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  Saturday, Feb. 26 1:00pm ET
No. 17 Eagles shake off Mountaineers
 
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BOSTON (AP) -- Cal Bouchard scored 26 points and Jamie Cournoyer 14 Saturday as No. 17 Boston College beat West Virginia 68-53.

Val Zona scored a career high 23 points and Mandy Ronay added 10 for West Virginia (6-20,1-14) who took a 51-49 lead behind Zona's fourth 3-point shot of the game with 5:10 left in the game.

But the Eagles (22-7, 11-4) held West Virginia to two field goals in the final five minutes to get the win.

It kept Boston College 13-0 this season at home, where they have a 15-game winning streak.

West Virginia, which lost 100-28 to Connecticut earlier this week, went on a 12-2 run to open the second half, after trailing 24-23 at halftime.

But the Eagles answered behind eight points from Cournoyer and a pair of three pointers from Bouchard to regain the lead at 44-42 with 10:25 left in the game.

Zona put the Mountaineers back in the lead as she hit two three pointers but the Eagles went on a 19-2 run.

 


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