2 weeks Ago
Donald Hand had a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Chad Venning added 15 points to lead Boston College past The Citadel 69-60 in the season opener for both schools at the Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass., on Nov. 4.
The taller, more athletic Eagles, who are coached by former College of Charleston head coach Earl Grant, took advantage of their superior height, outrebounding the Bulldogs 43-32. The Bulldogs made things interesting, especially during the first half when Keynan Davis sank two free throws to cut the Eagles' lead to 27-25 with less than two minutes before halftime. But a 10-2 run to end the first half opened things up for Boston College as the Atlantic Coast Conference team took a 37-28 lead at halftime.
With NIL, the transfer portal and collectives, The Citadel athletics department is at a crossroads “I thought we played pretty good basketball for most of the first half,” Conroy said. “We were rebounding pretty well, giving Boston College trouble with our double teams, and then I thought we just stopped moving the ball in the last four minutes. “We stopped moving our bodies as well, and I thought we played kind of lazy those last few minutes like it was going to be OK.
Credit Boston College, they continued to play hard, they jumped us and got a couple steals. We just didn’t play smart the last couple of minutes.” The Bulldogs could get no closer than seven points over the final 20 minutes.
Brody Fox, who was among the nation’s top scorers last season at the Division III level, led the Bulldogs with 18 points. Cam Glover and Davis each finished with 10 points. Basketball season previews: How The Citadel landed one of college basketball's top scorers The Bulldogs made just 3 of 24 shots from 3-point range.
A year ago, The Citadel nearly knocked off Boston College, leading the Eagles by double digits in the second half only to fall 75-71. Next game The Citadel will hold its home opener Thursday night against Erskine beginning at 7 p.m.
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