Nov 24, 2002

Box Score

BOSTON (AP) - Amber Jacobs scored 26 points and Jessalyn Deveny added a career-high 23 to lead No. 19 Boston College to a 66-40 victory over Siena on Sunday. Siena dropped to 2-2 on the season with the loss, while Boston College improved to 1-0 with the season-opening win.

Jacobs hit four 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes and finished 6-for-6 from beyond the arc as Boston College seized control with an early 29-3 run.

Mary McKissack scored a season-high 12 points and Gunta Basko added 10 for Siena while grabbing a team-high seven rebounds.

Boston College shot 47 percent from the field and built a 39-8 lead by halftime.

Siena shot 3-for-24 and committed 14 of its 20 turnovers in the first half. The Saints shot 15-for-54 in the game.

The Saints will have some time off before facing Fairfield at home on Thursday, December 5.