Mikayla Venson scored 17 points to lead Virginia (11-5, 1-1). “We were in a great offensive flow and it’s fun to play with each other”.
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No. 19 FLORIDA STATE 75, BOSTON COLLEGE 42: In Tallahassee, Florida, Leticia Romero hit back-to-back 3-pointers and Emiah Bingley added a third as the Seminoles opened with an 11-0 run against the Eagles. Boston College appears to be improved over the team we saw last season.
UVa coach Joanne Boyle said after the game, “Just disappointed, I don’t know who that was out there”. “I’m going to do everything I can to make sure it won’t happen”.
“We kicked into gear a little too late tonight”, said Staley. The most was a 106-74 loss to North Carolina on February 1, 2011.
The Irish (10-4, 1-1) are already familiar with unfriendly environments, playing at IL on December 2 before opening their ACC slate with last Saturday’s 77-66 loss at then-No. Sam Herr increased the Irish’s lead with about five minutes remaining in the first and Dawson Cook found the back of the net with 33 seconds left in the period, giving Notre Dame a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes.
And with the lead up for grabs in the Section V Division III standings, that is exactly what the Fighting Irish got Thursday night against once-beaten Geneseo/Livonia/Avon at Falleti Ice Arena; unfortunately for the Fighting Irish, they picked the wrong time to have an off game for possibly the first time this season. The Eagles are the ACC’s lowest-rated team in the Kenpom.com rankings, and the Irish have won five straight games against Boston College. Wilson and Ashley Morrissette added 14 points and Dominique McBryde scored 13.
The Fighting Irish trailed 3 ½ minutes into the game before Matt Ryan’s 3-pointer from the left corner sparked the big run over the ensuing 9:07.
Marina Mabrey added 15 points and fellow freshman Arike Ogunbowale had 13 to help the Fighting Irish (14-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) win their seventh in a row, and they did it in dominating fashion against the smaller Cavaliers.
Skim through the defensive numbers of Ken Pom’s top 50 and you don’t see many teams allowing over a point per possession.
Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw was concerned about the Cavaliers’ 3-point shooting, but they made just 5 of 15 attempts.
“[A record of] 1-1 on the road to start [ACC play] would be great”, Brey said.
The Cavaliers were 2 for 14 from the field in the second quarter, looking nothing like the team that only four days earlier shot 67 percent from 3-point range, played stiff defense and beat then-No. They’re always moving and you can’t really play catchup with them. “It’s a group – starting in June – that we let play a lot together”. The Fighting Irish play four of their next five games at home.2. “It’s one of the odd games I’ve been a part of”.
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The road continues to be hard for BC basketball going forward; their next game is a visit on Wednesday night to the Carrier Dome to take on Syracuse. In the first half, guard Jerome Robinson threw a pass to Carter after he turned his head as the pair were coming up the court.
