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BOSTON - The Terriers kept pace in the second half but it wasn't enough for the Boston University women's basketball team to escape Army and suffered a 65-40 loss to the Black Knights on Thursday night in Case Gym.

Mollie McKendrick led the team with 10 points, all of which were scored in the second half. Meghan Green also had a productive end of the game, scoring six of her eight points in the final period.

Army, the Patriot League's best shooting team, averaged over 44 percent from the floor going into the contest and was held to 38 percent on the night including a 35 percent first-half performance. The Terriers improved in the second stanza, going from 21 percent in the first half to 44 percent in the second. Overall, BU shot 33 percent from the floor and 50 percent from long range.

Kelsey Minato, two-time Patriot League Player of the Year, led the game with 30 points. She went 8-of-10 from beyond the arc and 10-of-14 overall. The Terriers did a better job defending the junior in the second half, allowing her to score just three field goals.

Army started the game fast, scoring first and steadily building a lead throughout the course of the first half. In the final six minutes, the Black Knights turned it into high gear and went on a 14-3 run to go into halftime with a 20-point advantage.

The Black Knights kept that pace going into the second half, opening the stanza with a 9-2 run that gave Army its largest lead of the night, 27 points. BU battled back, however, scoring the next eight points to cut the lead to under 20 points halfway through the period. Play was even from then on, with the lead fluctuating by five points through the final 11 minutes of play until the game ended in a 65-40 decision.

The Terriers are back in action on Saturday when they host Lehigh in Case Gym at 2 p.m.