BOSTON – Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Boston University women's basketball program hosts Georgetown on Wednesday (Nov. 27). Opening tip form Case Gym is set for Noon.
 
BU (2-2) looks to start 3-0 at home for a second consecutive season. In its first two home matchups in 2024-25, the Terriers have coaxed opponents to shoot just 9-for-45 (20 percent) from three-point range and 33.6 percent overall.
 
Georgetown (2-3) is in the midst of a five-game stretch away from home. Wednesday marks the first of three true road games for the Hoyas.
 
Wednesday's game is Faculty & Staff Appreciation Day. The game airs on ESPN+ with Brian Maurer (COM'07) at Jack Hughes on the call. Live statistics and an audio-only stream are available through GoTerriers.com, with the Patriot League providing an international stream.
 
TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU upended Maine in its last game, 67-57, on Nov. 21 at The Roof.
• Freshman Allison Schwertner poured in 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting, while senior Alex Giannaros notched her 11th career game with 20 or more points.
• Sophomore Bella McLaughlin set career bests with 14 points and six rebounds in her first collegiate start.
• For her efforts, Schwertner was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Monday (Nov. 25), BU's first weekly award of the season.
• Last week's game against Maine was head coach Melissa Graves' 100th as a Terrier.
• Her 63 wins during that stretch are the most for a BU head coach through their first 100 games at BU, and are the most by an active Patriot League head coach since her first season in 2021-22.
• Under Graves, the Terriers are 42-9 at Case Gym.
• In Division I so far, BU ranks top-50 in three-point percentage (43rd at 36.9 percent) and free throw percentage (47th at 76.4 percent). 

SCOUTING GEORGETOWN

• The Hoyas are 2-3 on the season, most recently dropping contests to Cincinnati (59-57) and FGCU (66-57) in the Atlantic Slam W in Canada.
• Kelsey Ransom leads Georgetown with 21.6 points per game on 49.4 percent shooting.
• Victoria Rivera (14 points per game) and Ariel Jenkins (11.8 points and 9.0 rebounds per game) also average double figures.
• Georgetown was picked to finish fifth in the BIG EAST preseason poll, with Ransom earning preseason honors.
• Last season, the Hoyas reached the BIG EAST championship game against UConn and reached the second round of the WBIT, finishing with a 23-12 record.

SERIES HISTORY

• Wednesday marks the second all-time meeting between BU and Georgetown, and the first since 1983.
• The Terriers won the lone matchup, 71-66, at the Iona Tournament in New Rochelle, N.Y.
• Stephanie Rahming posted 17 points and 17 rebounds, while Mary O'Connor recorded 16 points and four assists.
• BU played a BIG EAST foe earlier this year in No. 2 UConn.
• The Terriers last defeated a BIG EAST opponent on Dec. 1, 2012 against No. 17/15 St. John's, a 66-49 victory.

LOOKING AHEAD

• BU wraps up the homestand when it plays Rider on Sunday (Dec. 1) in the first half of a BU basketball doubleheader at Case Gym. Opening tip is scheduled for 1 p.m.