BOSTON - Sophomore Alex Giannaros dropped a game-high 22 points, junior Caitlin Weimar collected her 10th double-double of the season, and the Boston University women's basketball program is off to its best start in Patriot League play following a dominant 84-41 triumph over Navy on Wednesday evening at Case Gym.

BU (12-6, 7-0 PL) trailed for only 26 seconds in the entire contest, dropping 52 first-half points against the Mids (1-17, 1-6 PL). The Terriers posted season-bests with a 43-point victory, leading by as many as 45 points early in the fourth quarter.

Giannaros shot 8-of-9 from the field, including a perfect 5-for-5 from three-point range. Weimar posted 17 points and 14 rebounds on 7-of-10 shooting. Seniors Maggie Pina and Maren Durant supplied 13 and 10 points, respectively, to round out four Terriers in double figures.

Sydne Watts dropped a team-best 16 points for Navy. She was the lone student-athlete in double digits for the Mids.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Watts scored the Mids' first four points in the opening two-and-a-half minutes, but BU rattled off an 8-0 run featuring three layups to go ahead 10-4.
• Leading by four with 4:12 left in the first quarter, senior Sydney Johnson made two free throws to jumpstart an 11-4 spurt that would close out the frame. Johnson scored the first seven points in that run and nine in the stanza to fuel a 21-10 Terrier edge.
• Giannaros drove down the left lane 51 seconds into the second to convert a layup while drawing contact. She nailed the free throw, then hit back-to-back shots from beyond the arc for three-straight three-point plays. Her last triple put BU on top, 32-15.
• With 48 seconds to go until halftime, Weimar laid in a basket after snagging an offensive rebound to secure her double-double in just 11 minutes of action. That bucket made it 49-26 Terriers.
• After Gia Pissott went 1-of-2 from the charity stripe with 3.2 seconds on the clock, Giannaros took the inbound, raced past halfcourt, and sank a 40-foot buzzer beater near the right sideline, making it 52-27 in BU's favor at the break.
• Up 59-31 nearly two minutes into the third, the Terriers ignited a 13-0 run over a six-and-a-half-minute span. Junior Sophie Beneventine picked off a Navy pass for a fastbreak layup, while freshman Sam Crispe and sophomore Lauren Davenport added blocks on the defensive end during the burst.
• Beneventine and junior Kelsi Mingo made a pair of baskets inside the arc to give BU a 76-33 advantage after three quarters.
• Both sides scored eight points in the fourth, with Mingo tallying the final five for BU on a second-chance hook shot in the low post and a three following Crispe's steal.

 
STATS

• BU shot 51.6 percent from the field in the game, the fourth game in a row the Terriers have hit over 50 percent of their shots.
• In the first three quarters, the Terriers were 8-for-13 from deep.
• Navy was held to 32.8 percent shooting, including a 2-for-14 effort on three-pointers.
• BU racked up 19 assists and a season-high 12 steals. The Terriers last reached double digits in steals on Jan. 19, 2022 against Loyola Maryland.
• Rebounding went in BU's favor, 44-29. Fourteen of those 44 boards were on the offensive glass.
• The Terriers also had the advantage in points off turnovers (19-6), points in the paint (38-6), and second-chance points (20-5).

 
GAME NOTES

• BU's 43-point victory is the largest margin of victory in its Patriot League era (2013-14 onwards), surpassing the 41-point win over Army West Point on Feb. 13, 2021.
• It is the largest margin of victory since BU defeated Stony Brook by 49 points (89-40) on Jan. 19, 2008.
• Giannaros now takes the team lead with two 20-point performances on the season. She has four in her career.
• The sophomore is now up to 65.6 percent shooting (21-for-32) this year from three-point range.
• Weimar has recorded 18 of her 21 career double-doubles with the Terriers. She is averaging 15.8 points and 11.8 rebounds per game against Patriot League foes.
• In her last five games, Pina is averaging 11 points per game on 52.5 percent shooting from the field.
• Durant moves into seventh place all-time at BU in career rebounds, surpassing Pam Trainor '84.
• BU's 7-0 start to Patriot League play eclipses its previous-best of six games, which occurred last year. The seven-game Patriot League winning streak is tied for the program record, set in 2019-20.
• The last time BU started 7-0 in conference play was the 2011-12 campaign.
• The Terriers have won five in a row against the Mids, pulling within 10-9 in the all-time series.

 
UP NEXT

• BU opens a two-game road swing at Loyola Maryland at Saturday (Jan. 21). Opening tip is slated for 2 p.m.