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Boston University 71, Norfolk State 63
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated15 Oct 2021
The Boston University Terriers broke open a close game with a 21-2 run to start the second half and held off a late Norfolk State Spartans charge to earn a 71-63 victory on Wednesday at Echols Hall in Norfolk, Va.
The Terriers run took 7:25 until Spartans guard Jeffrey Short finally stopped the bleeding with a jumper. During that stretch, Norfolk (1-2) went from having a 34-32 halftime lead to facing a 53-36 deficit. While Boston University (1-1) was scoring at will, the Spartans went 1-8 from the floor, turned the ball over five times and committed seven fouls .
Norfolk State then went on a 19-6 run of its own to get to within four at 59-55. But Boston University scored the next seven points to put the game away.
Four of the five Boston University starters finished in double figures, led by guard John Papale’s 17. Guard Cedric Hankerson had 16 points and seven assists, while forward Nathan Dieudonne had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Short led all scorers with 28 points, and guard Malik Thomas added 19 for the Spartans, which lost their second consecutive game. The rest of the squad managed just 16 points on 4-18 shooting.
