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. 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North Melbourne got the win against St Kilda they craved to celebrate Brent Harveys historic AFL milestone and that they needed to boost their top-four campaign, but they may have lost Jarrad Waite in the process.The important forward buckled in agony after he kicked his second goal early in the third quarter at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night and left the game having aggravated the hip injury that has put the brakes on his impressive season of late.I understand hes been in the side, then out, then in, then out in quick succession. So for our supporters and members, he looks like hes just jarred his hip again, the same hip, coach Brad Scott said after the 23-point win.Whether its exactly the same injury, Im not sure.But its a strange one because you saw how he was functioning right at the start of the game and then five minutes later, without incident, hes pretty sore.Well just go and get it scanned again. We were really patient with it at the start and were just going to have to reassess howw we treat him and when he comes back.ddddddddddddNorth stayed in eighth spot despite the win but are still right in the hunt for a top-four berth, with Scott confident the Roos are on the right track after a mid-season slump.The build-up to Harveys 427th match which made him the AFLs leading all-time games record holder, was intense but Scott paid tribute to the veteran midfielder for his handling of the situation.He has done an exceptional job of honouring the occasion and honouring the legends that have gone before him, he said.I cant see this record being equalled or broken in my lifetime. The thing that impresses me the most is hes not limping to the line - he completes every training session and he sets the standard in terms of professionalism at the club.Hes broken the all-time games record, arguably, at the peak of his powers, which is something to behold. ' ' '