Eagles get everyone involved

Everyone had a hand in this one. From senior forward Jared Dudley to the man at the end of the bench, senior walk-on guard Tyler Neville, every Boston College player contributed to last night's 94-60 romp over Hartford before a Conte Forum crowd of 5,128.

All 10 players on BC's roster scored as the Eagles (15-6) won their final nonconference game of the season in convincing fashion.

BC resumes Atlantic Coast Conference play Saturday with a 1 p.m. home game against 16th-ranked Virginia Tech, which is tied with the Eagles for second place in the league after the Hokies' 70-59 loss to North Carolina State last night.

"This game was as important as any other we're going to play the remainder of the year because we've got to start piling up wins and we've got to start taking care of our business at home," said BC coach Al Skinner. "This time of year we cannot afford to be taking any steps backward. We know we have challenges in front of us and we just can't afford to be stumbling."

The Eagles, who converted 33 of 48 field goals, hit a school-record 14 of 26 from the 3-point arc, surpassing by one the mark set at Miami Jan. 7, 2001. Dudley was near perfect in leading the Eagles by going 8 for 8 from the field, 3 of 3 from the arc, and 2 of 4 from the foul line for 21 points to go with 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

"You've got to have these wins," Dudley said. "We've already had a couple of bad [nonconference] losses with Vermont and Duquesne, plus we want to go in the right direction and we have a big game on Saturday and you want to hold court when we play V-Tech at home."

Sean Marshall added 13 points, freshman forward Tyler Roche of Manchester, N.H., had 12 (hitting 4 of 6 from the 3-point arc), while sophomore guard Tyrese Rice and junior center John Oates each chipped in 11. Alex Zimnickas had 12 points to lead Hartford (9-13), loser of six straight.

BC seemed intent on jumping out to a quick start against its America East visitors by letting it fly from the 3-point arc, hitting 8 of 14 3-pointers in the first half, to control a 47-30 lead at intermission.

Dudley and Oates got things going by hitting back-to-back treys. Oates ignited an 16-10 run by draining a trey for a 22-15 lead. Skinner went to his bench with 10:54 to go in the half, having Roche and junior center Tyrelle Blair (6 points, 7 rebounds, career-high 6 blocked shots) check in for Oates and Marshall.

Roche did not disappoint when he knocked down the first two treys of his career; the first gave BC a 28-17 lead with 9:10 to go, the second expanded the lead to 31-17 with 8:04 left.

"Once he hit the first one, the second one I just threw it to him and he just pulled it," Rice said. "That's the Roche we have in practice and that's the Roche we need to have in the game."

Jaret Von Rosenberg converted a backcourt steal into a breakaway basket to pull the Hawks within 33-21, but that was as close as Hartford got in the first half as BC went on to outscore its visitors, 14-9, in the final 4:26.

The Eagles were never threatened in the second half as they opened up a 21-point lead (51-30) that grew to 29 (67-38) on a Dudley trey. Marshall's foul-inducing baseline jumper made it a 32-point game (70-38) before Daye Kaba (5 points) drilled BC's 13th trifecta for the largest lead, 86-50, with 4:35 to go.

Roche tallied the record-setting trey when he hit from the left corner with 1:19 left. Neville put the icing on the cake when he went to the line (and made the first of two shots), made a nice no-look dish to Kaba on a fast-break dunk, then tallied on a transition basket for the final margin.

"Everybody in the locker room was excited because everybody got involved," Skinner said. "From that standpoint it's great that we could have an effort like that so everyone could share and get some decent minutes and enjoy the game. So from a team spirit standpoint, this was an excellent win for us."

Michael Vega can be reached at vega@globe.com.