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BOSTON -- Boston College coach Jim Christian knows that so far this season his teams success relies solely on Jerome Robinsons play.Robinson was there again when the Eagles needed him to carry them.The 6-foot-5 sophomore guard scored a career-high 32 points and Jordan Chatman hit consecutive 3-pointers 27-seconds apart late in the game to help Boston College beat Sacred Heart 82-75 on Sunday.Hes maturing. He knows hes really good player, Christian said. Hes a really good offensive player. We need other guys around him to play with similar consistency.It was the second straight win for Boston College (6-5). Ky Bowman had 12 points and A.J. Turner 10 for the Eagles.The Eagles opened a big lead early in the second half only to become sloppy before pulling it out late.In these types of games, we have a chance to put the game away with soundness and execution and weve been inconsistent, Christian said.Quincy McKnight scored 25 of his career-best 36 points in the second half for Sacred Heart (5-7).Weve been playing better, Pioneers coach Anthony Latina said. We talk about improving every game. The reality is we didnt play well enough to beat an ACC team.Trailing by 13 points early in the second half, the Pioneers went on a 16-0 run over a 5:26 span. The Eagles were held without a basket for nearly seven minutes.The Eagles crept back in front 54-49 on Garland Owens basket with 8:27 to play. They pushed it to 64-57 on Connar Tavas fastbreak layup with just over four minutes to play.Chatman hit his 3s -- both from the left corner in front of BCs bench -- to push the Eagles lead to 71-59 with 3:03 to play.BC had used a 10-0 run late in the opening half en route to a 41-30 edge at intermission. Robinson and Nik Popovic combined for all of the points in the spree, with Robinson getting seven -- the last coming on a baseline jam.BIG PICTURESacred Heart: The Pioneers were sloppy early in the game. They had 15 turnovers in the opening half -- a few passes thrown nowhere near their own players and out of bounds -- but settled down and ended up with 21 for the game. ... Picked eighth in the Northeast Conference preseason poll out of 10 teams, theyll need to find additional consistent scorers besides McKnight.You cant play that poorly with the ball in the first half and expect to win a game at Boston College, Latina said. If its a Division III team, we can probably turnover like 15 times and win the game.Boston College: Coming off a last-second victory against Auburn in their last game on Monday, the Eagles looked more fluid offensively at the start with good ball movement and many cuts to the basket for high-quality shots before reverting to the team that suffered losses to teams from weaker conferences early in the second half. ... The Eagles improved to 8-0 lifetime against Sacred Heart.Everything we did well in the first half, we didnt do in the second half, Christian said.20 AGAINRobinson, who entered the game third in the Atlantic Coast Conference averaging 19.3 per game, posted his seventh game over 20 points this season. 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Esa Lindell and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for Finland (1-1-0) Lindell opened the scoring for Finland just 41 seconds into the game, but the hosts quickly regained their composure and tied the score less than four minutes later on Wennbergs first of the game.WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- For No. 15 Purdue, not only is the Friday game against McNeese State the regular-season opener (7 p.m. ET, ESPN3), it also is the Boilermakers dress rehearsal for a Monday night matchup with the reigning national champions, No. 4 Villanova.Purdue, which finished 26-9, 12-6 in the Big Ten Conference last season, is 10-1 in season openers for 12th-year head coach Matt Painter and appears to be on a good path to be ready for title-winning Wildcats.The Boilermakers were 4-0 during an August exhibition tour of Spain, then defeated Southern Indiana in a Nov. 1 exhibition game in Mackey Arena and scrimmaged West Virginia last Sunday in Columbus, Ohio.Purdue will face a McNeese State team that returns its top three scorers from a 9-20 team that is picked to finish ninth in the Southland Conference. Painter likes the fact the Cowboys feature full-court pressure defense -- an element that bothered the Boilermakers last season.In two 2015-16 losses to Iowa and in a double-overtime NCAA Tournament defeat to a Arkansas-Little Rock, full-court pressure cost Purdue victories.Spike Albrecht, a fifth-year graduate transfer guard from Michigan, and freshman guard Carsen Edwards are eager to play their first regular-season games as Boilermakers.Albrecht likes the way Purdue is leading up to playing Villanova.A huge part, too, with our West Virginia scrimmage this past Sunday, is seeing teams that are a good caliber, Albrecht said. McNeese State is a good team that is going to put defensive pressure on us, which should prepare us and get uss ready for Villanova.ddddddddddddBut right now, were just focusing on McNeese State.Carsen Edwards -- no relation to Purdues leading returning scorer, junior forward Vince Edwards -- is glad the Wildcats are not the opponent in the season opener. Vince Edwards averaged 11.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game last season.Im absolutely glad we have a game before playing Villanova, but still, playing them the second game of the season is very early, Carsen Edwards said. Having McNeese State first is a good experience, just to kind of get your feet wet.We played in Spain in August, we had an exhibition game and then scrimmaged West Virginia before McNeese State, so thats the best way to prepare for Villanova.McNeese State coach Dave Simmons, 136-172 in his 11th season with the Cowboys, has guards Jamaya Burr (15.4 points a game last season), Jarren Greenwood (10.8) and James Harvey (10.7), who combined for 136 made 3-pointers last season.However, the Cowboys ranked last in the Southland Conference in field goal percentage (.411) and in rebounding defense.Were a very talented group, Simmons said. We have length. I think our guard play will be very good, and even though well be young, weve got guys that really shoot the basketball. Thats going to be our strength.The style of play, with the people we have, we want to be as high-octane, up-tempo as we can. We want to start that from the defensive end with full-court pressure. ' ' '