Men's Basketball Stopped at Boston College on Tuesday

December 5, 2023

The Central Connecticut men's basketball team came up short at Boston College, 82-68, on Tuesday night in Chestnut Hill, MA. The Blue Devils held the Eagles without a field goal for the final four minutes of the game to chip away at the final margin.

Jordan Jones scored a career-high for the third straight game, finishing with 19 points, while Allan Jeanne-Rose added 19 points and 12 rebounds. Tre Breland added 12 points, while Jayden Brown finished with 11. CCSU shot 24-of-57 (.421) overall and was 7-of-20 (.350) from three-point range. Central was 13-of-19 (.684) at the foul line.

Donald Hand, Jr. led four in double-figures for Boston College. The Eagles shot 30-of-60 (.500) overall in the game and 9-of-25 (.360) from three-point range. BC was 13-of-16 (.813) at the foul line.

The Blue Devils next travel to Maine for a Saturday afternoon tilt.

GAME INFORMATION

Score: CCSU 68, BOSTON COLLEGE 82
Records: CCSU (3-5), BC (6-3, 0-1 ACC)
Location: Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, MA

KEY MOMENTS

CCSU opened the game's scoring but would endure a stretch of five straight missed shots at one point and fell behind. The Eagles would score six straight points and quickly pushed its lead to 18-8 following a three-pointer by Quinten Post. Boston College went on a 9-0 run over a three-minute span and extended the lead to 27-13 midway through the half.
Following the three-pointer by Allan Jeanne-Rose, Central would not get any closer in the opening period. Boston College scored the final nine points over the final 2:44 and went into the half with a 49-23 lead.
The Central defense would slow BC midway through the second half, forcing them into six straight misses over a three-minute span and scoring eight unanswered points. Tre Breland would power the spurt with six points, including a steal and dunk to make it 70-49 with 6:59 to go.
A layup by Mason Madsen pushed the BC lead to 80-52 with 4:11 remaining, but that was the Eagles' last field goal of the game. A layup by Jeanne-Rose would open a closing spurt of 16-2 for the Blue Devils. Following a three-pointer by Brody Limric with 3:20 remaining, CCSU would score the final 14 points of the game, including seven by Jones.

NUMBER TO KNOW

4 – Central had four scorers in double-figures for the third straight game.

NOTES

Boston College has won all seven all-time meetings.
Jones shot 8-of-15 from the field and added five rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Jeanne-Rose collected his first career double-double, shooting 7-of-14 overall and playing 32 minutes.
Breland played 22 minutes of the bench and was 2-of-3 on three-pointers.
Brown posted his third double-figures scoring game.
CCSU has scored the game's first points six times this season.
Central was 15-of-25 (.600) from the field overall in the second half, its best mark of the season.
The Blue Devils outrebounded the Eagles, 35-31.
The 49 points scored by BC in the first half was the highest point total allowed by the Blue Devils in the first half and the most scored by the Eagles this season.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils next travel to Maine for a Saturday afternoon tilt.

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