Boston College Athletics
Women's Basketball to Host Virginia Tech Sunday
February 28, 2015 | Women's Basketball
Chestnut Hill, Mass. -
GAME PREVIEW
VIRGINIA TECH (10-18, 1-14) AT BOSTON COLLEGE (12-16, 4-11 ACC)
WHEN: Sunday, March 1
TIME: 1 p.m.
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VIRGINIA TECH (10-18, 1-14) AT BOSTON COLLEGE (12-16, 4-11 ACC)
The Boston College women's basketball team will host Virginia Tech on Sunday afternoon at Conte Forum, 1 p.m. Fans can puchase tickets at the door.
This game between Boston College and Virginia Tech will be the 22nd game between the two teams. The Hokies lead the overall series, 11-10.
In the 21 games, the two teams have gone into overtime four times, including last year when BC lost to the Hokies, 70-63.
The first meeting between the Eagles and the Hokies was first played on December, 29, 1989. V-Tech defeated BC, 74-65, despite 20 points from Carla Wenger and 10 boards from Sarah Behn.
SENIOR DAY
On Sunday, March 1, the Boston College women's basketball program will honor the senior class - Shayra Brown, and Victoria Lesko as well as team managers - Reoni Mapp and Kwani Lunis ... Brown graduated from BC with an undergraduate degree in communications, May 2014. She is currently working on her MBA ... Lesko will graduate in May 2015 with a degree in sociology. Lesko's final season was cut short with an injury ... Mapp and Lunis have worked behind the scenes with the women's basketball program for the last three seasons. Mapp will graduate in May with a degree in political science while Lunis will earn a degree in communications.
PROBABLE STARTERS
Jr. - G - Nicole Boudreau
So. - G - Kelly Hughes
Fr. - C - Katie Quandt
Fr. - G - Ashley Kelsick
So. - G/F - Emilee Daley
THE LAST THREE GAMES
In the last three games, BC 0-3 with all three losses coming against ranked opponents (L at No. 25 Cuse, 73-51; L vs. No. 9 FSU, 86-68; L at No. 9 Louisville, 77-60 ... BC is averaging just 59.7 points per game in the run while giving up 78.7 points by its opponents. BC shot just .379 percent in three games while the three ranked opponents shot .478 percent from the floor ... BC continued to rely on the long range shots hitting 33-of-83 attempts (.398). The Eagles opponents have taken 19 (25-64) less three-point shots but shot .391 percent ... Turnovers are still hurting the Eagles. BC is averaging 24.3 turnovers over the last three games, while teams are averaging just under 15.7 a game ... Sophomore Kelly Hughes is averaging 14.3 points and 8.3 rebounds in the three games, while Nicole Boudreau has chipped in with 12.3 points per game with a team-high 12 assists ... Sophomore Emilee Daley is averaging 10.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in the three games ... In the three game run, rookie Ashley Kelsick is shooting .444 percent from the floor, .500 from the arc and averaging 8.7 points and has nine assists. Fellow rookie Katie Quandt is shooting .545 (6-for-11) from the floor.
RECORD BREAKERS
The Eagles need two three's to break the single season program record for most three's made in a single season. The record (240) was set by the 2013-14 team ... The team has taken 654 three's this year - passing last year's team which set the program record of 651 attempts ... BC has 136 blocks - Karima Gabriel (44), Katie Quandt (30) and Alexa Coulombe (26) - which is the new program record for more blocks in a single season. The old record was 127 set by the 2008-09 team ... Nicole Boudreau became the fourth player in program history to pass the 200 mark in three-pointers made when she hit four from the arc against Louisville. She also became the 25th player in program history to reach the 1,000th point plateau ... BC set a program record when the team took 38 three-pointers in the win over St. Mary's. The team came within one shot of tying the record with 37 vs. UNC (2.1.15).
TEAM NOTES
Nicole Boudreau and Kelly Hughes combined for 140 of BC's 240 three-pointers last season. Boudreau and Hughes continue to lead BC from beyond the arc but they have added another partner from long range - Emilee Daley. The three guards - Hughes, Boudreau and Daley - have combined for 188 of BC's 654 three-pointers made ... In the 12 wins this season, BC is averaging 74 ppg. and shooting 43% from the floor. The Eagles are also averaging just 17 turnovers a game ... In the 16 losses, BC is averaging just 60.9 ppg. and shooting .377 percent from the floor. The Eagles are also averaging 20.1 turnovers a game in the losses. Opponents are averaging 78.8 points per game and shooting .444 percent ... Sophomores Kelly Hughes and Emilee Daley are creeping up the list on the All-Time List for Three's Made By A Sophomore - Hughes is 2nd with 76 & Daley is 7th with 49. The sophomore record is 84 held by Kerri Shields `13 (85 three's in 2010-11) ... Junior Karima Gabriel had five blocks and five steals in the loss vs. FSU (2.22.15). The last player to have five or more blocks in a game was Carolyn Swords `10 with five vs. FSU in the ACC Tournament on March 5, 2010.
NEXT UP
The Eagles will travel to Greensboro, North Carolina on Monday in preparation for Wednesday's first round ACC Tournament game.
