Navy Uses Late Surge to Defeat Terriers, 46-41

Wednesday, January 22

Annapolis, MD

7 PM

Boston University

8-10, 3-4PL

Navy

6-12, 1-6PL

Navy

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Navy Uses Late Surge to Defeat Terriers, 46-41

January 22, 2020 | Women's Basketball

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Trailing by 11 points late in the second quarter, the Boston University women's basketball team stormed back to take a five-point advantage in the waning minutes of the fourth, but Navy put in five points over the final six seconds to come away with a 46-41 outcome Wednesday night at Alumni Hall.

Katie Nelson led Terriers in scoring with 15 points, adding 13 of those in the second half. Maren Durant set a new career high in rebounds for the second straight game, grabbing 14 rebounds to go with six points.

How It Happened

Following a slow start, Nia Irving and Sydney Johnson scored on back-to-back possessions to put the Terriers ahead, 4-0, with 6:40 left in the first.
BU held Navy to go 0-for-9 from the floor to open the contest, but the Mids managed to eke out a 6-4 edge as the first quarter came to a close.
Nelson banked in a floater from the lane before Vanessa Edgehill came up with a steal and coast-to-coast finish, trimming the deficit to 9-8.
The Terriers turned the ball over on five straight possessions, giving way for Navy to stroke a 10-0 run to pull ahead, 19-8, with 2:08 remaining in the half.
Chiara Tibbitt converted on an and-1 to cap a 6-2 run to close the quarter, though the Mids held the scoreboard in their favor, 21-14.
Durant and Nelson willed BU back into the game, combining for 16 straight points to make it a one-point game, 31-30, with 1:36 left in the frame.
Tenisha Pressley sealed an 11-0 Terrier run to the end the third, polishing off a runner in the lane to swing the scoreboard, 32-31.
Sydney Johnson powered through the lane to put the Terriers up by five, 38-33, with 3:08 to play.
Navy responded with an 8-0 run to make it a 41-38 game with 37 seconds left.
Nelson delivered a clutch 3-pointer from the corner to tie it up once again, 41-41, with 17 seconds remaining.
However, Navy hit its 10th triple of the game with four seconds to go, while BU could not tie it up for the final time as time ran out.

Game Notes

Durant's 14 rebounds were the most by a freshman since Jesyka Burks-Wiley '09 grabbed 20 against Stony Brook on March 11, 2006.
BU held Navy scoreless for 10:58 between the third and fourth quarters.
10 of Navy's 18 field goal for the game came from 3-point range.

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