Women's Basketball Drops Regular Season Finale, 65-52, at Loyola

Wednesday, February 28

Baltimore, MD

7 pm

Boston University

10-18, 5-13PL

Loyola (Md.)

9-20, 7-11PL

Boston University

Loyola

Photo by: Jim Pierce

Women's Basketball Drops Regular Season Finale, 65-52, at Loyola

February 28, 2018 | Women's Basketball

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BALTIMORE, Md. – Concluding the regular season Wednesday night at Retiz Arena, the Boston University women's basketball team overcame a 16-point third-quarter deficit, but Loyola Maryland pulled away down the stretch to hand the Terriers a 65-52 defeat.

With the loss, BU will hit the road for the first round of the Patriot League Tournament to take on Lafayette on Saturday, March 3 at 2 p.m.

How it Happened

Corrine Williams and Nia Irving converted on easy layups to put BU ahead 6-2 in the opening minutes.
The Greyhounds stroked a 6-1 run to briefly take the lead, but Irving worked a spin move on the block to put BU back on top, 9-8, with four minutes left in the first.
Irving netted the final five points for BU in the first frame of action to hold the scoreboard in favor of the Terriers, 14-12.
Meghan Doogan knocked down a 3-pointer to further the lead before Loyola reeled off a 16-0 run to close out the second quarter, holding BU scoreless the final 8:26 to take a 30-17 advantage into the break.
Katie Nelson kicked off the third by connecting from beyond-the-arc before Irving and Pressley reduced the gap to 35-24 at the halfway point in the quarter.
Payton Hauck netted five straight points before Nelson extended the run to 17-6 with another 3-pointer, putting the score at 36-34.
Hauck stayed hot as she closed out an explosive third quarter with a floater in the lane at the buzzer, as BU cut a 16-point deficit to 41-38 heading into the final stanza.
Nelson made it a perfect 3-for-3 from deep to tie the game up at 43-all with 8:30 left in the game.
However, Loyola used a 7-0 run to reclaim the upper hand at 50-43 with five minutes left in the game and staved off the Terriers to split the season series.

Game Notes

Irving led the Terriers in scoring and rebounding for the fifth time in the last eight games, finishing with 19 points and seven rebounds.
All nine of Nelson's point came from 3-point range, while Hauck and Williams follows with eight apiece.
Turnovers plagued the Terriers in the second quarter, as they turned the ball over eight times, and Loyola capitalized by scoring nine points off miscues.
Following Doogan's 3-pointer in the second quarter, BU went ice cold as it went 0-for-8 for the rest of the half.
Loyola snapped a three-game losing streak to the Terriers. The Greyhounds are 2-1 in their last three home contests against BU.

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