March 19, 2011

Boxscore

Box Score

CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. - It was a banner season for the Saint Joseph's women's basketball team, but it didn't end the way the Hawks had hoped as they fell at Boston College, 86-59, in the Second Round of the WNIT Saturday afternoon at Conte Forum.

Saint Joseph's caps its year with the 17th 20-win season in team history and earned its first postseason win since 2004 with its First Round WNIT victory over VCU this past Thursday.

Erin Shields led the Hawks with 21 points, while facing her sister Kerri, who is a sophomore at BC. Michelle Baker scored 11 points for SJU.

Boston College (20-12) took control of the game from the start, imposing its fast-paced style on the Hawks. Leading 8-6, the Eagles tallied the next nine-straight points, taking a 17-6 lead on a three pointer by Kerri Sheilds with 14:25 to go in the first half.

Saint Joseph's (20-12) fought back to close the gap to 19-14, but again BC answered a 9-0 run, upping its lead to 28-14 with just under 10 minutes left in the half. The Eagles would continue to push the lead, to as many as 23 points as Boston College took a 30-21 advantage and expanded it to 47-26 by halftime as it shot 50 percent from the field (19-of-38) and limited the Hawks to just 29 percent (9-of-31).

In the second half, the Eagles continued to keep the Hawks at a 20-point distance as the finished the game 32-of-70 from the floor (45.7 percent), while holding SJU to 22-of-68 from the field (32.4 percent).

Kerri Shields led BC with 26 points on 8-for-14 shooting from three-point range.