National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston College 82, Florida Atlantic 79
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 17, 2013
Where: Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Officials: # Paul Faia, # James Grady, # Gary Pucino
Attendance: 1653

Boston College 82, Florida Atlantic 79: Olivier Hanlan scored 38 points as the host Eagles survived a lackluster second half to pick up their first victory of the season.

Hanlan scored 27 of his points after halftime, including 10 free throws in the final three-plus minutes. Joe Rahon had 17 points and seven rebounds for Boston College (1-3), which avoided its first 0-4 start since 1952.

Pablo Bertone led the Owls (1-3) with a career-high 27 points. Justin Raffington had 15 and 11 boards for Florida Atlantic, which was coming off a 33-point loss at No. 4 Duke on Friday.

Rahon buried a buzzer-beater from halfcourt to send the Eagles into the locker room with a 39-34 advantage, then had five points in an 11-4 run to start the second. Boston College, which has struggled after halftime this season, had only five field goals over the next 14-plus minutes as the Owls crawled to within 66-65 with 4:03 left, setting up a tight stretch run.

Hanlan had a three-point play inside of three minutes and two free throws with 59 ticks remaining to make it 77-72, but Bertone answered with a layup and buried a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to pull his team within 79-77. Hanlan hit three more free throws around a Marquan Botley layup before Botley lost the ball trying to set up a potential tying shot as time expired.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
Hanlan was 11-of-19 from the floor and 12-of-14 from the line, falling three points shy of matching his career high of 41 points. ... Eagles G Lonnie Jackson had three points off the bench in his season debut after missing the first three games with a hamstring injury. ... The game was part of the regional round of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project.
Top Game Performances
 
Florida Atlantic   Boston College
Pablo Bertone 27 Scoring Olivier Hanlan 38
Marquan Botley 2 Assists Lonnie Jackson 4
Justin Raffington 11 Rebounds Ryan Anderson 7
Justin Raffington 5 Free Throws Made Olivier Hanlan 12
N/A Steals Patrick Heckmann 2
Dragan Sekelja 1 Blocks Joe Rahon 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Florida Atlantic 79 48.3 4-11 19-25 8 27 2 0 8
Boston College 82 45.5 8-22 24-27 14 27 5 3 8