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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. Bernard King Jersey . - Blake Griffin had 30 points and 12 rebounds, J. Allan Houston Jersey . The team said Saturday that Lopez was hurt during its 121-120 overtime loss at Philadelphia on Friday. The Nets said they would issue another update next week after consultation with their doctors. http://www.cheapknicksjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-charles-oakley-jersey . Brazilian national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has confirmed that the veteran goalkeeper is set to join Toronto on loan, saying it will help him be ready for the World Cup. Cheap Knicks Jerseys Authentic . The Hall of Fame defenceman told Landsberg that he believes fighting still has a place in todays game, but thinks staged fighting needs be outlawed. Walt Frazier Jersey . -- Jimmie Johnson held off a teammate, passed a pair of Hall of Famers, and dominated once more at Dover. Englands James Heath hopes a year of lows and highs is now on an upward trajectory after booking his debut at The Open Championship.It will be the first time the world No.359 has attended the championship in any capacity as he was determined to go there as a player not a spectator.A year which began with the loss of his mum Jenny turned around with the birth of his son Buddy [Heaths mothers maiden name was Budd], a first Challenge Tour victory in a decade and an Open debut.It was genuinely the worst time in my life at the start of the year and anyone who loses their mum will say the same, Heath said. I think about her every day. It is life and it sucks. It has been tough but I know she would want us all to crack on.It has been up and down but the last month has been one of the best.Our little boy is 10 weeks old and all that perspective stuff people talk about is not a joke.You give golf 100 percent but at the end of the day everything will be fine.?After losing my mum in January golf is important but it doesnt mean as much.His golf has improved recently as a second Challenge Tour win 10 years after his first set him up for Open qualifying in Deal.Over the last decade there have been many occasions when Heath has thought about quitting, and when his game has not gone well he has had to work through the winter at his familys heating business or a friends marketing company just to get by.I thought about giving up many a time but then as soon as you think about giving up golf throws you a little nugget, he added. Ive just about kept my head above water and I am slowly benefiting from my experience.His Open debut will gennuinely be the first time he has been at the tournament in any capacity.ddddddddddddI have had a couple of very near misses: there was heartache in 2014 when I was doing well and had a nine on the 13th on the New Course at Sunningdale, said the Worcester Park golfer. Of course Ive dreamed of this for a long time. Ive never been; Ive never wanted to go because Ive always wanted to play.Ive never played Troon either. It is a completely whole new experience. I am preparing to be overwhelmed.There are two approaches: you either make the decision to go up there with a big smile on your face and enjoy the experience and try to soak up as much as possible, or you go in trying to do the best you can and sacrifice the fun.Thats not to say I wont enjoy it, it is merely about not getting caught up in all the bells and whistles.Heath was one of the most high-profile graduates of the Faldo Junior Series and even now his name is still associated with three-time Open champion Sir Nick Faldo.It has been a long time since Ive been involved with Faldo so it is a bit funny, he added. But the help he gave me during that time was such a benefit to my game. I didnt probably appreciate it at the time and there are things I think about now which he taught me.At the end of the day he won six majors -- I can think of worse people to be associated with.But we dont go for beers -- Ive seen him once in the last four or five years -- and if I see him [at Troon] I cant imagine it will be anything more than pleasantries. ' ' '