BOSTON - Winners of three straight games, the Boston University women basketball team will look to make it four in a row when the Terriers take on Colgate at Case Gym Wednesday night. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Wednesday's game will be the program's Play4Kay Night. The team will wear pink uniforms in support of the Kay Yow Foundation and to raise awareness for all cancers that affect women. BU's three seniors' jerseys will be auctioned off on Wednesday, starting at $100, and fans can purchase a commemorative long-sleeve shirt for $20, with profits benefiting the Kay Yow Foundation.
The Terriers (10-14, 8-5 PL) are currently tied for fourth in the Patriot League standings with American with just five games remaining in regular-season play. The Terriers have won three in a row against Loyola, American and Lafayette and have won four of their last five games.
TERRIER TIDBITS
- Senior Sarah Hope enters Wednesday's game with 242 career 3-pointers and needs just three more the break the all-time Terrier mark of 244.
- Hope averaged a team-high 21.5 points in a pair of wins over American and Loyola Maryland en route to being named The Rock Patriot League Player of the Week.
- Hope shot 53.3 percent from behind the arc and averaged 2.5 steals and 2.5 assists in the two wins. The Medway, Massachusetts, native now ranks 13th nationally in made 3FGs per game at 3.21.
LAST TIME OUT
- BU cruised to a 67-55 victory at Loyola on Saturday led by Hope (19p) and junior Sophie Beaudry (17p, 9r).
- The Terriers led by as many as 27 points in the second half and coasted to their fourth win in their last five games.
LAST TIME AGAINST COLGATE
- Despite overcoming a late 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to tie the game, BU fell to Colgate, 96-87, in double overtime in Hamilton, New York on Jan. 18.
- BU lost despite 20 points from both Sophie Beaudry and Hope as well as a career-high 17 points from sophomore Naiyah Thompson.
- With the teams headed to a second overtime tied at 86, Colgate came out and scored eight unanswered points and went on to outscore BU 10-1 in the final stanza to account for the 96-87 final.
SCOUTING THE RAIDERS
- Katie Curtis (13.4 ppg) and Kateri Stone (11.3 ppg) lead the Raiders in scoring.
- Mylah Chandler is the team's top rebounder (6.4 rpg).
NEXT UP
- After Wednesday's contest, the Terriers will travel to Bucknell to face the Patriot League-leading Bison on Saturday, Feb. 18. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
