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No. 14/18 Minnesota Is Up Next For Eagles
December 08, 2018 | Women's Basketball
Eagles-Golden Gophers Tip On Sunday at 2.
GAME INFORMATION
No. 14/18 Minnesota at Boston College
RECORDS: Minn. (8-0) | BC (8-1)
WHEN: Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018
TIME: 2 p.m.
WHERE: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
LIVE STATS | LIVE STREAM
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Boston College will host No. 14/18 Minnesota (8-0) on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the third consecutive home game this month. This will be the first ranked team the Eagles have faced this season.
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BC is coming off an 83-46 victory over Bryant on Thursday night. The Eagles held Bryant to just five points in the first quarter and 19 in the first half. BC fell two steals shy of the single game program record with 18 steals in the game. Junior Taylor Ortlepp (15 points) had six steals, the most by a BC player since 2015 when Karima Gabriel had five in one game.
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Minnesota is coached by legendary former WNBA guard Lindsay Whalen, who is in her first season. The 8-0 Golden Gophers the third best start in program history. The Gophers defeated Incarnate Word, 75-39, on Wednesday night.
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BC vs. MINNESOTA
- Boston College is 0-3 against the Golden Gophers.
- The two teams first met in 2004 in the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles fell, 76-63, as current Gophers head coach Lindsay Whalen had 15 points and 10 assists. BC was led by Jess Deveny with 18 points, while Clare Droesch added 17.
- BC last played Minnesota last season and fell, 78-68, on the road.
- BC and Minnesota share two common opponents – Syracuse and URI. The Eagles will play the Cuse twice this season – Feb. 10 on the road and March 3 at home. Minnesota defeated Syracuse, 72-68, at home in the 2018 ACC-Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 28.
- Boston College defeated URI in the season opener, 88-64. Minnesota will play Rhody on Sat., Dec. 2 at home.
- There is another connection between BC and Minnesota. Assistant coach Danielle O'Banion '01 played at BC from 1997-2001. She was a member of the first two NCAA Tournament teams at Boston College.
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Probably Starters
F – Jr. Georgia Pineau
F – Jr. Emma Guy
F – Fr. Taylor Soule
G – Jr. Taylor Ortlepp
G – Fr. Marnelle Garraud
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Free Throws
-The ACC has three undefeated teams (Virginia Tech, 9-0; Louisville, 9-0 and NC State, 9-0) … BC is one of three conference teams with just one loss – BC, 8-1; FSU, 8-1; Notre Dame, 7-1.
-BC leads the ACC in rebound margin (+13.4) and third in assists (18.6 apg.).
- Junior Taylor Ortlepp is third in the ACC in assists (4.9 apg.) and second in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.5). Ortlepp had six steals vs. Bryant, one shy of the single game program record. The last player to have more than four steals in a game was Karima Gabriel in 2015 vs. FSU.
- Junior Emma Guy is sixth in the ACC in field goal percentage (.590). She has
- Freshman Marnelle Garraud is 16-for-16 from the foul line in the last four games. She leads the with a 92.3 free throw percentage. Â
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Up Next
- The Eagles will host in-state rival Boston University on Sunday, Dec. 16 at Conte Forum ( 4 p.m.). BC will then play host to Campbell on Friday, Dec. 21, the fifth home game for the Eagles this month.
- All BC home games will be streamed live on the ACC Network Extra.
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