Trent Forrest and Braian Angola both scored 21 points and Florida State rallied in the second half to defeat Boston College, 85-76, on Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla.
The Seminoles (20-10, 9-9 ACC) trailed most of the game and were down, 72-67, with 6:13 remaining before scoring 9 straight points. Forrest, a 6-foot-5-inch sophomore guard, keyed the run with 7 points while Angola’s dunk with 5:04 left put Florida State up for good, 74-72. Angola, who was one of three seniors honored before FSU’s final home game, had 19 points in the final 20 minutes.
Boston College (17-14, 7-11) will be the 12th seed in the upcoming ACC tourney and will face No. 13 Georgia Tech in the first round Tuesday.
The Eagles went scoreless for 4:38 during the run and were 0 of 7 from the field with three turnovers.
‘‘We lost our composure and got away with what was working. We didn’t get back on defense while they ratcheted it up and forced some turnovers,’’ BC coach Jim Christian said.
Jordan Chatman (20 points) ended the run with two free throws with 1:35 remaining to make it 76-74.
Florida State ended the game with a 9-2 run.
Ky Bowman led the Eagles with 22 points and Jerome Robinson added 16.
Florida State freshman Ike Obiagu had five blocks and a career-high 12 rebounds before fouling out.
Providence 61, St, John's 57 — Seniors Rodney Bullock (13 points, 8 rebounds) and Kyron Cartwright (10 points) led the host Friars in the regular-season finale.
The Friars (19-12, 10-8) next play in a Big East tournament quarterfinal Thursday as a No. 4 seed, while St. John’s (15-16, 4-14) will play in the first round Wednesday as the ninth seed.
Bashir Ahmad scored 5 of his 12 points in a 9-1 run for the Red Storm late in the game and Justin Simon dunked to bring the Red Storm within 50-47 with 3:30 to play.
Cartwright nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the key to stretch the lead and Providence closed it out going 8 of 10 at the free throw line in the last 38 seconds.
Marvin Clark led St. John’s with 14 points, Simon finished with 13 and Tariq Owens 12.
UMass 85, Duquesne 75 — Malik Hines made all eight of his shots for 20 points and C.J. Anderson scored 12 points and tied a career-high 12 assists as the Minutemen (12-19, 5-13 Atlantic 10) turned away the visiting Dukes (16-15, 7-11).
Mike Lewis II made a 3-pointer with 2:52 left and Duquesne trailed, 72-70, but the Minutemen went on an 11-0 run to seal the win.
Rayshawn Miller and Luwane Pipkins each scored 16 points and Carl Pierre had 15 for UMass, which shot 56 percent (9 of 16) from 3-point range.
UMBC 89, UMass-Lowell 77 — Jairus Lyles scored 18 points and had five steals as the second-seeded Retrievers (22-10) used a second-half surge to defeat the visiting River Hawks (12-18) in an America East quarterfinal.
UMass Lowell advanced to the tournament as the No. 7 seed in its first year of postseason eligibility in Division 1. The River Hawks were led by 18 points and 16 rebounds from Jahad Thomas.
Daniel Akin opened the second half with three consecutive layups as the Retrievers erased a 12-point deficit, scoring 51 points in the half. Lyles scored 16 of his points and made four of his steals after the break. K.J. Maura drained a 3 with 14:31 remaining to put UMBC ahead for the rest of the game.
Hartford 71, UNH 60 — John Carroll scored 21 points, sinking 11 of 13 free throws, and J.R. Lynch added 19 points as the Hawks (19-12) beat the Huskies (10-21) in an America East quarterfinal in West Hartford, Conn.
Jason Dunne had four steals and scored 15 points, including his 1,000th career point, for the Hawks, who will face No. 2 seed UMBC in Tuesday’s semifinal.
Tanner Leissner scored 21 points with four 3s, Josh Hopkins had 11 points, and Iba Camara 10 for UNH.
Virginia 62 Notre Dame 57 — Devon Hall scored 17 points in his final game at John Paul Jones Arena as the No. 1 Cavaliers (28-2, 17-1 ACC) outlasted the Fighting Irish in Charlottesville, Va.
Bonzie Colson, playing in just his second game since missing 15 with a broken foot, had 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Irish (18-13, 8-10).
Martinas Geben added 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Michigan 75, Michigan State 64 — At Madison Square Garden, Mo Wagner scored 14 of his 15 points after a dreadful first half and the No. 15 Wolverines beat the Sparatans in the Big Ten tournament semifinals, ending the No. 2 Spartans’ win streak at 13 games.
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman and Zavier Simpson also had 15 for the No. 15 Wolverines (27-7), who were also the last team to beat Michigan State (29-4), when they did it Jan. 13.
Michigan was just too balanced and quick for Michigan State, putting five players in double figures. Duncan Robinson added 13 points off the bench, Charles Matthews had 12, and the Wolverines lit up the Spartans’ defense, hitting 12 of 18 from the field and making 20 of 27 free throws in the final 20 minutes
Miles Bridges had 17 points to lead Michigan State before fouling out late. Jaren Jackson Jr. added 13 and Cassius Winston had 11, but the Spartans only crossed into double figures with the Michigan band revving the Maize and Blue faithful on hand with yet another version of ‘‘Hail To The Victors.’’
