Boston University Probable Starters (7-17, 3-12) 
No. Name               Year  Pos.  Ht.     Hometown         1999-2000 Stats 
5   Alison Dixon       Jr.   C     6-1     Norwood, MA      17.5 ppg and 7.5 rpg/53.8 FG % 
13  Alison Argentieri  Fr.   G     5-7     Hornell, NY      7.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg, and 3.7 apg
20  Anne Nelson        So.   F     6-1     Blue Bell, PA    5.4 ppg and 4.2 rpg/86.2 FT % 
22  Annie Tomasini     So.   G     5-6     Boston, MA       3.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg, and 2.4 apg                    
30  Dia Dufault        So.   F     5-11    Malone, NY       12.3 ppg and 6.5 rpg  
          

Boston University/Maine Series Tonight is the 41st meeting between the two schools... Maine leads the all-time series, 26-14... The Black Bears have won nine of the last 10 meetings including a 53-46 decision on December 11th at the Augusta Civic Center... Alison Dixon led B.U. with game-highs in both points (18) and rebounds (13)... Anne Nelson added 11 points and seven rebounds... Jamie Cassidy and Amy Vachon led the Black Bears with 15 points and 11 points, respectively... B.U.'s last win over Maine was on February 12, 1998, a 94-77 decision.

Last Game For B.U. - Vermont 96, B.U. 65 - February 19, 2000 BURLINGTON, VT- Junior forward Alison Dixon recorded her 10th career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, but all of Vermont's starting five scored in double figures to lead the Catamounts to a 96-65 America East win before 1,575 at the Patrick Gymnasium in Burlington, VT last Saturday afternoon... The Catamounts had control of the game right from the tip-off, jumping out to a 10-0 lead, behind five points from sophomore Libby Smith. The Terriers cut the lead to five (16-11) on a jumper by Anne Nelson with 13:36 left in the first half... However, the Catamounts responded with an 11-2 run to push the lead to 14 (27-13)... Vermont extended its lead to 30 in the second half... Vermont led 49-27 at halftime behind 47.5 percent (19-of-40) shooting from the field... Joining Dixon in double figures for the Terriers were sophomores Dia Dufault (12 points), Anne Nelson and Pilar Verde with 10 points each... The Terriers shot 45.6 percent (26-of-57) for the game and converted 12-of-15 free throw attempts (80 percent).

Terriers At Home B.U. is 3-6 at home this season... The Terriers' three home wins are one more than they had last season... B.U. has defeated Colgate, 78-58; Albany, 68-55; and Northeastern, 66-65... The Terriers are shooting 39.9 percent from the field, 27.8 from three-point territory, and 71.3 from the free throw line at The Roof this season... B.U. is averaging 57.0 ppg...Alison Dixon leads all Terriers in scoring at home averaging 18.0 ppg... Dia Dufault adds 13.6 ppg and 7.1 rpg in home games this season.

Scouting the Black Bears Head Coach Joanne Palombo-McCallie's Black Bears have a 16-8 overall record and a 12-3 mark in America East, good for second in the conference... Maine defeated the Drexel Dragons on Sunday, February 20th by a score of 92-64. Last year's America East Player of the Year Jamie Cassidy led the Black Bears with 33 points, eight rebounds, and four blocks. Combined with her 16 points, eight rebounds, and five blocks in a 75-60 Black Bear victory versus Hofstra last Friday... Cassidy was named the America East Player of the Week on February 21... Junior Kizzy Lopez registered a double-double versus Drexel, netting 19 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Senior guard Kristen McCormick (12 points), senior forward Katie Clark (12 points), and junior forward Martina Tinklova (11 points) were the other double-figure scorers for Maine... Cassidy leads America East in scoring with a 21.5 ppg average and is third in rebounding, pulling down 9.3 per game... Maine is second in America East with a 66.0 scoring average and third in the conference in team defense, allowing only 62.3 points per contest.

