Miami's skid continues with loss to visiting BC

Quinten Post scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Boston College Eagles defeated the Miami Hurricanes 67-57 in an Atlantic Coast Conference game on Wednesday night in Coral Gables, Fla.

It was Boston College's first win in Miami since 2010. The Eagles rallied from a 10-point, first-half deficit.

Claudell Harris Jr. added 13 points and nine rebounds, and Mason Madsen added 12 points for the Eagles (16-14, 7-12), who swept two games from Miami this season.

Miami (15-15, 6-13) has lost eight straight games, the longest skid in the era of coach Jim Larranaga, who began his Hurricanes tenure in 2011-12.

The Hurricanes were led by Matthew Cleveland, who scored 13 points. Norchad Omier had a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds.

Miami fielded a healthy lineup for just the eighth time in this season's ACC schedule as Nijel Pack and Wooga Poplar returned as starters. However, Pack — who had missed four straight games due to a leg injury — went down again with 4:25 left in the first half.

Pack, who injured his left knee after a collision with Boston College's Devin McGlockton, did not return. Known as an elite shooter, Pack went scoreless, missing all five of his shots after going 0-for-7 in his last game before the injury.

In the first half, Boston College had a scoring drought that lasted 4:26, and the Eagles also went without a field goal for nearly eight minutes.

All of that resulted in Miami leading 32-28 at intermission. The Eagles made it that close because Post hit a 3-pointer that went in just as the first-half buzzer sounded.

Post led all first-half scorers with 12 points. He made 5 of 7 shots from the floor while his teammates converted on just 5-of-19 shooting.

The Hurricanes, who have lacked depth all season, actually had a 12-2 advantage in bench scoring. Backup center Michael Nwoko, who entered the game averaging just 2.5 points, scored seven in the first half, making 3 of 5 shots. He didn't score after intermission, however.

In the second half, Post's 3-pointer from the top of the key tied the score, 38-38 with 17:15 left.

In all, Boston College put together a 15-2 run, taking a 48-40 lead with 13:25 left.

Miami rallied and got as close as 56-53 with 6:35 left, but the Eagles held on from there.

A controversial flagrant foul called on Omier and a 3-pointer at the shot-clock buzzer by Harris helped sink the Hurricanes.

For the game, Miami shot just 33.8 percent, including 6-for-27 on 3-point attempts (22.2 percent).

—Field Level Media