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No. 24 Women's Basketball Falls To Syracuse, 76-71
January 18, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Jan 18, 2003
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (AP) - Julie McBride went 9-of-10 from the free-throw line in the final 53 seconds and finished with 23 points Saturday to lead Syracuse to a 76-71 win over No. 24 Boston College.
Shannon Perry added 19 points and eight rebounds for the Orangewomen (6-10, 1-4 BIG EAST), who snapped a four-game losing streak. Rochelle Coleman chipped in with 15 points.
Amber Jacobs (Clarks Summit, Pa.) paced Boston College (11-4, 3-1) with 20 points. Becky Gottstein (Albany, N.Y.) had 16 points and tied a career high with 16 rebounds.
The loss snapped BC's four-game win streak and halted a 15-game home winning streak.
After the Eagles took a 38-37 lead on Gottstein's free throw with 17:39 to go, the Orangewomen took charge with a 17-7 run in the next 4:30.
Perry scored the first six points in the run and Coleman capped it with a 3-pointer from the top of the key, making it 54-45 with 12:52 left.
The Eagles, playing without starting center Kim Mackie (Peterborough, Ontario), did not get closer than seven points until a late charge closed it to three with five seconds remaining. The team shot 37.3 percent from the field, its second-lowest total of the season.
McBride sealed it by hitting two free throws with one second left on the clock.
Syracuse, which shot 65 percent in the first half, used a 12-2 run to close the first half and take a 37-31 at the break.
