BOSTON – Sophomore Caitlin Weimar dropped a career-high 21 points and chipped in 13 rebounds, junior Liz Shean drilled five three-pointers for 15 points, and the third-seeded Boston University women's basketball overcame No. 6 Army West Point in the Patriot League Quarterfinals to win an 80-74 thriller on Monday evening at Case Gym.
 
With the victory, BU (17-13) advances to play No. 2 American in Washington D.C. on Thursday (Mar. 10). Opening tip is scheduled for 6 p.m.
 
The Terriers led by as much as 17 points early in the second quarter. However, the Black Knights (16-13) dropped 30 points in the frame to trail by one at halftime. BU led 75-73 with under a minute to play, but held Army without a field goal in the final 46 seconds to seal the win.
 
Weimar was a perfect 7-for-7 from the field, and added four assists with three steals. Senior Riley Childs and junior Sydney Johnson each scored 10 points.
 
Army's Alisa Fallon unloaded 37 points, the most by a Patriot League player this season, to lead all scorers. Kate Murray and Sabria Hunter had 11 and 10 points, respectively, with Hunter snagging 11 rebounds.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Shean opened the game with a pair of three-pointers, and freshman Alex Giannaros later hit her own to help establish a 15-8 lead for the Terriers in the opening six-and-a-half minutes.
• BU ended the first frame on a 14-2 run to increase its lead to 24-10.
• Junior Maren Durant made a layup two minutes into the second that put the Terriers ahead 31-14, but Army went to the line after a foul and started a 6-0 run to cut the gap to 11.
• Giannaros drained a contested layup on the right block to stop BU's scoring drought, but the Black Knights registered another 6-0 run to get within 33-27.
• Weimar delivered three consecutive layups, but her last basket was the lone BU score in a 12-2 Black Knight burst that briefly gave the visitors a one-point lead.
• Childs delivered a turnaround floater with 2.8 seconds on the clock that gave her 10 points and put BU on top 41-40 at halftime.
• In the third quarter, the Terriers boosted their lead to 54-45 after Giannaros blitzed through the paint for a right-handed layup, and Weimar converted on the block off Shean's pass at the 5:20 mark.
• Pina connected on another corner three-pointer with 3:34 left in the frame to give BU their largest lead of the half, 59-47.
• The Terriers were later up 61-50, but Army scored the final five points of the quarter to make it 61-55 BU entering the fourth.
• Giannaros blew past multiple Black Knights for a layup that pushed BU's advantage to 66-55.
• However, Fallon scored five of nine straight Army points to close the gap to 66-64, only for Johnson's right-elbow jumper to stop the run with 5:08 left.
• Weimar and Fallon traded buckets, then Johnson picked off a Lauren Lithgow pass and later sank a layup for a 72-66 Terrier lead as the clock read 3:30.
• Pina drilled her third triple of the night off a dish from Johnson with 2:18 remaining, providing a 75-68 cushion.
• The Black Knights were awarded four free throws after two fouls, but only sank two. Fallon would drill a three, however, to make it 75-73 with 46 seconds left.
• BU went 5-for-8 from the foul line from there, with Johnson making four. Fallon, Murray, and Hope Brown were unsuccessful on three-point tries in that span.

 
GAME NOTES

• The Terriers shot .492 in the game, 11-for-28 from distance, and 11-for-14 from the free throw line. BU shot .692 in the opening quarter.
• Army made 41.2 percent of their shots, but were limited to 6-for-21 shooting from deep.
• The Black Knights won the rebounding battle, 36-32, but the Terriers sported a 32-26 advantage in points in the paint.
• BU also assisted on 18 of their 29 baskets.
• Weimar is the second Terrier this season to make at least seven shots while hitting 100 percent of her chances, joining Durant's 9-for-9 performance at Harvard. Weimar also surpassed her career-high of 19 points, done at Niagara on Jan. 23, 2021.
• Shean matched her career-high with five three-pointers, done at Navy back on Jan. 15. BU has six wins this season when she makes multiple three-pointers.
• Childs reached double figures for the first time since Dec. 19, 2021 at Rhode Island.
• In five postseason games, Johnson has scored in double figures in four of them, for an average of 14.4 points per game. Eight of her points came in the fourth quarter.
• Pina now has 134 career triples as a Terrier, which is 10 away from the top 10 all-time at BU.
• The Terriers improve to 15-10 all-time against Army, and 1-1 in the Patriot League Tournament.