Women's Basketball Hosts Harvard
November 23, 1999 | Women's Basketball
Boston University/Harvard Series Notes The all-time series is tied at 7-7... Harvard won the last meeting in overtime, 81-74, on November 16, 1998 on The Roof... The Crimson's Rose Janowski scored a game-high 29 points and Laela Sturdy added 19 points in the win... Gina Powers led the Terriers with 23 points and five rebounds... Dia Dufault added 12 points and three rebounds in the loss.
Terriers at Lavietes Pavilion Boston University is 2-3 all-time at Lavietes Pavilion... Harvard has won the last three meetings at home... The Terriers' last win in Cambridge occurred on February 16, 1980, an 88-49 victory.
Colgate Recap Boston University 78, Colgate 58 November 20, 1999 BOSTON, MA- Sophomore guard Dia Dufault (Malone, NY) tied a career-high with 25 points and junior forward Alison Dixon (Norwood, MA) added 24 points and 10 rebounds as Boston University downed Colgate, 78-58, in the season opener for both teams before 543 on The Roof Saturday afternoon... The win was B.U.'s first season-opening win since 1996-97... The Terriers (1-0) jumped out to an early 9-4 lead and held the lead until Colgate (0-1) tied the game, 18-18, with 10:21 to play in the first half... The Red Raiders held the lead until Boston University sophomore guard Jen Tulley (Old Orchard Beach, ME) connected on a jumper to tie the game at 28-28 with 6:08 remaining in the first half... B.U. went ahead, 31-28, on a three-point field goal from junior guard Pilar Prassas (Haddonfield, NJ) that sparked a 7-0 run... Colgate managed to go on a 9-2 run to close out the half and go into halftime tied at 37-37... Freshman guard Alison Argentieri (Hornell, NY) attempted a half-court shot that hit the front of the rim as the buzzer sounded... In the second half, the lead changed hands three times, before the Terriers pulled away... With Colgate leading 50-49 with 13:46 to play in regulation, B.U. went on a 17-2 run to take a commanding 66-52 lead with 7:56 to play. The run was highlighted by nine points from Dufault and four from freshman forward Rachel Werner (Glendale, Arizona)... The Red Raiders, who shot 33 % in the second half (9-of-27), managed just two field goals in the final 11 minutes... The Terriers closed out the game with a 10-2 run, and had its biggest lead at 78-57 with 1:33 to play... B.U. outscored Colgate, 41-21, in the second half and shot 53 % (18-of-34) in the final 20 minutes... The Terriers will look for its second win of the season, on Tuesday, November 23 at 6 p.m., when they travel to Cambridge to play local rival Harvard at Lavietes Pavilion.
Against the Ivy League Boston University has an impressive record versus the Ivy League... Overall, the Terriers are 31-22 against the Ivies.
Last Meeting November 16, 1998 - Harvard 81, Boston University 74 (OT) BOSTON, MA - Rose Janowski scored a career-high 29 points to lead Harvard to an 81-74 overtime victory over Boston University in the season opener for both teams... With Harvard trailing, 65-63, with 1.1 seconds remaining in regulation, Janowski hit both ends of an one-and-one to force overtime... Harvard then outscored the Terriers, 16-9, in the extra session as Suzie Miller scored all seven of her points... In her first career start, junior Gina Powers scored a career-high 23 points for B.U... Her previous career high was eight points, set in the 1996-97 season.Powers had 16 points in the first half as the Terriers took a 35-31 lead... Freshman Dia Dufault added 12 points and five assists in her first collegiate outing... Harvard outrebounded B.U., 48-30... B.U.'s Cara Millett dished out seven assists.
