On Saturday afternoon, Boston College secured a much-needed win over Georgia Tech.
Both teams got off to decent offensive starts, with the Eagles jumping to a quick 3-point lead. Roger McFarlane started off his game with a nice triple, and of course Hand Jr. got going quickly as well, with 13 first-half points. Lance Terry and Baye Ndongo carried GT’s offense early, scoring the first ~20 for the Yellow Jackets. BC had trouble guarding GT’s ball screen actions; the Eagles would try to blitz the ball handler and force him to delay the pass. However, the BC big — both Venning and Hastings had trouble — would be a step too late, allowing for an easy entry pass to the slipping GT big and forcing an undersized help defender to sag off his man.