Alex Giannaros surveys the court while dribbling the ball against Lafayette.
Matt Woolverton

Terriers Meet Bucknell In Midweek PL Contest

February 1, 2022

Boston University (12-8, 8-1 PL) vs. Bucknell (15-5, 6-3 PL)
Date & Time: Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, 6 p.m.
Venue: Sojka Pavilion, Lewisburg, Pa.

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BOSTON – Starting the second half of Patriot League play, the Boston University women's basketball program begins the month of February with a trip to Bucknell this Wednesday (Feb. 2) at Sojka Pavilion. Opening tip is tabbed for 6 p.m.
 
BU is coming off a January where the team notched eight wins, its most in a month since January of 2012. The Terriers are the first Patriot League team with eight wins in league play, and look to capture their third consecutive victory.
 
On the other bench, Bucknell looks to close the gap in the standings and win their seventh home game of the year. The Bison currently sit two games behind BU and one behind Holy Cross, maintaining a 6-3 PL mark identical to Lehigh.
 
TERRIER TIDBITS
  • The Terriers are coming off a 59-45 triumph at Colgate back on Jan. 29.
  • BU allowed a season-low in points along with just two three-pointers. The visitors shot .444 from the field, and did not trail in the final 27:51 of the game.
  • Sophomore Caitlin Weimar recorded a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, hitting 50 percent of her shots. Junior Sydney Johnson tallied 16 points and six assists.
  • Classmates Maggie Pina and Maren Durant recorded 11 points and 14 rebounds, respectively.
  • Johnson was named Patriot League Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 31 after leading the league with 20 points per game and 15 made baskets. For Johnson, it was her first-career Player of the Week honor, and BU's first since Feb. 3, 2020.
  • In her last five games, she is averaging 20 points per game. During Patriot League play, she ranks second in the PL with 17.6 points per game, first with a .453 field goal percentage, third with 1.8 steals per game, fourth with a 2.1 assist/turnover ratio, fifth with 34.8 minutes per game, and sixth with 4.2 assists per game.
  • Elsewhere, freshman Alex Giannaros is second in the PL with 2.3 three-pointers/game and fifth in scoring at 13.7 points per game against PL foes.
  • Weimar is 12th at 12.3 points per game, sixth at 9.7 rebounds per contest, and fourth with a .769 free throw percentage in that span. Durant is fifth with 10.6 boards per matchup. Durant and Weimar are tied for second with 2.1 blocks per game each.
  • As a team against league counterparts, BU leads the way in in scoring average (67.9), scoring margin (+12.1), field goal percentage (.427), three-point percentage (.326), rebounds allowed per game (33.1), defensive boards per game (29.7), rebounding margin (+8.2), and blocks per game (5.1).
  • Durant, who has 106 career blocks and 32 career games with two or more rejections, is one away from tying Adrienne Norris for seventh place all-time at BU, and eight from her former coach Marisa Moseley for sixth place.
  • The Terriers have won seven of their last nine Patriot League road games.
  • As of writing, BU's next five opponents have above a .500 record in league action. The Terriers have gone 2-1 against teams they've already faced this year, with Bucknell and Holy Cross the two programs they will see for the first time in this stretch.
 
SCOUTING THE BISON
  • Bucknell is 15-5 on the season, and 6-3 against Patriot League foes.
  • The Bison have won six of their last seven games after dropping their first two league games to Navy and Army.
  • Bucknell has allowed 53.8 points per game to this point, tops in the PL and 14th in the nation entering Tuesday.
  • In the turnover battle, Bucknell also paces the PL with a +3 margin and 12.7 turnovers per game, the latter ranking 18th in Division I.
  • Preseason All-Patriot League pick Taylor O'Brien leads the Bison with 16.2 points per game. Freshman Cecelia Collins shoots .457 from the field while scoring 11.6 points per game. Carly Krsul scores 10.8 points per contest while ranking 34th in the nation with 37 blocks.
 
SERIES HISTORY
  • Wednesday marks the 15th all-time meeting between BU and Bucknell in a series that started once the Terriers arrived in the Patriot League in 2013-14.
  • The Bison sport an 11-3 edge in the series, fueled with a nine-game winning streak from 2014-18.
  • Both teams did not see one another in the abbreviated league slate last season, and each yearly series was split in the prior two seasons.
  • In the last matchup, Bucknell was victorious 55-53. Pina paced the BU offense with 17 points on four three-pointers.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Terriers play their first Saturday home game since Jan. 8, welcoming Lehigh for a rematch on Feb. 5. Opening tip from Case Gym is slated for 2 p.m.
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