Jan. 24, 2012

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BOSTON - The Boston University women’s basketball team takes its seven game winning streak on the road, as the Terriers visit Baltimore, Md., to play UMBC on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Tip-off is slated for 12 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on ESPN3.\

The Terriers sit atop the America East standings with a perfect 7-0 mark in conference play. The winning streak is the longest by an America East team this season and is tied for the 14th-longest winning streak in Division I as of January 22. It is the Terrier’s longest unbeaten-streak since rattling off 10 straight victories to begin America East play last season.

BU is averaging 65.0 points per game against league opponents, out-scoring their foes by an average of 20.0 points. The Terriers are shooting 40.7 percent from the floor and 35.8 from beyond the arc in their past seven outings. BU has held America East opponents to 45.0 points per game.

Junior Chantell Alford leads the Terriers with 12.4 points per game is shooting a team-best 36.3 percent from beyond the arc. Her 2.2 steals per game are first on the team and rank fifth in the conference. Classmate Mo Moran is second on the team with 11.2 ppg while leading the Terriers with 3.5 assists per game. Senior Alex Young also scores in double-digits, netting 11.1 ppg.

Senior Caroline Stewart leads the team with 8.4 rebounds per game while adding 7.0 ppg. Sophomore Rashidat Agboola is second on the team with 8.2 boards per game and adds 8.8 points per contest.

UMBC enters Wednesday’s game with an 11-9 overall record and a 5-2 mark in conference play, which ranks the Retrievers third in the America East. UMBC, last year’s America East regular season champions, has won four of its last five games, including a 67-58 victory at Vermont on Sunday afternoon. Phil Stern is in his 10th season leading UMBC after being named the 2011 America East Coach of the Year.

Senior guard Erin Brown leads the Retrievers, and the America East, with 15.5 points per game. She is also the team leader with 6.8 rebounds per game. Fellow senior Michelle Kurowski is second on the team with 12.3 points per game while junior guard Kristin Coles ranks third in points per game (8.3) and second in rebounds per game (6.7). As a team, the Retrievers average 58.8 points per game and are shooting 37.7 percent from the field.

The history between the two schools is young with BU leading the all-time series, 13-6. Last year, the teams split the regular-season series with BU winning at home, 65-39, on Jan. 17, 2011, before falling at UMBC, 62-52, on Feb. 17, 2011.

The Terriers will have a week off before they host Vermont on Wednesday, Feb. 1. It will be the Terriers only game played at Agganis Arena this season. The game is part of a double-header with the BU men’s team and is slated to begin at 5 p.m. The contest will be broadcast on ESPN3.