BC-Texas A&M cancelled after flight snafu
Boston College tried as hard as it could to fly to Texas on Friday night and yesterday morning, but the first game of its home-and-home series against Texas A&M was cancelled.
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A combination of mechanical and logistical issues with its charter aircraft, plus weather that saw record rainfall and high winds in Texas, led to the cancellation of the Eagles’ game against the Aggies, which was scheduled to be played last night at 6 p.m. Eastern in College Station, Texas. BC attempted to reschedule the game, offering to play at 10 p.m. Eastern or any time today, but Texas A&M declined both offers. As a result, Texas A&M announced shortly before noon on Saturday that the game was cancelled. Texas A&M is scheduled to come to Chestnut Hill next season to complete the home-and-home, but there’s a high likelihood the entire series will be cancelled, according to a source. BC was originally scheduled to depart from Hanscom Field in Bedford at 2 p.m. Eastern on Friday, but the charter plane was grounded because of a mechanical issue that could not be repaired. An alternate plane was slated to arrive from Orlando, Fla., to transport the team at 3:30, but it arrived four hours late. At that point, the weather in College Station was awful, and the pilot deemed the conditions unsafe to fly. Northeastern 92, Oakland 83 — Donnell Gresham Jr. scored a career-high 26 points with seven rebounds, Anthony Green scored 16 and the Huskies (5-5) beat the Golden Grizzlies (4-6) at Matthews Arena. Jordan Roland scored 20 points for Northeastern, which made 32-of-53 shots from the floor (60 percent). Vermont 71, Harvard 65 — Anthony Lamb scored a career-high 37 points and rallied the Catamounts (7-3) late in the game for a victory against the Crimson (4-5) in Burlington, Vt. The Catamounts led by two with 4:47 left in the first half when Harvard’s Corey Johnson sank three 3-pointers and Spencer Freedman nailed a fourth to help push the Crimson into a 36-29 lead at the break. Johnson scored 17 points with five rebounds to lead Harvard. Rhode Island 79, Holy Cross 63— Cyril Langevine scored 19 points with 11 rebounds, Fatts Russell scored 19 and the Rams (4-3) routed the Crusaders (6-4) Worcester. URI took control with a 9-0 run after the half. Caleb Green led Holy Cross with 16 points and eight assists. In Top 25 games: Duke 91, Yale 58 — Freshman RJ Barrett had 30 points, seven rebounds and six assists, and the No. 3 Blue Devils (9-1) blew the game open in the second half to beat the Bulldogs (4-3) in Durham, N.C. Michigan 89, South Carolina 78 — Jordan Poole scored 19 of his 26 points in the second half, and the fifth-ranked Wolverines (10-0) remained unbeaten by holding off the Gamecocks (4-5) in Ann Arbor, Mich. Auburn 82, Dayton 72 — Bryce Brown scored a careerhigh 34 points and made six 3-pointers to lead the No. 8 Tigers (8-1) past the Flyers (5-4) in Auburn, Ala. Brown got into a groove late in the first half, making four straight 3s during the final 2:29 to give the Tigers a 51-32 lead. Seton Hall 84, Kentucky 83 — Myles Cale hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 9.5 seconds left in overtime and the Pirates (6-3) stunned the No. 9 Wildcats (7-2) in New York. Seton Hall overcame Keldon Johnson’s half-court heave that tied the score at the regulation buzzer. Johnson had a chance to win it for the Wildcats (7-2), but his 3-point try with a second remaining was blocked by Quincy McKnight. Michigan St. 63, Florida 59 — Kyle Aherns scored the team’s final seven points, including a two-handed jam with 8.7 seconds remaining, and the No. 10 Spartans (8-2 beat the Gators (5-4) in Gainesville, Fla. Florida St. 79, UConn 71 — In Newark, N.J., Terance Mann scored 20 points, reserve David Nichols had 16 and the Seminoles (8-1) beat the Huskies (7-3) in the second game of the Never Forget Tribute Classic. Marquette 74, Wisconsin 69 — Markus Howard scored 27 points, freshman Joey Hauser added 15 and the Golden Eagles (8-2) grinded out an overtime win against the No. 12 Badgers (8-2) in Milwaukee. Tulsa 47, Kansas State 46 — Martins Igbanu made a goahead jump hook with 1:51 remaining, lifting the Golden Hurricane (7-3) past the No. 16 Wildcats (6-2) in Tulsa, Okla. Villanova 70, Saint Joseph’s 58— In Villanova, Pa., Eric Paschall had 14 points and nine rebounds, and the 21stranked Wildcats (8-2) beat the Hawks (5-5) for their 25th straight Big 5 victory.