Women's Basketball Clinches No. 2 Seed in PL Tournament With 62-56 Win vs. Army

Wednesday, March 4

Boston, MA

6 PM

Boston University

17-12, 12-6PL

Army

8-21, 4-14PL

Army

Boston University

Photo by: Kevin Murray

Women's Basketball Clinches No. 2 Seed in PL Tournament With 62-56 Win vs. Army

March 4, 2020 | Women's Basketball

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BOSTON – Fueled by its backcourt, the Boston University women's basketball clinched the No. 2 seed in the Patriot League Tournament with a 62-56 win over Army Wednesday night at Case Gym.

With the win, the Terriers secured their best regular season finish since joining the Patriot League with a 12-6 conference showing.

Maggie Pina and Katie Nelson led the scoring charge, as Pina led all scorers with 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting, while Nelson followed with 16 on a 7-for-13 shooting clip and matched a career high with eight assists. Sydney Johnson also reached double figures with a 12-point night. Riley Childs controlled the glass, hauling down 14 rebounds.

How It Happened

Pina was on fire to start, pouring in 10 of BU's first 14 points as it pushed out an eight-point advantage.
Tenisha Pressley and Johnson sliced through the lane for back-to-back layups before Pina capped the opening quarter with her second 3-pointer to further the scoreboard to 21-13.
Johnson caught the hot hand, netting five straight points as the outset of the second quarter to maintain an eight-point margin, 26-18.
Nelson tacked on six of the final eight points for BU to close the quarter, though Army end the half on a 13-6 run to reduce the deficit to 34-33.
The Black Knights took advantage of turnovers to reel off a 9-3 streak, taking a 42-40 lead at the halfway point in the third.
Nia Irving and Nelson combined for a 5-0 run over the final minutes of the frame, putting the Terriers back on top, 47-44.
BU and Army exchanged punches to start the fourth until Nelson kicked off a 6-2 run in the paint, furthering the advantage to 59-54 midway through the final stanza.
The Terriers held Army without a field goal over the final 6:17 of play as they secured their sixth straight win at home.

Game Notes

BU recorded its best first half shooting percentage (66.7%) and cumulative shooting percentage (55.6) of the season.
Nelson surpassed 100 assists on the season and tallied her second career eight-assist game against Army.
The Terriers shot 67.8 percent from within the 3-point arc.
BU's guards combined for 51 points.

Up Next

BU will host a Patriot League Tournament quarterfinal game on Monday, March 9 at 6 p.m.
The Terriers will face Saturday's winner of the No. 7 American vs. No. 10 Navy game.