Boston College’s 90-46 win over MIT on Sunday had the kind of margin that makes the final score easy to forget. Armoni Zeigler made sure one play would stick.
The senior guard came off the bench, logged 23 minutes and finished with eight points. But his best moment had nothing to do with the box score. It came after he picked off a pass, pushed the other way and took flight for a one-handed dunk that turned a routine fastbreak into the kind of highlight that travels fast.
MIT’s Eric Wentz was right there as Zeigler approached the rim, and even got a hand at the ball as he tried to recover. He missed, kept moving forward and ended up in the worst possible spot as Zeigler rose over him and finished the play.
The result was ugly for Wentz and electric for everyone else. The crowd erupted, and even children started to run onto the court. Wentz could only stand there with his hands on his head after being posterized.
The dunk was unintentional, but it was brutal all the same. And because it counted as an and-one, the play carried that extra sting. For MIT, it was a rough moment in a game that had already gotten away.
It also fit the kind of mismatch that produced it. You do not expect to show up at MIT and wind up on the wrong side of a dunk like that. The school is built for engineers, not poster materials.
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