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No. 25 Women's Basketball Topples Sacred Heart, 94-49
December 21, 2003 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 21, 2003
Chestnut Hill, Mass. - The 25th-ranked Boston College women's basketball team posted a convincing 94-49 victory over Sacred Heart Sunday afternoon in Silvio O. Conte Forum on the campus of Boston College. It was the first home game for BC since December 3. With the win, the Eagles improve to 8-1. The Pioneers fall to 5-3.
Boston College took command of the game early and never relinquished the lead en route to the victory. The Eagles jumped out with a quick a deadly 13-0 run before the Pioneers could get on the board. By the first media timeout, the Eagles owned a 15-2 lead and would balloon it to as much as 23-2. Shooting a super 58.3 percent (21-for-36) from the field, BC was led by sophomore post Lisa Macchia (Levittown, N.Y.) and junior swing player Jessalyn Deveny (Westford, Mass.) who chipped in with 15 and 14 points respectively.
BC continued much of the same in the second half, taking the game's largest lead (80-35) at the 5:51 mark. All 10 dressed Eagles saw the floor with all but one contributing offense in the win. In her first career start, Brooke Queenan (West Chester, Pa.) posted her first career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Queenan started in the absence of senior post player Maureen Leahy (Wilbraham, Mass.), who missed the game with a sprained right ankle.
Macchia led all scorers with a career-high 28 points. Deveny tallied 21 points, marking the fifth time this year that she has scored 20 or more points.
Nicolle Rubino led all Sacred Heart scorers with 21 points, including 14 second-half points and a 3-for-4 effort from three-point range.
The Eagles will next host UNC-Greensboro on December 28 at 2:00 p.m.
