Boston College women’s basketball is back in Conte Forum on Saturday at noon, with Providence coming to Chestnut Hill for a matchup that gives the Eagles a chance to build on their first win under head coach Kate Popovec-Goss.
BC is coming off an 86-57 win over UMass Lowell on Thursday, a game that showcased a little bit of everything. Jocelyne Grier matched her career high with 23 points, and 15 of those came in the first half.
She finished 7-of-15 from the field and knocked down four 3-pointers, while also adding four rebounds and two steals. The Eagles got a balanced lift around her, with four players in double figures and seven total finishing with at least eight points.
Megan Hollingsworth gave BC a lift off the bench with a season-high 12 points. Athena Tomlinson added a season-best 10 points and five rebounds, and Daniele Paunksnyte also scored 10 while contributing four rebounds, three assists and three steals. Nora Arozena led the team with six rebounds, while Paunksnyte and Grace Oliver each handed out three assists.
The defensive numbers were just as eye-catching. BC forced a season-high 29 turnovers and turned them into 33 points. The Eagles also piled up 17 steals, with six players recording multiple steals and three finishing with three apiece.
There’s plenty for BC to chase on Saturday beyond just another win. A victory would move the Eagles to 2-2, improve their home record to 2-1 and give them a fourth straight home win over Providence in the series.
The Eagles have also been getting to the line with regularity. Through three games, they’re averaging 20.3 free throw attempts, including 25 against UMass Lowell.
They’ve shot 82 percent from the stripe overall, good for 13th in the nation. Natalia Hall-Rosa was perfect on Thursday, going 8-for-8 at the line, and she became the first BC player since T’yana Todd in the 2024-25 season to make at least eight free throws without a miss.
Grier’s scoring has been another bright spot. Her plus-5.9 scoring improvement through three games ranks sixth in the ACC, and she has scored in double figures in six straight games dating back to last season, which is a career long. BC will also be looking to keep the ball pressure and turnover creation rolling after the 33 points off turnovers it produced against the Riverhawks.
Another area to watch is the start. The Eagles put up 26 points in the first quarter on Thursday, their highest-scoring quarter of the season, and they’ll try to come out just as sharp against the Friars. The bench could matter too after BC’s reserves delivered a season-high 27 points last time out.
Providence enters at 1-2 after a 53-47 loss to Bryant in its most recent game. Orlagh Gormley led the Friars with 15 points on 7-of-12 shooting and added six rebounds, while Kylah Silver chipped in 12 points. Gormley is pacing Providence at 13.0 points per game and is shooting 54.8 percent from the field, and J’adore Young leads the team on the glass with five rebounds per game.
The Friars are coached by Erin Batth, now in her fourth season. Boston College is 28-34 all-time against Providence, and the Friars took last season’s meeting 70-61. In that game, Athena Tomlinson dished out 10 assists.
BC will be back in action Tuesday against Merrimack at 6 p.m. in the third game of a five-game homestand.
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