Michigan will play No. 8 Purdue for the title Sunday, after Carsen Edwards scored 27 points as the Boilermakers (28-5) pulled away from Penn State (21-12).
Xavier 65, DePaul 62 — Trevon Bluiett scored 22 points, and the No. 3 Musketeers (27-4, 15-3) set a school record for regular-season wins while clinching the top seed in the Big East tourney with a victory over the Blue Demons in Chicago.
Brandon Cyrus led DePaul (11-19, 4-14) with a career-high 20 points. Cain scored 14 as the Blue Demons lost for the fifth time in six games.
Villanova 97, Georgetown 73 — Mikal Bridges scored 24 points as Jay Wright moved into a tie atop the school’s wins list with 413 as the No. 4 Wildcats (27-4, 14-4 Big East) took care of the visiting Hoyas (15-14, 5-13).
Wright improved to 413-165 since he took the job in 2001. He matched Al Severance, who went 413-201 from 1936-1961.
Women’s basketball
Amherst 53, St. Joseph’s (Maine) 47 — Sophomore Hannah Fox scored a team-high 18 points, including 9 in the fourth quarter, as the Mammoths (29-0) ran their win streak to 62 games, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen for the 11th consecutive year. The Monks (28-2) were led by a game-high 30 points from junior Kelsi McNamara.
Tufts 61, Ithaca 39 — Melissa Baptista rang up 19 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks as the Jumbos (25-4) moved into the NCAA’s Division 3 Sweet Sixteen for the seventh straight year with a victory over the visiting Bombers (21-8).
Mississippi State 70, Texas A&M 55 — Victoria Vivians scored 22 points and the second-ranked Bulldogs (32-0) rolled the No. 15 Aggies (24-9) in the SEC tourney semifinals in Nashville.
Chennedy Carter, the SEC freshman of the year, led the Aggies with 27 points.
Baylor 83, Kansas State 54 — Kalani Brown, a 6-7 center who was named Big 12 Player of the Year earlier in the week, had 26 points and 13 rebounds to help the No. 3 Bears (29-1) beat the Wildcats (16-15) in the Big 12 quarterfinals in Oklahoma City.
Louisville 64, N.C. State 59 — Sam Fuehring scored 15 points to help the No. 4 Cardinals (31-2) hold off the No. 23 Wolfpack State in an ACC tourney semifinal in Greensboro, N.C.
Chelsea Nelson had 20 points and nine rebounds for the fifth-seeded Wolfpack (24-8), who shot 39 percent but had a 34-24 rebounding advantage.
Notre Dame 90, Florida State 80 — Marina Mabrey scored a season-high 27 points and the No. 5 Fighting Irish (29-2) shot 63 percent in the final quarter to beat the No. 11 Seminoles in the ACC semifinals in Greensboro, N.C., putting them a win away from a record fifth straight tournament title since joining the league in the 2013-14 season.
Shakayla Thomas scored 24 points for the third-seeded Seminoles (25-6), who erased a 10-point second-quarter deficit and took a 56-48 lead on Nausia Woolfolk’s layup with 4:30 left in the third before the Irish made their move.
Belmont 63, UT Martin 56 — In Evansville, Ind., Julie McCabe had 19 points and 10 rebounds and the No. 22 Bruins (31-3) hit two 3-pointers in the last 15 seconds of regulation before pulling away in overtime to win the Ohio Valley Conference tournament and become the first team to qualify for the NCAA Women’s Tournament.
Janekia Mason had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the second-seeded Skyhawks (19-14), who missed their last three shots in regulation and first five in overtime.
Men’s hockey
Merrimack 3, UMass Lowell 2 — Senior Jace Hennig scored at 13:59 of overtime to lift the visiting Warriors to a sweep of the River Hawks in the first round of the Hockey East tournament.
Merrimack (12-19-4), which won its fifth straight postseason overtime game, will next play top-seeded BC in a three-game quarterfinal series beginning Friday.
Connor Wilson had tied the game 8:31 into the third period for UMass Lowell (17-19-0).
Maine 3, UNH 2 — Eduards Tralmaks scored the eventual winner with 2:28 to play as the host Black Bears (18-14-4) swept the Wildcats (10-20-6) to advance to the Hockey East quarterfinals at Providence.
Women’s hockey
UConn 4, BC 2 — Huskies freshman Natalie Snodgrass scored twice and Annie Belanger made 29 saves as the Huskies upset the No. 3 Eagles in the semifinals of the Hockey East tourney at Matthews Arena. It was UConn’s first victory over the Eagles (0-11-2) in four years.
BC’s Daryl Watts scored her 42nd goal of the season, which is one shy of the school’s single-season record set by Alex Carpenter two years ago.
While seventh-seeded Connecticut (16-13-9) became the lowest seed to advance to the league’s championship game, top-seeded Boston College (30-4-3) had its run of four straight championship game appearances snapped.
Boston College will now await a possible NCAA Tournament at-large berth, which will be announced Sunday at 9 p.m.
Northeastern 2, Maine 1 — Matti Hartman scored at 5:27 of the third period and Aerin Frankel made 24 saves as the host Huskies (18-16-3) beat the Black Bears (19-14-5) to advance to Sunday afternoon’s Hockey East title game at Matthews Arena.
