Game Preview: Eagles At Columbia on Wed. at 11 a.m.

GAME INFORMATION
BOSTON COLLEGE AT COLUMBIA
Records: Boston College (3-3), Columbia (2-5)
When: Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017
Time: 11 a.m.
Where: Levien Gymnasium, New York, N.Y.
Live Stream: IVY/SNY | Live Stats | Listen Live

Boston College (3-3) will hit the road for the second consecutive road game. This week the Eagles will travel to New York to play at Columbia on what is being billed as its Education Day at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Fans can view the game on the Ivy League Network or SNY.

The Eagles are coming off a 61-57 loss at Boston University on Sunday. BC was led by freshman Sydney Lowery with 18 points, while sophomore Emma Guy chipped in with 10 points.

Columbia is currently 2-5 on the season. The Lions just returned from the Cancun Challenge. Columbia lost to Green Bay (61-43), Mississippi State (90-54) and Arizona State (72-48) in the three-game tournament.

Camille Zimmerman, a senior guard/forward, leads the Lions in scoring with a 21.4 points per game average. She is also pulling down 8.6 boards a game. Freshman Riley Casey is second on the team with an 8.6 points per game average. Madison Pack, a freshman center, is averaging seven points and 5.4 rebounds a game.

LAST THREE GAMES
- Boston College is 1-2 in the last three games.
- The Eagles have shot 39% from the floor and 35% from the three-point line in the run.
- Opponents have shot 37.5% from the floor and 35% from the three-point line in the last three games.
- The Eagles have committed 16.0 turnovers and averaged 14.3 assists in the last three games.
- Freshman Sydney Lowery led BC in scoring with a 17.3 average in the last three games. She is shooting 42% from the floor and is 16-for-18 from the foul line.
- Fellow rookie Milan Bolden-Morris is averaging 13 points and a team-high 6.3 rebounds a game in the last three games.
- Graduate senior Andie Anastos has 15 assist in the last three games as well as six steals.
- Sophomore Emma Guy has started two of the last three games. She is averaging 12.7 points 2.5 rebounds and shooting 60 percent from the floor.

Free Throws
- Sophomore Taylor Ortlepp went 10-for-10 from the foul line in the win over Houston. The Australian native is the first player since Katie Zenevitch '14 to hit 10 or more foul shots without a miss. Zenevitch went 12-for-12 from the line against Northwestern on Nov. 28, 2012.
- The most free throws made by a BC player was Sarah Behn '93 who hit 17 against Georgetown on Jan. 13, 1993. She hit 17-of-17 on the night.
- Rookie Milan Bolden-Morris has scored in double-figures in the first five games. She is averaging 14.6 points per game and shooting 47.4 percent from the floor. She finished with nine points vs. BU, her first game in which she did not reach double-figures.
- Other BC rookies to score often and early include - Carolyn Swords '11 who scored in double-figures in the nine of her first 10 games. Stefanie Murphy '11 hit in double-figures in 10 of her first 12 games, while Kelly Hughes '17 did not score a point in her first game and then hit five straight games in double-figures. Nicole Boudreau '16 notched double-figures in seven of her first eight games.
- With six rebounds against Houston, Martina Mosetti reached the 200-career rebound plateau.
- Sophomore Georgia Pineau needs just six assists to reach 100 career helpers and nine rebounds for 200 boards. Pineau has missed two games (Houston & Minnesota).
- Freshman Sydney Lowery is shooting 84 percent from the foul line (21-of-25) this season to lead the Eagles. The team is shooting just 71.6 percent this season.
- Graduate senior Andie Anastos had four steals in the loss at BU on Sunday. She now leads BC with eight steals.

PROBABLE STARTERS
- G – So., Taylor Ortlepp
- G – Fr., Sydney Lowery
- G – Fr., Milan Bolden-Morris
- F – So., Emma Guy
- F – So., Georgia Pineau

ALUMNI NEWS
- Carolyn Swords is currently in Poland playing for Gorzow Wlkp. Swords is averaging 14.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists a game. She is shooting 64.4 percent from the floor and 77.1 percent from the foul line.
- Swords is shooting 59.5 in EuroCup play and averaging 12 points and 4.4 rebounds.
- The team is 4-5 and in 8th place in the BLK Standings. On Nov. 23, Swords had 17 points and 14 rebounds while shooting 7-for-11 from the floor. On Nov. 29, Swords had 2 points and six boards.
- Guard Kelly Hughes is currently playin for Eisvogel USC Freibrugh - in Germany. The team is currently 7-1 in the 2BL. It's her first season playing overseas. Hughes is averaging 17.8 points and 8.0 rebounds in eight games. On Nov,. 12 she finished with 20 points and six boards and had five three's. She had eight points and nine rebounds on No. 4. She is shooting over 50 percent from the three-point line and has hit 32 three's in eight games.
- Former guard Lauren Engeln is still playing in German. She is now playing for Bad Aibling. Engeln had seven points and four rebounds on Nov. 19. The team is 4-5 and she is averaging 6.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.8 assist in the nine games of the seaosn
- One of the oldest players out of BC is still on the court. Kathrin Ress, who graduated in 2006, still plays for Famila Schio in Italy.
- Former BC Eagles Kristen Doherty '14 has been named the varsity girls basketball coach at her alma mater - Sachem East - in New York.

NEXT UP
- Boston College will return home to host a fellow Jesuit Institution – Fairfield – on Sunday at 1 p.m. Fans can get tickets at the gate or go online at bceagles.com.

Game Preview: Eagles At Columbia on Wed. at 11 a.m.

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Emma Guy

Kelly Hughes

Martina Mosetti

Taylor Ortlepp

Georgia Pineau