Last Meeting With Maine December 11, 1999 Augusta Civic Center AUGUSTA, ME- The Terrier women's basketball team, outscored 12-5 over the final 5:24 of the game, dropped a hard-fought 53-46 decision to host University of Maine in America East action on Saturday, December 11th... The highly-partisan crowd of 4500 jammed the Augusta (Me.) Civic Center expecting to see the Black Bears roll over the much younger Terrier team. That's not what happened, though, as the Terriers led by a point at the half, 22-21, and led by as many as four in the second half, 35-31, with 12:27 to play... Maine came back behind a three-point basket by Amy Vachon, who finished the game with 11 points and 7 assists, and a free throw by Jamie Cassidy, who had a team-high 15 points and 9 rebounds, to tie the game, 35-35, with 9:04 left in the game... For the next 5:23, the Terriers and Black Bears played nip-and-tuck basketball as no more than two points separated the two teams. Then, with just 3:41 showing on the clock, Vachon made a three-pointer to stake Maine to a 46-43 lead. They would never trail after that. In fact, the score was never tied after that point as the Black Bears continued to build on their lead with their largest bulge being seven points, which was the final score... The cold spell down the stretch, along with turnovers, proved costly for B.U...Anne Nelson made a jumper to tie the game, 41-41, with 5:24 to play in the game. From then until the final buzzer, the Terriers did not make a basket and had to settle for free throws to account for their final points. Nelson made three of the free throws, while Jen Tulley made two. Also, during this stretch, the Terriers committed three of their game-total 24 turnovers... In the meantime, Maine sunk a pair of three-pointers, two two-pointers, and two free throws to account for its final 12 points, while they turned the ball over just once, and that came with just seven seconds to play in the game. In all, the Black Bears turned the ball over 14 times in the game... Alison Dixon had a double-double as she led the team in both scoring with 18 points and rebounding with 13, 11 of which were on the defensive boards.

Terriers Keeping It Close Despite her team's 7-17 record this season, first-year head coach Margaret McKeon has her team playing competitive basketball... The Terriers are 2-5 in games decided by four points or less this season, including two games this month one by four points (57-53 versus Delaware on February 10th), and one by two points, at Hofstra on January 28th (50-48).

Dixon's Been Dominant In her last 10 games, junior forward Alison Dixon is averaging 19.0 ppg and 6.7 rpg, while shooting 58.3 percent (81-of-139) from the field... At Vermont on February 19th, Dixon recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds. The double-double was the 10th of her career... Against Northeastern on February 5th, Dixon scored a season-high 25 points... In this 10-game stretch, Dixon has reached double figures in 9 times... In her last two games, Dixon is shooting 66.7 percent (16-of-24).

Dixon Fifth On Terriers' All-Time Scoring List Junior forward Alison Dixon is currently fifth on B.U.'s all-time scoring list with 1,238 career points.... Dixon now trails Julie Schmidt ('95), who totaled 1,346 points in her career... Against Drexel on January 2nd, Dixon became the second fastest Terrier to reach the 1,000-point plateau as she reached the milestone in her 65th career game... B.U.'s all-time scoring leader, Debbie Miller (81), reached 1,000 points in 54 games.

Dixon Reaches 1,000-Point, 500-Rebound Club At Hartford Alison Dixon surpassed the 1,000-point plateau in early January and, she became the eighth Terrier to accumulate 1,000 points and 500 career rebounds when she collected seven rebounds at Hartford on February 17th... Currently, Dixon has 1,238 career points and 514 career rebounds... Julie Schmidt (95) was the last to achieve the feat, and she did it in her senior year.

Twenty Something For The 36th Time With 25 points vs. Northeastern on February 5th, Alison Dixon has now scored 20 or more points seven times this season... She has reached 20 or more points in 36-of-76 career games for the Terriers.... Last season, Dixon scored 20 or more points in a game 11 times, including a career-high 30 points vs. Dartmouth on November 23rd... Last December, Dixon had a string of five straight 20-point games, tying a B.U. women's record... Debbie Miller (81) also had five straight 20-point efforts in 1979-80.

Dixon In The Terrier Record Books Alison Dixon has already made news this season with her scoring exploits, and is approaching other B.U. career leader records... She currently has 297 free throw attempts, and recently passed Julie Schmidt (95), who was fifth the Terriers' free throws attempted list with 278... Dixon has 215 made free throws, and is currently tied for fourth on the all-time list with Pam Trainor ('84).... Dixon just passed Jill Sosnak ('95) into fourth place on the all-time field goals made list with 509... Her current 49.2 field goal percentage (509-of-1033) ranks third all-time, and her current 17.5 ppg average ranks fourth for the highest scoring average in a season.