Breaking Down the Crimson and Terriers
BU Statistics Harvard
1-0 Overall Record 1-1
0-0 League Record 0-0
.478 Field Goal Pct. 411
.182 3-Pt. Field Goal Pct. .239
.800 Free Throw Pct. .614
.381 Opp. FG Pct. .446
.000 Opp. 3-Pt. FG Pct. .480
.556 Opp. FT. Pct. .577
51 Rebound Average 39
+18 Rebound Margin -1.0
19 Assists/Game 15.5
29 Turnovers/Game 22
0 Blocks/Game 2
11 Steals/Game 3
78 Points/Game 65
58 Points Allowed/Game 77 1999-2000 Captains Named Leading the Terriers into the millennium this season will be sophomore guard Annie Tomasini and sophomore forward Anne Nelson... Tomasini played in all 27 games last season averaging 1.2 ppg and 1.2 rpg... Nelson appeared in 22 games last season averaging 4.4 ppg and 2.3 rpg... Both players started on Saturday... Tomasini had three steals and four rebounds and Nelson added five rebounds.
Looking Ahead to the 1999-2000 Season Though the Terriers return just one starter with junior Alison Dixon, there are 11 players who have had considerable playing time in the last two seasons... The Terriers completed the 1998-99 season with a disappointing 5-22 record, 2-16 in America East play... Since 1975-76, B.U. has accumulated an overall record of 304-310 (.495).
The A Team Four of tonight's starting five players for the Terriers have first names beginning with the letter A... They are freshman Alison Argentieri, junior Alison Dixon, and sophomores Annie Tomasini and Anne Nelson.
Looking for a November to Remember The Terriers are 23-20 all-time in the month of November... B.U.'s best opening month occurred in 1994, when the team won both of its games... This year's squad will equal the most games played in November with four. The 1983-84 team was 3-1 in November.
Longest Road Trip Program History Including tonight's game with Harvard, the Boston University women's basketball program is beginning a nine-game road trip...The longest previous road trip occurred during the 1977-78 season, when B.U. played five games in an eight game span... After tonight's game B.U. heads west for the Fresno State Classic on Saturday, November 27 and Sunday, November 28... In Fresno, B.U. will play the hosts on the 27th and Boise State on the 28th... The following weekend, B.U. heads south to North Carolina to play in the Davidson Tournament... The Terriers will play Marshall on December 4 and either Davidson or Stony Brook on December 5... The road trip continues on December 9, when Margaret McKeon embarks on her first America East game at New Hampshire... Two days later, Terrier assistant Cindy Blodgett returns to Maine as the Terriers take on the Black Bears in Augusta... On December 14, B.U. will travel to Columbus, OH to play the Ohio State Buckeyes... The Terriers close out the 20th century and its road trip playing at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY on December 29.
Longest Road Trip in Program History The Boston University women's basketball program is beginning a nine-game road trip with tonight's game against the Crimson...B.U. will play its next eight games away from The Roof.
Head Coach Margaret McKeon Hired on April 26, 1999, 31-year old Margaret McKeon is the fifth head coach in the history of the Boston University women's basketball program... A former standout point guard at St. John's University, McKeon brings a history of coaching success to the Terrier program... McKeon has served as an assistant coach at Arizona State (1991-93), the University of Houston (1993-95), and most recently, George Washington University (1995-99)... In four years at GW, McKeon helped the Colonials to three Atlantic-10 regular-season championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight finish in 1997 and a final number 10 ranking in the CNN/USA TODAY poll.
Terrier Dog Bites The Terriers return five of their top seven scorers and four of their top five rebounder leaders in 1999-2000... Junior forward Alison Dixon, the team's top scorer (17.3 ppg) and rebounder (6.2 rpg) in 1998-99, leads the 11 returning letterwinners... Overall, B.U. returns 61.8 percent (1,058-of-1711) of its points and 74.8 percent (668-of-883) of its rebounding totals from a season ago... Despite Dixon being the lone returning starter, four other Terriers averaged at least 13 minutes a game last season.
Quoting McKeon It will obviously be a rebuilding year, but the team will be motivated and prepared. There are some young players on this team with good futures.
