DURHAM, N.H. – Senior Maggie Pina led four Terriers in double figures with 13 points, and the Boston University women's basketball program rolled to a 78-42 victory over New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon at Lundholm Gymnasium.
 
BU (4-2) boosts its winning streak to four games, securing the largest margin of victory under Head Coach Melissa Graves. The Terriers limited UNH (2-5) to 25 percent shooting from the field, including 1-for-16 from three-point range.
 
Senior Sydney Johnson collected 12 points and five assists, while sophomore Alex Giannaros and freshman Sam Crispe totaled 10 points each. Senior Maren Durant filled the stat sheet with seven points, eight rebounds, four assists, and three blocks.
 
Breezie Williams was the lone Wildcat in double digits with 12 points, adding in four rebounds.
 
DURHAM, N.H. – Senior Maggie Pina led four Terriers in double figures with 13 points, and the Boston University women's basketball program rolled to a 78-42 victory over New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon at Lundholm Gymnasium.
 
BU (4-2) boosts its winning streak to four games, securing the largest margin of victory under Head Coach Melissa Graves. The Terriers limited UNH (2-5) to 25 percent shooting from the field, including 1-for-16 from three-point range.
 
Senior Sydney Johnson collected 12 points and five assists, while sophomore Alex Giannaros and freshman Sam Crispe totaled 10 points each. Senior Maren Durant filled the stat sheet with seven points, eight rebounds, four assists, and three blocks.
 
Breezie Williams was the lone Wildcat in double digits with 12 points, adding in four rebounds.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Terriers jumped out to a 6-3 lead in the first two minutes on layups in the paint, including a Johnson feed to Pina in transition.
• Starting at the 5:25 mark of the first, BU's next three baskets were threes, with two coming from Pina and another from Johnson.
• Williams trimmed the Wildcat deficit to 13-9 as the clock read 2:13, but a 7-2 run to close the frame put BU ahead 20-11 after 10 minutes.
• BU didn't score in the first 1:52 of the second quarter, but responded with a 13-2 run over three minutes. During the burst, senior Liz Shean nailed a pair of corner jumpers inside the arc, while Giannaros drew contact on a putback to ignite a nostalgic three-point play.
• The Terriers closed the first half on a 9-0 run, where junior Kelsi Mingo converted an and-one play herself, and freshman Anastasiia Semenova sank a layup before the buzzer. In total, BU outscored UNH 22-7 in the second.
• BU's lead ballooned to 57-20 as the Terriers started the second half on a 15-2 run, and a 37-7 spurt that occurred over 16 minutes of action.
• In that sequence, Durant registered BU's third and-one play of the game, Pina scored five points, and Giannaros capped it with a straightway three with 3:08 left in the third.
• UNH's only field goal in the third came with 1.4 seconds to go, as BU forced the home team to shoot 1-for-13 in the period to extend its lead to 59-24.
• BU's largest lead of the game was 38, occurring on two separate occasions. Giannaros knocked down a three off a feed from Semenova midway through the fourth, then the rookie snagged an offensive rebound for a second-chance layup with 3:03 to play.

 
STATS

• As a team, the Terriers shot 50 percent from the field, as well as 7-for-14 from deep.
• BU won the rebounding battle for the fifth time this season, gaining a 44-31 edge.
• The Terriers also held a 34-18 edge in points in the paint, and generated 33 bench points.
• BU racked up 18 assists.
• The Terriers never trailed, leading for all but 32 seconds in the game.
• The only quarter that BU did not make seven or more baskets was the third, when the Terriers shot 60 percent.
• In the second and third quarters, BU outscored UNH 39-13.

 
GAME NOTES

• In addition to being the largest margin of victory under Coach Graves, the 42 points allowed are the fewest since Graves took over before the 2021-22 season.
• Sunday was the largest margin of victory and fewest points allowed by the Terriers since Feb. 13, 2021, an 82-41 triumph over Army West Point.
• BU allowed just one three-pointer for the first time since Feb. 23 at Lafayette. UNH's 6.3 percent clip from distance is the lowest the Terriers allowed since limiting St. John's to 0-for-5 shooting from beyond the arc on Dec. 4, 2010.
• Pina is off to the best three-point shooting performance in her career through six games, drilling 52 percent of her triples (13-for-25). She now has 148 three-pointers in her BU tenure, one away from Cheri Raffo '08 for ninth place all-time.
• Johnson has reached double figures in 24 of her last 25 games. She is also averaging six assists per game in her last three contests.
• Crispe set a career-high with her first double-digit performance. She now ranks fifth on the team with 7.3 points per game.
• Giannaros, who missed the previous four games, dropped 10 points in 15 minutes of action. In her two appearances, she has scored 33 points in 49 minutes.
• BU improves to 44-33 all-time against UNH. Sunday was the second-largest margin of victory for the Terriers over the Wildcats; the largest was a 79-39 win on Jan. 19, 2012.

 
UP NEXT

• BU travels to the City of Brotherly Love for a bout against Saint Joseph's on Thursday (Dec. 1). Opening tip is set for 7 p.m.