CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Boston College women’s basketball dominated Syracuse in a 92-51 win on Sunday afternoon in Conte Forum. The Eagles win back-to-back ACC games for the first time this season, improving to 12-8 and 3-4 in the league. Syracuse falls to 7-11 and 1-6 in the conference.
By the end of the game, the Blue Devils were coasting to their 12th-straight victory, but the road to get there was by no means without its bumps. The absence of Maliq Brown was acutely felt in the frontcourt — Cooper Flagg,
Mansfield was one of the many Mainers to make the trip south to Boston College on Saturday to see Flagg and Duke take on the Eagles. It was as close as Flagg, who in a short time playing college ball has only cemented his place as the top prospect in the upcoming NBA draft, will come this season to playing near his hometown, Newport.
NFL Draft remains months away, but we are so close to knowing every player in the potential class after the declaration deadline has come and gone with only two teams exempt. A lot will change before April.
Flagg scored a game-high 28 points and settled down after an early injury scare and missing four of his first five shots. Chad Venning led Boston College with 19 points.
The No. 3 Blue Devils and freshman phenom Cooper Flagg of Newport, Maine, took the court against the Eagles as a consensus 23.5-point favorite with an over/under betting line of 138.5.
Freshman Cooper Flagg put on a show in a return to New England, pouring in 28 points as No. 3 Duke blew out Boston College in the second half of
Playing in his native New England with hundreds of fans from Maine in attendance, Cooper Flagg scored 28 points to lead Duke past Boston College on Saturday.
Boston College Eagles (10-7, 1-3 ACC) at North Carolina Tar Heels (14-3, 2-2 ACC) Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Boston College visits No. North Carolina after T'Yana Todd scored 20 points in Boston College's 91-52 loss to the NC State Wolfpack.
Flagg had 28 points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocked shots to help the No. 3 Blue Devils beat Boston College 88-63 for their 12th win in a row.
The Blue Devils have been one of the best teams in college basketball this season. Led by freshman guard/forward Cooper Flagg, who is averaging 18.7 points per game, Duke has bolstered an 88.2 win percentage which is the fifth highest in the nation.