University of Richmond
Boston College
Second-Half Push Elevates Spiders Over Boston College, 67-54
11/27/2016 | Men's Basketball
BROOKLYN – The Richmond Spiders used a big second-half push to down Boston College, 67-54, in the second game of the Barclays Center Classic in Brooklyn.
The Spiders trailed by as many as 11 late in the first half, but used a 9-0 run to start the second period and then never looked back.
For Richmond, it marked the 20th victory over a power conference team in the last decade under Coach Mooney.
“I'm really proud of how we played,” head coach Chris Mooney. “Last night I thought we played a great game against a great (Maryland) team. Today we had a good shoot around and good energy. Tonight in the second half I thought we were as good as we can be, and played as well as we can play. I'm really pleased about that.”
Senior T.J. Cline was named to the All-Tournament team after another strong effort. He scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his second career double-double. He finished the tournament with 41 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists in two games.
ShawnDre' Jones scored 17 points, while Julius Johnson had a career day, scoring 12 points with six rebounds on 5-of-6 shooting.
Khwan Fore scored nine points, while De'Monte Buckingham continued his strong defense with six rebounds, three blocks and a steal.
Boston College's Jerome Robinson led all scorers with 27 points.
The first half featured several big runs as BC jumped out to a 17-8 lead but Richmond took a lead on a 10-0 run finished by a Jones layup. However, Boston College went right back to work to build an 11-point lead right before the half after another three-pointer from Robinson.
But the Spiders went running one more time and wouldn't look back.
It started with a traditional three-point play from Cline before the half to cut the margin to 33-25. UR then opened the second half on a 9-0 run to lead 34-33.
After a Robinson three tied it at 39, the Spiders scored the next 10 points and BC never got closer than five as free throws and defensive stops salted away the victory.
UR's defense held Boston College to 35.7 percent shooting, including just 26.7 in the second half. For their part, Richmond shot 48.1 percent, including 12-of-15 from the free throw line. The Spiders also nearly were even in rebounds, 35-34, with one of the ACC's better rebounding teams.
Richmond will stay on the road for one more game on Wednesday at Bucknell.