New Staff in Place McKeon has hired three assistants on her coaching staff - Jerry McLaughlin (Flagler 77) - Gabrielle Butler (Franklin & Marshall 85) and Cindy Blodgett (Maine 98)... A former head coach at Siena and Alaska-Anchorage, McLaughlin has also coached at Temple, New Mexico State, and Kentucky... Butler comes to B.U. after spending eight seasons as an assistant coach -the last four with Margaret McKeon - at George Washington University... Blodgett, who plays for the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA, led Maine to four America East conference titles and four straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament...At Maine, Blodgett set 18 University of Maine records including scoring with 3005 points in 118 games for an average of 25.5 ppg... The point total currently ranks as the fifth-highest career total in NCAA Division I history.
Alison Dixon Earns America East All-Conference Honors Forward Alison Dixon earned 1999 America East Third Team All-Conference honors as voted by the league's 10 head coaches... Dixon, who hails from Norwood, MA, led the team in several individual statistical categories in 1998-99, including scoring (17.1 ppg), rebounding (6.2 rpg), and free-throw percentage (.757).
Dixon's Scoring Ranks High Alison Dixon is currently the highest-scoring B.U. player after two seasons of play... Dixon has 819 points in 54 career games... Dixon and Jill Sosnak (95) (791 points in 52 games) are the only two Terriers to score more than 700 points in their first two seasons.... Dixon has scored 20 or more points in 29-of-54 career games for the Terriers... Entering the 1999-2000 season, Dixon ranks 18th on the B.U. career scoring list.
Twenty Something In the first game of the season, junior forwrd Alison Dixon picked up where she left off last season with a 24 point, 10 rebound effort vs. Colgate on November 20.... Last season, Dixon scored 20 or more points in a game 11 times, including a career-high 30 points vs. Dartmouth on November 23... In December, Dixon had a string of five straight 20-point games, tying a B.U. women's record... Debbie Miller (81) also had five straight 20-point efforts in 1979-80.
Dufault Delivers Sophomore guard Dia Dufault equaled a career-high with 25 points in the Terriers' 78-58 season-opening win over Colgate on Saturday... Last season, Dufault led B.U. in rebounding nine times , second only to Alison Dixon's 10... Dufault appeared in all 27 games, starting 13... She finished third on the team in scoring (6.7 ppg) and was second in both rebounding (4.0 rpg) and three-point field goals (16)... Dufault's best game in 1998-99 came in a win over Marist on November 30 when she recorded season highs in points (25) and rebounds (10).
Terriers Ink Five Recruits in Early Signing Period Boston University women's basketball coach Margaret McKeon has annouced that five players - forward Ashley Carr (Milwaukee, WI), guard Courtney Jones (Lafayette Hill, PA), guard Lashaunda Mitchell (Oyster Bay, NY), forward Marisa Moseley (Springfield, MA) and guard Katie Terhune (Port Murray, NJ) - signed national letters on intent during the early signing period from November 10 to November 17... Carr, a forward/center from Divine Savior Holy Angels, has led her team to a 32-12 record over the last two years, with two Greater Metro Conference Championships an two trips to the Wisconsin State Tournament... Jones, a 5-8 point guard from Mount Saint Joseph Academy, averaged 14.8 ppg, 4.0 apg, 4.0 spg and 3.0 rpg last season. She is also an outstanding student with a 3.923 grade point average... Mitchell, a guard from St. Dominic High School, led her squad to the 1998 New York State Class B Catholic Championship with a 20-7 record. She was a Newsday All-Long Island Second Team selection... Moseley, a forward from Longmeadow H.S., averaged 14.0 ppg and 8.9 rpg last season, as she led Longmeadow to the Western Massachusetts semifinals...Terhune, a 5-11 guard from Warren Hills H.S. (N.J.), averaged 20.5 ppg and 7.9 rpg last season... She was a First Team All-Conferecne, All-Area, All-West Jersey, and All-County selection last season and was only the second female to score over 1000 career points at Warren Hills during her junior season.
