Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Recaps

Greensboro, NC (SportsNetwork.com) – Olivier Hanlan scored the game-winning layup with 10.9 seconds left to give Boston College a 66-65 victory over Georgia Tech in the first round of the ACC Tournament.

Hanlan’s go-ahead shot capped a 25-point effort for the junior guard and lifted the 12th-seeded Eagles (13-18) into a matchup with No. 5 seed North Carolina on Wednesday.

Georgia Tech (12-19) had a 63-57 lead with under two minutes remaining, but Boston College went on a 7-0 run to go ahead. Hanlan began the flurry with two free throws, Patrick Heckmann was fouled on a 3-point attempt and made all three shots from the line, and Hanlan scored off a steal from Dimitri Batten with 41 seconds to play.

After the Yellow Jackets moved back in front on Tadric Jackson’s jumper on the ensuing possession, Hanlan dribbled towards the baseline before pulling back and knocking down his shot for a 66-65 edge.

Georgia Tech’s Corey Heyward then drove into the lane and put up a layup attempt that caromed off the rim as time expired.

Heckmann finished with 19 points and Hanlan added eight rebounds for Boston College, which held a 35-34 advantage at halftime in a game that featured 15 lead changes.

Jackson paced the 13th-seeded Yellow Jackets with 16 points, with Charles Mitchell posting 14 points and 11 rebounds in defeat.

Final Score: Virginia Tech 81, Wake Forest 80

Greensboro, NC (SportsNetwork.com) – Jalen Hudson capped the best performance of his young career with a running bank shot that lifted Virginia Tech to an 81-80 win over Wake Forest in the first round of the ACC Tournament.

Trailing by one following Konstantinos Mitoglou’s triple with 25 seconds to play, the Hokies called a pair of timeouts and went to the freshman Hudson, who darted through the defense and was pure with a runner in traffic.

Wake then had three looks at the basket in the final seconds, but Mitoglou’s baseline jumper and putback attempts by Devin Thomas and Codi Miller-McIntyre all rimmed out just before the final buzzer.

Hudson finished with a career-high 32 points, Ahmad Hill added 12 points for Virginia Tech (11-21), which had lost seven straight games to finish the regular season.

Miller-McIntyre finished with 23 points and 11 assists and Thomas scored 22 points for the Demon Deacons (13-19).

Virginia Tech trailed during the early portion of the game until Hudson’s personal 8-0 run made it 23-19. The Hokies then closed the first half on a 13-2 run and led 41-31 at halftime.

Their lead reached 11 before Wake Forest came storming back. Miller-McIntyre scored 10 points during a 17-2 burst that put the Demon Deacons back in front, and it was neck-and-neck until the end.

The Hokies will meet sixth-seeded Miami on Wednesday.

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