Terriers Clash with Brown on Wednesday
December 1, 2009 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 1, 2009
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BOSTON - The Boston University women's basketball team (2-3) will look to string together its first winning streak of the young season when it takes on Ivy League foe Brown (2-4) on Wednesday afternoon. Game time is set for 4 p.m. at Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, R.I.
THE TERRIERS: The Terriers, who are fresh off an 83-78 victory over Northeastern, are led offensively by freshman Caitlynn Moran with 14.6 points per game – which is good for sixth in the America East Conference. Sophomore Caroline Stewart is the team leader on the boards with 6.2 rpg, while classmate Kerry Cashman has swatted a team-high nine shots. Moran also leads the team in assists (15) and steals (11). Senior Aly Hinton is in a five-way tie for first place in the nation with a 1.000 percent free-throw percentage (14-for-14).
After two losses to open the season (Kentucky, UMass), the Terriers have won two of their last three games and most recently held off a resilient Northeastern side to claim an 83-78 victory. The freshman class has been strong through the first five games of the season, leading BU in scoring in 4-of-5 contests.
THE BEARS: Brown will be looking to end a two-game skid, following a loss at Long Island, 68-55, and a narrow 58-57 defeat vs. Seton Hall on Saturday in the LIU Turkey Classic. Against Seton Hall, the Bears nearly came back in the final three minutes, as they erased an eight-point deficit and drew to within one with 33 seconds left, however, the Pirates' defense recorded a steal with no time left to hold on for the victory. Brown's Christina Johnson was named to the all-tournament team after putting together two strong performances and averaging 12.0 ppg in the tourney. Johnson leads the Bears' offense with 10.0 ppg and a team-high 5.2 rpg, while she is followed by Aileen Daniels and Hannah Passafuime with 8.3 and 8.2 ppg, respectively.
LAST TIME OUT (Northeastern: Nov. 24, 2009): Freshman Caitlynn Moran poured in a career-high 24 points and sophomore Alex Young added 19, as BU held off a late rally from cross-town rival Northeastern, 83-78, last Tuesday night at The Roof. Freshman Chantell Alford and senior Aly Hinton chipped in 14 and 12 points, respectively in the home victory.
BU led by 23 at the half, however, the Huskies did not relent as the chipped away at the lead and drew as close as four points late in the second half. Moran and Hinton were clutch at the free throw line as they hit 5-of-6 in the final minute to hold on for the victory.
Moran led all scorers with 24 points on 9-for-17 shooting and 3-for-6 from behind the arc, to go along with six assists and three steals to earn America East Player of the Game honors. Young was 8-for-14 from the field, while Alford added a career-best 14 points. Hinton was a sterling 8-for-8 from the charity stripe and she pulled down seven boards.
LAST TIME OUT VS. BROWN (Dec. 3, 2008): Led by an 18-point performance from Christine Kinneary ('09), BU cruised to an 81-54 triumph over Brown on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 at Case Gym. The Terriers shot a sterling 52.4 percent from the field and recorded 29 points off turnovers in their 15th straight victory at The Roof.
Kristi Dini ('09) and Jesyka Burks-Wiley ('09) also reached double-figures with 16 and 14 points, respectively. Kerry Cashman made her presence on the boards with a career-high 10 rebounds to go along with nine points, three blocks and two steals. In addition to her 18 points, Kinneary dished out eight assists and collected two steals to earn America East Player of the Game honor.
The Terriers were able to penetrate Brown's defense, scoring 42 in the paint, while also out-rebounding the Bears by a 44-37 margin. BU forced Brown in to 21 turnovers and held the visitors to 36.4 percent from the field.
BU VS. BROWN: BU leads the all-time series by an 9-6 advantage, and has claimed four straight contests (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). Prior to that, the Bears won four straight - spanning from 1996 to 1998.
The Terriers opened the series with three consecutive wins before trading victories with the Bears in the early 1990s. Following a 1998 79-67 BU loss at Case Gym, the Terriers and Bears took a seven-year hiatus from the rivalry and revisited the series in 2005 in Providence, where the Terriers won 73-59.
BU VS. THE IVY LEAGUE: The Terriers own a 45-24 (.652) advantage over Ivy League opponents all-time with its two closest rivals with Brown (9-6) and Harvard (13-11) - BU's next two opponents in 2009-10.
