BOSTON (AP) Georgia Tech's big men heard the pregame message and took care of things in the paint against Boston College.

Moses Wright scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Georgia Tech to a 71-52 victory over BC on Saturday night.

James Banks III and Jordan Usher each added 13 points for Georgia Tech (8-8, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), which had lost three of its last five games.

"One of our keys to this game was to impose our will," the 6-foot-10 Banks said. "That's what we were doing, imposing our will on the boards and blocking shots and, of course, dominating down low."

Georgia Tech owned a 42-18 advantage with points in the paint. Wright, a 6-foot-9 forward, had his sixth double-double this season.

"We've been pretty good in the red zone," Yellow Jackets coach Josh Pastner said. "I call the red zone the paint."

CJ Felder led the Eagles (9-7, 3-2) with 13 points. BC shot just 30% (17 of 57). Steffon Mitchell scored 10 with 11 boards.

"We shot the ball poorly the whole night," BC coach Jim Christian said. "On top of the basket, open 3s, right from the first five minutes of the game. We got the ball in spots where we needed it, probably 80 percent of our possessions the ball was in a spot where you could make plays. We just couldn't make a shot."

The Yellow Jackets led 31-23 at halftime and used a 6-0 spurt early in the second half to push their lead to 40-27, capped by Bubba Parham's 3-pointer from the top of the key. They pushed it to 16 points on Usher's three-point play with 12:24 to play.

Georgia Tech continually frustrated the Eagles, switching from man-to-man to a 1-3-1 zone defense that had BC looking flustered.

The Yellow Jackets opened a 56-38 edge on Jose Alvarado's 3 from the top with just over eight minutes to play.

BC never threatened in the second half.

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Georgia Tech: Hosts Notre Dame on Wednesday night.

Boston College: At Syracuse on Wednesday.