Terriers Earn Season Sweep Over Navy With 66-55 Senior Day Victory

Saturday, February 23

Boston, MA

2 PM

Boston University

13-12, 9-6PL

Navy

10-15, 5-10PL

NAVY

Boston University

Photo by: Kevin Murray

Terriers Earn Season Sweep Over Navy With 66-55 Senior Day Victory

February 23, 2019 | Women's Basketball

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BOSTON – Behind 41 points from the class of 2019, the Boston University women's basketball team swept Navy for the first time ever, sinks the Mids with a 66-55 Senior Day victory Saturday afternoon at Case Gym.

Payton Hauck led all scorers with 22 point on 9-of-15 shooting, while Lauren Spearman poured in 11 points, and Naiyah Thompson contributed eight points to go with seven rebounds.

Nia Irving recorded her seventh double-double of the season with 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.

How it Happened

Spearman started lights-out from 3-point range, swishing back-to-back triples within the first three minutes.
Hauck kept the senior momentum rolling by netting the next eight points, capped by drilling a corner 3-pointer to tie it up at 14-all.
Spearman stayed scorching hot from beyond-the-arc as she kicked off the second quarter with another triple to knot the score at 19-19 before Irving followed with a post move to give BU its first lead of the game.
Riley Childs delivered two straight jumpers to further the run to 9-2, pushing the advantage to 25-21.
Navy worked its way back into the game, eventually knotting the score for the fourth time of the half at 27-all with 2:41 left until the break.
Thompson capped the second quarter with four straight points to send BU into the locker room with a 31-27 edge.
Hauck and Spearman picked up where they left off to start the second half, netting back-to-back baskets to give BU a six-point lead.
The Mids chipped away once again, this time tying the game up twice from the free throw line, with the latter make draw making the score 40-all.
Hauck banked in five straight points as part of a nine-point third quarter on 4-of-5 shooting, pushing the Terriers to a holds the scoreboard at 47-43 heading into the fourth.
After back-and-forth action to start the fourth, Irving converted on a momentum-shifting and-one to reclaim the six-point advantage, 56-50, with 5:49 left to play.
Katie Nelson and Childs each netted a pair of midrange jump shots, guiding an 8-2 run as the Terriers put the game out of reach.

Game Notes

The senior trio combined for 21 of BU's 31 points at the half.
With the win, BU has now won two straight against the Mids for the first time ever.
Four different Terriers shot above 50 percent from the floor in Irving, Hauck, Spearman and Childs.
Nelson led all players with six assists.

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