The Boston College men’s basketball team earned a somewhat messy win over Rhode Island today to earn the third place spot in the 2K Empire Classic, defeating the Rams 69-64. The Eagles were without Jay Heath, who is out with a foot injury.
Neither team built up much of a buffer throughout the game, and the lead changed 8 times throughout the matchup. URI led for the first 10 minutes of the second half and it looked like BC might end up losing this one, but a pair of 3s from Kraljevic (who had just entered the game) and Kelly tied things up at 48 and BC took the lead for the remainder of the game from there.