Angola, Florida St. fluster BC late
Trent Forrest and Braian Angola both scored 21 points and Florida State rallied in the second half to defeat Boston College, 85-76, yesterday in Tallahassee, Fla.
The Seminoles (20-10, 9-9 ACC) trailed most of the game and were down 72-67 with 6:13 remaining before scoring nine straight points. Forrest, a 6-foot-5 sophomore guard, keyed the run with seven points while Angola’s dunk with 5:04 left put Florida State up for good, 74-72. Angola had 19 points in the final 20 minutes.
Boston College (17-14, 7-11) went scoreless for 4:38 during the run and was 0-of-7 from the field with three turnovers. Jordan Chatman — who had 20 points — ended the run with two free throws with 1:35 remaining to make it 76-74.
Florida State ended the game with a 9-2 run.
Ky Bowman led the Eagles with 22 points and Jerome Robinson added 16.
UMass 85, Duquesne 75 — Malik Hines made all eight of his shots for 20 points and C.J. Anderson scored 12 points and tied a careerhigh 12 assists and the Minutemen (12-19, 5-13 A-10) dropped the Dukes (16-15, 7-11) in Amherst.
Providence 61, St. John’s 57 — Rodney Bullock scored 13 points with eight rebounds, Kyron Cartwright added 10 points and the two seniors led the host Friars (19-12, 10-8 Big East) past the Red Storm (15-16, 4-14).
Penn 99, Brown 93 — In Providence, Ryan Betley scored a career-high 30 points with six 3-pointers and grabbed eight rebounds and the Quakers (22-8, 12-2 Ivy) never trailed in beating the Bears (11-16, 4-10) to clinch a share of the league title.
UMBC 89, UMass-Lowell 77 — Jairus Lyles scored 18 points and had five steals and the second-seeded Retrievers (22-10) dropped the
No. 7 River Hawks (12-18) in the America East quarterfinals
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Jahad Thomas led UML with 18 points and 16 rebounds.
MIT 62, Johns Hopkins 54 — In Baltimore, A.J. Jurko netted 24 points and the Engineers (24-5) dropped the Blue Jays (24-5) to reach the Div. 3 Sweet 16.
Women’s basketball
Northeastern 58, Hofstra 54 — Gabby Giacone compiled 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Huskies (16-13, 11-7 CAA) dropped the Pride (11-18, 5-13) at Cabot Center. NU earned the No. 4 seed in the upcoming conference tournament. Harvard 91, Cornell 57 — Katie Benzan logged 18 points and seven assists to lead the Crimson (17-9, 7-4 Ivy) over the Big Red (6-20, 2-11) in Ithaca, N.Y. Holy Cross 66, Colgate 47 — In Worcester, Infiniti Thomas-Waheed netted 16 points and the Crusaders (13-17) topped the Raiders (723) to advance to the quarterfinal round of the Patriot League tournament.
Lafayette 66, Boston University 61 — Also in the Patriot League first round, Corrine Williams scored 13 points but the Terriers (1019) fell to the Leopards (1118) in Easton, Pa.
Tufts 61, Ithaca 39 — Melissa Baptista’s 19 points helped the Jumbos (25-4) bounce the Bombers (21-8) in an NCAA tournament second-round game in Medford.
Women’s hockey
Norwich 7, UMass-Boston 0 — Amanda Conway and Sarah Schwenzfeier scored two goals apiece as the Cadets (24-1-3) blanked the Beacons (12-12-4) to capture the New England Hockey Conference tournament crown in Northfield, Vt.
Endicott 4, SUNY Canton 0 — Vendela Jonsson recorded 20 saves as the Gulls (19-5-2) blanked the Kangaroos (1014-3) in the Colonial Hockey Conference tournament semifinals in Morrisville, N.Y.
Men’s hockey
Merrimack 3, UMassLowell 2 — Johnathan Kovacevic scored at 13:59 of overtime, lifting the Warriors (12-19-4) over the host River Hawks (17-19-0) to sweep the Hockey East tournament opening-round series.
Maine 3, New Hampshire 2 — Jeremy Swayman recorded 27 saves as the Black Bears (18-14-4) nipped the Wildcats (10-206) to sweep their HE opening-round series in Orono, Maine.
Fitchburg St. 2, UMassDartmouth 0 — Brian McGrath registered 45 saves as the host Falcons (18-6-3) bested the Corsairs (12-133) in the MASCAC tournament final.