Terriers Win Fourth Straight With 64-56 Victory Over Army

Wednesday, January 12

Boston, MA

6 PM

Boston University

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Army

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Terriers Win Fourth Straight With 64-56 Victory Over Army

January 12, 2022 | Women's Basketball

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BOSTON - Freshman Alex Giannaros notched a career-high with 24 points, junior Sydney Johnson added 14 points, and the Boston University women's basketball team captured its fourth consecutive victory with a 64-56 triumph over Army West Point on Wednesday evening at Case Gym.

The two teams were locked into a defensive battle in the first half, as both teams shot less than 32 percent during that span and just reached the 20-point plateau. However, after the Black Knights (7-6, 2-2 PL) took a 29-28 lead early in the third quarter, the Terriers (8-7, 4-0 PL) ripped off a 24-8 run within the next nine minutes to take a commanding 15-point lead. Army threatened late, pulling within seven in the final minute, but BU closed out the game to improve to 6-2 at home this year.

Junior Maren Durant snagged a career-high 16 rebounds, and with three blocks on the evening moved into 10th place all-time in Terrier history in career rejections with 96. Senior Chiara Tibbitt came off the bench and corralled eight boards as the Terriers out-rebounded the Black Knights 41-29.

Kate Murray led Army with 20 points on 7-of-17 shooting, while Kamryn Hall added 12 points. The Black Knights' leading scorer heading into the matchup, Alisa Fallon, was scoreless.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Giannaros scored BU's first four points, but that was the only amount of points each team posted ahead of the first media timeout at 4:37 in the first.
The Black Knights went ahead 11-7 after five straight points from Murray, but sophomore Sophie Beneventine nailed a jumper to cut the Terriers' deficit to two after the first 10 minutes.
In the second, neither side had more than two consecutive buckets, and Army only had back-to-back field goals once.
Hall swished a jumper inside the arc with under two minutes to halftime, but sophomore Caitlin Weimar found her classmate, Beneventine, alone on the left wing for a three-pointer that staked BU to a 22-21 halftime advantage.
Triples from Murray and Hope Brown opened the third quarter for the Black Knights, putting them ahead 27-22 1:17 into the stanza for their largest lead of the game.
The Terriers countered with a 16-4 run, with seven points coming from Giannaros. Tibbitt's jumper just inside the three-point line capped the spurt and gave BU a 38-31 edge with 3:13 left in the third.
Sabria Hunter converted a layup as Army crawled within four, but Johnson's second-chance shot found the bottom of the cup to put the Terriers on top 44-38 heading into the fourth.
That basket was the first of four straight makes for Johnson. She missed her fifth on a three, but Tibbitt collected the offensive carom, then Johnson found junior Liz Shean in the left corner for a three to cap an 11-0 Terrier burst that made it 53-38 with 7:55 to play.
From there, Giannaros scored eight consecutive Terrier points, including a driving layup just inside two minutes to replenish BU's double-digit lead at 61-51.

GAME NOTES

In the second half, BU shot 50 percent from the field, and 5-of-12 from distance.
The Black Knights were held to 6-of-24 from three-point range, and their 29 rebounds were a season-low.
Giannaros eclipsed the 20-point plateau for the first time in her collegiate career. In Patriot League play, she's averaging a team-best 16.5 points per game.
Johnson has reached double digits in each conference contest so far, and has done so in a team-leading 10 games this year.
Durant surpassed Kerry Cashman on BU's all-time blocks list. She is now three away from Alison Dixon for ninth place.
In Patriot League play, BU leads the conference in scoring offense, field goal percentage, rebounding offense, rebounding margin, and blocks per game.
BU has won eight of the last nine matchups against Army, improving to 13-10 in the all-time series. The Terriers have won five straight against the Black Knights in Beantown.

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