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Men's Basketball
at Pitt (Exhibition)
2:00 p.m.
Providence College Athletics
Thursday, January 2
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
7:30 p.m.
Providence College
93
at
80
Boston College
Men's Basketball Beats Boston College, 93-80
1/2/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan 2, 2003
BOSTON (AP) - Donnie McGrath scored seven of his career-high 23 points in a game-breaking run late in the second half Thursday, sparking Providence to a 93-80 win over Boston College in the Big East opener for both schools.
Ryan Gomes scored 22 points and grabbed 9 rebounds for the Friars (7-3, 1-0 Big East), who won a league opener for just the fifth time in 21 tries. Sheiku Kabba chipped in with 17 points and Romuald Augustin had 12.
Craig Smith led Boston College (6-4, 0-1) with 25 points. Ryan Sidney added 23 and Troy Bell finished with 17.
After Boston College took a 65-63 lead on Jermaine Watson's one-handed baseline runner with just under eight minutes to go, Gomes' consecutive baskets triggered a 15-1 Friars' run over the next 4:03. McGrath then followed with a pair of baskets 45 seconds apart, the second his fifth 3-pointer of the game. He finished 5-for-7 on 3-point attempts.
Kabba then hit a driving runner. Kotti and McGrath added baskets after Sidney's free throw, pushing PC's lead 78-66 with 3:44 left.
BC was held without a basket for 6:40 in the closing eight minutes.
The Eagles led 41-33 at the half and raised their lead to 57-47 on Bell's 3-pointer before the Friars went on a 14-4 spree, tying the game at 61-61 on Kabba's breakaway layup with just under 10 minutes to play.
The score was tied twice after that before the Friars went on their game-breaking run.
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