Terriers End Road Trip Against Wagner
December 23, 1999 | Women's Basketball
The Boston University women's basketball team (3-6) concludes its longest road trip in program history with a game at Wagner College (3-5) on Wednesday, December 29 at 7p.m. The Terriers ring in the New Year with home games vs. Drexel on January 2nd at 1 p.m. and vs. Hofstra on January 4th at 7 p.m.
Game Notes at Wagner
Boston University Probable Starters (3-6) No. Name Year Pos. Ht. Hometown 1999-00 Stats 5 Alison Dixon Jr. F 6-1 Norwood, MA 16.4 ppg and 9.0 rpg 13 Alison Argentieri Fr. G 5-7 Hornell, NY 8.3 ppg and 4.7 apg 20 Anne Nelson So. C 6-1 Blue Bell, PA 4.1 ppg and 3.4 rpg 22 Annie TomasiniSo. G 5-6 Boston, MA 1.7 ppg and 2.2 apg 30 Dia Dufault So. F 5-11 Malone, NY 11.2 ppg and 6.0 rpg
Boston University/Wagner Series Wagner leads the all-time series, 1-0... Wagner won the first and only meeting against the Terriers, 82-74, on December 28, 1993 in Staten Island, NY in an overtime game at the Wagner Tournament... Annemarie Olson led the Terriers with 25 points and 8 rebounds... Julie Schmidt added 6 rebounds and 3 assists... Boston University has a 17-4 record against members of the Northeast Conference.
Recapping Ohio State - Tuesday, December 14, 1999 COLUMBUS, OH- The Terriers' women's basketball players concluded their first semester schedule on Tuesday with one of the toughest lessons they have learned thus far, bowing to Ohio State, 79-49, at the Buckeyes' Value City Arena... "This was a learning experience for us tonight," said Terrier head coach Margaret McKeon. "I wanted our players to be exposed to an atmosphere of a top-25 program, and play a team that is the best it can be, and that's why I scheduled this game." ... The Terriers were matched against a team that "was as athletic and quick a team as we have played this year," said the coach... The result was the Terriers committed 34 turnovers... "All year long, for nine games, we've turned the ball over 25 times a game, and tonight we had 34," said McKeon... Of the total, 18 came in the first half as the Terriers trailed 39-25... They never led in the game, although they kept it close throughout most of the first 20 minutes of action... In fact, the game was tied four times in the opening 5:54 of play, the last being 8-8 with 14:06 to play in the half... At that point, Ohio State's Jamie Lewis hit a three-point play to stake her team to a three-point lead, 11-8, with 13:23 to play in the half. By the end of the half, Lewis, who came back after knee surgery this past summer, was 5-of-5 from three-point range. Coupled with a pair of three throws, Lewis had 17 points in the half... The Terriers actually shot better in the first half than the Buckeyes. B.U. connected on 9-of-18 from the field with Dia Dufault leading the way with eight points. In the meantime,Ohio State was 13-of-36 from the field for 36.1 percent. However, B.U. turned the ball over 18 times, compared to just six for the Buckeyes... In the second half, B.U. continued its 50 percent shooting efficiency, hitting on 8-of-16, while OSU was 14-of-24 for 58.3 percent... The highlight of the second half for the Terriers was the play of junior Alison Dixon. Held to six points on a 3-of-3 effort in the first half, Dixon was 7-of-8 in the second half to finished the game 10-of-11, along with 2-of-3 from the free-throw line for a game-high 22 points. She also led the way with 9 rebounds.
Dixon On Fast Track To 1000 With 22 points at Ohio State on December 14, junior forward Alison Dixon now has 969 points to remain in 12th place on the Terriers' all-time scoring list... Just ahead of her are Mary O'Connor (84) and Alicia Charles (98), who are tied for 10th with 1,029 career points... Dixon should become the second fastest to reach the 1000-point plateau... B.U.'s all-time scoring leader, Debbie Miller (81), reached 1000 points in 54 games, Dixon is playing in her 64th game tonight... Jill Sosnak (95), who is currently the second fastest to reach 1000, did it in her 70th game... Dixon leads the Terriers in scoring with 16.4 ppg, rebounding with 9.0 rpg, and field goal percentage with 52.9 % (64-of-121).
