Game 26 vs. Boston College

Well it's round 2 vs. the Eagles, who are suddenly red hot as they have won 6 straight ACC games and 7 in a row overall. This is the third and final of our home-and-home series thus far this year and if form holds true we should be remarkably better than the first meeting. Case in point, we beat Virginia by 10 in OT at their place, then came home and won by 14 in regulation. Duke beat us by 18 at home and in the second meeting we only lost by 10.

In the first game against BC, it was the Crystal and Harper show as the posts combined for 39 points and 21 rebounds. Shay added 13 including several clutch baskets in OT. We didn't shoot particularly well, as we made only 3 three-pointers and shot 40% from the floor. BC was led by Kindyll Dorsey's 18 points, all of which came from behind the arc, while Brooke Queenan added 17 and Aja Parham had 11 and 12. They didn't shoot particularly well either, but rallied in the second half to tie the game.

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BC's seven-game winning streak comes against weaker foes as they have played Longwood, Virginia, NC State, Wake Forest, Clemson, Georgia Tech and Miami. BC has shot 52.2% from the field during the winning streak and over 50% in the last five games.

This game is very important as if we win, we clinch at least the 3 seed in the ACC Tournament. That means a first-round bye and an extra day of rest.

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Keys to the Game

Establish our inside presence. BC is your typical grind it out Big East team. If we can take out their post players we should win easily.

Control Parham. She was able to slash at ease in the first game and we seem to have trouble guarding slashers.

Guard Dorsey behind the arc. She hit 6 3's the first game and that can't happen again.

Pressure the ball. BC is averaging 20 turnovers a game. There is no reason to let them take their time setting up their offense.

Getting Newman back on track. I miss the old Ashleigh Newman who could hit almost every 3. She's in a slump these days although her last make was the biggest of her career.

Show intensity. We can't let the Duke loss get us down. Go out tonight and prove we belong among the top teams in the ACC.

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