Terriers Battle in 65-55 Loss to Bobcats

Monday, November 3

Boston, MA

6 PM

Boston University

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Photo by: Eliza Nuestro

November 3, 2025 | Women's Basketball

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BOSTON – Senior Anete Adler scored a team-high 17 points to help the Boston University women's basketball program overcome a double-digit, halftime deficit, but the Terriers ultimately fell to Quinnipiac, 65-55, on Monday evening at Case Gym.

In the season opener for both teams, BU (0-1) erased a 12-point margin and took at 55-54 lead with under 2:40 remaining in regulation. However, the Bobcats (1-0) ended the game on an 11-0 run.

Adler scored 13 points in the second half alone and made six of her nine shots. Senior Anastasiia Semenova and junior Inés Monteagudo each tallied nine points.

Jackie Grisdale was one of four Bobcats to reach double figures, finishing with 17 points. Karson Martin and Sydney Ryan tallied 14 and 12 points, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Quinnipiac jumped out to an early 5-1 lead, but Monteagudo canned a three-pointer and sophomore Allison Schwertner nailed a layup while drawing contact to push BU in front, 6-5.
Monteagudo delivered another three-point play, then Semenova scored her first points in 596 days with a layup off junior Bella McLaughlin's feed to make it 11-10 Terriers halfway through the first.
The Bobcats then rattled off an extended 11-2 run before Adler's jumper inside the arc pulled the Terriers within 21-15 the 8:25 mark of the second quarter.
After a Semenova triple, BU went scoreless for over six minutes as Quinnipiac built a nine-point lead. McLaughlin ended the drought with a steal and driving layup with 1:15 until halftime.
Trailing by 12 entering the third quarter, Monteagudo and junior Audrey Ericksen nailed triples as part of an 8-0 run that brought BU within 32-28 three minutes into the stanza.
Down 41-32, BU executed a 7-2 run with a nostalgic three-point play from Adler plus buckets from Semenova and sophomore Taylor Williams to slice the gap to 43-39 with 1:57 left in the third.
Adler fought off contact for another basket to make it a one-possession game, but Grisdale canned a corner triple to push Quinnipiac's lead to 46-41 entering the final frame.
Sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir drilled a right-wing three-pointer and Adler made two foul shots to bring BU within two, 48-46, with 8:20 to go in the fourth quarter.
BU got within another possession again with Gunnsteinsdóttir's driving layup at the 5:29 mark, but Ryan responded with a corner three to replenish Quinnipiac's lead to 54-50.
Ericksen knocked down her own triple, then McLaughlin found Adler on the left block for a turnaround floater that gave BU its first lead since the clock read 5:15 in the first quarter. The Terriers led 55-54 with 2:38 to play in regulation.
Anna Foley regained Quinnipiac's lead with two free throws, then Ryan hit another corner three with 1:31 left to jumpstart the Bobcat run that sealed the result.

STATS

The Terriers shot 40 percent from the field (20-for-50) compared to Quinnipiac's 39 percent.
Quinnipiac won the rebounding battle, 37-29, fueled by 12 offensive boards.
Schwertner led the Terriers with seven caroms and two blocks.
McLaughlin dished out four assists, while Adler had two steals.
BU's defense coaxed 10 Bobcat turnovers in the second half.

NOTES

Adler's 17 points are the most in her career against a non-conference foe.
Monteagudo put up 10 shots, the most in her collegiate tenure.
Semenova, playing for the first time since March 17, 2024, finished 4-for-6 from the field.
Williams made her collegiate debut and played nearly 15 minutes, scoring her first collegiate points and snagging five rebounds.
Classmate Rose Azmoudeh also made her first appearance as a Terrier.

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