Boston University
15-3, 5-0AE
Maine
1-16, 0-4AE
Terriers Cruise Past Maine, 85-54
January 16, 2013 | Women's Basketball
Jan. 16, 2013
Box Score | Postgame Comments: W. Turner
ORONO, Maine - Paced by four players scoring in double-digits, the Boston University women’s basketball team defeated Maine, 85-54, Wednesday night at Alfond Arena. The Terriers extended their winning streak to 12 consecutive victories and improved to 15-3 on the season while remaining unbeaten (5-0) in the America East. Maine dropped to 1-16 and 0-4 in conference play.
BU’s 85 points were a season-high, as the Terriers were led by senior Chantell Alford’s 21 points. Alford connected on five 3-pointers and is now just one shot shy of tying former teammate Alex Young (’12) for the most 3-pointers in school history (218).
Junior Whitney Turner scored a career-high 13 points and added seven rebounds while senior Mo Moran also added 13 points to go with six rebounds and five points. Junior Rashidat Agboola was the fourth player to score in double-digits, as she chipped in 11 points and eight rebounds.
Junior Danielle Callahan came off the bench for BU to score nine points, including a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line, while sophomore Mollie McKendrick added a career-best eight points.
Liz Wood led Maine with a double-double (14 points, 10 rebounds) while Ashleigh Roberts added 10 points for the Black Bears.
BU ended the game with a 46.8 field goal percentage (29-of-62) while Maine shot 31.7 percent (20-of-63). BU connected on 9-of-25 3-pointers (36.0 percent) while the Black Bears hit just 2-of-23 shots from beyond the arc. BU held a slight edge in rebounds, 42-41.
The Terriers built a 37-18 lead after the first half thanks to a 16-2 BU run over the span of six and a half minutes. Holding a 14-10 lead with 12:30 to go in the half, Callahan ignited the run with a 3-pointer while the Terriers’ defense held the Black Bears without a field goal for over eight minutes. BU built its lead to 30-12 before Maine got back on the board with a layup by Wood with 4:47 to play in the half.
Following a technical foul assessed to Maine’s bench, Callahan pushed BU’s lead to 32-14 with a pair of free throws and Courtney Anderson responded on the other end with a jumper. Mikaela Gustafsson then brought the deficit down to 15 points for the Black Bears but the Terriers closed out the half with a layup from Alford and a pair of free throws from Agboola to take a 37-18 lead into the break.
Agboola scored the first seven points of the second half for the Terriers before Woods notched Maine’s first basket at the 17:43 mark. The Terriers then used a 12-2 run, including back-to-back 3-pointers from Alford, to go up 56-22 on the Black Bears with 14:48 to play. Maine brought BU’s lead down to fewer than 30 following a pair of free throws from Roberts but the Terriers quickly took their largest lead of the game, 71-35, following Alford’s third trey of the half, with 8:33 to go.
Maine managed to cut the deficit to 28 pointa, 74-46, but it was as close as the Black Bears could get. Head coach Kelly Greenberg relied on her bench in the final minutes, as every player on the active roster saw action in the game, and the Terriers cruised to the 85-54 victory.
BU remains on the road for its next contest and travels to Durham, N.H., on Saturday (Jan. 19) to take on New Hampshire. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. with the game being broadcast locally on WBIN.
