Boston University (13-8, 9-1 PL) vs. Lehigh (14-6, 6-3 PL)
Date & Time: Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, 2 p.m.
Venue: Case Gym, Boston, Mass.

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BOSTON – Two weeks after their first meeting, the Boston University women's basketball program seeks to avenge their previous result against Lehigh with a matinee at Case Gym this Saturday (Feb. 5). Opening tip is set for 2 p.m.
 
Since that loss, BU has won three games in a row, gaining full possession of first place in the Patriot League standings. The Terriers look for their second four-game winning streak of the season.
 
Meanwhile, Lehigh sits 2.5 games back of the Terriers, and is tied for third in the table with American. The Mountain Hawks are the only PL team to defeat BU at this point of league play.
 
Saturday marks the program's celebration of National Girls and Women In Sports Day. Kids in eighth grade or below are free admission, and are encouraged to dress up as their favorite sports stars to earn a chance to win prizes from the marketing table.
 
In addition, the program is soliciting gently-used shoes and basketball donations as part of its Barefoot Game, in coordination with Play Bold. Members of the BU coaching staff will be barefoot on the sideline throughout the contest.
 
TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU dispatched Bucknell 67-58 on the road back on Feb. 2.
• The Terriers started shooting just 3-for-15 and fell behind 17-7, but shot 22-for-41 the rest of the way, and outscored the Bison 16-0 in the final eight minutes of the first half.
• Junior Sydney Johnson tallied her fourth 20-plus point game in league action with 23 points, adding five assists.
• Classmate Maren Durant and freshman Alex Giannaros each had 10 points, including the latter's three with 1:23 left to put the Terriers up 60-54.

• Sophomore Caitlin Weimar filled the stat sheet with nine points, 11 rebounds, a career-high four assists, and two blocks.
• In their last 58 Patriot League regular season games, BU is 42-16.
• The Terriers are also 25-5 in their last 30 games at Case Gym, which includes the postseason. That record is 20-3 against league opponents.
• In BU's eight wins at home this year, the average margin of victory is 16.7 points.
• Johnson, the reigning Patriot League Player of the Week, is averaging 20.5 points per game on 51.6 percent shooting in her last six contests.
• Weimar is averaging 11.9 points and 9.9 rebounds in league action. BU is 6-0 when she grabs 10 or more rebounds.
• Giannaros is averaging 13.3 points against PL foes, which is seventh in the league.
• Durant needs one block to tie Adrienne Norris for seventh place in the BU record books. Her 10.3 boards per PL game are fifth in the league.

 
SCOUTING THE MOUNTAIN HAWKS

• Lehigh is 14-6 on the season and 6-3 against Patriot League opponents.
• Since the last meeting between these teams, the Mountain Hawks fell to Army 70-57 on the road, but rebounded with a 67-61 home victory against Holy Cross.
• Lehigh is top-10 in the nation three-pointers (8th - 201), threes per game (4th - 10.1), and three-pointers attempted (5th - 601).
• The Mountain Hawks also pace the Patriot League this season in scoring average, scoring margin, free throw percentage, defensive rebounds per game, assists per game, and assist/turnover ratio.

• Four Mountain Hawks average double figures, led by Mackenzie Kramer's 15.3 points per game on 42 percent shooting from deep. Frannie Hottinger averages 14.5 points, Emma Grothaus 13 points and 8.8 rebounds, and Megan Walker with 11.6 points.
• Those four are the only Mountain Hawks scoring more than five points per game, however.

 
SERIES HISTORY

• Saturday marks the 20th all-time meeting between BU and Lehigh.
• The Mountain Hawks sport the 10-9 edge, having won three of the last four matchups.
• Lehigh is the only team this season to best the Terriers, having won in Pennsylvania, 79-67, back on Jan. 22.
• In that contest, a shorthanded BU got 24 points on a career-high 11 field goals from Johnson, while Durant added a career-best 22 points. Walker led Lehigh with 20 points, while Grothaus contributed 17 points and 13 rebounds.

• The Terriers are 5-4 against Lehigh in Boston.

 
UP NEXT

• BU starts a two-game road trip at Army West Point next Wednesday (Feb. 9). Opening tip is scheduled for 6 p.m.