Two-Game Road Swing for Women's Basketball Starts Sunday at Bucknell

Sunday, January 6

Lewisburg, PA

2 PM

Boston University

Bucknell

Photo by: Kevin Murray

Two-Game Road Swing for Women's Basketball Starts Sunday at Bucknell

January 4, 2019 | Women's Basketball

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Women's Basketball (5-6) at Bucknell (10-3)
Date & Time	Sunday, Jan. 6 \| 2 p.m.
Venue	Lewisburg, Pa. \| Sojka Pavilion
Live Stats	BucknellBison.com
Watch	Patriot League Network
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @TerrierWBB
Notes	BU

BOSTON - Venturing to Bucknell for its first conference test on the road, the Boston University women's basketball will start a two-game road swing on Sunday, Jan. 2 against the Bison. Tip-off from Sojka Pavilion is slated for 2 p.m. and can be seen live on the Patriot League Network.

TERRIER TIDBITS

The Terriers outscored Army West Point 18-7 in the third quarter to fuel to 63-51 victory Thursday at Case Gym in its Patriot League opener and improve to 5-0 at home.
Naiyah Thompson posted her second career double-double with 13 points and rebounds apiece.
Payton Hauck led all scorers with 14 points, while Nia Irving matched Thompson with a 13-point effort and Katie Nelson chipped in 12 points.
First-year head coach Marisa Moseley became the first leader of the Terriers to win her debut game in conference play since Margaret McKeon's first America East matchup in 1999.
BU traveled 857 miles to and from its six non-conference games.
The Terriers will rack up the miles during the Patriot League season, starting by traveling 375 miles to Bucknell before continuing 136 miles to Loyola.
Round trip, BU's first road trip will cover 911 miles, 54 more miles than its total non-conference mileage.
Irving leads the team in scoring (13.3), which is tied for sixth in the league, and also leads the Terriers in rebounding (7.9).
The junior has scored in double figures in seven straight games, scoring at least 15 points in four of those contests, and has two double-doubles on the season.
Nelson leads team with 3.7 assists per game, which is tied for second in the league.

SCOUTING BUCKNELL

The Patriot League preseason favorite, Bucknell posted a convincing 71-56 victory over defending champion American on Thursday.
The Bison stand at 10-3 overall and are also 5-0 on their home court.
Bucknell leads the league in nearly every statistic, most notably boasting a 71.6 scoring average and a 12.2 margin of victory.
Two-time All-Patriot League Second Team member Kaitlyn Slagus leads the team in scoring (12.1) and rebounding (7.6).
Three other Bison are averaging double-digit scoring in Kate Walker (11.1), Ellie Mack (10.8) and Abby Kapp (10.5).

THE SERIES

BU won the series debut matchup in 2014, but has dropped the last nine contests against the Bison.
In the first matchup against the Bison last season, 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 to seal a 63-58 decision.

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