Boston College Athletics
Women's Basketball - Seton Hall Game Notes
January 30, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 30, 2001
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The Game:
Boston College enters Wednesday's game after losing its conference game against 24th-ranked Villanova on Saturday, 71-56, at Conte Forum. Currently the Eagles are 8-11 overall and 2-6 in BIG EAST play.
The Eagles opened the season with two wins in the Chevrolet Classic before dropping a game to No. 3 Duke at home. BC improved to 3-1 with a road win over Holy Cross, but dropped its next two to No. 5 Purdue and No. 2 Tennessee. The Eagles earned two wins over La Salle and Dartmouth. BC lost to Kent State on the road, before defeating Buffalo at home. BC fell to Fairfield in overtime at home to end the millenium, but then opened the BIG EAST season with a win over St. John's on Jan. 2. The team dropped four in a row to Georgetown, Miami, Rutgers and Virginia Tech but snapped the streak with a win over Providence. Its last games were losses to Syracuse and Villanova.
Two Eagles are scoring in double-figures, led by Becky Gottstein's 15.4 points per game average. Freshman Amber Jacobs is second with a 12.6 average. Gottstein is also the team's leading rebounder with a 8.5 boards per game average. Senior Nicole Conway follows, averaging 6.5 rebounds per game.
Seton Hall enters the game with a 13-6 overall record and a 6-2 mark in BIG EAST games. The Pirates are coming off a win at West Virginia on Sunday, 62-47.
Seton Hall opened the season with a 2-2 mark in November with wins over Long Island and Monmouth, while dropping contests at Virginia Commonwealth and Ohio State. The Pirates went 6-2 in December, dropping its first of the month to Loyola College before wheeling off a six-game winning streak against Quinnipiac, Providence, George Washington, Towson, Buffalo, Mouth St. Mary's. The Pirates then dropped a game in the finals of the Hawk Classic to St. Joseph's. SHU has gone 5-2 in January with wins over Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Villanova and West Virginia. Its two losses have been to Villanova and Notre Dame.
Arminda Moreno is the Pirates' leading scorer, averaging 15.7 points per game. Leslie Ardon is second with a 9.9 points per game mark. Ardon is also the team's leading rebounder with a 5.7 rebounds per game mark. Charlene Thomas is second with a 5.5 average.
Against Seton Hall: Boston College holds a 21-12 advantage in the all-time series with Seton Hall. The Eagles have also won the last five meetings in the series dating back to Feb. 11, 1998. The BC seniors have never lost to the Pirates and are 5-0 over their careers. In those games, BC has averaged 67.4 points per game, while the Pirates have recorded 53.4 points per game. BC has outscored Seton Hall 337-267 in the last five games. The series started in 1983 and BC won 11 of the first 13 match-ups.
Last Time Out: The Eagles faced 24th ranked Villanova at home and fell, 71-56, in a BIG EAST game. The two teams hung together early, but the Wildcats scored eight three point field goals in the first half and shot 51.6 percent overall during the first 20:00 to take a 40-29 lead. Villanova's Katie Davis had a career-high 23 points to lead the team to the win, including four three-pointers. Two Eagles had double-doubles as Becky Gottstein led the team in scoring and rebounding with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Nicole Conway added 12 points and 10 rebounds.
The Last Game Against Seton Hall - February 7, 2000:
Jamie Cournoyer scored a career-high 33 points, the most by a BIG EAST Conference women's player during the season, shooting 13-for-16 from the field, to lead Boston College to a 78-58 victory over Seton Hall at Conte Forum on Feb. 7. The junior center connected on 7-of-8 attempts from the line and grabbed eight rebounds. The game originally was scheduled for Jan. 19, but was postponed due to a dormitory fire at Seton Hall.
Cal Bouchard scored 13 points and Alissa Murphy added 10 for the Eagles. Arminda Moreno led Seton Hall with 21 points and Starr Fuller added 13. Boston College never trailed in the game and went on a 13-4 run over a 3:42 span midway through the first half to give the Eagles a 37-23 lead at halftime.
In the second half, Cournoyer scored seven of BC's first 11 points. She scored eight straight points later in the half as the Eagles increased their lead to 74-51 with 2 minutes left in the game.
Notes: The Eagles shot a season-high 60 percent (30-50) from the field in the win over Seton Hall...Bouchard's 13 points marked the ninth consecutive game that she scored in double figures...The players off of the bench received valuable playing time in the victory over Seton Hall. Freshman Maureen Magarity played a season-high 29 minutes and scored a season-high 11 points. Alicia Shields played a season-high 26 minutes against the Pirates and finished with two points, three assists, and one rebound. Adriana Spears scored four points and added one rebound in two minutes.
What January 31st Means to Becky:
While Jan. 31st might be an ordinary day for most people, it will be special to Becky Gottstein for two reasons. First, the day marks her 21st birthday. Second, the team's game at Seton Hall that night will be the team's 20th and Becky's 15th of the season. She will then have played in 75.0 percent of the team's games and be eligible for the BIG EAST statistical rankings. Due to injury, she has missed five games this season and has not been able to be ranked.
If she were in the rankings now, she would stack up like this: scoring - tied for fourth (15.4 ppg), rebounding - third (8.5 rpg), field goal percentage - seventh (50.6 percent), free throw percentage - sixth (79.2 percent), defensive rebounds - first (5.79 drpg), offensive rebounds - tied for eighth (2.72 orpg).
Breezy Out for the Season: Head coach Cathy Inglese has announced that junior guard Brianne Stepherson will miss the remainder of the 2000-2001 season due to knee problems. She played in the team's first three games of the season and averaged 3.0 points, 1.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 24.0 minutes. She suffered a strained pes ancerine in the Duke game and then came back to full basketball activities at the end of December. Upon her return, she suffered a strained patella tendon and has been out since. Her ACL surgery has not been compromised with these two injuries.