Terriers Among America East Statistical Leaders Junior forward Alison Dixon is second in the conference in field goal percentage (53.8 percent), fourth in the conference in scoring (17.5 ppg), sixth in free throw percentage (70.3 percent), and 10th in rebounding (7.5 rpg)... Sophomore guard Dia Dufault is ninth in scoring averaging 12.3 ppg... Freshman point guard Alison Argentieri is seventh in assists per game at 3.7 apg... As a team, B.U. is second in the conference in free throw percentage connecting on 70.2 percent of its attempts, fourth in field goal percentage defense holding opponents to a 41.6 field goal percentage, and fifth in three-point field goal percentage converting 27.9 percent of its attempts.

Terriers Eclipse Win Total From Last Season... Two Better Than A Year Ago With its 66-65 win over Northeastern on February 5th, B.U. is two wins ahead of last season's win total of five... B.U. eclipsed its win total of last season with a 76-64 win at Drexel on Sunday, January 30th... B.U. was 5-22 a year ago... On January 18th, the Terriers equaled its win total of a year ago with a 68-55 win over Albany... Last season, it took the Terriers 25 games to reach five wins.

Terriers On The Defensive On January 18th, in a 68-55 win over Albany, the Terriers held the Great Danes to just 29.7 percent shooting from the field (19-of-64)... It marked the first time that B.U. had held an opponent under 30 percent shooting in a game since November 22, 1997 against Marist... B.U. defeated the Red Foxes, 76-42, as Marist shot 16-of-57 for 28.1 percent from the field.

Balanced Offense Also in the win over Albany, four Terriers reached double-digits for the second time this season and the first time since December 29th at Wagner... Alison Dixon led the attack with a game-high 20 points, followed by Dia Dufault's 16 pts, Alison Argentieri with 14 pts, and Anne Nelson with 12 pts... In the win at Wagner, Dufault had 24 pts, Dixon added 22 pts, Annie Tomasini had a career-high 18 pts, and Argentieri had 10 pts.

Steady Improvement For Dufault Sophomore guard Dia Dufault has reached a career-high for points and rebounds in a season with 294 points and 157 rebounds ... Last season in 27 games, Dufault scored 183 points and grabbed 101 boards... With 467 career points in 51 games, Dufault has a 9.2 ppg career average... In her last 10 games, Dufault is averaging 11.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 3.3 apg, and 2.1 spg.

Argentieri On Pace To Become Third Freshman To Start All Games Freshman point guard Alison Argentieri has started all 24 games for the Terriers this season, and is on pace to become the first freshman to start every game since Julie Schmidt started all 28 games during the 1991-92 season... Schmidt had the most starts with 28, followed by Jill Sosnak, who started all 27 in 1990-91, Andrea Ashuck, who started 25-of-28 games in 1985-86, and Cheryl Johnson, who started 23-of-28 games back in 1984-85... Schmidt and Sosnak are the only freshmen to start every game during their first season.

Solid Rookie Season Argentieri leads the Terriers in assists with 89 for a 3.7 apg average... She is two assists shy of tying Cheryl Johnson ('88) for the most assists in a season by a freshman with 91... Her 31 three-point field goals leads the Terriers and is the 11th highest single-season total in team history... In fact, the 31 three-pointers and her 36.9 three-point field goal percentage are the most and highest by a B.U. freshman. Kelly Jo Gallagher ('98) had 25 three-pointers during her freshman season in 1994-95... On December 29th at Wagner, the 5-9 point guard dished out a career-high 11 assists in the Terriers' 83-64 win... Her 11 assists were the most by a Terrier since Cara Millett (99) handed out 12 assists at Maine on February 12, 1998.

Freshman Has Hot Hand In her last 10 games, freshman guard Alison Argentieri is averaging 8.5 ppg, and shooting 43.2 percent (16-of-37) from three-point territory, and 86.4 percent from the free throw line... Argentieri leads the Terriers in three-point field goals (31) and three-point field goal percentage (31-of-84 - 36.9 percent)... At Harvard, on November 23rd, Argentieri scored a career-high 21 points in leading B.U. to a 75-67 victory over the Crimson... Argentieri was 6-of-8 from the floor, 4-of-5 from three-point land, and made 5-of-6 attempts from the free throw line in the final 40 seconds.

