The Boston College Eagles Men’s Basketball team defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore on Tuesday, 82-54. They are now 3-0, a feat not done since the 2023-2024 season.
The game opened up with the Eagles being very three point heavy to start. They found a quick 17-6 lead and quickly looked to be a serious mismatch offensively for the Hawks defenders. Brandon Benjamin added an extra layer of BC dominance by grabbing three offensive boards in his first seven minutes of action.
The Eagles fell asleep a bit defensively
following their hot start, and the Hawks went on a 7-0 run. They were shooting 53% from the field, and Luke Murray called a timeout to clean things up. By this point it was 24-18 Boston College.
Following the timeout the Eagles began drawing fouls and getting to the FT line, where they shot 14-14 in the half. Much of it came from the aggressiveness of Luke Hunger and Money Williams, who each made multiple trips to the line. BC started to also tighten up defensively and closed the half strong. It was 43-25 Eagles at the half.
The second half started out similar to how the first ended with BC drawing more fouls. Hunger and Zak Smrekar saw trips to the line each, the former being fouled on a three point attempt. Soon after, Boston College connected on three straight 3 pointers with the likes of Colby Duggan, Armoni Zeigler, and Smrekar. Maryland Eastern simply couldn’t keep up with the Eagles pace and intensity.
It was 59-35 Boston College with 13:29 to go. Three straight layups by BC saw the lead grow to 29 where they led 66-37. The Hawks’ Isaiah Griffin slowed down the Eagles offensive avalanche by getting to the line on back to back possessions. He helped lead a Hawks 9-3 run where the BC lead shrank a tad bit, but it was too little too late. The Eagles kept their foot on the gas for the remainder of the contest and cruised to a 82-54 win.
Luke Hunger led the team in scoring with 20 points on 5-8 shooting and 8-8 from FT. Colby Duggan added 16 points with four made 3 pointers, and Zak Smrekar scored 16 of his own. The team shot 24-55 (44%) from the field, 11-29 (38%) from 3, and 23-24 from the FT line.
Up next the Eagles host the New Hampshire Wildcats (2-1) on Sunday, November 15 at 1:30 pm EST.