Scouting the Seahawks Wagner College is 3-5 this season... The Seahawks have won two of their last three... On December 20th, Nia Ryan scored a game-high 20 points and Deandra Teague had 10 points, seven rebounds, and fve assists as the Seahawks defeated Fordham, 61-58... Wagner almost let a nine-point halftime lead slip away, but hung on for the win... Ryan leads the team in scoring (18.1 ppg) and is second in rebounding (8.8 rpg)... Toni Roker and Monique Lee are Wagner's other double figure scorers chipping in with 13.4 ppg and 12.9 ppg, respectively... Lee is the team's leading rebounder at 9.4 rpg... Wagner is averaging 62.2 ppg and shooting 39.7 % from the floor... The Seahawks are outrebounding their opponents, 39.6 rpg to 38. 7rpg...
Iron Women Three of Boston University's five starters, Alison Dixon, Dia Dufault and Alison Argentieri are averaging more than 30 minutes of action per game this season... Argentieri leads the way, averaging 36.9 mpg, followed by Dixon, 35.9 mpg, and Dufault, 31.2 mpg.
Longest Road Trip In Program History Comes To An End Tonight The Boston University women's basketball program is at the end of a nine-game road trip, the longest in school history...The trip began on Tuesday, November 23 as the Terriers defeated Harvard, 75-67, in Cambridge... The longest previous road trip occurred during the 1977-78 season, when B.U. played five games in an eight-game span... Head coach Margaret McKeon's first America East game at New Hampshire was a success as B.U. downed UNH, 61-59, in overtime... Two days later, Terrier assistant coach Cindy Blodgett returned to Maine, but the Black Bears prevailed, 53-46...On December 14th, the Terriers bowed to Ohio State, 79-49.
Tulley Giving Timely Minutes Off The Bench In the America East season-opener at New Hampshire, sophomore guard Jen Tulley scored a career-high 24 points on 9-of-15 shooting... Tulley's 24 points were the second most scored by a Terrier this season...Sophomore Dia Dufault had 25 versus Colgate in the season-opener.... Tulley's point total was the most by a Terrier in an America East conference game since February 19, 1998, when Alison Dixon netted 25 against Towson... Tulley leads the team in free throw percentage (79.2 %), and is second on the team in three-point field goals (10) and third on the team in scoring, 10.3 ppg.
Nelson and Tomasini Named Captains Leading the Terriers into the 21st century this season are sophomore co-captains guard Annie Tomasini and forward Anne Nelson.
Dixon's Scoring Ranks High Alison Dixon is currently the highest-scoring B.U. player after two seasons of play... Entering this season, Dixon had 821 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.
Twenty Something Junior forward Alison Dixon has scored 20 or more points in two games this season and in 31-of-63 career games for the Terriers.... Last season, Dixon scored 20 or more points in a game 11 times, including a career-high 30 points vs. Dartmouth on November 23... Last 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.
Doubling Up on Double-Doubles In back-to-back games at New Hampshire and Maine, Alison Dixon recorded double-doubles...At Maine, Dixon scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and at New Hampshire, she scored 19 points and hauled in a career-high 16 rebounds... Dixon has registered three double-double efforts this season and now has eight for her career.
Dia Delivers Sophomore guard Dia Dufault is second on the team in scoring (11.2 ppg) and is second in rebounding (6.0 rpg).. Against Marshall on December 4, Dufault grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds... In the season-opener against Colgate, Dufault equaled a career-high with 25 points in the Terriers' 78-58 win... At Harvard on November 23, Dufault netted 15 points, grabbed five rebounds, and had a career-high five steals in B.U.'s 75-67 win.
