KINGSTON, R.I. - Junior Caitlin Weimar posted her 16th double-double of the season, but the Boston University women's basketball program came up short in a defensive battle against Rhode Island, falling 46-40 in the first round of the WNIT on Friday evening at the Ryan Center.

BU (24-9) forced URI (25-6) to shoot just 22.7 percent from the field, and 3-for-28 (10.7 percent) from distance. However, the Terriers made just one of their 19 three-point attempts and 28 percent of their total shots.

Weimar posted game-highs with 13 points, 15 rebounds, and four blocks.Senior Sydney Johnson notched eight points and a career-high eight boards, while classmate Maren Durant added six points and seven caroms.

Tenin Magassa paced the Rams with 12 points, while Anaelle Dutat collected 11 rebounds. Rhode Island's leading scorer Mayé Touré was held to eight points on 4-of-15 shooting.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• BU was limited to just two field goals in the first quarter, both on layups from Weimar and Durant, and trailed 11-4. The Terriers had six turnovers in the stanza.
• Durant scored the first bucket at the 8:40 mark after she stole the ball on Sayawni Lassiter's bad pass, then Weimar secured an offensive rebound and put the ball back in while drawing contact. Her three-point play cut the cap to 11-9.
• The Rams went ahead 15-9, but Johnson's second-chance layup and freshman Sam Crispe's basket brought the Terriers within two with 4:29 until halftime.
• Touré's layup off a BU turnover extended URI's lead to four, but the Terriers went on a 6-0 run to close the first half. Weimar made two layups, then sophomore Lauren Davenport found Crispe on the left block for a bucket that gave BU a 19-17 edge at the break.
• Rhode Island regained the lead in the first 2:09 of the third quarter when Dolly Cairns scored five points in a row, putting the home team up 22-19.
• Trailing by two possessions, Weimar's and-one and a cutting finish from junior Kelsi Mingo brought BU within 26-25 with 5:14 remaining in the frame. Sophie Phillips added breathing room for URI on a three nearly a minute later, however.
• Magassa's nostalgic three-point play on a layup staked Rhode Island to a 36-27 advantage heading into the fourth.
• The Rams took their largest of the game, 11 points, 1:35 into the final frame on Magassa's layup.
• BU cut the deficit to two possessions with 3:12 to play when Johnson scored four-straight points, sticking a midrange jumper off a screen then nailing two foul shots to make it 40-36.
• URI recorded seven of the game's next eight points to go on top 46-37 with under a minute to play.
• Senior Maggie Pina made BU's first three of the night at the top of the key with six seconds on the clock.

 
STATS

• The Terriers snagged 56 rebounds, the most in BU's Patriot League era.
• URI garnered 48 boards, leading 18-14 on the offensive glass.
• BU assisted on over 62 percent of its buckets.
• Twenty-six of BU's 40 points came in the paint.
• Rhode Island had 18 steals, cashing in 17 points off turnovers.

 
GAME NOTES

• Johnson finishes her four years at BU 11th with 1,255 career points, eighth with 12 points per game, eighth with 483 career field goals, and eighth with 330 career assists.
• Durant caps her senior year ranking second with 172 career blocks, fourth with 832 career rebounds, fifth with 7.7 career rebounds per game, and tied for first with a .561 career field goal percentage.
• In four seasons with the Terriers, Pina has drained 186 three-pointers, which is fifth in the Terrier annals.
• Liz Shean shot 42.1 percent from beyond the arc in her BU tenure, which is currently second all-time. She and Chantell Alford '13 are the only Terriers to make 40 percent or more of their threes in four years (minimum 75 attempts).
• Annabelle Larnard's .516 three-point percentage in the 2019-20 season remains the highest clip in one year in program history.
• Sophomore Alex Giannaros, who missed the game against Rhode Island due to an injury, ends the season with a .515 three-point percentage, tops in the nation and the second-highest behind Larnard.
• Weimar ends the year averaging 15.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, becoming the second different Terrier to average a double-double. Debbie Miller-Palmore achieved that feat three times in her stellar campaign. Her .597 field goal percentage this season is the second-highest in one year.
• The all-time series between BU and Rhode Island now stands at 12-11 in the Terriers' favor.

 
SEASON IN REVIEW

• BU closes its 2022-23 campaign with the second-most wins in a single season.
• The Terriers captured their first Patriot League regular season championship in program history, becoming the third Patriot League team ever to go 17-1 in conference play.
• The 17-game winning streak throughout league action was the second-longest in program history.
• Weimar and Head Coach Melissa Graves were named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and Coach of the Year, respectively.
• Weimar (First Team All-Patriot League, All-Defensive Team), Johnson (First Team, All-Defensive Team), Giannaros (Third Team), Durant (All-Defensive Team), and Pina (Academic All-Patriot League) garnered postseason accolades as well.