Hurricanes Fall At BC
By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer
BOSTON – Troy Bell scored 34 points, hitting two key 3-pointers in thesecond half, as Boston College beat Miami on Saturday for its fifth win in sixgames.
Freshman Louis Hinnant had 10 for BC (13-9, 6-5 Big East), converting athree-point play to start a 13-5 second-half run after Miami cut the deficit to45-43. He added a 3-pointer that put the Eagles up by 10, 66-56 with 3:40 toplay.
James Jones had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Darius Rice had 13 points and10 boards for Miami (10-11, 3-7). The Hurricanes lost for the fourth time insix games to fall into last place in the conference’s East Division, puttingthem in danger of being left out of the 12-team Big East tournament.
Bell, who was 12-for-13 from the line, has averaged just under 30 pointsover the last eight games, and on Wednesday he surpassed Dana Barros to becomethe school’s career scoring leader. Bell had 18 points in the first half, whenBC shot 58 percent to take a 38-31 halftime lead.
Miami cut the deficit to two points with a 7-2 run that made it 45-43 with14:27 left. The Hurricanes had a chance to tie, but Craig Smith stole the ballunder their basket and dribbled it out before a bounce pass to Hinnant set uphis layup and free throw.
Bell followed with a 3-pointer with 13 minutes to play that made it 51-43.After Jones hit a layup, Bell hit another 3.
Ismael N’Diaye converted a three-point play, but Smith scored in the laneand Ryan Sidney scored a reverse layup to complete the 13-5 run and give BC a58-48 lead.
