Women's Basketball Heads to Holy Cross for Turnpike Trophy Tilt

Saturday, February 10

Worcester, MA

1 pm

Boston University

Holy Cross

Photo by: Keith Nordstrom

Women's Basketball Heads to Holy Cross for Turnpike Trophy Tilt

February 8, 2018 | Women's Basketball

Watch on PLN Live Stats Game Notes

Women's Basketball (9-13, 4-8 PL) at Holy Cross (10-13, 5-7 PL)
Date & Time	Saturday, Feb. 10 \| 1:00 p.m.
Venue	Worcester, Mass. (Hart Center)
Notes	BU
Watch	Patriot League Network
Live Stats	GoHolyCross.com
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @TerrierWBB

BOSTON – Seeking its second straight win, the Boston University women's basketball will head to Holy Cross for a Turnpike Trophy matchup on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 1 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT

BU snapped a six-game losing streak with a 66-64 overtime victory over Colgate on Wednesday.
Nia Irving netted three straight baskets in the final two minutes of overtime and led the Terriers with 19 points and six rebounds.
Colgate led by four points with 18 seconds left until Katie Nelson drilled a 3-pointer with 7.4 seconds to go and Naiyah Thompson connected from the free throw line to send the game into overtime.
Three Terriers reached double-digit scoring figures for the second straight game as Sophie Beaudry (12) and Tenisha Pressley (10) also reached double digits.
BU earned its first season sweep over Colgate since joining the Patriot League and improved to 2-0 in overtime games this season.

TURNPIKE TROPHY

BU holds a 6-3 lead in this year's Turnpike Trophy series.
The Terriers dominated with a 21-1 record in Turnpike Trophy games in 2016-17.
Overall, BU leads 47-8 in the all-time Turnpike Trophy series.

CARRYING THE LOAD

Nia Irving leads the Patriot League with a .493 field goal percentage also leads the league with a .538 shooting mark in conference games.
Irving has led BU in both scoring and rebounding in each of the last two games and eight games overall this season.
The sophomore has shot above .600 percent in four Patriot League games and six games overall.

SCOUTING HOLY CROSS

Holy Cross has dropped its last two contests, most recently falling to Navy, 62-54, on Wednesday.
Lauren Manis notched 20 points and a career-high 20 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season.
Manis leads the Patriot League with 18.9 points per game and ranks fourth in both rebounding (9.2) and blocks per game (1.4).
Infiniti Thomas-Waheed is right behind in both scoring (16.6) and rebounding (6.0).
Thomas-Waheed is tied for seventh in the league in scoring averaging and is 12th in rebounding.
Holy Cross ranks second in the league with 8.9 steals per game and third with 3.7 blocks per game.
Head Coach Bill Gibbons is one win away from his 600th career victory.

THE SERIES

Holy Cross holds the all-time series command, 14-5, and has won six of the nine matchups since BU joined the Patriot League.
The Crusaders took the previous matchup, 60-57, on Jan. 13.
Irving posted game highs of 21 points and eight rebounds, but Thomas-Waheed delivered the go-ahead layup with 32 seconds left and Holy Cross closed out the game from the free throw line.

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