Women’s Basketball Hosts UMass Lowell In Season Opener On Monday

Monday, November 6

Boston, MA

6 PM

Boston University

UMass Lowell

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Women’s Basketball Hosts UMass Lowell In Season Opener On Monday

November 5, 2023 | Women's Basketball

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BOSTON – Fresh off the program's first Patriot League regular season championship, the Boston University women's basketball program ignites the 2023-24 campaign with a home matchup against UMass Lowell on Monday (Nov. 6). Opening tip is set for 6 p.m.

BU comes off a 24-win season in 2022-23, the second-highest win total in a single year in program history. The Terriers went 17-1 against Patriot League foes en route to its second Patriot League title game appearance in three seasons and its fifth-ever WNIT berth.

UMass Lowell looks to improve on its five-win performance a season ago. The River Hawks start this year with three-consecutive road games prior to its home opener.

Fans attending Monday's game can grab a free Terrier Basketball t-shirt at the marketing table, while supplies last.

TERRIER TIDBITS

Reigning Patriot League Coach of the Year Melissa Graves embarks on her third season as head coach.
Brianna Finch prepares for her first season as the associate head coach, while Kourtni Williams, Jason Pellum, and Adia Maund are set for another season on the staff.
Jamie Insel joins the program as an assistant coach from Dartmouth.
Five Terriers are back for 2023-24: seniors Sophie Beneventine, Kelsi Mingo, and Caitlin Weimar, junior Alex Giannaros, and sophomore Anastasiia Semenova.
Weimar is the Patriot League's Preseason Player and Defensive Player of the Year, the first in league history, after securing Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Patriot League honors in 2022-23.
The forward paced BU a year ago with 15.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, 51 blocks, and a .597 shooting percentage.
Giannaros, a Third Team All-Patriot League selection last season, paced her Division I colleagues with a .515 three-point percentage to pair with 10.4 points per contest.
The Terriers retain over 46 percent of its scoring offense from 2022-23, with 34.5 points per game having graduated.
BU welcomes eight newcomers for 2023-24, highlighted by six freshmen and two transfer student-athletes.
Junior Natalie Jasper arrives to Terrier Town following two seasons at Georgetown, while Anete Adler heads to Boston after a season at Rhode Island.
SiSi Bentley, Audrey Ericksen, Aoibhe Gormley, Aina Grane Torres, Inés Monteagudo Pardo, and Emelia O'Gilvie make up BU's largest freshmen class since the 2005-06 season.
The Terriers will play 16 home games this year, and 11 non-conference contests.

SCOUTING UMASS LOWELL

UMass Lowell went 5-22 last year, including a 4-12 record in America East play. Three of those victories came in the final week of the regular season.
The River Hawks have four common opponents with BU this season: Holy Cross, Le Moyne, Harvard, and Colgate.
Six River Hawks return for 2023-24, with six departures. Eight newcomers join the program, including five freshmen.
Mili Carrera is UMass Lowell's leading returning scorer with 6.3 of the River Hawks' 53.3 points per game a year ago.
UMass Lowell is projected to finish ninth in the America East, based off the conference's preseason poll.

SERIES HISTORY

Monday marks the ninth all-time meeting between BU and UMass Lowell in a series that began in 1976.
This will be the fifth matchup since UMass Lowell transitioned to Division I.
BU sports a 6-2 advantage in the rivalry, including 3-1 in the prior four contests.
The Terriers have won four in a row at home over UMass Lowell, most recently a 76-47 triumph in Graves' first game at the helm on Nov. 9, 2021.
The two programs squared off in Lowell, Mass. last year, with BU winning 63-43. Weimar led all players on the floor with 18 points and 13 rebounds on 8-of-11 shooting.

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