BOSTON – Despite a 17 point and eight-rebound effort from
Nia Irving, the Boston University women's basketball team fell in the final minutes to Lehigh, 65-56, Saturday afternoon at Case Gym.
How it Happened
- Lehigh opened the game with a 5-2 edge before Naiyah Thompson and Payton Hauck rallied a 6-0 run, giving BU the upper hand midway through the first.
- The Mountain Hawks used a 5-0 run to reclaim a three-point lead until Irving worked the post to cut Lehigh's advantage to 15-14 at the end of the quarter.
- Vanessa Edgehill kicked off the second frame by hitting back-to-back floaters in the lane, swinging the scoreboard back in favor of the Terriers, 18-17.
- Following a 5-0 Lehigh run, Corrine Williams netted two straight layups before Katie Nelson put in one of her own, knotting the score at 24-all midway through the frame.
- However, the Mountain Hawks used an 11-3 run to close out the half, capped by a layup at the buzzer to grab a 35-27 lead at the break.
- BU came out hot from the floor to start the second half, led by Irving netting six of its first 12 points in the third to cut the deficit to 46-39.
- Williams knocked down a 3-pointer to put BU within one possession at 47-44 with 1:31 left in the third, but the Mountain Hawks eked out a five-point advantage as the stanza came to a close.
- Edgehill kept the Terriers hot from deep, connecting from beyond-the-arc to start the final quarter before a putback layup by Irving gave BU it its first lead of the game since the opening quarter, 52-51, with 5:11 to go.
- The momentum would come to a screeching halt as Lehigh reeled off an 11-0 run, holding BU scoreless for nearly five minutes as they handed the Terriers their sixth straight defeat by a final score of 65-56.
Game Notes
- Williams reached double figures for the fourth time in the last seven games, finishing with 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting.
- Irving shot 66.7 percent (6-of-9) for the game and went 5-of-6 from the free throw line.
- The sophomore has shot above .600 percent in four of 11 Patriot League games.
- Lehigh went 13-of-14 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter and hit 20-of-23 from the line for the game.
- BU has been outshot in each of the last eight games from 3-point land, as opponents have a combined 67-27 advantage on makes from deep.
- The Mountain Hawks now lead the all-time series, 7-6, and have their first lead in the series since 2016.
Up Next
- The Terriers will stay put at Case Gym, welcoming Colgate on Wednesday. Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. on American Sign Language Night.
