Eagles Host Yale On Sunday

GAME INFORMATION
Yale (9-7) at Boston College (11-3, 0-2 ACC).
WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016
TIME: 1 p.m.
WHERE: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
VIEW: bceagles.com
PLAY-BY-PLAY: Bill Spaulding
COLOR: Kerri Shields

ABOUT THE EAGLES

Boston College will host non-conference foe Yale on Sunday, Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. Fans can purchase tickets at the game prior to the game.ABOUT BC
Boston College is currently 11-3 and 0-2 in the conference. The Eagles have lost their first two ACC games, both on the road.
On Jan. 7, the Eagles lost to No. 19/15 Florida State, 75-42. The Seminoles held BC to just 15 first half points. Against Virginia Tech on Jan. 3, the Eagles scored just eight points in the second half.
The Eagles have played the last two games without junior Emilee Daley. The BC forward suffered an ankle sprain vs. Bryant and was averaging 8.8 points per game off the bench.
As of Jan. 8, 2016, the Eagles are ranked 13th in scoring defense (52.2 ppg.), 12th in three-point field goal percentage (37.7%) and 10th in 3-point field goal defense (24.7%).
The Eagles are also ranked 28th in the country in assists and 41st in FG percentage (44.1%) and 38^th in field goal percentage defense (35.3%).
BC opened the season with an 11-1 record in non-conference play, including an impressive 6-0 record in the month of December. The 11-1 record is the best start for the BC program since the 2010-11 season, when that team went 12-1. This team is the third Eagles team to go undefeated in the month of December. The 2004-05 team went 6-0 while the 99-00 team completed a 7-0 December.
Senior Nicole Boudreau is just 10 assists from 300 assists. She will be the eighth player in program history to have over 1,000 points and 300 assists. The last to accomplish that feat was Katie Zenevitch '14.
BC's RPI is currently at 49.

PROBABLE STARTERS

Junior guard – Kelly Hughes
Sophomore guard – Martina Mosetti
Senior guard – Nicole Boudreau
Freshman center – Mariella Fasoula
R-Freshman forward – Ella Awobajo

BC vs. YALE

This will be the fourth meeting between Boston College and Yale. BC leads the overall series, 3-0.
The last time the two teams played was in the WNIT on March 27, 2011. The Eagles defeated Yale, 85-61, behind 23 points from guard Jaclyn Thoman and 18 points and seven boards from Stefanie Murphy.
The two teams first played Dec. 29, 1997.

LAST 3 GAMES

Boston College is 1-2 with the lone victory against Bryant (79-59). The Eagles have lost the first two ACC games - Virginia Tech and FSU.
In the last three games, Boston College is scoring 49.7 points and shooting just 35.1 percent from the field. The Eagles have turned the ball over in an alarming rate - 19.7 (-3.7 turnover margin).
Mariella Fasoula leads BC in scoring in the last three games (13.3 ppg.), while Kelly Hughes is averaging just 8.0 points per game.
Both Fasoula (5.0 rpg.) and Hughes (4.7 rpg.) lead the team on the boards. As a team, the Eagles are only -1.3 in rebounding margin in the last three games.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

On January 10, 2013, current head coach Erik Johnson earned his first ACC victory on the road at Virginia Tech. The Eagles defeated the Hokies, 53-46. Two days later, BC defeated Clemson on the road to mark the first time the program won two straight ACC road games since joining the ACC.

UP NEXT

The Eagles will host No. 3 Notre Dame on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. Fans can purchase tickets at the game. It will mark the fourth ranked team BC has played this season (Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, FSU).

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Players Mentioned

Ella Awobajo

Nicole Boudreau

Emilee Daley

Mariella Fasoula

Kelly Hughes

Martina Mosetti