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BOSTON -- Jerome Robinson found his shooting spot in the first half, sending Boston College on its way to a strong start. That was enough to carry the Eagles to the victory.Robinson scored 15 of his career-high 22 points in the opening half and Boston College held off a late charge for an 82-75 win over Stony Brook on Sunday.Hes our most creative player, BC coach Jim Christian said. He understands when he gets in the lane he usually makes good decisions with the ball.Robinson was 6 for 10 from the floor in the opening half and finished 8 of 17 in the game.Mid-range, its something I just grew up doing, he said of his shooting.Nik Popovic scored 13 points and A.J. Turner had 12 for the Eagles (2-1). Robinson added eight rebounds.Tyrell Sturdivant led Stony Brook (0-2) with a career-high 26 points and seven rebounds.The Eagles opened big leads in both halves, but struggled in the closing minutes.Our team doesnt have a big margin for error, Stony Brook first-year coach Jeff Boals said. Every possession has to matter.Stony Brook trailed by 18 with 7 1/2 minutes to play, but closed it to 74-70 on Sturdivants 3-point play with 54 seconds to play.Robinson had two key free throws, making it 78-72 with 38.3 seconds left.BC shot 65.4 percent and led 46-30 at halftime.Leading 20-14 midway into the opening half, BC took charge by going on 15-4 spree over the next 3:27. Robinson triggered the run with a 3-point play and scored the first five points before Turner had the last five, closing with a 3-pointer from the left corner.The Eagles pushed it to 44-21 on Robinsons alley-oop dunk before Stony Brook scored the final seven points of the half.BIG PICTUREStony Brook: The Seawolves are working in five newcomers and two redshirt freshman before America East play. Last season, they won the conference tournament and earned their first-ever NCAA tourney berth as a Division 1 team.Boston College: The Eagles looked like a much more confident team at the beginning after getting their first victory since last December. They went deep into the bench in the opening half and had a number of players make contributions.QUOTE OF THE DAYIn the first half we looked like the Mannequin Challenge, Boals said of his teams defense. We were just stationary. They got what they wanted, whenever they wanted it.POUND IT INSIDEBC seemed intent on driving to the basket most of the opening half, collecting 24 points in the paint. Robinson did most of the work, driving into the lane for three consecutive baskets, one that led to a 3-point play.They finished the game outscoring Stony Brook, 34-20 in the paint.We were getting a lot of stops in the first half so we had transition opportunities, Christian said. In the second half we played poor defense so we didnt get a lot of transition opportunities.UP NEXTStony Brook: The Seawolves are at Maryland on Tuesday in the second of three straight on the road to open the season.Boston College: Closes out a season-opening four-game homestand against Towson on Tuesday. Fake Basketball Jerseys Free Shipping . Vancouver Whitecaps and Toronto FC failed to make the postseason while Montreal Impact fell at the first hurdle losing heavily to Houston Dynamo in the Eastern Conference Knockout Round. Basketball Jerseys China . That left plenty of energy for pitching books and swatting away free agency questions. Anthony had 24 points and nine rebounds, and the Knicks avenged an embarrassing home loss with a rout of their own, beating the Boston Celtics 114-88 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory. https://www.fakebasketballjerseys.com/ . 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The Wildcats average more than 175 yards rushing per game and the Longhorns (3-3, 1-2 Big 12) nearly 240.Texas also has the leagues top running back in DOnta Foreman. The 250-pound bruiser averages 146 yards, second nationally to San Diego States Donnel Pumphrey, and has reached the end zone eight times through the Longhorns first six games.That man right there is rolling right now. Hes really impressive, Texas quarterback Shane Buechele said, and hes fun to watch. Just seeing what he can do with the ball, hes a great player, and just being able to hand it off to him and seeing what he can do, its a lot of fun.Not so much fun is trying to stop him.But if the Wildcats (3-3, 1-2) has one thing going for them, it just may be that they have the best run defense in the conference. They held the Sooners in check last weekend -- they were ripped apart through the air -- and have generally made things tough on opposing runners.Then again, Foreman serves up a totally different test.Hes a very powerful runner, stays on his feet extremely well, has excellent lower-body strength but can bounce the ball out as well, Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said. Hes a very talented, young back, and what is impressive to me is hes been consistent about it throughout the season.The Wildcats counter with a committee approach to running the ball -- Charles Jones, Dalvin Warmack, Justin Silman, Alex Barnes and fullback Winston Dimel all have had a part this season.Their performance will be especially crucial with quarterback Jesse Ertz dealing with a nagging shoulder injury . It prevented him from finishing the game against Oklahoma, though Snyder said early in the week that he expects his starter to play on Saturday.As the Wildcats prepare to meet the Longhorns, here arre some of the other key story lines:PROTECTING THE QBErtzs health could become a factor considering Texas ranks fourth nationally with 23 sacks .dddddddddddd Kansas State has shuffled the offensive line a bit and surrendered two sacks last week, but a young group has mostly played well this season.BACKUP PLANSThe Wildcats Joe Hubener struggled after taking over for Ertz last weekend, but Snyder indicated that he would be first off the bench. Alex Delton has also played this season but hes primarily a run-first threat, and Kansas State would prefer to keep some offensive balance.SHAKY PASS DOne reason the Wildcats want to throw the ball? Texas has the nations third-worst pass efficiency defense. Oklahomas Baker Mayfield shredded the Longhorns for 390 yards and three TDs a couple weeks ago, though Iowa State fared much worse last weekend.Weve got to play smart, and we have to be consistent in our play, Texas coach Charlie Strong said, but we have to go get stops, and we need to just -- on defense we need to go play defense.BIG NUMBERSWhile the Wildcats have struggled to move the ball this season, Texas has had no such problems. The Longhorns have piled up at least 500 yards of offense four times, more than the past two seasons combined. The school record for a season is six times.Part of our preaching is about playing a complete game, Texas offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert said. If were playing good on the defensive side of the ball and special teams, then weve got to do our part on the offensive side of the ball. Were just continuing to preach that.K-STATE DOMINANCEThe Longhorns have only won once in seven tries in Manhattan, back in 2002, and the Wildcats are the only Big 12 team to have a series lead. They are 9-7 against Texas all-time.It would mean a lot to keep that streak alive, said Kansas State offensive lineman Abdul Beecham, a Texas native. K-State is all about tradition and to keep that tradition going would mean a lot to not only me, but to my teammates and the school as well. ' ' '