Boston College Athletics
No. 25 Women's Basketball To Face Holy Cross Tonight
December 08, 2010 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 8, 2010
Chestnut Hill, MA -
Boston College vs. Holy Cross
Date:
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010
Game:
BC at Holy Cross
Tip-Off:
7 p.m. (ET)
Location:
The Hart Center View: WCTR-TV3, Worcester, MA
Listen:
ww.goholycross.com Followed on: Twitter/BCSportsNews
Stats:
www.bceagles.com
The Boston College women's basketball team is currently 8-0 and earned at No. 25 ranking in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. It is the first time BC has been ranked since the 2006-07 season.
The Eagles will travel to Worcester to play Holy Cross in the 33rd meeting between the two teams. The Eagles lead the all-time series, 23-9. BC has won the last 12 meetings.
Boston College is coming off a 93-80 victory over UMass on Dec. 5. The Eagles were led by the seniors Stefanie Murphy, (19 points, 16 rebounds), Jaclyn Thoman (16 points, six assists) and Carolyn Swords (17 min., 20 points).
Holy Cross is currently 4-4 with victories over Quinnipiac, UNH, Harvard and Maine. The Crusaders are coming off the 79-69 victory over Maine on Dec. 4.
Senior Whitney Fremeau is leading the team in scoring with an 11.9 average, while Alex Smith is averaging 11.6 points a game.
HONORS: Stefanie Murphy earned All-Jesuit Team Honor Roll for her play last week. Murphy averaged 19.3 points and 10.3 rebounds a game wins over Penn State and UMass. In both games, Murphy notched double-doubles to increase her career doubles to 22.
JESUIT BASKETBALL SPOTLIGHT
The game between BC and Holy Cross is one of more than 90 games that will be played this season as part of the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight (JBS).
The Jesuit Basketball Spotlight (JBS) was developed by the Association of Jesuit College and Universities (AJCU) in response to member institutions wanting to spread the word of Jesuit higher education through the many games in which Jesuit institutions played one another.
Learn more about the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight at: www.ajcunet.edu/jesuitbasketball
BC NOTES
Boston College leads the country in scoring offense with a 90.4 average ... The Eagles are also second in the country in field goal percentage, just behind No. 1 UConn ... BC is also fifth in the country in team assists with a 20.5 assists per game average ... Carolyn Swords has become the program's all-time career leader in both blocked shots and rebounds...She is the active ACC leader with 35 career double-doubles. Swords leads the ACC and country in field goal percentage at 78.3%...BC's freshman class was ranked No. 12 by ESPN HoopGurlz...The Eagles set a program record for points scored in the 113-104 OT victory against Penn State Thursday...Murphy registered her third straight double-double as BC topped UMass Sunday, 93-80. She now has 22 career double-doubles...Jaclyn Thomas is 6-for-10 from the 3-point line through the last two games...Sophomore Kerri Shields leads BC in three-pointers made with 17 ...Senior Jaclyn Thoman leads BC in assists per game (5.5 apg.) and has the top three-point field goal percentage at 54.5 ... Freshman Kristen Doherty leads all ACC players in two different statistical categories - steals and assist-to-turnover ratio. The newcomer also ranks sixth in the league in 3-point field goals made
