Eagles Host Campbell On Friday Night

GAME INFORMATION
CAMPBELL AT BOSTON COLLEGE
RECORDS: Campbell (7-2) | Boston College (9-2)
WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 21, 2018
TIME: 7 p.m.
WHERE: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Mass.

The Boston College women's basketball team will host 7-2 Campbell on Friday night at Conte Forum (7 p.m.). Fans are encouraged to wear their favorite Christmas Sweater and you will receive free admission to the game.

This will be the Eagles fifth home game in December and seventh consecutive game at Cone Forum. BC is coming off a 78-51 victory over in-state rival Boston University on Sunday. Junior Taylor Ortlepp had 19 points, while sophomore Sydney Lowery tallied 12 points in the win.

This is not the first meeting between Campbell and Boston College. The two teams played on Dec. 29, 1988 as the Eagles earned a 69-44 victory at the South Florida Tournament in Tampa Bay. BC went 1-1 at the tournament, with a first-round loss to Miami of Ohio.

PROBABLE STARTERS
F – Jr. Georgia Pineau
F – Jr. Emma Guy
F – Fr. Taylor Soule
G – Jr. Taylor Ortlepp
G – Fr. Marnelle Garraud

FREE THROWS
- Freshman Marnelle Garruad has not missed a foul shot in six games. She is 20-for-20 in the run. Garraud has missed only two free throws all season (28-for-30). She leads the ACC in free throw percentage (93.3%) and is seventh in the country.
- Junior Taylor Ortlepp has led BC in scoring the last three games. She has notched double-figures in the three-game run - 15 against Bryant, 25 vs. Minnesota and 19 against BU. In the last three games, Ortlepp is averaging 19.7 points and shooting 60 percent from the floor.
- BC is third in the ACC and 13^th in the country in assists (189). The Eagles are fourth in conference and 31^st in the country in assists per game (17.2).
- The Eagles are first in the ACC in three's made and 12^th in the country (94 three's made).
- Boston College is second in the ACC and third in the country in total rebounds (500).
- BC is 5-0 vs. local teams and 2-0 vs. teams in Massachusetts (w, vs. Holy Cross; w, vs. BU).

HISTORY LESSION
- Former Eagles guard Sue Fritsch '90 set the program record for assists on Dec. 21. A native of Whitehall, Pennsylvania, Fritsch had 15 assists in a, 81-74, loss to Stanford. Fritsch went on to break the program record in assists on Jan. 15 with her 506^th career assists vs. Pittsburgh. She finished her career with 611 assists, a record which still stands as No. 1 at BC.

UP NEXT
- The Eagles will host Dartmouth on Saturday, Dec. 29 at Conte Forum (2 p.m.). It is the final home game in December for the Eagles.
- Boston College will return to action on Thursday, Jan. 3 as the Eagles host Georgia Tech in the ACC opener at 7 p.m.
- All BC home games will be streamed live on the ACC Network Extra.

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Players Mentioned

Marnelle Garraud

Emma Guy

Sydney Lowery

Taylor Ortlepp

Georgia Pineau

Taylor Soule