No. 2 Notre Dame Sinks Eagles, 89-60

NOTRE DAME, Indiana – The Boston College women's basketball team lost to No, 2 Note Dame, 89-60, on Sunday afternoon in an ACC matchup in the Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center. The Eagles are now 6-11 and 1-3 in the ACC while Notre Dame is now 16-2 and 5-1 in the conference.

Boston College never recovered from a 9-0 Notre Dame run to start the game. BC cut the lead to five points on a three by Andie Anastos but the Irish stretched the lead to 21-12 after the first quarter. The young Eagles cut the lead to seven points early in the second quarter but after a timeout by Notre Dame the Irish ran off 12 straight points.

Freshman Milan Bolden-Morris finished with a team-high 17 points and four assists while Andie Anastos pitched in with 11 points and two assists.

Game Information
Result: No. 2 Notre Dame 89, Boston College 60
Records: Notre Dame 16-2, 5-1 ACC; BC 6-111, 1-3 ACC
Where: Purcell Pavilion, Notre Dame, Indiana
Starters: BC – T. Ortlepp (G), A. Anastos (G), M. Bolden-Morris (G), E. Guy (F), G. Pineau (F)
ND - M. Mabrey (G), J. Young (G), A. Ogunbowale (G), J. Shepard (F), K. Westbeld (F).

Game Highlights
- Freshman Milan Bolden-Morris led the Eagles for the seven time in scoring as she finished with 17 points, as she hit five three-pointers in the final quarter. The five three-pointers are a new career high for Bolden-Morris.
- Senior graduate Andie Anastos finished with 11 points as she hit a career-high three three-pointers in the game.
- BC hit seven-for-eight from the three-point line in the fourth quarter.

How It Happened
- Notre Dame took a quick 9-0 lead in the first two minutes behind two turnovers by the Eagles. BC was forced to call a timeout. BC awoke on a three-pointer by Taylor Ortlepp at 7:47 in the quarter. Marti Mosetti led the Eagles with five points in the quarter as BC was down, 21-12, after one.
- The Eagles cut into the lead on two layups by Georgia Pineau and Emma Guy with 8:23 in the second quarter, 23-16. The Irish proceeded to run off 12 straight points to push the lead to 35-16. Arike Ogunbowale had five points in the run which was capped off by a long three-pointer with 5:15 to play. After an Eagles timeout, Andie Anastos hit her second three of the game to stop the run. Notre Dame held a 42-22 lead at the half after shooting 40 percent from the floor while BC shot 33 percent. The Eagles had 12 turnovers in the half which led to nine Notre Dame points.
- Notre Dame's lead grew as Boston College opened up the third quarter shooting just 1-for-8 from the floor and the Irish went 7-for-8. BC was down, 61-25 with just under five to play in the quarter. BC was outscored, 30-11, in the quarter to go down, 72-33, with one quarter to play.
- Milan Bolden-Morris made things interesting in the fourth quarter as she hit five three-pointers to cut the Irish lead, 83-50, with just under five minutes to play in the game.

Post Game Comment From Head Coach Erik Johnson
"We always talk about what you can get out of every experience. We have some players that have experience this atmosphere. We have some young ones that have experience trial by fire today. Obviously early they got in the passing lanes and took the ball from us, got us on our heels. Hey as coaches' we have seen that before. We have seen that with good teams. I was proud that we fought and got it going from the three-point line late. I think those shots could have been there early, we were going to have to work a little harder to be able to get those shots. Clearly, once you let Notre Dame get going in transition. They are an amazing team … they are well coached … all the credit goes to their coaching staff. They clearly set the tone from the beginning to the end. Again, I'm proud of our kids. We have a fun young group to coach. They have a lot of fight in them, we just need more consistency.''

Up Next
- Boston College will travel to South Carolina to play Clemson on Thursday at 7 p.m. Fans can view the game on ACC Network Extra. The Eagles will return home on Sunday, Jan. 21 to host Miami at Conte Forum at 1 p.m.

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Team Stats

Milan Bolden-Morris

Andie Anastos

Sydney Lowery

Martina Mosetti

Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Milan Bolden-Morris

Emma Guy

Taylor Ortlepp

Georgia Pineau

Players Mentioned

Andie Anastos

Milan Bolden-Morris

Emma Guy

Taylor Ortlepp

Georgia Pineau