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.

UP NEXT

• BU continues its three-game homestand with a Sunday matinee against Maine. Opening tip is set for 1 p.m.