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No. 14 Women's Basketball Wins Eleventh Straight
January 12, 2005 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 12, 2005
BOSTON (AP) - Kathrin Ress scored a career-high 28 points and 14th-ranked Boston College won its 11th straight game, 77-63 over Villanova Wednesday night.
The victory moved the Eagles (12-1, 3-0 Big East) within one win of their school-record 12-game winning streak, set during the 1999-2000 season.
Aja Parham posted a career-best 17 points for BC. Jessalyn Deveny added 12 points and Brooke Queenan 11.
Jennifer Hilgenberg led the Wildcats (9-5, 2-1) with 15 points and Kate Dessart Mager had 13.
Ress went 12-of-14 from the floor, and the Eagles shot 57.1 percent (28-of-49).
BC, which shot 72 percent in the first half (18-of-25), went into the break with a 47-30 lead, its biggest scoring opening half of the season. Ress led the way with 17 points.
BC took advantage of Villanova's poor shooting, opening a 17-2 lead on Ress' basket 8:02 into the game. Ress had eight points in the run.
The closest the Wildcats got was 10 points early in the second half, but BC responded with a 12-1 run to push its lead to 64-43 on Parham's basket with 10:54 to play.
Game Notes: The Eagles' 47 first-half points were a season high...BC was 18-25 (72%) from the field during the first 20 minutes, opening the game with a 19-5 run...Kathrin Ress was a perfect 8-for-8 from the field in the opening period, netting 17 of a career-high 28 points...Aja Parham also had a career-best 17 points...Clare Droesch tied a career-high with eight assists, giving her 257 for her career - good for 11th on the all-time list at Boston College...the Eagles tied a season-high with 27 assists, adding to their nation-leading total...BC is 3-0 in the Big East for the second time in three years...the Eagles have now shot 50% or better from the field in eight consecutive contests.
