Boston College Athletics
Women's Basketball At Rutgers Tonight
November 19, 2009 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 19, 2009
Chestnut Hill, MA - The Boston College women's basketball team hits the road again as the Eagles take on Rutgers tonight at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
Rutgers leads the all-time series, 12-8. BC is 4-3 against the Scarlet Knights at home but 3-8 on the road. At a neutral court, the teams are 1-1. The last time Boston College defeated Rutgers was on March 9, 2004. The Eagles defeated Rutgers, 75-57, in the championship game of the Big East Tournament. The Eagles were led by 22 points from Amber Jacobs and 20 from Jess Deveny. Cappy Poindexter had 27 for Rutgers.
Game Notes:
This will be the first meeting between Boston College new Head Coach
Sylvia Crawley and Rutgers Head Coach C. Vivian Stringer. According to Crawley, Stringer recruited her when she was playing high school ball. Crawley chose UNC over Iowa ... The Eagles will play six teams that are ranked in the ESPN Top 25 (Baylor,UNC, Virginia, Duke, Maryland, Florida State ... Junior center Carolyn Swords scored her 1,000th career point against Harvard on Nov. 14. Swords now has 1,011 points and has grabbed 565 career rebounds ... Junior forward Stefanie Murphy is just 24 boards away from 500 rebounds ... Sophomore Jasmine Gill notched her career-high 24 points against Harvard in the Eagles season opener on Nov. 14.
Tonight's Probable Starters for BC:
Kelsey Reynolds, Mickel Picco, Ayla Brown, Stefanie Murphy and Carolyn Swords.
Follow The Game:
The game will be broadcast live on Verizon FiOS1. Fans can also listen to the game on the Rutgers Radio Network on WCTC 1450 AM in New Brunswick. WRSU 88.7 FM will also broadcast the contest. You can also go on to bceagles.com and follow on game tracker or Twitter/BCSportsNews.
