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Women's Basketball Wins BIG EAST Opener
January 02, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 2, 2001
Feeding off a 29-6 lead at the half, the Boston College women's basketball team won its BIG EAST opener with a 75-36 victory over St. John's in Jamaica, N.Y.
The Eagles' defense held the Red Storm to just 13.0 percent shooting (three-for-23) in the first half. Overall, the Red Storm shot 22.6 percent in the game.
The Eagles were led by freshman Amber Jacobs' 14 points, while juniors Nicole Conway and Rachel Byars each added 10. BC also dominated the Red Storm on the glass, pulling down 53 rebounds to St. John's 31.
St. John's took its only lead on its first basket, 2-0, when Katrina Johns netted a lay-up underneath 1:13 into the game. The Eagles took a quick 5-2 lead on a jumper by Conway and a three-pointer by Jacobs. Rasheedah Brown netted the Red Storm's third and fourth points. After two free throws by Byars, St. John's scored its last points of the half as Latasha Thompson hit a jumper with 12:11 left in the first half. From that point, the Eagles went on a 20-0 run to close the first.
After the first 20:00, the Eagles had out-rebounded the Red Storm 28-16 and was perfect from the free throw line, seven-for-seven.
The second half, the Eagles continued to pour on the offense, shooting 61.5 percent from the floor and out-scoring St. John's 46-30 for the final 39-point win.
The Eagles starting frontcourt of Conway, Byars and Becky Gottstein had 26 of the team's total rebounds with nine, seven and 10, respectively. Conway also added five assists. Freshman Janelle McManus added a career-high five assists as well. All 12 available Eagles entered the game and each player scored at least one point.
With the win, the Eagles improved to 7-5 overall and 1-0 in the BIG EAST. St. John's dipped below .500 with the loss, moving to 5-6 overall and 0-1 in the BIG EAST.
Boston College will next play at Georgetown on Saturday, Jan. 6 at 3 p.m.
