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Women's Basketball Tops Maine
December 17, 2006 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 17, 2006
CHESTNUT HILL, MA -
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Senior center Kathrin Ress scored 21 points and nine rebounds to lead Boston College to a 63-34 victory over non-conference foe, Maine tonight at Conte Forum.
The Eagles are now 8-3 and will host Colgate on Thursday, Dec. 21 at Conte Forum. Maine (5-4) will travel to Virginia on Dec. 28 in the Cavalier Classic.
Ress entered the game needing one point to reach 1,000 career points. At 16:49, the Eagles went up, 7-0, when the center from Salorno, Italy received a bounce pass from senior Sarah Marshall and hit a lay-up for 1,001 career points. Ress, who has led BC in scoring in five of 11 games this season, gave BC a 13-0 at 13:24 on two free throws.
The Eagles would play the final 7:46 without Ress on the floor when she picked up her second foul. The Black Bears cut into the lead when they outscored the Eagles, 9-5. The run allowed Maine to be down by only six at the half, 21-15.
Just two minutes into the half Maine tied the game at 21-21 on a lay-in by Lindsey Hugstad-Vaa. Boston College came out of a timeout and went on a 15-3 run. Ress and freshman Ayla Brown each scored four points in the offensive spurt by the Eagles.
The closest Maine would get to the Eagles was seven points at 12:33 when Kate Whittier (12 points) hit two free throws. The Eagles lead reached 21 with 3:54 to play when Ress grabbed the rebound from her own miss shot and put it back up for a 55-34 lead.
Boston College shot 60 percent in the second half. BC also out-rebounded Maine in the game, 40-27.
The Eagles also received 25 points from the bench as Brown finished with eight points, sophomore Corey Rusin added seven points and five rebounds, and junior Laura Lokitis added seven points and four rebounds. Senior point guard finished with six points and eight assists for the Eagles.