There's More Than One Alison On This Team Freshman point guard Alison Argentieri is quickly establishing her own identity for the Terriers... B.U. already had one Alison in Dixon, but Argentieri is certainly letting opponents know that there is more than one Alison on this team... Argentieri is leading the Terriers in minutes played (36.9 mpg), assists (43, 4.7 apg), and steals (22, 2.4 spg)... At Harvard, on November 23, Argentieri scored a career-high 21 points in leading B.U. to a 75-67 victory over the Crimson... Argentieri was 6-of-8 from the floor, 4-of-5 from three-point land, and made 5-of-6 from the free throw line in the final :40.
Boarder Patrol Alison Dixon leads the Terriers in rebounding at 9.0 rpg... At her current pace, Dixon will collect 243 rebounds this season which would land her with the fifth-highest single-season rebounding total in team history... In her last three games, Dixon has hauled in 38 rebounds for a 12.6 rpg average.
Terrier Dog Bites In their last three games, the Terriers have held opponents to 37.6 percent field goal shooting... B.U. is 2-0 when scoring 70 or more points this season... Sophomore guard Jen Tulley has made her last eight free throw attempts... The Terriers are outrebounding opponents,36.9 rpg to 33.6 rpg.
No Place Like Home After its game with Wagner, the BostonUniversity women's basketball teams returns to "The Roof" for two America East Conference games... B.U. hosts Drexel on January 2nd at 1 pm. and Hofstra on the 4th at 7 p.m... The Terriers haven't played a home game since the season-opener vs. Colgate on November 20.
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.
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.
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.
Terriers On The Radio All Boston Univerity women's basketball games, with the exception of tonight's game will be broadcast by WTBU-89.3 FM... WTBU is Boston University's radio station...Play-by-play this season will be done by John Chandler, while Morgan Hook will provide the color analysis... If your not within the listening range of WTBU, check them out on the web at www.bu.edu/wtbu.
www.gobu.com Media members and fans of Boston University women'sbasketball and all Terrier athletic teams may now access information on the Internet by typing the URL - www.gobu.com - ... Rosters, game notes, news, schedules and results, statistics and other information regarding Boston University athletics will be updated on a regular basis on the department's homepage.
1999-2000 Boston University Women's Basketball Updated Season Bios#3 Jennifer Tulley So. G-F Old Orchard Beach, ME 1999-00 Highlights: Recorded eight points, three rebounds, and three assists versus Colgate on 11/20 Scored 11 points and added two steals and five rebounds at Harvard (11/23) Had 15 points, three rebounds, and two assists against Fresno St. (11/27) Tallied seven points, three rebounds, and two assists against Boise St. (11/28) Registered six points and five assists against Marshall (12/4) Had nine points and three rebounds against Davidson (12/5) Recorded career-highs with 24 points and three steals at New Hampshire (12/9) Totaled four points and tied a career-high with five assists at Maine (12/11) Had nine points and was 5-of-5 from the free throw line at Ohio State (12/14)
#5 Alison Dixon Jr. F Norwood, MA 1999-00 Highlights: Scored 24 points, had a game-high 10 rebounds, and added three assists and two steals versus Colgate on 11/20 Registered 13 points, a team-high eight rebounds, and four assists at Harvard (11/23) Scored a game-high 16 points, and added five rebounds and three steals against Fresno St. (11/27) Tallied 14 points, seven rebounds, and three steals against Boise St. (11/28) Scored 16 points, and added eight rebounds and two steals against Marshall (12/4) Recorded six points and five rebounds at Davidson (12/5) Had 19 points and a career-high 16 rebounds at New Hampshire (12/9) Registered her second-consecutive double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds at Maine (12/11) Recorded game-highs in points (22) on 10-of-11 shooting and rebounding (9). Came within one rebound of registering third straight double-double at Ohio State (12/14).
