Eagles To Play At Purdue On Tonight

Thursday, December 3

West Lafayette, Ind.

6:00 PM

Boston College

Purdue

December 02, 2015 | Women's Basketball

Eagles-Boilermakers at 6 p.m. on the Big Ten Network

BIG TEN - ACC CHALLENGE
Boston College (5-1) at RV Purdue (5-1)
WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015
TIME: 6 p.m.
WHERE: West Lafayette, Indiana
VIEW: BIG TEN NETWORK
PLAY-BY-PLAY: Lisa Byington
COLOR: Stephanie White
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ACC-BIG 10 CHALLENGE

The Eagles will travel to West Lafayette, Indiana to play (RV) Purdue on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. It will be the fourth meeting between the two teams. Purdue has a 3-0 edge in the overall series.
The two teams first played on Dec. 29, 1990. The Eagles lost, 101-76. In the second meeting, BC lost to Purdue at home on Dec. 3, 2000 (73-61). The last time the two teams played BC lost, 71-54, on Dec. 21, 2012.
BC has not won a Challenge game since the 2010 season. That season BC defeated Penn State, 113-104, in overtime as former guard Jaclyn Thoman '10 had a career-high 25 points.
Last year, Indiana defeated BC, 76-67, at Conte Forum. Boston College was led by Kelly Hughes with 10 points and eight rebounds while Nicole Boudreau had nine points, five rebounds and five assists. Indiana was led by Tyra Buss with 24 points.
BC is now 2-5 in the challenge.
The 2013 challenge pitted Boston College against Wisconsin for the second time in challenge history. The Eagles lost to the Badgers, 74-59, in Wisconsin on Dec. 5, 2013. Katie Zenevitch had 17 points and 10 rebounds in the loss. The two teams met in the 2011 season and the Eagles lost that game, 58-50. Again the BC was on the road for that match-up.
The ACC has 14 teams competing in the ninth annual Big Ten-ACC Challenge this season. The ACC owns six Challenge tittles and a 55-39 edge in overall games played to date.

PROBABLE STARTERS

Nicole Boudreau – Senior – Guard
Kelly Hughes – Junior – Guard
Ella Awobajo – R-Freshman – Forward
Martina Mosetti – Sophomore – Guard
Mariella Fasoula – Freshman – Center

LAST 3 GAMES

Boston College is 2-1 with victories over Boston University and Utah. The only loss is to No. 21 Oklahoma at last week's Junkanoo Jam.
In the three game stretch BC shot 41.4 percent from the floor and 39 percent from the three-point arc.
BC lost the battle of the boards over the course of three games, 102-90.
The Eagles averaged 18.3 assists per game but have turned the ball over an average of 15 times a game in the three games. The Eagles had a season-low nine turnovers vs. Utah but then had 17 against No. 21 vs. Oklahoma on Nov. 28.
In the three game span, Kelly Hughes led BC in scoring (16.3 ppg.), shot 47% from the floor and an eye-popping 52% from the three-point arc. Senior Nicole Boudreau averaged 12.7 points as she had a season-high 21 points vs. Utah. Emilee Daly averaged 10 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game in three games.

FREE THROWS

BC continues to be one of the most dangerous outside shooting teams in the country. BC is 10^th in the country in three-point field goal percentage and 49^th in three-point field goals per game.
The three players – Nicole Boudreau, Kelly Hughes and Emilee Daley - have hit 44 of the 46 three's made be the Eagles this season.
Nicole Boudreau moved to third all-time with 213 career three-pointers made. She needs 39 to tie the program record held by Kerri Shields '11 with 252.
Junior Kelly Hughes leads BC, the ACC and the country in three's made (4.5 per game, 27). She is fourth in the ACC in field goal percentage (52%) and 23rd in the country.
Junior Emilee Daley hit three of her four three's in the final quarter in the win over Utah at the Junkanoo Jam. Her personal best is five three's in the win over Duke on Jan. 22.
Senior Nicole Boudreau is 79^th in the country and seventh in the ACC in assist-turnover ratio (2.22). In the last two games, Boudreau had just one turnover and 13 assists.
BC is sixth in the ACC in assists per game (17.2 apg.).
Mariella Fasoula, the Eagles rookie center, has started the last two games. She is averaging 7.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in her starting role.
BC has held opponents to just 3.3 three's per game (19.8%) in six games.
The Eagles 5-1 record in the month of November is the best start since the 2010-11 season. That team went 6-0 and 11-0 to start the year.

WHAT'S NEXT

Following the Big Ten-ACC Challenge, Boston College will play four of the next five games at home in the month of December. The Eagles will host Hartford on Wed. Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. Fans can purchase tickets at the gate.