BOSTON--The Boston University women's basketball team hits the road for a game at Bucknell on Saturday afternoon in Sojka Pavilion. Tip off is set for 4 p.m. and will be aired live on the Patriot League Network.

QUICK HITS
-BU won its first game of the season last Wednesday, defeating American, 63-59. The Terriers did not trail the Eagles at any point during the contest to break a 22-game program losing streak.
-Kara Sheftic recorded her first career double-double at Navy before achieving the benchmark again on Wednesday against Colgate. She is averaging a team-high 13.1 ppg in conference play.
-Sarah Hope matched the school single-game record in 3-pointers made with 7 against URI. The junior is ranked 8th all-time at BU in career three's with 146.
-Meghan Green had a break-out game against Marist, scoring 22 points. She leads the team with 10.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.
-BU enters its 3rd season in the Patriot League and 2nd under the command of head coach Katy Steding.
-BU returns nine players from the 2014-15 season and added five during the off-season.
-The captains are Clodagh Scannell, Courtney Latham, Sarah Hope and Corrine Williams.
-Six players who started 12 or more games return for the 2015-16 season.

LAST TIME OUT
-Colgate's second half shooting sealed BU's fate on Wednesday night, as the Raiders went 56.5 percent from the floor including a 5-of-10 performance from beyond the arc in the final 20 minutes of play.
-Kara Sheftic had a career-high 13 rebounds to go with 12 points for her second double-double while Payton Hauck (10 points) and Meghan Doogan (11 points) had personal highs in scoring.
-Corrine Williams led the team with 16 points but the four double-digit contributors weren't enough to get past Colgate.
-The Raiders were led by Katie Curtis, who totaled 20 points including a 4-of-6 performance from long range.

A TERRIER WIN WOULD...
-Be the first win Coach Steding has recorded on an opponent's court.
-End a three-game series skid against Bucknell.
-Be the first program win over Bucknell on the Bison's home court.

THE SERIES
-Bucknell leads the series 1-3 and has won the last three straight contests.
-The only victory the Terriers have claimed over the Bison was in the pair's first-ever meeting during the 2013-14 season.
-BU has never won a game on Bucknell's home court.

THE TERRIERS
-After starting the season on a 15-game skid, BU won its first game of the season last Wednesday against American.
-Kara Sheftic has been on a tear as of late, recording double-digit points in five of the last six contests. Her improvement came just in time for conference play, as she is averaging 13.1 points in PL games this season.
-After missing a game due to injury for the first time in her career, Meghan Green returned against Marist and led the team with 22 points, one shy of her career high. Since then she has had five more games in double-digit scoring and currently leads the team with 10.8 ppg and 6.0 rpg.
-Sarah Hope has been outstanding from long-range as of late, matching her career-high with six three's against UMass Lowell and then beating her personal best and matching the school record with seven against Rhode Island. The junior also went a perfect 5-of-5 from long range against Lehigh and averages 8.4 points per game.
-BU returns nine players from the 2014-15 season and adds five newcomers to this year's squad.

THE BISON
-Bucknell is the only remaining undefeated team in Patriot League play, 7-0 so far against conference opponents. Overall the Bison are 13-5 on the season and a near-perfect 7-1 at home, with their only loss in Sojka Pavilion coming against Youngstown State.
-The Bison rank at the top of the conference in nearly every category, coming in at third in both scoring offense (64.1 ppg) and scoring defense (58.9 ppg) and second in field goal percentage (.416) and three-point field goal percentage (.334).
-The team's top scorers both rank in the top-three in the league, with Jacquie Klotz coming in at second with 15.9 ppg and Claire DeBoer coming in at third with 15.7 ppg. Klotz also ranks second in the conference in rebounding, averaging 10.0 boards per contest.
-The Bison struggle with turnovers, however, both causing them and committing them. Bucknell has the worst turnover margin in the league, totaling over four more than their opponents each game. The Bison also have the third-worst steal average, totaling just 6.2 per game this season.