The Boston College women’s basketball team ended a three-game losing streak and got its Atlantic Coast Conference schedule off to a winning note, romping in a 72-57 victory at Virginia on Sunday.
T’yana Todd scored a season high 21 points off the bench for the Eagles (7-4, 1-0), who hadn’t won their conference opener since 2016-17. The junior guard dominated the opening quarter, scoring 14 of BC’s 22 points as the visitors never trailed in Charlottesville — a place the Eagles had won just once in 12 tries before Sunday.
Up, 22-17, after one, BC steadily built its lead to 39-24 late in the second, its defense allowing just 11 points in the quarter and holding Virginia (6-5, 0-1) scoreless for 3:48. It was 48-30 with 6:29 to go in the third, and the Cavaliers never got closer than 11 points the rest of the way.
BC finished with 29 points off a season-worst 22 Virginia turnovers.
Teya Sidberry scored 12 for the Eagles, with a team-best 7 rebounds and 3 assists. Andrea Daley also scored 12, with 3 assists and 3 rebounds.
Latasha Lattimore had a game-high 23 points and nine rebounds for Virginia, which has lost four straight.
Boston College returns home to face UMass at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Conte Forum. A win would be coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee’s 100th at BC.