20 points and Bismark Nsiah scored 10, all in the second half.
Hand hit a 3-pointer that gave Boston College the lead for good with 17:17 left in the first half and scored 13 of the game's first 24, including a three-point play that gave the Eagles a 17-7 lead with 11:58 left before the intermission.
Barba-Bey hit back-to-back 3-pointers to cut FDU's deficit to four just over a minute later but Boston College scored the next eight points and the Knights got no closer until the second half.
Boston College won for just the second time since beating Boise State 63-61 on Joshua Beadle's late 3-pointer to win the Cayman Islands Classic on Nov. 26 and improve to 6-1.
The Knights have lost four games in a row overall and are 0-10 away from home this season.
Boston College won the lone previous meeting between the programs 72-54 on Dec. 10, 1992.
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Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 70 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Roger McFarlane Defensive Rebound. | 70 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:06 | Terrence Brown missed Layup. | 70 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:18 | Donald Hand Jr. made Free Throw. | 70 - 78 |
| 2nd 0:18 | Donald Hand Jr. made Free Throw. | 70 - 77 |
Statistics
 FDU |
 BC |
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|---|---|---|
| 25-56 | FG | 29-55 |
| 44.6 | Field Goal % | 52.7 |
| 12-29 | 3PT | 4-14 |
| 41.4 | Three Point % | 28.6 |
| 8-13 | FT | 16-18 |
| 61.5 | Free Throw % | 88.9 |
| 24 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 15 | Assists | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 7 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 7 | Points Off Turnovers | 8 |
| 3 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 20 | Points in Paint | 48 |
| 17 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Largest Lead | 15 |
Game Information
Location: Chestnut Hill, MA
Attendance: 4,663 | Capacity:
2024-25 Northeast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Island University | 6-2 | - | 10-13 |
| Central Connecticut | 5-2 | 0.5 | 14-6 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 4-2 | 1 | 8-13 |
| Mercyhurst | 4-4 | 2 | 10-13 |
| Wagner | 3-4 | 2.5 | 11-9 |
| Stonehill | 3-4 | 2.5 | 11-11 |
| St. Francis (PA) | 3-5 | 3 | 8-14 |
| Le Moyne | 2-4 | 3 | 7-14 |
| Chicago State | 2-5 | 3.5 | 2-20 |
2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 10-0 | - | 18-2 |
| Clemson | 9-1 | 1 | 17-4 |
| Louisville | 9-1 | 1 | 16-5 |
| Wake Forest | 7-3 | 3 | 15-6 |
| SMU | 6-3 | 3.5 | 15-5 |
| Stanford | 6-3 | 3.5 | 14-6 |
| North Carolina | 6-4 | 4 | 13-9 |
| Pittsburgh | 5-4 | 4.5 | 14-6 |
| Florida State | 4-5 | 5.5 | 13-7 |
| California | 4-5 | 5.5 | 11-9 |
| Notre Dame | 4-5 | 5.5 | 10-10 |
| Syracuse | 3-6 | 6.5 | 9-11 |
| Virginia Tech | 3-6 | 6.5 | 8-12 |
| Georgia Tech | 3-7 | 7 | 9-12 |
| Virginia | 2-7 | 7.5 | 9-11 |
| NC State | 2-7 | 7.5 | 9-11 |
| Boston College | 1-8 | 8.5 | 9-11 |
| Miami | 0-9 | 9.5 | 4-16 |