Captain Leaderships Sophomore co-captain Anne Nelson is shooting 50.0 percent (33-of-66) from the field, and averaging 7.8 ppg and 5.4 rpg over her last 10 games... The 6-2 forward/center tied a career-high in points with 12 vs. Albany on January 18th, and set a career best for rebounds with 11 at Hofstra on January 28th... Nelson also added career highs in blocked shots with three in back-to-back games vs. Hartford on January 22nd, and at Hofstra on January 28th... Nelson is averaging 5.0 ppg, and 4.2 rpg this season... She leads the team in free-throw accuracy at 86.2 percent (25-of-29).

Verde Nets Career-High Sophomore guard Pilar Verde scored a career-high 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting, inclduing three three-point field goals, vs. Northeastern on February 5th... The 5-7 guard from Madrid, Spain joined the team just after the new year... In 13 games, she is averaging 6.0 ppg and 1.4 rpg... In her last five games, Verde is averaging 10.4 ppg and 3.1 apg.

Terriers 4-0 When Scoring 70 or More Points B.U. is 4-0 this season when scoring 70 or more points in a game... At Drexel on January 30th, the Terriers scored 76 points in a 76-64 win, and at Wagner on December 29th the Terriers scored a season-high 83 points in an 83-64 win... B.U. opened the season with back-to-back wins vs. Colgate on November 20th, 78-58 , and at Harvard on November 23rd, a 75-67 decision.

Terriers Ink Five Recruits in Early Signing Period Boston University women's basketball coach Margaret McKeon has annouced that five players - forward Ashley Carr (Milwaukee, WI), guard Courtney Jones (Lafayette Hill, PA), guard Lashaunda Mitchell (Oyster Bay, NY), forward Marisa Moseley (Springfield, MA) and guard Katie Terhune (Port Murray, NJ) - signed national letters on intent during the early signing period from November 10 to November 17... Carr, a forward/center from Divine Savior Holy Angels, has led her team to a 32-12 record over the last two years, with two Greater Metro Conference Championships an two trips to the Wisconsin State Tournament... Jones, a 5-8 point guard from Mount Saint Joseph Academy, averaged 14.8 ppg, 4.0 apg, 4.0 spg and 3.0 rpg last season. She is also an outstanding student with a 3.923 grade point average... Mitchell, a guard from St. Dominic High School, led her squad to the 1998 New York State Class B Catholic Championship with a 20-7 record. She was a Newsday All-Long Island Second Team selection... Moseley, a forward from Longmeadow H.S., averaged 14.0 ppg and 8.9 rpg last season, as she led Longmeadow to the Western Massachusetts semifinals...Terhune, a 5-11 guard from Warren Hills H.S. (N.J.), averaged 20.5 ppg and 7.9 rpg last season... She was a First Team All-Conference, All-Area, All-West Jersey, and All-County selection last season and was only the second female to score over 1,000 career points at Warren Hills during her junior season.

Head Coach Margaret McKeon Hired on April 26, 1999, 31-year old Margaret McKeon is the fifth head coach in the history of the Boston University women's basketball program... A former standout point guard at St. John's University, McKeon brings a history of coaching success to the Terrier program... McKeon has served as an assistant coach at Arizona State (1991-93), the University of Houston (1993-95), and most recently, George Washington University (1995-99)... In four years at GW, McKeon helped the Colonials to three Atlantic 10 regular-season championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight finish in 1997 and a final number 10 ranking in the CNN/USA TODAY poll.

New Staff in Place McKeon's three assistants are - Gabrielle Butler (Franklin & Marshall 1985) - Jerry McLaughlin (Flagler 1977) - and Cindy Blodgett (Maine 1998)... Butler comes to B.U. after spending eight seasons as an assistant coach - the last four with Margaret McKeon - at George Washington University... A former head coach at Siena and Alaska-Anchorage, McLaughlin has also coached at Temple, New Mexico State, and Kentucky... Blodgett, who plays for the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA, led Maine to four America East conference titles and four straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament...At Maine, Blodgett set 18 University of Maine records including scoring with 3005 points in 118 games for an average of 25.5 ppg... The point total currently ranks as the fifth-highest career total in NCAA Division I history.

Joe Tompkins Tribute A long-time Boston University employee, Joe Tompkins was a great friend of all Boston University athletes, and a special friend the Boston University basketball... This season, the Boston University women's basketball team is wearing black-bands on their uniform in tribute... Joe died suddenly at work on Tuesday, July 13, 1999.