Katie Nelson
Keith Nordstrom

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

February 8, 2018

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
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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.
UP NEXT
  • The Terriers will return to Case Gym on Wednesday, Feb. 14 for a 7 p.m. bout with American.
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