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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. NFL Jerseys Discount . 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. Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys Outlet . Woodson said during a radio interview Thursday that the Knicks Carmelo Anthony doesnt get the same calls as other superstars. Stitched Nike NFL Jerseys . But what about the officials? Every sport has officials and they also have stories about hard work and sacrifice but their accomplishments are seldom recognized by anyone outside their inner circle. http://www.stitchedjerseysnfl.com/ .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. MIAMI -- Trying to gain ground in the wild-card race, the Miami Marlins lost their third straight following a three-game winning streak.Adonis Garcia hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Marlins 3-2 Friday night.This is really typical of the way we have played, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. We catch a little stretch where we win three in a row and you feel like you have a little bit of momentum, and then you lose three in a row. I think thats really been the story of our season.Miami lost for the fifth time in eight games and dropped 5 1/2 games back for the second NL wild card pending San Franciscos game at San Diego.Atlanta won its season-high seventh straight.Freddie Freeman extended his hitting streak to 27 games with a sixth-inning double. Atlantas winning streak is its longest since it won nine in a row from June 27-July 5, 2014.Were a team that has to be reckoned with right now, Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said. I guarantee you teams dont want to play us.With the score 2-2, Emilio Bonifacio singled with one out off A.J. Ramos, stole his first base this season, took third on catcher J.T. Realmutos throwing error and came home on Garcias single to center.Brandon Cuniff (2-0) struck out two of three batters in a hitless eighth, and Mauricio Cabrera threw a hitless ninth for his sixth save in seven chances with the Braves. Tyler Flowers threw out pinch-runner Yefri Perez trying to steal second for the second out, and left fielder Mallex Smmith made a game-ending diving catch on Justin Bours liner. Wholesale NFL Authentic Jerseys. Flowers drove in two runs for Atlanta and Martin Prado also drove in two for Miami, which has dropped three straight.Braves left fielder Matt Kemp, who turned 32, was ejected in the third inning by plate umpire Adam Hamari. And Braves interim manager Brian Snitker also was tossed. Kemp and Snitker argued with Hamari after the top of the third following a strikeout by Kemp and a bases-loaded flyout by Nick Markakis.The manager getting ejected gives you so much motivation, Garcia said through a translator. That lifted everyones emotions and made the team play better.Prado, who entered the game hitting an NL-best .377 with runners in scoring position, struck out with Ichiro Suzuki stranded at second in the bottom of the eighth.Atlantas Matt Wisler allowed two runs, two hits and three walks in six innings. Miamis Andrew Cashner gave up one run, three hits and three walks in six innings.Obviously you feel like youre going to put some runs on the board when you get a couple in the first, Mattingly said. We have seen their guy a couple of times and from there they make adjustments and were not able to.UP NEXTComing off his first big league win, RHP Aaron Blair (1-6) starts for the Braves on Saturday. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (5-4) makes his second start for the Marlins after missing two months with an elbow strain. ' ' '