Terriers Fall to Raiders, Earn Third Seed in PL Tournament

Wednesday, March 6

Hamilton, NY

6 PM

Boston University

18-11,10-8Patriot

Colgate

17-12,10-8Patriot

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Boston U.	9	10	15	6	40
Colgate	18	14	29	16	77

Photo of women's basketball junior Alex Giannaros shooting a three-pointer at Colgate.

Photo by: Boston University Athletics

Terriers Fall to Raiders, Earn Third Seed in PL Tournament

March 6, 2024 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Box Score Postgame Audio - Melissa Graves

BOSTON – Senior Caitlin Weimar recorded 20 points and 15 rebounds, and junior Alex Giannaros scored 12 points, but the Boston University women's basketball program fell to Colgate 77-40 on Wednesday evening at Cotterell Court.

BU and Colgate closed the regular season tied for second in the Patriot League standings; the Terriers earned the third seed for the Patriot League Tournament, and will host No. 6 Army West Point at Case Gym for the quarterfinal round on Monday (Mar. 11) at 6:10 p.m. The Raiders captured the second seed.

BU (18-11, 10-8 PL) made under 27 percent of its shots, and were limited to 1-of-11 shooting from three-point range. The Raiders (17-12, 10-8 PL) led the game for nearly 38 minutes, hitting nearly 49 percent of their shots.

Weimar also finished with four blocks, while Giannaros tied for the team lead with freshman Audrey Ericksen with three assists.

Tiasia McMillan dropped 21 points on 10-of-13 shooting, while Alexa Brodie racked up 18 points and seven rebounds. Taylor Golembiewski scored 14 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Giannaros scored the Terriers' first five points on a reverse layup and corner three in the first four minutes.
A driving layup from freshman Inés Monteagudo Pardo brought the Terriers within 11-9, but the Raiders ended the first quarter on a 7-0 over the final 3:15 to take a nine-point lead.
Giannaros stuck a jumper 1:18 into the second to halt the drought, but the Raiders countered with a 6-0 burst over a three-minute span to go up 26-11, stopped with Giannaros' old-fashioned three-point play.
Weimar collected her own and-one two minutes later, and scored BU's final five points in the period. BU trailed 32-19 at halftime.
Colgate shot 13-for-21 in a 29-point quarter. Weimar answered McMillan's layup with her own in the opening minute to restore the 13-point gap, but BU trailed 61-34 after the third.
Sophomore Anastasiia Semenova's hook shot opened the fourth-quarter scoring at the 8:23 mark. The Raiders didn't score until the clock read 6:46 on Amarah Streiff's three-pointer.
Weimar reached the 20-point threshold with 4:49 to play in the game. From there, Colgate closed the contest on an 8-0 run.

STATS

Giannaros and Weimar combined for 32 of BU's 40 points.
Twenty-eight of the Terriers' points came inside the paint.
Colgate won the rebounding battle, 45-36.

NOTES

Weimar moved into 12th place on BU's all-time scoring list, surpassing Katie Meinhardt.
She also became the sixth Terrier in program history to reach 800 rebounds in the Scarlet and White.
Giannaros also passed Meinhardt in career three-pointers, draining her 157th three-pointer for sole possession of ninth place in the record books.
The all-time series now stands at 19-10 in BU's favor, with Colgate snapping the Terriers' three-game winning streak.
Holy Cross won the Patriot League regular season title outright. Loyola Maryland, which also finished tied for second with the Terriers and Raiders, is the four-seed.

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