Cardinal start well in Boston

Nov 10: Added a game report from the Boston Globe.

The Eagles took advantage of the Cardinal's poor shooting and sloppy ball-handling during the first quarter and gained a five-point lead. Then the Cardinal found their rhythm and went on a 28-0 run led by Amber and Chiney. They were ahead by 20 at the end of the half. The Eagles recovered after the break and out-scored the Cardinal a bit in the second half. But that wasn't enough to make up the deficit, and the Cardinal won 83-71.

Amber had a fabulous game. She came within one rebound of a triple-double with 19 points on eight of 12 shooting, ten assists and nine rebounds. It would have been the first Cardinal triple-double since Nicole Powell tallied her sixth one 12 seasons ago.

After a slow start, Chiney found her game and ended with 30 points on 11 of 12 shooting, 14 rebounds, two blocks and three steals.

Bonnie was the third-highest scorer for the Cardinal with 15 points. She made three of seven 3-pointers and all four of her free throws.

Mikaela was a fierce defender (10 rebounds) and effective shooter (three of six). She could have easily tallied a double-double, but she missed six of her eight free throws.

The Cardinal out-rebounded the much smaller Eagles 44-26. All in all, they were much better from beyond the arc than last week, making six of 19 3-point attempts — Bonnie's three, two from Amber and one from Karlie. But they were terrible at the free throw line, making just 17 of 31. Fortunately that wasn't a critical factor in this game. but ...

Chiney, Amber, Mikaela, Alex and Kailee started again. Sara came off the bench for 12 minutes. Taylor, Erica P and Briana did not play.

Here is the only are game reports:

Cardinal Too Much For BC by Doug Alden (Associated Press),

BC women can’t hang with Cardinal by Maureen Mullen (Boston Globe),

Wally's trip report: On the road again,

The box score and play-by-play,

The Boston College press conference video with head coach Erik Johnson,

And photos by Winslow Thompson (Associated Press):

Amber leads her team up the court

Chiney wins a battle for the ball with Katie Zenevitch

Chiney loses a battle for the ball with Katie Zenevitch

Mikaela rips the ball away from Nicole Boudreau

Lili is robbed by Nicole Boudreau

Chiney takes off on a fast break past Katie Zenevitch

Mikaela goes to the basket between Kristen Doherty and Katie Zenevitch

Chiney looks for her shot past Kristen Doherty and Katie Zenevitch

Amber drives to the basket past Katie Zenevitch

"Good job!"