Terriers Resume Road Trip Sunday at Vermont

Sunday, December 3

Burlington, VT

2 pm

Boston University

Vermont

December 1, 2017 | Women's Basketball

Watch on ESPN3 Live Stats Game Notes

Women's Basketball (4-2, 0-0 PL) at Vermont (2-6, 0-0 AE)
Date & Time	Sunday, Dec. 3 \| 2:00 p.m.
Venue	Patrick Gymnasium \| Burlington, Vt.
Game Notes	BU
Watch	ESPN3
Live Stats	UVMAthletics.com
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @TerrierWBB

BOSTON – Resuming its two-game road trip, the Boston University women's basketball will head to Vermont for a 2 p.m. tip on Sunday, Dec. 3, which can be seen live on ESPN3.

LAST TIME OUT

Led by 56 points from its bench and a hot-shooting third quarter, BU powered past Bryant, 78-61, in its first-ever series matchup Wednesday night at the Chace Athletic Center.
BU's 27 points in the third marked BU's highest output in a single quarter this season. During the frame, the Terriers hit on 10-of-19 from the floor (52.2 percent) and 4-of-5 (80 percent) from beyond-the-arc.
The bench account for 71 percent of its scoring total on the night.
Nia Irving posted game-highs of 16 points and seven rebounds.
With the win, the Terriers are off to their first 4-2 start since the 2007-08 season.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Katie Nelson repeated as the Patriot League Rookie of the Week after netting 19 points against both Harvard (Nov. 21) and Boston College (Nov. 26).
For the week, Nelson shot both 42.8 percent from the floor (12-for-28) and from beyond beyond-the-arc (9-for-21).
She also dished out five assists against the Crimson and three against the Eagles, while only turning the ball over once in each game.
The Falmouth, Massachusetts native leads the Patriot League with 5.3 assists per game and leads all freshmen in the league with 14.0 points per game.

BLOCK PARTY

Sophie Beaudry leads the Patriot League with 2.7 blocks per game.
The senior led the league with 2.1 blocks per game a season ago and was named to both the All-Patriot League First Team and the All-Defensive Team.
As a team, the Terriers lead the Patriot League with 5.83 blocks per game.
BU swatted a season-high 11 shots against Boston College on Sunday.

FROM THE FLOOR

Payton Hauck ranks second in the Patriot League with a .533 shooting percentage, while Katie Nelson ranks fifth with a .405 shooting clip.
Hauck has shot over .550 percent in four out of six games.
As a team, the Terriers lead the Patriot League with in field goal percentage (.447) and 3-point field goal percentage (.400).

FROM DOWNTOWN

BU leads the Patriot League with a .402 3-point field goal percentage.
Katie Nelson ranks second in the league with in triples per game (3.0) and 3-point field goal percentage (.474).

FLOOR GENERAL

Katie Nelson leads the Patriot League in assists (32) and assists per game (5.3).
Nelson also leads the league with 36.8 minutes per game.

FELLOW FRESHMAN

Tenisha Pressley notched a career-high 15 points at Bryant Wednesday night.

SPARK PLUGS

Nia Irving has sparked BU's bench this season as she ranks third on the team in rebounding (5.) and ranks fourth in scoring (8.8).
Irving has led the team in scoring in two out of six games so far and is shooting .474 percent from the floor.
Naiyah Thompson has heated up over the last two games as she has reached double-digit scoring figures in each and recorded her first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Boston College on Sunday.

SCOUTING VERMONT

The Catamounts are coming off a 64-49 loss to Rider on Friday night to slip to 2-6 on the season.
Vermont has dropped its last four, though its lone victories of the season has come at Patrick Gymnasium.
Candice Wright set the all-time blocks record on Friday with her 103rd swat.
Stella Johnson carried the offense with a career-high 28 points against Rider.
Hanna Crymble is Vermont's top scoring threat as she leads the team with 18.5 points per game and also leads the team with a 6.3 rebounds per game.
Cassidy Derde follows with 8.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest.
Katie Lavelle is the top assist provider with 3.0 dishes per game.
Chris Day is in her second season at the helm of the Catamounts. Day guided the team to a 9-20 record in his debut season as a head coach.

THE SERIES

BU saw its eight-game win streak against the Catamounts snapped in the last matchup as it fell, 60-45, in 2015.
The Terriers have won four of their last five games at Patrick Gymnasium.
BU has dominated the series recently, winning 22 of the last 30 tilts.

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