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Box Score

Boston U. BU 4-7,0-0 Patriot

Georgia Tech GaTech 10-2,1-0 ACC

Boston U. BU

4-7,0-0 Patriot

Final

Dec. 21, 2021

Georgia Tech GaTech

10-2,1-0 ACC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Boston U. BU	11	11	6	21	49
Georgia Tech GaTech	16	22	27	13	78

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | December 21, 2021

Women’s Basketball Stymied At No. 17/21 Georgia Tech

ATLANTA, Ga. – Redshirt senior Emily Esposito tallied 10 points with five rebounds, and sophomore Caitlin Weimar totaled 10 points, but the Boston University women's basketball team could not overcome No. 17/21 Georgia Tech's swarming defense in a 78-49 loss on Tuesday afternoon at McCamish Pavilion.

BU (4-7) stayed toe-to-toe with the Yellow Jackets (10-2) in the first quarter, preventing Georgia Tech from scoring in the final six minutes of the stanza. However, the home team utilized a 17-2 extended run for a 16-point lead at halftime, then outscored the Terriers 27-6 in the third to pull away.

Junior Annabelle Larnard buried a pair of fourth-quarter threes to notch eight points, while senior Chiara Tibbitt shot 3-of-4 from the field for seven points, including her second-career three-pointer.

Eylia Love dropped a game-high 19 points to power the Yellow Jackets, while Lorela Cubaj recorded a 12-point, 14-rebound double-double.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Weimar scored BU's first bucket using a couple pivot moves to get to her right for a floater two minutes into the contest.
However, Georgia Tech nailed three of their first four shots from deep, starting 6-for-7 from the field, to sport a 16-2 advantage 4:30 into the game.
BU ripped off a 9-0 run over the final 5:49 of the quarter, highlighted with buckets from junior Maren Durant, Esposito, and Weimar. The Yellow Jackets missed their final nine shots, but still led 16-11 at the buzzer.
With the score 20-15 1:32 into the second quarter, the Yellow Jackets began an 10-0 spurt featuring a layup and jumper from Cubaj, putting Georgia Tech up 30-15 midway through the frame.
That run eventually bled out to 17-2 for a 38-20 Yellow Jacket. In the final seconds of the half, Weimar converted underneath the basket, then senior Riley Childs stayed with Elizabete Bulane down the lane and swatted her last-second shot to make it 38-22 at the break.
Love opened the third quarter with a layup and three-pointer, jumpstarting a 12-0 run that spanned five minutes until Esposito nailed a left elbow jumper as the clock read 4:51.
Freshman Lauren Davenport corralled an offensive rebound and spun to nail a jumper by the left elbow with 39 seconds left to make it 65-28 after three quarters.
Tibbitt hit the first two Terrier field goals of the fourth quarter with a right baseline and left wing jump shot.
The Terriers closed the game on triples from Larnard and Tibbitt.

GAME NOTES

The Terriers shot 32.7 percent from the field, but went 8-for-10 in the fourth quarter to outscore the Yellow Jackets 21-13.
Georgia Tech made 45.3 percent of its shots.
Tuesday marked just the third time this season BU was out-rebounded by its opponent.
The Terrier bench accounted for 22 points, the third-straight game BU's reserves combined for 20-plus points.
Esposito reached double figures for the fifth time in 2021-22, and is averaging five rebounds in her last three games.
Weimar's performance was her fourth game with 10 or more points.
Tuesday was the first all-time meeting between BU and Georgia Tech.

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