Hughes 21 Points Not Enough As Eagles Fall To SMU

Friday, November 25

Boulder, Colo.

3:30 P.M.

Boston College

1-4

SMU

4-1

SMU

Boston College

Hughes 21 Points Not Enough As Eagles Fall To SMU

November 25, 2016 | Women's Basketball

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GAME INFORMATION
Omni Hotel Thanksgiving Tournament
Score: Boston College 64, SMU 72
Records: Boston College (1-4), SMU (4-1)
When: Friday, Nov. 25, 2016
Location: Coors Events Center, Boulder, Colorado
BC Starters: Hughes (G), Pineau (G), Awobajo (F), Mosetti (G), Fasoula (C)
SMU Starters: Perry (G), Adams (G), Frioling (F), Bolton (G), Bradshaw (C )
Attendance: 1,483

BC HIGHLIGHTS
- Senior Kelly Hughes finished with 21 points, six rebounds and three steals.
- Sophomore Mariella Fasoula chipped in with 14 points and nine rebounds.
- Senior Emilee Daley came off the bench and had four points, four assists, five rebounds and three steals.

HOW IT HAPPENED
- SMU shot out to a 10 point lead behind a 6-2 early first quarter run.
- BC slowly chipped away at the lead. Hughes hit a jumper at 5:15 in the second quarter and the SMU lead was down to four points – 25-21. SMU extended the lead to nine points with under four minutes to play. BC made a run an 11-4 run which was capped off by a traditional three-point play by Mariella Fasoula to cut the lead to two points at the half, 34-32. Ella Awobajo had four points in the run.
- The Mustangs opened the third quarter with a 10-4 run to stretch their lead to 10 points behind the play of Alicia Froling. She scored 11 points in the quarter while BC shot just 30 percent from the field and was down 10 after three quarters, 53-43.
-SMU pushed the lead to 12 points on a layup by Froling with 6:14 to play. The two teams exchanged hoops but SMU's lead grew to 10 with 1:41 left. A steal and layup by Kailey Edwards (seven points, two steals) gave BC a boost as the SMU lead was six points. After three straight free throws from SMU, Hughes hit a three off a feed from Edwards on the break and it was a six point difference. Two more free throws from Morgan Bolton sealed the win for SMU as BC did not capitalize on key turnovers in the final minute of play.

TEAM LEADERS
Boston College
Points: Kelly Hughes, 21
Rebounds: Mariella Fasoula, 9
Assists: Emilee Daley, 4

SMU
Points: Alicia Froling, 24
Rebounds: 2 players with 7
Assists: 2 players with 4 assists

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Ties: 0
Lead Changes: 0
Largest Lead: SMU by 14, 3^rd Q – 04:23
BC led for: 00:00
SMU led for: 39:59
Game was tied for: 0:01
Points In The Paint: SMU 36; BC 34
Points Off Turnovers: SMU 12, BC 19
Bench Points: SMU 8, BC 11

GAME NOTES
- Marti Mosetti earned her first start off the season.
- Senior Kailey Edwards made her season debut and played 29 minutes. Edwards, a native of Colorado, finished with seven points, two steals and took two defensive charges.
- Freshman Jasmine Taylor saw her first time on the court as an Eagle.
- Boston College will play St. Francis tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. (ET). There will be no live stream.
- BC and St. Francis last played on Nov. 14, 2008. BC won the game, 99-68.

UP NEXT
Boston College will host Penn State on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.