BOSTON – Leading by 11 points to start the fourth quarter, Lafayette used a 13-0 run to take the lead, but Lauren Spearman delivered a go-ahead 3-point basket with two minutes remaining as the Boston University women's basketball held on for a 50-49 victory over the Leopards Wednesday night at The Roof.

With BU ahead by two, Lafayette missed its final shot attempt with two seconds left, though Natalie Kucowski grabbed the offensive rebound and was fouled and headed to the charity stripe with a chance to send the game into overtime. Kucowski made the first free throw, but the potential game-tying shot rimmed out, and Nia Irving came up with the rebound to seal the season sweep.

Riley Childs posted her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Payton Hauck led the Terriers in scoring for the second straight game with 16 points, while Spearman also reached double figures with 11 points. Katie Nelson matched a season high with seven assists.
 
How it Happened

• Lafayette opened the game with a 7-2 streak before Childs and Naiyah Thompson sent in layups to make it a one-point game.
• Nelson and Spearman delivered back-to-back 3-pointers, putting the score in BU's favor at 12-9 seven minutes into action.
• With the Terriers leading 14-13 at the end of the first, Lafayette used another 7-2 run to open the second quarter to regain the lead at 20-16.
• BU answered with a 6-0 spurt to go back ahead, 22-20, but went cold from the floor to close out the frame as the Leopards carried a 25-22 edge into the break.
• Lafayette held a three-point lead with six minutes left in the third until Childs muscled in a putback layup and Hauck heaved a floater from the block after absorbing a blow to give BU the lead, 33-32.
• The Terriers kept the momentum rolling as Spearman and Childs stroked it from deep, while Hauck converted an and-1 in the waning seconds of the frame to extend the command to 44-35.
• Childs pushed BU's lead to 11 to start the fourth, but Lafayette exploded on the offensive end with a 13-0 run to take the lead, 48-46, with 3:25 remaining
• Childs converted from the free throw line to snap a seven-minute scoring drought before Spearman hit from beyond-the-arc to swing the lead back in favor of BU, 50-48, with 2:12 to play.
• Lafayette had three offensive possessions in the final two minutes, but could not extend the game as BU closed out a two-game homestand with another victory.

Game Notes

• BU has won both of its games against Lafayette this season by one possession.
• Hauck has led the team in scoring in four of the last five games, averaging 16.6 points per game during that stretch.
• BU outscored Lafayette 22-10 in the third quarter and held the visitors to shoot just 2-of-11 from the floor.
• The Terriers recorded half of their points off turnovers.
• Spearman has connected on three 3-points in each of the last three games.

Up Next

• The Terriers will head to Army West Point for their final regular season road game of the season on Saturday, March 2.