Boston College
8-5
Northeastern
3-7
Women's Basketball Topples Northeastern, 66-56
December 31, 2014 | Women's Basketball
Box Score 
Coach Johnson Post Game Presser
Ashley Kelsick Post Game Presser
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Boston College 66, Northeastern 56
Records: Boston College (8-5) - - Northeastern (3-7)
Location: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
BC Starters: Quandt (C), Engeln (G), Boudreau (G), Hughes (G), Kelsick (G)
Northeastern Starters: DeFreese (F), Saily (C , Mercier (G), Mark (G), Montagne (G)
BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Freshman Ashley Kelsick notched her first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds while Kelly Hughes added 17 points and eight boards. Junior Karima Gabriel came off the bench and added eight points and a career-high nine rebounds. Nicole Boudreau finished with 13 points and four rebounds.
TURNING POINT
The Eagles had a 11-2 run which started with a three-pointer by Ashley Kelsick at 9:34 in the second half. Sophomore Emilee Daley (5 points, 2 rebounds) followed with a three and after two fouls shots by Kelsick, she hit a layup to give BC a 54-44 lead with 7:34 to play.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- In the second half, BC opened up with an 8-1 run sparked by two three's by Hughes and Boudreau. BC 35, 31
- NU tied the game at 37-37 on six straight points.
- Freshman Rachel Gartner hit a three and followed it up with a backdoor pass leading Hughes to a layup, BC 42, NU 40 with 11:44 to play.
- BC went on a 14-4 run at the 11:44 mark to take a 56-46 lead with just under six minutes to play. Seven of the 14 points came from Ashley Kelsick.
- Northeastern cut it to nine twice but the Eagles nailed six free throws in the final three minutes to seal the win.
- Northeastern led through the first 15 minutes of the first half. The lead grew to eight points with 11 minutes to play on a layup by Samantha DeFreese.
- The Eagles slowly cut the lead to one point when Lauren Engeln hit a jumper with 7:06 to play.
- A layup by Karima Gabriel gave BC a one-point lead with 2:49 left in the first half. Northeastern held a 30-27 lead at the half on a DeFreese layup.
TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Points: Kelly Hughes, 17
Rebounds: Ashley Kelsick, 10
Assists: Ashley Kelsick, 5
Northeastern
Points: Amencie Mark, 12, Sam DeFreese, 12
Rebounds: Francesca Sally, 14
Assists: Francesca Sally, 3
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
BC shot 25 percent from the arc in the first half but turned it around in the second half by hitting 5-for-9 (55.6%) ... BC won the battle of the boards, 44-42 ... The Eagles bench out-scored the Huskies, 18-8 ... The Eagles starting guards - Kelly Hughes, Ashley Kelsick and Nicole Boudreau - grabbed 27 of BC's 44 rebounds ... BC's largest lead was 12 points with 5:44 to play in the game while NU's largest lead was eight points in the first half ... There were 12 lead changes in the game, nine came in the first half ... Kelsick is the first freshman since Katie Zenevitch to earn a double-double. Zenevitch achieved the feat in 2012.
UP NEXT
Boston College will travel to Miami on Sunday to play the Hurricanes. Fans can view the game on the Miami athletics website at 1 p.m.
