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No. 16 Miami women pull away from Boston College 67-62
Feb 5, 2016 - 2:38 AM CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (AP) Jessica Thomas scored 14 points, Adrienne Motley added 13 and No. 16 Miami beat Boston College 67-62 on Thursday night.The Hurricanes (19-4, 7-3 ACC) have won six of their last eight, and pulled into a fourth-place tie in the conference standings with North Carolina State (16-7, 7-3), which lost to Notre Dame.
Mariella Fasoula scored 19 points to lead the Eagles (13-9, 1-8).
Boston College had its last lead, 35-33 with six minutes left in the third quarter before the Hurricanes had a 14-5 run and led 47-40. Emese Hof scored four points and Laura Cornelius made a 3-pointer during the stretch.
The Eagles answered with an 8-2 spurt to open the fourth quarter and pull to 49-48. Cornelius and Motley made 3s, and Keyona Hayes converted a 3-point play to stretch the Hurricanes' lead back to seven points with five minutes remaining.
Fasoula's 3-point play cut the Eagles' deficit to 66-61 with 15 seconds left.
- MIAMI: 67
BOSTON COLLEGE: 62
Final
Feb 4 9:09 PM - 103
roots - MIAMI: 27
BOSTON COLLEGE: 29
Halftime
Feb 4 7:57 PM - MIAMI: 17
BOSTON COLLEGE: 23
2nd Quarter - 5:13
Feb 4 7:50 PM
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