No. 6 Notre Dame Up Next For Eagles

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College women's basketball team will host No. 6 Notre Dame on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Conte Forum at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast online via ACC Network Extra.

Boston College is currently 14-10 overall and 3-8 in the conference. The Eagles are coming off a road loss at No. 14/15 Syracuse on Sunday.

Junior Emma Guy had an outstanding past week. The Eagles forward averaged 24.5 points, 11.0 rebounds and shot 60 percent from the floor against Virginia and Syracuse. She tallied a career-high 30 points and grabbed 14 boards in the loss at Syracuse on Sunday.

No. 6 Notre Dame (22-3, 9-2 ACC) defeated No. 24 Florida State, 97-70, on Sunday. Arike Ogunbowale had a game-high 27 points and nine rebounds, while Jessica Sheppard pitched in with 26 points and eight rebounds. The Irish rebounded from their loss at No. 25 Miami (72-65) on Thursday, Feb. 7.

BC vs. No. 6 NOTRE DAME
- This will be the 29th meeting between Boston College and Notre Dame.
- The two teams first played in the 1983-84 season.
- BC's last victory against Notre Dame came on March 19, 2006 in the NCAA Tournament.
- In the first meeting between the two teams this season, BC lost at Notre Dame, 92-63.

PROBABLE STARTERS
- Jr., F - Georgia Pineau
- Jr., G - Taylor Ortlepp
- Jr., F - Emma Guy
- Fr. G - Marnelle Garraud
- Fr., G - Makayla Dickens

IN THE ACC
- Boston College is currently 3-8 in the ACC.
- Since BC joined the ACC in 2005-06, the Eagles overall record in the conference 58-151.
- This season, the Eagles are averaging 72.7 points and 34.2 rebounds a game in conference play. BC has won the battle of the boards in six games.
- Freshman Makayla Dickens leads the team in scoring (15.8 ppg.), while junior Emma Guy is second with a 14.3 points per game average. Dickens also averages 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in ACC action.

IN THE LAST THREE GAMES
- BC has lost three straight - vs. Virginia Tech, at UVA and at Syracuse.
- The Eagles are averaging 77.3 points, 33.0 rebounds and shooting 42 percent from the floor in the three games.
- Freshman Makayla Dickens averaged 21.7 points and 6.0 assists in the three games. She notched her third double-double in the loss at UVA (24 points, 10 rebounds).
- Junior Emma Guy shot 63 percent from the floor, averaged 20.7 points and 8.3 rebounds in the three games. She posted her eighth career double-double at Syracuse – career-high 30 points with 14 rebounds.

PLAY4KAY GAME
- This year the Play4Kay Initiative game will be played on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. It is also scheduled to be the annual Alumni Game.
- The team is also participating in the Play4Kay National Free Throw Shooting Challenge – you can check out the Eagles page at - https://pledgeit.org/bc-play4kay.
- Fans please remember to wear pink as the game will be played in honor of our celebrated alum Clare Droesch '05, who lost her battle to cancer in 2018.
- Any alumni planning on attending the game please contact BC women's basketball Director of Operations, Michael Gibson at gibsonmf@bc.edu.

HISTORY LESSON
- Former guard Jess Deveny scored her 1,000-career point on Feb. 14, 2004 on the road against West Virginia. Deveny finished her career with 1,496 points, good enough for eighth on the all-time scoring list.

UP NEXT
- Boston College will host Clemson on Saturday at 1 p.m.
- Fans can purchase tickets at the gate or can bceagles.com/tickets.

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Players Mentioned

Makayla Dickens

Marnelle Garraud

Emma Guy

Taylor Ortlepp

Georgia Pineau