#10 Pilar Prassas Jr. G Haddonfield, NJ 1990-00 Highlights: Recorded three points, four assists, and three rebounds versus Colgate on 11/20
#13 Alison Argentieri Fr. G Hornell, NY 1999-00 Highlights: Scored 6 points, had a game-high seven assists, and added four rebounds and three steals versus Colgate on 11/20 Registered a game-high 21 points, four rebounds, five steals, and four assists at Harvard (11/23) Tallied three points, five assists, four rebounds, and three steals against Fresno St. (11/27) Recorded 11 points, six assists, three rebounds, and two steals against Boise St. (11/28) Scored seven points, along with three assists and three rebounds against Marshall (12/4) Registered 11 points, including three 3-pointers, six assists, six rebounds, and two steals at Davidson (12/5) Had six points and five assists at New Hampshire (12/9) Totaled six points and four assists at Maine (12/11) Had four points and three assists at Ohio State (12/14)
#20 Anne Nelson So. F-C Blue Bell, PA 1999-00 Highlights: Pulled down two rebounds against Colgate on 11/20 Scored six points, had three rebounds, and two steals at Harvard (11/23) Registered 10 points, added seven rebounds, two assists, and two steals against Fresno St. (11/27) Had four points and two steals against Boise St. (11/28) Pulled in four rebounds and added a blocked shot against Marshall (12/4) Scored four points and grabbed three rebounds at Davidson (12/5) Had two rebounds and one steal at New Hampshire (12/9) Scored a season-high 11 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and had two steals at Maine (12/11) Had three rebounds before fouling out at Ohio State (12/14)
#21 Kendra Keegan Fr. C Novato, CA 1999-00 Highlights: Scored two points and added two rebounds in her collegiate debut versus Colgate on 11/20 Had two rebounds against Fresno St. (11/27) Recorded a career-high three rebounds and one block at New Hampshire (12/9)
#22 Annie Tomasini So. G Boston, MA 1999-00 Highlights: Had four rebounds, three steals, and one assist versus Colgate on 11/20 Tallied five points, six assists, and three rebounds at Harvard (11/23) Totaled four points and four assists against Fresno St. (11/27) Had six assists and two rebounds against Boise St. (11/28) Tallied four steals and four rebounds against Marshall (12/4) Scored three points at Davidson (12/5) Played seven minutes at New Hampshire (12/9) Had three points and three assists at Maine (12/11) Had a rebound and a steal at Ohio State (12/14)
#23 Jenny Marland Fr. F Oakton, VA 1999-00 Highlights: Had one rebound versus Colgate on 11/20 Recorded one assist and one steal against Fresno St. (11/27) Tallied one assist and one rebound at Davidson (12/5)
#30 Dia Dufault So. F Malone, NY 1999-00 Highlights: Tied a career-high with 25 points grabbed nine rebounds versus Colgate on 11/20 Recorded 15 points, five rebounds, and five steals at Harvard (11/23) Registered five points, four rebounds, and two assists against Fresno St. (11/27) Had eight points and a game-high 8 rebounds against Boise St. (11/28) Grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds, along with six points, two assists and two steals against Marshall (12/4) Scored a team-high 14 points and added four rebounds at Davidson (12/5) Totaled 12 points, four steals, and three rebounds at New Hampshire (12/9) Recorded four points and six rebounds at Maine (12/11) Had 12 points, a career-high seven assists, and four rebounds at Ohio State (12/14).
#34 Kristin Neuschaefer Sr. F Enfield, CT 1999-00 Highlights: Had two rebounds versus Colgate on 11/20 Grabbed one rebound against Fresno State (11/27) Played five minutes at New Hampshire (12/9)
#54 Rachel Werner F F Glendale, AZ 1999-00 Highlights: Scored 10 points and added six rebounds in her collegiate debut versus Colgate on 11/20 Recorded four points and one rebound at Harvard (11/23) Registered four points and two rebounds against Fresno St. (11/27) Totaled 14 points and six rebounds against Boise St. (11/28) Scored a team-high 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds off the bench against Marshall (12/4) Recorded 10 points, seven rebounds, and two steals at Davidson (12/5) Was named to the 1999 Davidson Roundball Invitational All-Tournament Team Had three rebounds and one block at New Hampshire (12/9) Grabbed four rebounds in nine minutes at Maine (12/11) Had three rebounds at Ohio State (12/14)
