HAMILTON, N.Y. –  Led by a 22-point outing from Payton Hauck, including dropping 16 in the second half, the Boston University women's basketball team earned its fourth straight road win with a 61-53 outcome at Colgate Wednesday night at Cotterell Court.

Hauck came out unstoppable in the third quarter, putting in 10 straight points on 5-of-7 shooting. Nia Irving also posted a strong game with 12 points and 14 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season. Riley Childs grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds and fell one point shy of a double-double herself.
 
How it Happened

• Colgate took an early early 9-8 lead until Lauren Spearman picked off the Raiders and drove for a full-court fast break layup to get BU's offense going.
• The Terriers pounded the post and capitalized on second chances, as six second-chance points from Irving furthered lead to 16-10.
• Spearman made another spectacular hustle play, this time picking off a Colgate inbounds and finished with a reverse layup to put the score at 18-12 at the end of the first.
• The Raiders started the second quarter with an 11-4 run to reclaim the lead.
• Naiyah Thompson and Hauck put in two straight floaters to put the Terriers back ahead before Ashley Sieper hit two from the line to make it a 28-23 game at the half.
• Colgate kicked off the third by connecting on 5-of-6 from the floor to put the scoreboard back in its favor, 34-32.
• However, the Raider defense could not slow down Hauck as she netted seven straight points to put the Terriers back on top, 35-34.
• Hauck stayed on fire as she converted on her second straight and-1 to guide a 6-2 run to end the third, sending BU into the final stanza with a 41-38 advantage.
• The Raiders went ahead by one with six minutes left until back-to-back drives from Thompson and Hauck registered back-to-back drives once more to eke out a 49-46 cushion at the halfway mark.
• Twice, the Raiders made it a one-point game over the final four minutes.
• Katie Nelson swished her first basket of the game on a step-back 3-pointer to push the lead to 55-51 with 1:13 remaining.
• Following a layup by Colgate on the ensuing possession, Nelson found a cutting Irving in the lane to make it a four-point lead again with 35.7 ticks left.
• BU would convert on all four attempts from the free throw line over the final 26 seconds of the game.

Game Notes

• BU has won two straight games at Cotterell Court for the first time ever in the 19-game series.
• The Terriers are 6-1 over their last seven road games.
• With Lehigh's loss to Bucknell, BU remains in third place in the Patriot League standings and is a game ahead of the Mountain Hawks.
• Colgate took the lead six times, but never led by more than two points.
• In all, the game featured 12 lead changes and eight ties.
• Hauck's 22 points were a season high and one point shy of matching her career high.

Up Next

• BU will return home to kick off a Case Gym doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 16 against Holy Cross at 2 p.m.
• The men's team will follow with a 4:30 p.m. matchup against Lehigh.

Game Day, All Day

• Boston University's Department of Athletics and Office of Government & Community Affairs is proud to offer free admission to the residents of the great City of Boston this Saturday.
• Fans who click HERE and fill out the form can receive free admission to any or all of the six (men's lacrosse, women's basketball, women's ice hockey, women's lacrosse, men's basketball and men's ice hockey) games, and students who attend all six games will be eligible to win two $500 flight vouchers.
• For more information, click HERE.