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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. Dwight Clark Jersey . Hargreaves began his career in 2008 with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and has played with the Edmonton Eskimos and last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Deion Sanders Jersey . 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. http://www.cheap49ersjerseysauthentic.com/?tag=authentic-jerry-rice-jersey . Jay Feely kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime, and the Cardinals edged the Tennessee Titans 37-34 in overtime after blowing a 17-point lead late in the fourth quarter. Frank Gore Jersey . The phone hearing is scheduled for 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt. Winchester, who was not penalized for the hit, appeared to make contact with Kellys head early in the first period of Thursdays game in Boston. Terrell Owens Jersey .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco. SAN DIEGO -- For Adam Duvall, Jay Bruce, Julio Teheran and Eduardo Nunez, the All-Star Game is as close to the spotlight as theyre likely to get this season.Their teams are far from contention, on track to lose 100 or more games.Obviously it means a lot. But it would be better if we were winning or playing better as a team, said Duvall, whose Cincinnati Reds are 32-57.But this is where we are in this stage of the process. We are rebuilding, and Cincinnati has been very vocal about that. I think we have a lot of the pieces of the puzzle. We have a very good foundation and we are doing the things necessary to be successful in the future, he said.Bruce is also on the Reds, who havent won a title since the 1990 Nasty Boys team and seem years from contending again.I will consider myself a Red until I am no longer in uniform, he said. Remember, I was traded last year and it didnt happen and here I am an All-Star with the Reds. If the Reds think it is in the best interest of the organization, that they can maybe get better, they will do it.Teherans Atlanta Braves are 31-58, the worst record in the majors, a team that stripped down in preparation ffor next years move to suburban SunTrust Park.ddddddddddddIts kind of been a hard year. We have been an up-and-down team, the pitcher said. But its something you dont think about it. You only control what you can control. I know I dont have a lot of wins but Im going to keep doing what I do and that is to go out there and get people out. It doesnt matter if you have run support or not. You have to help your team win.Nunez plays for the Minnesota Twins, who are 32-56 and far from the power that won titles in 1987 and 1991.We are struggling, we know that. But we have to see the good side and Im here trying to represent my team and my fans in Minneapolis, he said. Yes this is the highlight. I was very excited. I didnt expect it. I went from looking for more playing time to making the All-Star team is amazing.The former Yankees infielder has 12 homers and 40 RBI.You cant control numbers. You work to get good numbers but you dont have any control. The opportunity was very big for me. It made a big difference, he said. ' ' '