CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Providence College women's basketball team fell to Boston College, 75-73, on Saturday, Nov. 14 at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass. The Friars moved to 1-3 on the season, while BC improved to 2-2.
Princess Moody tied the game, 73-73, with 2.5 seconds left in regulation, but the Eagles converted the game-winning bucket from the right block on the ensuing inbounds play.
1ST QUARTER:
•
Payton Dunbar and
Kylah Silver each tallied five points as the Friars claimed an 18-13 lead after one quarter of play.
• Boston College opened up with an 8-3 lead through the first two minutes of play.
• Providence responded with a 10-0 scoring run to take a 13-8 advantage on the scoreboard.
• Boston College tied the game, 13-13, but Dunbar closed the frame with five-straight points.
2ND QUARTER:
• The Friars started the second with an 8-3 scoring advantage to claim a 10-point lead (26-26) with 6:57 on the clock.
• Boston College went on a 5-0 spurt to force a Providence timeout with 6:09 on the clock (26-21).
• The Eagles hit a triple to cut the deficit to one with 30-seconds left the clock.
• An offensive rebound and putback by
J'Adore Young gave Providence a 39-36 lead as time expired in the half.
• Boston College entered the game shooting just 16-percent from three-point territory but hit 7-15 (.467) in the first half.
• Dunbar paced the Friars in scoring with 10 points in the opening half, while
Orlagh Gormley added seven points and three assists.
3RD QUARTER:
• Providence got out to a 45-40 led with 7:22 to play on four-straight points from Young.
• Boston College answered with an 8-0 run to claim a three-point advantage with 5:04 to play (48-45).
• The final 4:36 of the third quarter featured three ties and three lead changes.
• Moody scored the Friars' final six points in the quarter for a 6-2 run, giving Providence a 56-53 lead heading into the fourth.
4TH QUARTER:
• Boston College opened the fourth on a 5-0 run.
• Gormley converted a traditional three-point play at the 7:27 mark to get Providence back on the board (59-58).
• The game was knotted, 60-60, with 6:09 remaining in regulation.
• The Eagles took their largest lead of the game (71-63) with 2:22 remaining.
• Providence tied the game with an 8-0 run (71-71) and Boston College called a timeout with 38.4-seconds remaining to advance the ball.
• Boston College took the lead on a putback from the right block with 21-seconds left.
• Providence called a timeout to advance the ball into the front court.
• Moody got the game-tying bucket with 2.5-seconds left.
• Boston College called another timeout to advance the ball and found Eunicia Salgado wide open on the right block on the sideline out-of-bounds play for the go-ahead bucket.
• Providence had one last chance to draw up a play, but the lead pass to the far block resulted in a turnover.
NOTES / HIGHLIGHTS:
• Moody paced four Friars in double figures with 17 points on 7-11 shooting. She scored 13 of her 17 points in the second half.
• Gormley finished with 16 points, while Silver and Dunbar each added 10.
• It marked the first time this season that four players reached double figures in the scoring column.
• Providence committed 19 turnovers in the game and Boston College committed 16. However, the Eagles took advantage on the scoreboard with a 19-11 advantage in points off turnovers.
• The Friars out-rebounded their opponent for the first time this season, 30-27.
WHAT'S NEXT:
• The Friars return to Alumni Hall in Providence, R.I. to begin a three-game home stand, beginning Tuesday, Nov. 17 against Northeastern. Tipoff is slated for 7:00 p.m. and the game will be streamed on ESPN+. The Friars will close the three-game stretch with South Carolina (Nov. 21) and New Hampshire (Nov. 24).
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