Boston College
Saint Joseph's
St. Joseph's Hands Women's Basketball A Road Loss
December 08, 2006 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 8, 2006
Philadelphia, PA -
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The Boston College suffered a tough 58-54 loss to non-conference foe St. Joseph's at the Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse on the campus of St. Joseph's University tonight. Boston College drops to 7-3, while St. Joseph's is now 4-4.
Boston College has eight days off before the Eagles host Maine on Dec. 17 at Conte Forum. St. Joseph's will host Maine on Sunday, Dec. 10.
The Eagles held a 36-25 lead at the half behind 10 points from Kathrin Ress and 11 from Kindyll Dorsey. Boston College shot a sizzling 57 percent from the field and hit 4-of-6 three-pointer in the a half.
The unraveling began at the 11:42 mark in the second half after Ress hit two free throws to give the Eagles a 47-37 lead. Ress picked up her fourth foul a minute later and the Eagles went scoreless for the next six minutes and 26 seconds.
In that span, the Hawks ran off 10 points in two minute behind a jumper from Ayahna Cornish and two big three-pointers from Jenna Loschiavo. The Hawks took the lead at 5:16 on a driving lay-up from Mary Kate McDade, 49-47.
At 3:16, BC freshman Beth Egnell gave the Eagles a 51-49 lead but the Hawks Jen Oyler nailed a long three-pointer from the top of the arc to give St. Joe's a one-point lead.
With 1:08 to play, Ress gave the Eagles a 53-52 lead but gave the points back when she fouled Cornish driving to the hoop. The Hawks guard hit two from the charity stripe. With the Hawks up, 54-53, Ress was foul and hit one of two foul shots to tie the game at 54 with 13 seconds to play.
The Eagles fouled Whitney French immediately and she nailed two freebies with 10 seconds left. BC went to Ress who missed the lay-up and was called for a foul going for the rebound. Cornish would hit the two free throws to seal the victory for the Hawks.
Ress finished with 21 points for the Eagles, while Egnell notched her second-career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
