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Seton Hall
Eagles Knock Off Seton Hall, 70-58
February 14, 2001 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 14, 2001
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The Boston College women's basketball team snapped a five-game losing streak with a 70-58 win over the visiting Seton Hall Pirates in front of 1,064 fans tonight.
The Eagles opened up a 13-5 lead six minutes into the game, but Seton Hall fought back and twice made the game a one-point contest. BC regained a four-point advantage as Janelle McManus hit a three pointer off an inbound play with 3:49 left in the first half. Nicole Conway converted a jumper to give the Eagles a five-point lead going into the half.
Seton Hall came out of the intermission and scored seven straight points on a 7-2 run that tied the game, 31-31, with 18:11 left to play and then continued the run to 11-0 and took a four-point lead, 35-31. BC scored four straight points and tied the game, but the Pirates' Charlene Thomas scored on a lay-up to start a back and forth battle over the next few minutes, though BC was able to hold the advantage over the stretch. Thomas converted another lay-up that gave SHU a one-point advantage, but Eagle Amber Jacobs netted the first of her two three pointers to wrestle back the lead. From there, the Eagles allowed only one more tie before going on a 17-4 run, keyed by five points from Jacobs and Conway and four from Becky Gottstein. With 2:23 left, BC led 62-49.
Over the last two and a half minutes, McManus netted four free throws and a lay-up and Adriana Spears converted four free throws to hand the Eagles a 70-58 win. The loss was Seton Hall's first loss of the season on the road.
Four Eagles scored in double-figures, led by Jacobs' 18 points. Conway netted 15 and Gottstein added 14 for her 11th straight game scoring in double figures. McManus added 11 for her fourth straight double-digit scoring effort. Conway, Gottstein and Spears led BC with six rebounds apiece.
Charlene Thomas scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Pirates. Leslie Ardon netted 14 and Cecilia Lindqvist added 13 to go with her seven assists.
With the win, BC improved to 9-14 and 3-9 in the BIG EAST. Seton Hall snapped a four-game winning streak and dropped to 16-7 overall and 9-3 in league play.
Boston College will next travel to Virginia Tech on Sunday, Feb. 18 to take on the Hokies in a 2 p.m. game.
