Women's Basketball Treks to Bucknell for Saturday Matchup

Saturday, January 27

Lewisburg, PA

2 PM

Boston University

Bucknell

Photo by: Keith Nordstrom

Women's Basketball Treks to Bucknell for Saturday Matchup

January 25, 2018 | Women's Basketball

Watch on PLN Live Stats Game Notes

Women's Basketball (8-11, 3-5 PL) at Bucknell (12-8, 6-3 PL)
Date & Time	Saturday, Jan. 27 \| 2:00 p.m.
Venue	Sojka Pavilion \| Lewisburg, Pa.
Notes	BU
Watch	Patriot League Network
Live Stats	BucknellBison.com
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @TerrierWBB

BOSTON – The Boston University women's basketball team will return to the road as it treks to Bucknell for a 2 p.m. matchup on Saturday, Jan. 27 at Sojka Pavilion.

LAST TIME OUT

BU held a six-point advantage to start the fourth quarter, but saw its lead slip in the final minutes to Lafayette, falling by a final score of 47-45 Wednesday night at Case Gym.
Katie Nelson connected on at least three makes from beyond-the-arc for the 10th time this season and finished with a team-best 12 points, all from 3-point range.
Naiyah Thompson finished with 10 points, marking her fifth double-digit scoring performance of the season.
Nia Irving collected a team-best eight rebounds to go with seven points.
After shooting a combined 46.6 percent (14-for-30) in the first half, BU went cold from the floor, shooting just 21.4 percent (9-for-14) in the second half.

WILL POWER

Corrine Williams has reached double-digit scoring figures in three of the past four games and is averaging 13.0 points and 7.0 rebounds during that stretch.
Williams has connected .545 percent from 3-point range, hitting six of her last 11 attempts.
Williams is also the most efficient player in the league from the free throw line, connecting on an .846 percent clip.

ROUND TWO

BU posted a 7-2 record when playing league opponents in the second matchup of the regular season series during the 2016-17 season.

SCOUTING LAFAYETTE

Bucknell has won its last two matchups and enters Saturday's matchup at 12-8 overall and 6-3 in conference play.
The Bison downed Navy, 47-39, on Wednesday night, holding the league's highest scoring offense to shot just 26.2 percent from the floor.
Kate Walker leads the Bison with 12.0 points per game and Kaitlyn Slagus follows with a 11.7 scoring clip.
Slagus leads the team with 8.2 rebounds per game.
The Bison lead the league in rebounding on both the offensive (40.7) and defensive end (32.1) and boasts the top rebounding margin (8.6).
Bucknell holds a 37-4 record at Sojka Pavilion over the last three seasons.

THE SERIES

BU won the series debut matchup in 2014, but has dropped the last eight contests against the Bison.
In the first matchup against the Bison this season Jan. 2, Vanessa Edgehill hit a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left that put the Terriers within one at 59-58, but Bucknell would close out the game from the free throw line to hand BU its first loss in conference play.

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