The Boston College women’s basketball team has a rough one tonight, losing to #9/10 Duke by a score of 68-27. The Eagles did not score more than 9 points in any period in tonight’s game.
The Eagles got off to a strong start, with Maria Gakdeng scoring the first basket of the game and Ally VanTimmeren hitting a 3, but as the first quarter went on Duke’s defense forced BC into some traveling violations and rushed shots. The Eagles went into the second quarter down 17-9, with Gakdeng and VanTimmeren accounting for all 9 BC points.
Taina Mair for the second quarter started with a 3, but the Eagles continued to struggle to hit the net, and midway through the quarter Duke took a 25-14 lead to go up by double digits.