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Women's Hoops Falls To Hoyas, 70-65
January 06, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 6, 2001
WASHINGTON - The Boston College women's basketball team traveled to Georgetown for the first time since the 1997-98 season, but was unable to come away with the win, falling 70-65 in the BIG EAST Conference contest.
Georgetown jumped out to a 21-5 lead in the first half, but the Eagles were able to claw back to within 11 points with :38 to play in the half on eight free throws (six by Becky Gottstein and two by Jamie Cournoyer) and two three pointers by Amber Jacobs. The Hoyas took a 13-point lead, 36-23, into the locker room as Katie Smrcka-Duffy netted her 11th and 12th points of the half to close the first.
The Eagles came out with a stronger offensive push and a more settled defensive effort in the second half. With 14:52 left to play, Boston College had whittled the Hoya lead to only seven, 44-37. Georgetown built the lead back up to 12 just two minutes later. Georgetown clung to a three-point lead with 7:35 to play as the Eagles capped a 12-3 run behind seven Jacobs' points.
The two teams battled back and forth until, with 3:13 to play, the Eagles went on an 8-1 run, keyed by five Nicole Conway points to bring the Eagles within a basket, 64-62. But, Boston College was able to get no closer and the game ended with a five-point spread.
Boston College shot just 20.8 percent in the first half, but was able to connect on 11-of-13 free throws to keep the team within reach of the Hoyas. For the game, the team shot 32.1 percent after a 40.6 percent second half. The Eagles were 25-for-31 from the free thrown line in the game.
BC was led by Jacobs, who netted 21 points while playing the full 40 minutes. Gottstein added 16 and posted her fourth double-double of the season with 11 rebounds. Conway also had double-digit rebounds with 10. Georgetown was led by Rebekkah Brunson who netted 18 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. Smrcka-Duffy added 17. The Eagles did out-rebound the Hoyas 44-33 in the game.
With the loss, the Eagles dropped to 7-6 on the season and 1-1 in BIG EAST play. Georgetown moved to 9-4 overall and evened its conference mark at 1-1.
Boston College will next face Miami in a league game on Wednesday, Jan. 10, in a 7 p.m. game at Conte Forum.
