National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Rhode Island 67, Boston College 65
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Where: Ryan Center, Kingston, Rhode Island
Officials: # Brian Dorsey, # John Gaffney, # Sean Hull
Attendance: 6395

Rhode Island remained perfect at home and picked up its biggest win of the young season with a 67-65 victory over Boston College in a non-conference matchup Wednesday night.

The Rams (9-4) have won three straight and improved to 6-0 at home. It was a big win for Rhode Island, which visits Florida on Monday before opening up Atlantic-10 Conference play.

Rhode Island led 39-30 at the break and held on despite scoring only 28 points in the second half and going scoreless for the final 1:18.

Corey Raji hit a 3-pointer to pull Boston College (10-3) within 67-65 and Rhode Island missed a three pointer on its next possession. But the Eagles failed to score to in the closing seconds.

Nikola Malesevic was 6-of-9 from the field and finished with 16 points and added five rebounds and three assists for Rhode Island.

Joe Trapani scored 18 points to lead the Eagles, who had a seven-game winning streak snapped.
Top Game Performances
 
Boston College   Rhode Island
Joe Trapani 18 Scoring Nikola Malesevic 16
Gabriel Moton 3 Assists Delroy James 3
Corey Raji 7 Rebounds Will Martell 6
Corey Raji 6 Free Throws Made Will Martell 5
Reggie Jackson 1 Steals Delroy James 2
N/A Blocks Orion Outerbridge 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Boston College 65 47.8 12-25 9-13 14 25 0 2
Rhode Island 67 47.1 10-26 9-10 14 21 4 6