by PointGuard » Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:02 pm
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ACC Tournament—Round 2:
#12 seed Miami Hurricanes (14-17, 6-14) vs #17 ranked, #5 seed Louisville Cardinals (23-8, 12-8): Louisville totally dominated the Hurricanes, leading from start to finish. By the half, the Cardinals were on top 57-28. The lead expanded to as much as 43 points in the 2nd half. Louisville cruised to a lopsided 94-69 beatdown of Miami. PG Neil Field scored 25 points and passed out 9 assists for Louisville. SF Dewayne Jennings and SG Marcell Allaway both had 11 points for Miami.
#11 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish (18-14, 7-13) vs # 6 seed Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (19-12, 11-9): The first half was a defensive battle with Georgia Tech coming out of it with a slim 29-27 lead. The Fighting Irish used frequent trips to the foul line in the 2nd half to score 49 points in the final 20 minutes and upset Georgia Tech 76-66. The Fighting Irish Notre Dame’s top scorer was PG Tom Tatum with 16 points. Reserve C Ryan Gooden tallied 14 points for Georgia Tech.
#10 seed Boston College Eagles (16-15, 8-12) vs #7 seed Pittsburgh Panthers (21-10, 11-9): It took 4 minutes before the first field goal was sunk by either team in this game. The vastly underdog Eagles gamely clawed the Panthers in the first half. The first portion of the half was close, but BC then steadily pulled away to open a 14 point lead before settling for a 43-32 halftime advantage. Most in attendance expected BC to fold in the 2nd half, but they surprised all by increasing their lead to as much as 20 points. Pittsburgh made a run with about 5 minutes to go to cut the lead to 9, but the Eagles rallied to pull away again and record a 72-57 thrashing of Pittsburgh in what was the biggest upset of the tournament thus far. SG James Lilly had his 2nd straight double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. For Pittsburgh, SG Rudy Kerlin scored 19 points and SF Kevin Woni had 16 points and 13 rebounds. “This was our biggest win of the season,” said BC’s coach Fred Aura. “Before the game our guys said they were tired of being underdogs and decided it was time to turn the tables. Our defense was dogged all night. Pittsburgh got off a lot of shots trying to catch up, but we made sure those shots were forced and difficult. There were very few easy shots for the Panthers tonight. That’s why they only hit 32% of their FG’s and 22% of their 3’s.”
#9 seed Virginia Tech Hokies (17-12, 11-9) vs #20 ranked, #8 seed Syracuse Orange (21-10, 11-9): Syracuse unleashed a potent offense, hitting 56% of their FGA’s and 48% of their 3PA’s. They led 54-40 at the half and won by the final score of 102-72. SG Adrian Hooks scored 43 points for the Orange. Virginia Tech’s had no weapons to compete with that as C Shawn Deane’s 14 points topped the Hokies’ scoring.
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