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HAMILTON, NY - Coming off a dramatic 61-58 home win over Patriot League foe Loyola (Md.), the Boston University women's basketball team will travel to Colgate on Wednesday with tip-off slated for 7 p.m.
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BU (6-11, 4-2 PL) will look to win its second-straight while Colgate (5-12, 2-4 PL) has lost three straight games, including a 79-56 defeat at Bucknell on Saturday
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LAST TIME OUT
- Trailing by as many as 15 points in the second half, BU outscored Loyola, 25-10, in the fourth quarter to take a thrilling 61-58 come-from-behind victory on Saturday afternoon at Case Gym.
- Junior Sophie Beaudry led the Terriers with a double-double thanks to 24 points and 10 boards.
- Junior Kara Sheftic secured a season-high 13 points while senior Sarah Hope had 12 points.
- BU went on a 14-2 run to tie the game at 52- 52 before Beaudry broke a 54-54 deadlock with a three-point play to give BU the lead for good.
- Saturday's victory against Loyola was not the first time BU had erased a 15+ deficit in the final 10 minutes this season. The Terriers trailed at Lehigh, 60-44, with 5:33 remaining before rallying to win 69-64 on Jan. 2.
BEAUDRY'S BEST
- Beaudry was named Patriot League Player of the Week on Monday.
- She averaged a league-high 25.5 ppg in two contests last week with 7.0 rpg and 2.5 bpg while shooting an impressive 67.7 percent from the field.
- Â Beaudry's week began on Wednesday at American when she posted a career-high 27 points on 11-of-15 shooting with five blocks and two assists in a hard-fought 73-62 loss against the Eagles.
- She followed that up with her third career double-double on Saturday in a thrilling 61-58 come-from-behind victory over Loyola, scoring 24 points and bringing down 10 boards.
- Beaudry is second on the Terriers in scoring (11.9 ppg), first in rebounds (6.4 rpg) and also leads the team in blocks (2.0 bpg).
SCOUTING THE RAIDERS
- Colgate enters Wednesday having lost three straight games, including a 79-56 defeat at Bucknell on Saturday.
- The Raiders have only played six times at home this season, going 3-3.
- Katie Curtis (12.8 ppg) and Kateri Stone (10.6 ppg) lead the Raiders in scoring.
- Mylah Chandler is the team's top rebounder (7.5 rpg) while Curtis averages a team-best 2.41 assists per game.
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LAST TIME VS. COLGATE
- BU bested Colgate, 71-58, on Feb. 17, 2016.
- Meghan Doogan led the Terriers with a career- high 23 points, with Courtney Latham collecting a career-high 11 boards as part of a double-double.
- It was the only time BU reached 70 points last season.
NEXT UP
- After Wednesday's contest, BU will return home to take on Bucknell at Case Gym on Saturday, Jan. 21 beginning at 2 p.m.