National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston College 86, Georgia Tech 75
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 8, 2011
Where: Silvio O. Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Officials: # Brian Dorsey, # Karl Hess, # Sean Hull
Attendance: 6516

Reggie Jackson and Corey Raji carried Boston College to an 86-75 victory over Georgia Tech Saturday in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup at Conte Forum.

Jackson scored 25 points and Raji added 22 for the Eagles (12-4, 2-0 ACC).

Boston College improved to 7-2 at home this season and gave first-year head coach Steve Donahue his first career victory over Georgia Tech. Donahue was 0-3 against the Yellow Jackets while he was the coach at Cornell.

Jackson entered the game leading the Eagles in scoring and was extremely efficient against the Yellow Jackets. He was 8 of 9 from the field, made all three of his 3-point attempts and went 6 of 6 from the line.

Raji added nine rebounds in 33 minutes off the bench for Boston College.

The Yellow Jackets (7-7, 0-1) opened conference play on the road for the first time since the 2006-07 season.

Iman Shumpert scored 15 points and added five rebounds and four assists and Glen Rice Jr. had 12 points and seven rebounds for Georgia Tech, which dropped to 0-4 in true road games this season.
Top Game Performances
 
Georgia Tech   Boston College
Kammeron Holsey 18 Scoring Reggie Jackson 25
Iman Shumpert 4 Assists Biko Paris 7
Glen Rice Jr. 7 Rebounds Corey Raji 9
Mfon Udofia 5 Free Throws Made Biko Paris 7
Glen Rice Jr. 3 Steals Gabriel Moton 2
Daniel Miller 1 Blocks Reggie Jackson 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Georgia Tech 75 47.6 5-19 10-15 12 27 1 7
Boston College 86 54.9 9-19 21-29 14 33 2 6