Virginia Up Next For Eagles

GAME INFORMATION
ACC ACTION
BOSTON COLLEGE AT VIRGINIA
RECORDS: BC (8-9, 1-3) vs. VIRGINIA (11-5, 0-3)
WHERE: JPJ Arena, Charlottesville, Virginia
WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 15, 2015
TIME: 2 p.m.
WATCH: ACC Network Extra

- Boston College (8-9, 1-3) will visit Virginia on Sunday for a 2 p.m. ACC tilt. The Eagles are coming off a tough home loss to Georgia Tech, 71-67, despite 22 points and seven rebounds from sophomore Mariella Fasoula. Senior guard Kelly Hughes had 15 points and two assists and three steals in the loss.

- Virginia is now 11-5 overall and 0-3 in the ACC.

- The Cavs opened up with a loss to No. 25 Syracuse, 54-49 and lost to No. 9/8 in overtime vs. Louisville, 86-81. The final ACC lost was against North Carolina, 67-58.

- Lauren Moses leads Virginia offensively with 11.6 points per game while shooting 50 percent from the floor.

BOSTON COLLEGE vs. VIRGINIA

- This is the 20th meeting between BC and Virginia. The Cavs had a 14-5 edge in the overall series.

- BC is 1-7 at Virginia, and 3-4 at Conte Forum.

- The Eagles last defeated UVA on Feb. 6, 2014 (69-65), at Conte Forum.

- Last season, Virginia defeated BC, 61-50, UVA led 37-24 at the half. The Eagles cut the lead to six points in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter but could gather any more momentum to pull out the win. Mariella Fasoula had 14 points, while Kelly Hughes added seven points. Kailey Edwards had 8 points in the loss.

PROBABLE STARTERS
- #23      Guard Sr.                   Kelly Hughes
- #21      Guard Jr.                    Martina Mosetti
- #14      Forward Gr. Sr.             Kailey Edwards
- #2        Forward Fresh. Georgia Pineau
- #34      Center Soph.              Mariella Fasoula

JUMP SHOTS

- Boston College is shooting 40 percent from the floor in the last four games. The Eagles are shooting 7th in the conference in field goal percentage.

- The Eagles are sixth in the ACC in assists with 273. BC had 14 assists on 24 field goals vs. Georgia Tech. The Eagles had 20 assists on 24 field goals against Syracuse. It was the fourth game that BC had 20 or more assists in a game.

- Senior Kelly Hughes is the only player on the roster to start every game this season.

- Rookie Taylor Ortlepp played a career-high 29 minutes at Syracuse on Sunday. She had a season-high six assists.

- Mariella Fasoula is eight in the ACC in scoring (16.0 ppg.) and 11^th in rebounding (7.1).

- Kelly Hughes has made 294 career three's. She became the all-time leader of the women's program when she hit four three's on Nov. 14 vs. BU. She passed her former teammate Nicole Boudreau who made 253 career three's. Hughes now needs just six three's to reach 300 career three-pointers. Seven three-pointers will place her as the overall all-time leader in men's and women's basketball at BC. The men's all-time leader is Troy Bell, who made 300 career three's.

This Day In History
- Boston College defeated Miami, 79-61, behind a 10 points 11 rebound effort from Becky Gottstein. Jess Deveney also posted 20 points and had seven boards with two steals. BC shot 53 percent from the field in the first half and ended the half on a 16-8 run to go ahead 45-24. BC was ranked No. 24 in the country and improved to 11-3 with the win over the Hurricanes. The Eagles finished the season with a 22-9 record and went 12-4 in the Big East.

Ticket Information
- Tickets for the 2016-17 women's basketball season are on sale now. Season ticket memberships, which include reserved seats, are just $56, while mini-plan and group deposits are also being accepted. For more information, visit bceagles.com/tickets, or call 617-552-GoBC (4622) to speak with an account representative.

Up Next
- Boston College will host No. 6. Notre Dame on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Nicole Boudreau

Kailey Edwards

Mariella Fasoula

Kelly Hughes

Martina Mosetti

Taylor Ortlepp

Georgia Pineau