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Eliza Nuestro

Women’s Basketball Heads To Loyola Maryland On Saturday

January 20, 2023

Boston University (12-6, 7-0 PL) vs. Loyola Maryland (7-11, 2-5 PL)
Date & Time: Saturday, Jan. 21, 2022, 2 p.m.
Venue: Reitz Arena, Baltimore, Md.

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BOSTON – With a chance to extend its winning streak to eight games, the Boston University women's basketball program travels to Loyola Maryland on Saturday (Jan. 21). Opening tip is set for 2 p.m.
 
BU seeks its first eight game winning streak since the 2011-12 season, and longest since joining the Patriot League before the 2013-14 campaign. The Terriers' current stretch is the second of its kind as a league member, after winning seven consecutive contests in 2019-20.
 
Loyola Maryland, meanwhile, hopes to stop a four-game slide and improve to .500 at home this year. The Greyhounds' last win at Reitz Arena came on Dec. 10, 2022.
 
TERRIER TIDBITS
  • BU captured its seventh-consecutive win, defeating Navy at home, 84-41, on Jan. 18 to complete the season sweep of the Mids.
  • The Terriers set a season-high in points scored, and had their largest margin of victory as a Patriot League team, and highest since 2008.
  • Sophomore Alex Giannaros led all scorers with 22 points, shooting 8-for-9 from the field and a perfect 5-for-5 from three.
  • Junior Caitlin Weimar tallied a 17-point, 13-rebound double-double.
  • Seniors Maggie Pina and Maren Durant added 13 and 10 points, respectively.
  • All seven of BU's league victories have been by 10 or more points. Eleven of the Terriers' 12 triumphs have been as well, with an average margin of victory of 21.2 points.
  • The Terriers are one of 15 schools in that entered Friday with a perfect winning percentage in conference play while sporting seven or more wins.
  • The last Patriot League team to start 8-0 in the league in a full, 18-game schedule was American in the 2017-18 season.
  • The Terriers are averaging 70.4 points per game vs. the Patriot League. Opponents are scoring just 48.7 points per contest.
  • Weimar's .563 field goal percentage leads the Patriot League. Against league foes, she is first with 11.7 rebounds per game and a .591 shooting percentage.
  • Giannaros is 12-for-19 from three-point range in league action. She has five games this season making multiple threes while being perfect from beyond the arc.
  • Thanks to her .656 three-point percentage this year, Giannaros is currently the program's leader in that category at 45.9 percent (min. 75 attempts). Senior Liz Shean is second at 42.9 percent, while Pina is tied for 11th at 35.4 percent.
  • Senior Sydney Johnson enters Saturday's tilt eight points behind Jamie Nicholls '99 for 21st place on BU's all-time scoring list.
 
SCOUTING LOYOLA MARYLAND
  • The Greyhounds enter the week with a 7-11 record, going 2-5 in league action.
  • Loyola Maryland has lost four game in a row, most recently falling to Lehigh in overtime, 72-65, on Jan. 18.
  • The Greyhounds previously beat Colgate and Army West Point.
  • Taleah Dixon paces Loyola Maryland with 14.4 points per game and 31 three-pointers.
  • Lex Therien is close behind with 14.2 points and 9.6 rebounds per contest. She is shooting 48 percent this season.
  • Head Coach Danielle O'Banion is in her second season.
  • Loyola Maryland was projected to finish ninth in the Patriot League Preseason Poll. Therien earned a spot on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team.
  • Last year, the Greyhounds went 5-24 on the year, going 2-16 against league foes to finish 10th.
 
SERIES HISTORY
  • Wednesday marks the 18th all-time meeting between BU and Loyola Maryland in a series that began in 2014, the Terriers' first season in the Patriot League.
  • BU maintains an 11-6 edge in the rivalry, having won four in a row and eight of the last 10 contests.
  • BU is 5-3 all-time on the road against the Greyhounds, winning three-straight games at Reitz Arena.
  • The Terriers swept last year's series. In the first game on Jan. 5, 2022, Johnson scored a game-high 18 points, while Giannaros and Weimar added 13 in a 64-51 road win for BU.
  • In the rematch in Boston two weeks later, playing just seven Terriers, BU was victorious, 65-47. Pina led all scorers with 17 points, while Johnson and Shean posted 16 points each.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Terriers make their way to Colgate for their second matchup with the Raiders this year on Wednesday (Jan. 25). Opening tip is set for 7 p.m.
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