Johnson Lifts Terriers Past BC In 69-65 Thriller

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Johnson Lifts Terriers Past BC In 69-65 Thriller

November 17, 2021 | Women's Basketball

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BOSTON, Mass. - Junior Sydney Johnson dropped a career-high 26 points, classmate Maggie Pina buried a trio of three-pointers in the second half, and the Boston University women's basketball program outlasted Green Line foe Boston College 69-65 on Wednesday evening at Case Gym.

The Terriers (2-1) shot 15-for-24 (.625) from the field in the second half and limited an Eagles team (2-1) that averaged 80 points per game in their first two contests to a season-low in scoring. Neither side led by more than two points at the end of the first three quarters, but the Terriers edged the visitors 26-23 in the final frame to hang on for the win.

Johnson scored BU's first nine points in the game, and added eight in the third quarter. She finished 8-of-19 from the field and 9-for-10 from the foul line, drawing seven fouls. Pina finished with 13 points on a 5-for-7 shooting clip as the other Terrier in double figures.

Taylor Soule was the lone Eagle to reach double digits, totaling 25 points on 11 field goals.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Johnson hit a jumper to score the game's first basket, but the Eagles responded with 11 straight points.
Her finger roll layup through multiple BC defenders and a corner three after Durant picked off a pass at midcourt stopped the spurt, then sophomore Sophie Beneventine added a jumper to cap the first half, with BC leading 13-11.
The Terriers opened the second with an Alex Giannaros three from the far corner. Soule converted a layup, but sophomore Caitlin Weimar dropped in an offensive rebound to give BU a 16-15 lead.
That play started a 10-2 Terrier run, which included a pair of hook shots from Weimar and junior Annabelle Larnard, to stake BU to its largest lead, 24-17, into the two-minute mark of the half.
Boston College answered with a 7-0 to close the stanza, leaving the game tied at 24 at the half.
Each team came out of the break hitting four of their first six shots. Pina knocked down two triples from the wing, while Ally VanTimmeren got two buckets to fall.
Each side continued trading baskets through the rest of the third, but Pina's three and Johnson's layup stood for a scant 43-42 edge for the Terriers at the buzzer.
The Eagles' last lead came at the 8:02 mark in the fourth. From there, redshirt senior Emily Esposito drilled a stepback three-pointer to put BU on top 50-48.
Halfway through the quarter, senior Riley Childs snagged a rebound off her own miss and put it back, then Johnson hit two foul shots for BU's largest lead of the night, 59-51 with less than four minutes left.
BC crawled back to within one possession on multiple occasions, the last one 67-65 as Makayla Dickens hit a triple with less than 10 seconds left, but Childs iced the game with two foul shots as the clock read 0:00.8.

GAME NOTES

BU made a season-high 48.1 percent of its shots, including a 6-for-13 performance from beyond the arc.
BC was held to a season-low 43.8 percent, and was 4-for-18 on three-pointers.
The Terriers had the advantage in rebounds, 34-31, and bench points, 17-16.
Johnson eclipsed her previous career-best of 23 points, which she set against American back on March 11. The junior is averaging15.5 points per game in her last nine games, dating back to last year.
Junior Maren Durant made her first start of 2021-22, collecting a game-high nine rebounds.
Three of Weimar's seven boards were on the offensive glass.
The Terriers, who entered Wednesday 20th in the nation in three-point percentage, boosted their clip to 44.7 percent on the season.
BU notches its first win over BC since Nov. 26, 2017, which was also its last win over an ACC opponent. The all-time series now favors the Eagles 15-12.

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