NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Junior Maggie Pina drained four three-pointers for 16 points, sophomore Caitlin Weimar matched her with 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting, and the Boston University women's basketball program snapped a four-game losing streak with a 66-52 win over Merrimack on Thursday evening at Lawler Arena.
 
BU (3-5) trailed after the first quarter and trailed 31-24 towards the midway point of the second, but Weimar scored 10 consecutive points to give the Terriers a three-point lead at half. From there, the visitors outscored the Warriors (2-6) 22-11 in the third to take control.
 
Pina set a season-high in points and three-pointers with her effort, while Weimar added six rebounds and three steals. Junior Liz Shean posted 12 points off the bench thanks to a trio of triples, and classmate Maren Durant tied a career-high with 15 rebounds and added nine points.
 
Kate Mager led Merrimack with 15 points on 50 percent shooting from downtown, while Teneisia Brown registered 12 points.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Merrimack posted an early 5-2 lead, but Pina buried a pair of three-pointers from the left corner. Her second one staked BU to an 8-7 edge halfway through the first.
• The Warriors came out of the media timeout on a 6-0 run as Amaya Staton laid in two baskets, putting the home team ahead 13-8.
• Shean came off the bench and jolted the offense with six points, nailing a three from the right sideline, then taking a steal and hitting a layup while drawing contact to start a conventional three-point play.
• The latter gave BU a brief 16-15 lead before Merrimack scored the final four points of the frame for a 19-16 score.
• Junior Sydney Johnson ignited an 8-3 burst for the Terriers with a left wing three-pointer. Kate Mager countered with her own three-pointer, but Pina responded with the right-side three, then took a pass from Johnson off a turnover down the right lane for a layup, knotting up the game at 24 at the 7:24 mark.
• Merrimack took its largest lead at the time, 31-24 on a 7-0 run. However, Weimar made five consecutive layups in the final five minutes, giving the Terriers a 34-31 edge at halftime.
• With the score 36-34 in BU's favor, the Terriers made four of their next five shots, with two Johnson driving layups through the middle of the paint and a Shean corner triple.
• BU extended the lead to 47-37, its biggest of the night, when freshman Alex Giannaros scooped up an offensive rebound, then faked a pass at the conference logo to drain a right-handed floater with 3:08 left in the third.
• Weimar corralled an offensive board and willed a second-chance layup off the backboard and in, drawing a foul and hitting the ensuing foul shot. Shean then nailed another corner three with under 39 seconds to go in the quarter that helped the Terriers gain a 56-42 edge at the buzzer.
• Neither side made a shot from the field until Paige McCormick knocked down a left-wing three 2:23 into the fourth, slashing BU's edge to 58-45.
• The Terriers didn't get their first bucket in the stanza until snatching a turnover that turned into a transition layup for Pina at the 5:24 mark. The junior later drilled a three to make it 64-48 with 4:38 to play.
• Weimar capped the scoring for the Terriers with her layup from redshirt senior Emily Esposito to push the edge to 66-48.

 
GAME NOTES

• As a team, BU shot 44.8 percent from the field and 8-for-20 from deep.
• Merrimack shot 35.7 percent for the game, but was limited to 6-for-26 shooting in the second half. The Warriors' 20 baskets are the fewest allowed by BU this season.
• The Terriers assisted on 14 of their 26 buckets. Johnson dished out seven helpers.
• BU also won the rebounding battle for the sixth time this year, 35-34.
• The Terriers also held the edge in points in the paint, 32-24, and second-chance points, 13-10.
• Pina's four three-pointers are the most in a game for her since she hit five against Lafayette on Mar. 7. She has four games this season with three or more triples.
• Weimar's 16 points are the most in a BU uniform for the sophomore. She is shooting 21-for-33 (63.6 percent) from the field in her last five games.
• Shean's three three-pointers are a career-high.
• Durant equaled her career-high in boards from Mar. 9, 2020 against Lehigh. The junior has 34 rebounds in her last three contests.
• Thursday was BU's first road win of the season. It also marked the first meeting all-time between the Terriers and Warriors.

 
UP NEXT

• BU concludes its three-game road trip, and returns to Case Gym on Monday, Dec. 13 to welcome UNH.
• Opening tip is scheduled for 6 p.m.