National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tarleton State 70, Boston College 54
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 20, 2022
Where: Sports and Fitness Center, St. Thomas
Officials: # Sean Hull, # Trey Styons, # Ryan Sassano
Attendance: 1224

Freddy Hicks led the way for a second straight game in St. Thomas as Tarleton State cruised past Boston College 70-54 in Sunday night's U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam semifinal.

Hicks scored a game-high 21 points on 6-of-10 shooting and added six rebounds, three assists and a steal to help the Texans (3-1) win and set up a Monday championship against Drake.

Off the bench, Lue Williams scored 14 points with the help of three 3-pointers in the first half, while Shakur Daniel added 13.

The Texans shot 51.1 percent and scored 26 points off 20 Boston College turnovers.

C.J. Penha led the Eagles (3-2) with 12 points on five field goals.

A 5-2 BC lead was erased after five of the Eagles' 11 first-half turnovers fueled a 12-0 Tarleton State run over 4:56. Williams hit a triple to put the Texans back in front at 8-5, while Hicks closed the sequence with two free throws and a driving layup with 11:58 left in the first.

BC got back within eight on Mason Madsen and T.J. Bickerstaff layups before Tarleton State regained control with Williams scoring five during an 8-2 spurt. Daniel finished a three-point play to make it 27-13 at 5:33.

Garry Clark's layup with 45 seconds left in the half lifted the Texans 35-19 at intermission.

BC hit three of the first five second-half shots, a stretch that included five points from Penha. Daniel's jumper ended a 7-0 run and gave the Texans a 19-point lead with 14:25 left.

After the Eagles' Madsen and Chas Kelley III cut into the 46-25 score with consecutive 3-pointers, Jakorie Smith put in two baskets as part of a 6-2 response to re-establish the 19-point edge.

A 12-4 run -- including a Madsen trey and Armani Mighty three-point play -- brought BC within 11 with 5:39 left.

Despite Tarleton State going five minutes without a field goal, five Hicks free throws kept it in control. Hicks drove for two at the 4:02 mark to give the Texans a 63-48 cushion.

A Javontae Hopkins dunk punctuated the Texans win with 1:52 remaining.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Tarleton State   Boston College
Freddy Hicks 21 Scoring CJ Penha Jr. 12
Freddy Hicks 3 Assists Makai Ashton-Langford 2
Freddy Hicks 6 Rebounds T.J. Bickerstaff 5
Freddy Hicks 8 Free Throws Made Jaeden Zackery 4
Shamir Bogues 2 Steals CJ Penha Jr. 2
Garry Clark 2 Blocks DeMarr Langford Jr. 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Tarleton State 70 51.1 4-11 20-25 9 25 2 9 11
Boston College 54 43.9 3-9 15-26 6 25 2 5 20