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Boston University Athletics

Terriers Host Army West Point In Regular Season Home Finale

February 21, 2023

Boston University (20-6, 15-0 PL) vs. Army West Point (12-13, 10-5 PL)
Date & Time: Wednesday, Feb. 22,  2023, 6 p.m.
Venue: Case Gym, Boston, Mass.
 
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BOSTON – Fresh off securing the program's first Patriot League regular season championship, the Boston University women's basketball team welcomes Army West Point to Terrier Town for its regular season home finale on Wednesday (Feb. 22). Opening tip is set for 6 p.m.
 
BU, putting its 15-game winning streak on the line, aims to match its program record for conference wins in a season with 16, currently held by the 2008-09 squad. With a win, the Terriers would become the ninth Patriot League team since the conference expanded to 10 teams ahead of 2013-14 to record 16 league victories.
 
Army West Point enters the week in a three-way tie with Holy Cross and Lehigh for second place in the standings with a 10-5 record. The Black Knights will play the Crusaders and Mountain Hawks following Wednesday's game, having beaten Holy Cross but fallen to Lehigh previously this season.
 
Wednesday is BU's Play4Kay Game. The student-athletes will don pink warm-up shirts and sneakers ahead of the contest. For more information on Play4Kay, click here.
 
TERRIER TIDBITS
  • BU captured its 15th-consecutive win and clinched the No 1. seed in the Patriot League Tournament, snapping Bucknell's six-game win streak with a 66-57 road win on Feb. 18.
  • Leading by just two heading into the fourth quarter, the Terriers limited the Bison without a point for 4:45 during the final frame to increase the gap.
  • Senior Sydney Johnson tied her season-best with 22 points, shooting 10-for-18 from the field.
  • Junior Caitlin Weimar notched a 21-point, 11-rebound double-double.
  • Sophomore Lauren Davenport added 11 points and seven boards.
  • On Tuesday (Feb. 21), seniors Maren Durant and Maggie Pina were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.
  • As of Tuesday (Feb. 21), BU's 15-game streak is the fifth-longest active streak in Division I. Only South Carolina (33), UNLV (16), Gardner-Webb (16), and South Dakota State (16) have longer runs.
  • In its last four-plus years, BU has gone 60-21 against league foes in the regular season.
  • In 13 games this season, the Terriers are averaging 74.5 points, 39.1 rebounds, and 17.4 assists per game at The Roof, shooting 47.4 percent from the field and 42 percent from distance.
  • The Terriers sport a 31-5 mark against conference opponents, postseason included, on Commonwealth Ave. since the start of the 2019-20 campaign.
  • Entering Tuesday (Feb. 21), the Terriers are first in the PL and 22nd in the nation with a .363 field goal percentage defense, second in three-point percentage defense (.289), and third in points allowed per game (56.4).
  • In Patriot League action, the Terriers pace their counterparts in points allowed per game (51.9) and FG% defense (.349).
  • Johnson enters Wednesday needing six assists and 14 field goals to enter the top 10 in both categories. She is 16 points away from tying Laura Boettcher '89 for 13th place on the all-time scoring list.
 
SCOUTING ARMY WEST POINT
  • The Black Knights have the second-longest active winning streak in the Patriot League entering the week, winning four in a row.
  • Army's most recent victory was a 72-51 triumph at American on Feb. 18.
  • During the streak, the Black Knights have scored 67.8 points per game.
  • Army is 6-8 on the road this season, winning their last six away from West Point.
  • Sabria Hunter is one of three Patriot League student-athletes averaging a double-double this year with 14.4 points and 12.6 rebounds per game. The latter ranks fifth in Division I.
  • During Patriot League play, Reese Ericson is averaging 10.5 points and a team-best 3.1 assists per contest.
 
SERIES HISTORY
  • Saturday marks the 27th all-time meeting between BU and Army West Point in a series that began in 1980.
  • The Terriers maintain a 16-10 advantage in the rivalry, having won six in a row and 11 of the last 12 matchups.
  • During the winning streak, BU is averaging 71.3 points per game.
  • The Terriers are 8-5 all-time at home against the Black Knights. Their last home loss came on Feb. 24, 2018.
  • BU won the first meeting this season between the teams, 68-52, on Jan. 15.
  • The Terriers shot 63 percent in the fourth quarter, outscoring Army 18-10. Johnson tallied a game-high 14 points, and Weimar added 12 points and four blocks.
 
UP NEXT
  • BU begins its two-game road swing to cap the regular season with a journey to Lehigh on Saturday (Feb. 25). Opening tip is scheduled for 4 p.m.
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