Women's Basketball: No. 14 BC Too Tough
January 02, 2005 04:10 PM | General
January 2, 2004
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Jessalyn Deveny scored 33 points to lead No. 14 Boston College to a 69-56 victory over West Virginia Sunday afternoon in Morgantown. Deveny made nine of 18 field goal attempts and was 12 of 12 from the foul line to help the Eagles win their ninth straight and improve to 10-1, 1-0.
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| Yolanda Paige is double-teamed during the first half of Sunday's West Virginia loss to Boston College.
All-Pro Photography/Dale Sparks photo |
BC led the entire game and built its first-half advantage to 10 at 19-9 on a Lisa Macchia layup. A three-point basket by Deveny gave the Eagles a 22-9 edge before the Mountaineers (9-2/0-1) were able to come up with a 9-0 run to cut BC’s lead to four. Yolanda Paige began the run with a jumper, Meg Bulger followed with a three-point basket and Olayinka Sanni tacked on a layup to make it 22-18, Boston College, with 6:47 remaining.
But the Eagles were able to answer with a run of their own, getting the margin back to 11 at 29-18 after a pair of Deveny free throws.
Boston College led 37-25 at halftime.
In the second half BC built its lead to 16 at 43-27 and then 18 at 47-29 before taking its biggest lead of the game, 58-37, with 11:38 remaining on another Deveny three.
The closest the Mountaineers could get was down 11 at 3:40 remaining.
Boston College made 23 of 46 field-goal attempts for 50 percent and forced 17 West Virginia turnovers. Deveny was the only Eagle player to reach double figures.
West Virginia shot 23 of 58 from the field for 39.7 percent.
Sophomore Meg Bulger scored 19 for the Mountaineers on seven of 20 shooting. Yolanda Paige added 13 points and handed out five assists making her just one shy of the WVU school record held by Rosemary Kosiorek with 716 from 1989-92.
Boston College has now won all 14 meetings against West Virginia including a win last year in Morgantown.
West Virginia, losers of two straight after starting the season 9-0, returns to action on Thursday, Jan. 6, at Seton Hall.
