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Luka Toews sank six 3-pointers en path to a game-high 21 factors, main Boston College to a 72-61 win over visiting FDU on Monday evening at Chestnut Hill, Mass.Toews was 7-of-10 from the sector and 6-of-9 from 3-point vary, hitting a clutch triple throughout a late 9-0 run that helped the Eagles (6-6) break open a two-point recreation with 5:14 left.After trailing by 14 within the first half, Boston College shot 63% from the ground whereas hitting eight of 17 discipline targets from distance within the second half.Four different Eagles scored in double figures: Donald Hand Jr. (13), Caleb Steger (12), Fred Payne (11) and Boden Kapke (10). Aidan Shaw grabbed 11 rebounds.Noah Melson (14 factors) and Eric Parnell (11 factors) every sank three 3-pointers for FDU (3-9), which was 8-of-14 from distance to begin the sport however made simply two within the second half. Taeshaud Jackson added 10 factors.Parnell’s nook 3-pointer helped FDU put up a gap 5-0 run whereas holding Boston College with no made discipline objective for almost 4 minutes. Toews knocked down his first of back-to-back threes and a jumper to flip the rating at 10-8.After an 11-11 tie, the Knights used the three to construct a 14-point lead with 7:11 left earlier than halftime. Five consecutive 3-point makes fueled an 18-4 burst, together with two from Johnson to power a Boston College timeout.
Hand made 4 free throws throughout a private 8-0 response. The redshirt junior scored Boston College’s final 10 first-half factors onward from the 6:50 mark.The Knights led by eight at intermission regardless of Jackson’s jumper marking its lone discipline objective throughout that late stretch which included six missed 3-pointers.A back-and-forth phase out of halftime noticed Jackson dunk and rating FDU’s first 4 factors earlier than Parnell added one other three, retaining the Knights up by 9 three minutes into the half.Payne and Toews sank back-to-back triples through the opening phase as nicely, however the Eagles made a 7-0 run to return to the lead at 44-43 on Kapke’s layup with 13:25 left.From there, neither workforce led by greater than a basket or had a run longer than 3-0 till Toews canned a straight-on three with 6:05 left. The sophomore from Japan was additionally on the forefront of a 12-3 run to complete, together with one other three and a free throw.–Field Level Media