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Women's Basketball Topples Buffalo, 64-45
December 08, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 8, 2001
Buffalo, NY - The Boston College women's basketball team toppled Buffalo, 64-45, Saturday night in Alumni Arena in Buffalo, New York. With the win, the Eagles gave Head Coach Cathy Inglese her 250th career win. They improve to 4-2 on the season. The Bulls fall to 2-5.
Boston College never trailed in this one and jumped out to its largest lead of the first half right before intermission. Behind six points from Amber Jacobs (Clarks Summitt, PA) and five points each from Becky Gottstein (Albany, NY) and Clare Droesch (Belle Harbor, NY), the Eagles opened up a 12-point lead right before the break. Going into intermission, BC held a 29-17 lead.
In the second half, the Eagles enjoyed more of the same. Behind some sharpshooting from Nicole Conway (Glenmont, NY), BC opened up its largest lead of the game (22 points) with 4:47 left in regulation. Conway collected 13 points on the evening and pulled down a game-high nine rebounds.
For BC, Jacobs and Conway led with 13 points apiece. Brianne Stepherson (Middleton, MA) added nine points while Droesch finished with eight.
Boston College will keep on the road for a game at Oakland (MI) Monday, Dec. 10. BC will return to Conte Form for a Dec. 16 game against Quinnipiac (4 pm).
