February 18, 2001

The Virginia Tech women's basketball team fell to Boston College in overtime Sunday, 65-59. The Hokies Tere Williams surpassed Jenny Root to become the all-time leader in rebounds for a career. Williams left the game in the closing minutes after suffering a grade two MCL sprain in her left knee. Williams suffered nearly the same injury last year in her right knee.

The Hokies fell behind early when the Eagles posted a 15-0 run just over four-minutes into the game. Tech fought hard to come back from the deficit and forced overtime after Christina Strothers' put-back making the score 54-54. The Eagles went on the outscore the Hokies 11-5 in the extra period.

Tech was without Williams for the closing minutes of the second half and overtime. Williams was the leading scorer for the Hokies with 18 points and seven rebounds . Sarah Hicks finished the game with 15 points and tied for the team lead in boards with nine. Ieva Kublina and Chrystal Starling also had nine rebounds in the loss.

Boston College's Becky Gottstein gave the Hokies nightmares all day long inside, connecting on 8-out of-12 shots for the game. She was instrumental in the early Eagle run, scoring eight of Boston College's 15 points. Gottstein also added eight boards to her final game totals. Nicole Conway finished the game with 13 points to go along with her seven rebounds and four assists.

Tech (17-7, 8-5) will be back in action Wednesday when they host the Providence Friars at 7 p.m. on senior night. Tech seniors Amy Wetzel and Tere Williams will be honored prior to the game. Boston College (10-14, 4-9) will host Georgetown Wednesday.