Eagles Fall Short at NC State

RALEIGH, N.C. – Despite a 21 point-seven rebound effort from sophomore Georgia Pineau, Boston College lost to ACC foe NC State, 72-54, at Reynolds Coliseum on Sunday afternoon.

Boston College is now 6-17 overall and 1-9 in the ACC. NC State is now 19-5 overall and 8-3 in the conference.

Down seven in the first quarter, Boston College mounted a comeback sparked by a gritty first half performance from Taylor Ortlepp. The Eagles sophomore guard scored 14 of the teams 25 first half points as BC and NC State battled to a tied game after 20 minutes.

The third quarter hurt the Eagles as NC State outscored BC, 29-14. The Eagles battled back in the fourth but could not get the offense rolling in the final quarter.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: NC State (19-5, 8-3) 72 | Boston College (6-17, 1-9) 54
When: Sunday Feb. 4, 2018
Location: Raleigh North Carolina
BC Starters: G – T. Ortlepp; G – A. Anastos; F – G. Pineau; F – Emma Guy; F – M. Bolden-Morris
NC State Starters: G, A. Konig; G, K. Ealey; G, C. Nelson; G, K. Leslie; C, A. Maize.

BC HIGHLIGHTS

Sophomore Georgia Pineau finished with 21 points with seven boards. She scored 19 of her 21 points in the second half. Pineau was 8-for-14 from the floor in the game.
Fellow sophomore Taylor Ortlepp chipped in with 18 points, 14 in the first half.
BC went 12-for-14 from the foul line in the game.
Georgia Pineau and Milan Bolden-Morris grabbed seven boards apiece in the loss.

HOW IT HAPPENED

NC State came out with a quick 5-0 lead. BC's Taylor Ortlepp cut into that lead with two quick three-pointers as the Eagles took 6-5 lead at 7:01 to play. The Wolfpack ended the quarter on a 6-2 run to take a 17-10 lead.
Ortlepp opened the second quarter with a three followed by free throws rom Georgia Pineau and one by Martina Mosetti and BC was down,18-16 with 7:30 to play in the half.
A jumper by Martina Mosetti tied the game at 18-18. The Eagles took a 23-20 lead on five straight point from Ortlepp with 2:05 to play. After a long three-pointer from NC State tied the game at 23-23, the teams exchanged free throws in the final 7.9 seconds to keep the game knotted at 25-25 at halftime.
BC shot just 26.9 percent from the floor in the half and was down, 19-21, on the boards. Both teams had eight turnovers at the hal.
Taylor Ortlepp kept BC going offensively as she had 14 points with three three-pointers. She was 4-for-8 from the floor in the half.
After exchanging hoops to start the third quarter, the Wolfpack went on a 9-0 run, seven straight from Kiara Leslie for a 40-31 leads with 5:13 to play in the quarter.
NC State defense held Ortlepp to two points in the quarter as BC went down, 54-39, after three quarters. The Eagles went 0-for-4 from the arc and was outscored 29-14 in the quarter.
In the fourth quarter, the Eagles offense was supplied by Georgia Pineau who had seven points. BC struggled to score as the Wolfpack keyed in on Ortlepp and Milan Bolden-Morris.
NC State was led by Kiara Leslie with 17 points and 11 boards while Akela Maze added 16 points.

UP NEXT

Boston College will travel to Atlanta to play Georgia Tech on Thursday at 7 p.m.
The Eagles will return to Conte Forum on Sunday, Feb. 11 against Pittsburgh.
The program will celebrate the Play4Kay initiative as the team will wear pink shoes, gray and pink uniforms and will compete in the Play4Kay Free Throw Shooting Challenge. Go to the team page (http://pledgeit.org/bc-play4kay) to pledge your support.

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Team Stats

Georgia Pineau

Taylor Ortlepp

Andie Anastos

Martina Mosetti

Players Mentioned

Milan Bolden-Morris

Emma Guy

Martina Mosetti

Taylor Ortlepp

Georgia Pineau

Players Mentioned

Milan Bolden-Morris

Emma Guy

Martina Mosetti

Taylor Ortlepp

Georgia Pineau