National Basketball Association
Charleston 71, Boston College 67
When: 12:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 18, 2012
Where: TD Bank Arena, Charleston, South Carolina
Officials:
# John Gaffney, # Ted Hillary, # Rick Randall
Attendance:
4262
By SportsDirect Inc.
Charleston 71, Boston College 67: Andrew Lawrence scored a game-high 22 points - including nine in the final minute - as the host Cougars held off the Eagles in the seventh-place game of the Charleston (S.C.) Classic.
Lawrence, who missed a game with a stomach virus, made a 3-pointer with one minute left to give Charleston (2-2) a 65-60 lead before converting 6-of-8 at the free-throw line to preserve the victory.
Boston College (1-3), which was playing without injured leading scorer and rebounder Ryan Anderson (sore ankle), led 40-37 before Matt Sundberg’s 3-pointer ignited an 11-2 run for Charleston. Patrick Heckmann recorded a team-high 18 points, Lonnie Jackson had 14 and Joe Rahon added 13 for the Eagles.
Anthony Stitt contributed 14 points and Anthony Thomas had 10 - all in the second half - for Charleston. Willis Hall, who was subbing for injured leading scorer Trent Wiedeman (ankle), had 11 rebounds for the Cougars.
Heckmann and Jackson each drained three from 3-point range in the first half as Boston College led by as much as seven and settled for a 34-29 halftime lead. Stitt matched them with nine points for Charleston in the opening 20 minutes.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Heckmann was 4-of-6 from 3-point range and is now 9-of-14 on the season from beyond the arc. … Charleston, which averaged 16.7 turnovers entering the game, had just 11. …Boston College hosts Auburn on Wednesday and Charleston visits 17th-ranked Baylor on Saturday.
Top Game Performances
Boston College |
|
Charleston |
Patrick Heckmann 18 |
Scoring |
Andrew Lawrence 22 |
Olivier Hanlan 3 |
Assists |
Anthony Stitt 4 |
Joe Rahon 7 |
Rebounds |
Willis Hall 11 |
Joe Rahon 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Andrew Lawrence 10 |
Olivier Hanlan 2 |
Steals |
Andrew Lawrence 1 |
Dennis Clifford 1 |
Blocks |
Theo Johnson 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Boston College
|
67 |
40.0 |
10-29 |
13-16 |
13 |
27 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
Charleston
|
71 |
46.2 |
8-21 |
15-20 |
9 |
30 |
5 |
1 |
12 |