Terriers Stun Huskies in Comeback Win, 61-57

Tuesday, November 11

Boston, MA

2 PM

Boston University

1-2,0-0Patriot

Northeastern

1-2,0-0CAA

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Boston U.	8	18	13	22	61
Northeastern	15	21	14	7	57

Photo of BU women's basketball sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir shooting a three-pointer at Northeastern.

Photo by: Boston University Athletics

November 11, 2025 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Postgame Audio - Melissa Graves & Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir

BOSTON – Sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir dropped a career-high 15 points, including a left-wing three-pointer with 20 seconds remaining in regulation to guide the Boston University women's basketball program to a 61-57 victory over crosstown foe Northeastern on Tuesday afternoon at the Cabot Center.

BU (1-2) trailed by as many as 14 points in the fourth quarter while the Huskies (1-2) made nearly 52 percent of their first-half shots. However, the Terriers outscored the home team 22-7 in the final frame and ended the final 4:51 on a 12-0 run.

Gunnsteinsdóttir nailed six of her 10 shots with a trio of three-pointers. Senior Anete Adler and junior Bella McLaughlin each posted 10 points.

Yirsy Quéliz led all scorers with 16 points for Northeastern. Camryn Collins and Taylor Holohan recorded 15 and 11 points, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Northeastern utilized an 8-0 run after the game's first media timeout to establish a 13-5 lead before junior Inés Monteagudo Pardo halted the burst with a three from the wing.
Monteagudo opened the second quarter with another triple, then forced a steal at halfcourt to find Gunnsteinsdóttir for an open layup to pull the Terriers within 15-13.
The Huskies ripped off an extended 14-3 run over the next three-and-a-half minutes, however, to expand their lead to 29-16 with 4:58 until halftime.
Sophomore Allison Schwertner's layup and two foul shots from senior Anastasiia Semenova sliced the gap to seven points at the 2:07 mark in the second quarter, but Northeastern took a 36-26 lead into the locker room.
Alyssa Staten ignited the third quarter with a layup for the Huskies, then Holohan's two free throws extended the advantage to 40-26.
McLaughlin found sophomore Rose Azmoudeh for a left-wing three with 1:07 on the timer in the third quarter to make it a single-digit deficit, but Quéliz countered with her own triple to give the Huskies a 50-39 lead entering the final frame.
Northeastern's lead went to 53-39 when Collins canned a three-pointer 1:19 into the fourth, but Gunnsteinsdóttir knocked down a three from Adler's outlet pass.
That jumpstarted a 10-0 Terrier spurt that featured a driving McLaughlin layup and Semenova's straightaway three that put BU within 53-49 with 6:48 left.
Collins drained a step-back jumper at the 5:53 mark, then more Holohan foul shots replenished the Huskies' lead to eight at 57-49 with 5:13 to go.
Adler then scored six consecutive points in nearly three minutes while the Terrier defense coaxed three Northeastern turnovers in that span.
McLaughlin went 1-for-2 from the foul line, then Gunnsteinsdóttir found Adler on the left block for a layup that gave BU its first lead of the day, 58-57, with 1:02 to play in regulation.
Holohan couldn't connect on a jumper that Gunnsteinsdóttir rebounded, then Adler kicked out to the Iceland native on the left wing for the dagger three with under 21 seconds on the clock.

STATS

BU finished the game shooting nearly 41 percent from the field and 43.8 percent from distance, the latter setting a season best. The Terriers shot 50 percent in the final 10 minutes.
Northeastern made under 37 percent of its shots and was 7-for-31 (22.5 percent) on field goal attempts in the second half.
The Huskies won the rebounding battle, 35-32. Semenova led the Terriers with seven boards.
Adler registered three of BU's five blocks on the day.
Paint points (26-20), points off turnovers (18-9) and bench points (18-8) were in the Terriers' favor.

NOTES

Gunnsteinsdóttir made her first career start. She has already scored more points this year (20) than she did in her freshman campaign (18).
Eight of Adler's 10 points came in the fourth quarter. She paces the team with 29 points in 2025-26.
McLaughlin totaled 10 points for the first time this year. She also finished with five assists (four in the second half) to zero turnovers and two steals.
The Terriers have overcome double-digit deficits to tie or take the lead in the fourth quarter twice in three games this season.
BU won its road opener for the first time since Jan. 5, 2021 in the shortened 2020-21 campaign.
The all-time series now favors the Terriers 44-39.

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