Donald Hand Jr. scores 29 with 10 rebounds, Boston College beats Fairleigh Dickinson 78-70
AP
Dec 28, 2024
BOSTON (AP) Donald Hand Jr. scored 15 of his career-high 29 points in the first half and grabbed 10 rebounds to help Boston College Eagles beat Fairleigh Dickinson 78-70 on Saturday.
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 Knights'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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1st Half
FDU
Knights
28
BC
Eagles
38
Time
Team
Play
Score
20:00
(Eagles gains possession)
19:43
+2
Chad Venning makes two point jump shot
0-2
19:16
+3
Jo'el Emanuel makes three point jump shot (Terrence Brown assists)
3-2
18:43
+2
Donald Hand Jr. makes two point layup
3-4
18:25
Jo'el Emanuel misses three point jump shot
18:23
Chad Venning defensive rebound
18:09
Joshua Beadle turnover (bad pass) (Dylan Jones steals)
17:41
+2
Dylan Jones makes two point jump shot
5-4
17:17
+3
Donald Hand Jr. makes three point jump shot (Dion Brown assists)
5-7
17:01
Terrence Brown misses two point layup
16:59
Joshua Beadle defensive rebound
16:42
+2
Donald Hand Jr. makes two point layup
5-9
16:32
Terrence Brown misses three point jump shot
16:30
Donald Hand Jr. defensive rebound
16:15
+2
Chad Venning makes two point jump shot
5-11
16:06
Dylan Jones misses three point jump shot
16:04
Dion Brown defensive rebound
15:44
Elijah Strong turnover (traveling)
15:44
TV timeout
15:22
Terrence Brown misses two point jump shot
15:20
Donald Hand Jr. defensive rebound
15:12
+3
Donald Hand Jr. makes three point jump shot
5-14
15:11
Knights 30 second timeout
14:43
Dylan Jones misses three point jump shot
14:41
Terrence Brown offensive rebound
14:36
Terrence Brown turnover (lost ball) (Roger McFarlane steals)
14:28
Bismark Nsiah blocks Donald Hand Jr.'s three point jump shot
14:26
Dion Brown offensive rebound
14:20
Dion Brown misses two point layup
14:18
Roger McFarlane offensive rebound
14:10
Roger McFarlane misses two point layup
14:08
Jo'el Emanuel defensive rebound
14:01
Donald Hand Jr. personal foul
13:51
Jameel Morris misses three point jump shot
13:49
Roger McFarlane defensive rebound
13:23
Donald Hand Jr. misses two point jump shot
13:21
Jacob Warren defensive rebound
13:21
Jayden Hastings personal foul
12:52
Jameel Morris misses two point jump shot
12:50
Roger McFarlane defensive rebound
12:30
Fred Payne misses two point jump shot
12:28
Jo'el Emanuel defensive rebound
12:19
Jacob Warren misses three point jump shot
12:17
Brayden Reynolds offensive rebound
12:11
+2
Ahmed Barba-Bey makes two point jump shot (Jo'el Emanuel assists)
7-14
11:56
+2
Donald Hand Jr. makes two point jump shot
7-16
11:56
Jameel Morris shooting foul (Donald Hand Jr. draws the foul)
11:56
TV timeout
11:56
+1
Donald Hand Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1
7-17
11:39
+3
Ahmed Barba-Bey makes three point jump shot (Terrence Brown assists)
10-17
11:26
Eagles 30 second timeout
11:11
Terrence Brown personal foul
11:08
Fred Payne misses two point jump shot
11:06
Bismark Nsiah defensive rebound
10:47
+3
Ahmed Barba-Bey makes three point jump shot (Brayden Reynolds assists)
13-17
10:23
+2
Chas Kelley III makes two point layup
13-19
10:03
Ahmed Barba-Bey misses three point jump shot
10:01
Roger McFarlane defensive rebound
9:43
+2
Chad Venning makes two point layup (Chas Kelley III assists)