CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (AP) — Collin Murray-Boyles scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and South Carolina beat Boston College 73-51 on Tuesday in an SEC/ACC Challenge contest.
Nick Pringle added 11 points for South Carolina.
Boston College’s Chad Venning made his first three shots to give the Eagles a 6-2 lead. Murray-Boyles scored the games first basket with a dunk and added a 3-pointer to reduce South Carolina’s deficit to 6-5. Jamarii Thomas made 1 of 2 foul shots with 16:44 to knot it, and after a little more than two minutes of scoreless play, Murray-Boyles threw down another dunk and the Gamecocks led the rest of the way.
Elijah Strong made a 3 to bring the Eagles within 14:13 with 10:22 before halftime. From there, South Carolina (5-3) outscored the Eagles 22-6 to close the half for a 36-19 lead. In the second half, the Gamecocks reached their first 20-plus point lead when Myles Stute made a 3 with 8:46 left.
Venning scored 12 points for Boston College (6-3).
Before Tuesday, Boston College and South Carolina last met on Jan. 1, 2011 in Columbia, South Carolina.
Tuesday’s game was the fourth all-time matchup between the two programs. The Gamecocks’ win evened the series at 2-2.
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