Brown (9-6)
Columbia (1-0)
Cornell (0-0)
Dartmouth (13-6)
Harvard (13-11)
Penn (0-0)
Princeton (0-0)
Yale (9-1)
GREENBERG VS. THE IVY LEAGUE: Head coach Kelly Greenberg is quite familiar with the Ivy League after coaching at the University of Pennsylvania for five seasons (1999-04). During that time, she amassed a 51-19 (.729) record in conference action and since taking over the helm at BU she is 9-1 (.900).
Since coming to Boston University in the 2004-05 season, Greenberg has coached the Terriers to an 8-1 record against the Ivy's, with the only loss coming at Harvard last year.
Overall Greenberg is 59-20 (.747) against the league.
MORAN EARNS AE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK (Nov. 30): Freshman Caitlynn `Mo' Moran has earned the Boston University women's basketball team's first America East weekly honor, as she was named the league's Rookie of the Week after posting a career-high 24 points in the Terriers' 83-78 win over Northeastern last week. The conference made the announcement on Monday, Nov. 30. Moran led the Terriers to a victory over Northeastern last week with her 24 points, four rebounds, six assists and three steals. She was named the America East Player of the Game against the Huskies as she shot 52.9 percent (9-for-17) from the field, 50 percent (3-for-6) from beyond the 3-point arc and hit 3-of-4 free-throw attempts in the last minute of regulation to seal the win at The Roof. Moran is sixth in America East averaging 14.6 ppg and is fifth in assist/turnover ratio with a mark of 1.2.
YOUNG PUPS: The top five scorers are underclassman this year and the top three of four scorers are rookies. Freshman Caitlynn Moran leads a trio of underclassmen in double figures as she has averaged 14.6 ppg through five contests. Sophomore Alex Young - fresh off a 19-point performance, which matched a career high - is close behind with 10.6 ppg and freshman Kristen Sims averages 10.5 ppg. An underclassman has the led the team in either scoring in each of the Terriers' first five games and they have led on the boards in 4-of-5 contests.
HINTON LIGHTS OUT FROM CHARITY STRIPE: Senior Aly Hinton has been the model of consistency from the free-throw line throughout her career as she currently ranks fifth all-time with a .794 percentage.
In 2009-10, Hinton has been a sterling 14-for-14, which ranks in a five-way tie for first place in the nation and is tops in the conference.
TERRIERS IN THE AMERICA EAST: The Terriers' 3-point defense currently ranks at the top of the AE statistics as it has held opponents to just .227 from behind the arc. Individually, senior Aly Hinton has been impressive from the charity stripe as she has not missed a free throw attempt in 14 chances to rank first in the America East, while freshman Chantell Alford is sixth (.818). Junior Kerry Cashman ranks second in blocks (1.8 bpg) and Alford is in a tie for eighth (1.0 bpg).
Rookie Caitlynn Moran ranks second in the conference in minutes (37.2 pg), third in 3-point percentage (.438), fifth in assist/turnover ratio (1.2), sixth in scoring (14.6 ppg) and in steals (2.2 spg), and eighth in assists (3.0 apg). Sophomore Caroline Stewart is sixth in field goal percentage (.486) and sixth in defensive boards (4.4 pg).
FRESHMEN PHENOMS: In their collegiate debuts, three freshmen had standout games as Chantell Alford, Caitlynn Moran and Kristen Sims combined to score 36 points at Kentucky on Nov. 13. Sims led the way with a team-high 17 points, while Moran was three boards shy of a double-double with 10 points and seven boards. Alford chipped in nine points and seven rebounds, as the trio showed a lot of promise in its debut in the scarlet and white.
Moran and Sims' double-digit debut is the first time since 2004-05 that two BU rookies began their careers in double-figures. Five years ago, Cheri Raffo and Corinne Jean debuted with 10 and 14 points, respectively.
Moran is the first rookie to score 20 points in a game since Aly Hinton did it in 2006-07, and the first freshman to score in double-figures in her first two games since Corinne Jean accomplished the feat in 2004-05. She has led the Terriers in scoring in three games this season and has reached double-figures in four contests.
COUNTDOWN TO 1,000: Senior Aly Hinton is the next Terrier in line to reach the 1,000-point plateau. The Richboro, Pa., native is just a mere 159 points away.
GREENBERG NEAR TWO MILESTONES: Greenberg needs just five wins to reach 100 victories in her time at BU and she is 21 away from the 200-win career milestone as a head coach. She is second all-time in program history for victories with 95 and her .590 winning percentage is the program's best in the last 30 years.
