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Women's Basketball LosesTo Minnesota, 76-63
March 28, 2004 | Women's Basketball
March 28, 2004
By HANK KURZ Jr.
AP Sports Writer
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Minnesota made Boston College the latest victim of its surprising run in the Mideast Regional, and gave coach Pam Borton a win over her longtime mentor.
The seventh-seeded Golden Gophers scored 12 straight points early in the second half to build a big lead, then held off Boston College 76-63 to reach their first regional final.
Minnesota (24-8) will play top-seeded Duke on Tuesday night. The Blue Devils beat Louisiana Tech 63-49 earlier.
Borton spent five seasons as an assistant to BC coach Cathy Inglese at Vermont and five more at Boston College before moving to Minnesota last year.
To reach the regional semifinals, the Gophers beat UCLA 92-81 and then stunned second-seeded Kansas State 80-61 last weekend in Minneapolis.
On Sunday, it was third-seeded Boston College (27-7) to get bounced by the Gophers.
Minnesota led 34-31 until Kadidja Andersson's basket sparked the burst that gave the Gophers some breathing room with 14:51 remaining.
After Janel McCarville scored inside and Lindsey Whalen hit a free throw, Andersson added a layup off a turnover, Shannon Bolden hit a 3-pointer and Andersson hit another a layup to make it 46-31.
Boston College rallied to within 53-46 with nine minutes left, but McCarville scored five of her 25 points in the next three minutes - a personal 5-1 run - and the Eagles never recovered.
Whalen added 15 points and 10 assists for Minnesota, Andersson had six of her 11 points in the big run and McCarville had 15 rebounds.
Jessalyn Deveny led the Eagles with 18 points and Clare Droesch had 17 and eight rebounds.
Boston College turned the ball over 14 times to just six for the Gophers and also had nine shots blocked by Minnesota.
