Dec. 30, 2011
Box Score
BRONX, N.Y. - Sophomore Rashidat Agboola posted her second double-double of the season (12 rebounds, 10 points), as Boston University defeated Navy, 48-46, Friday afternoon in the consolation game of the Fordham Holiday Classic.
It was the first time in program history that the Terriers and Midshipmen met. With the win, BU moves to 7-5 on the season.
Senior Caroline Stewart and junior Mo Moran also added 10 points each while Stewart pulled down eight rebounds and Moran dished out three assists to go with four boards. Junior Chantell Alford added six points and four rebounds while senior Alex Young posted seven points and four boards.
BU ended the game shooting 32.8 percent from the field (20-of-61) while Navy completed 31.1 percent of its shots (19-of-61). The Mids out-rebounded the Terriers, 46-41, but BU turned 14 Navy turnovers into 16 points.
The first half was a back-and-forth affair, with six lead changes in the first 20 minutes of play. The game opened with the teams trading baskets before Navy used a 4-0 run from Audrey Bauer to take a 10-7 lead. The Terriers responded with four unanswered points of their own but Bauer kept the Midshipmen ahead with a jumper and Chey Arvin added a layup, as the Mids led, 16-11. Agboola and Stewart scored to bring BU within one, 16-15, with 7:47 remaining in the first.
The teams swapped jumpers and then three-pointers, to maintain the one-point margin before Navy opened it back up, as Bauer made a shot from beyond the arc to put the Mids on top, 24-20. Young brought BU back within one with a three form the wing but Navy answered on the other end with a jumper. Agboola's put-back on a missed jumper from Stewart again brought the Terriers within a point and the teams then traded baskets to end the half, as BU went to the locker room down, 28-27.
Navy opened the second half with a shot from beyond the arc but a 4-0 run from a Stewart layup and a pair of free throws from Agboola knotted the score at 31-31. The Mids sunk another three but Moran stepped in front of a Navy pass and went coast-to-coast for a layup. Young then sank a jumper to give BU its first lead since the first half, at 35-34.
Kara Pollinger connected on a jumper for Navy to end BU's streak of eight unanswered points before both teams went scoreless for the next three minutes. Young ended the drought for the Terriers with a layup but Jade Geif countered with a layup for Navy on the other end. The Mids then stole the lead with a 7-0 run capped by a layup from Pollinger at 2:11, to go ahead, 46-43. The Terriers came back and scored the last five points of the game with a layup from Alford and a three from Moran to capture the 48-46 victory.
The Terriers return to the court for their third game in three days on Saturday for a New Year's Eve clash at St. John's. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. in Queens, N.Y.
