Terriers Stymied by Big Green, 52-50

Friday, November 7

Boston, MA

6 PM

Boston University

0-2,0-0Patriot

Dartmouth

1-0,0-0Ivy League

Dartmouth

Boston U.

Photo by: Dan Koerner

November 7, 2025 | Women's Basketball

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BOSTON – The Boston University women's basketball program sustained a 52-50 loss to Dartmouth on Friday evening at Case Gym.

In a game that only featured two lead changes and one tie, the Terriers (0-2) could not solve the Big Green's (1-0) defensive pressure, shooting 25 percent from distance and under 35 percent for the game.

Sophomore Rose Azmoudeh was one of eight different Terriers who scored, tallying nine points off a trio of three-pointers. Junior Inés Monteagudo and sophomore Allison Schwertner each posted eight points.

Cate MacDonald and Alexandra Eldredge both scored 14 points to pace Dartmouth. Zeynep Ozel added 12 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Both teams combined for five turnovers in the first four minutes, which was when junior Bella McLaughlin split two defenders for BU's first basket of the game.
The junior scored five more points in the final 43 seconds of the opening quarter to bring BU within 10-9 just before the buzzer.
Senior Anastasiia Semenova's floater 31 seconds into the second frame gave BU an 11-10 lead, but the home side was held scoreless for the next six minutes before Azmoudeh canned a corner three to whittle Dartmouth's lead to 18-14.
Monteagudo and Azmoudeh nailed threes on back-to-back possessions to get within one possession, but a free throw and Ozel's buzzer-beating triple gave the visitors a 27-20 halftime advantage.
Sophomore Taylor Williams scored four points in the first five minutes of the third, including a triple from the left wing that sliced the Big Green lead to 33-26 halfway through the third.
BU climbed within seven points again following Semenova's second-chance layup at the 3:02 mark, but MacDonald's three replenished the divide to double digits 90 seconds later.
Schwertner made a layup, then Monteagudo laid in a basket on a cut that sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir fed from the left block to make it 40-34 early in the fourth quarter.
Dartmouth's defense prevented BU from hitting a field goal for nearly seven minutes however, growing its lead to as many as 12 points.
Junior Audrey Ericksen nailed a three with 2:11 remaining in regulation, but Nina Minicozzi responded with a layup out of a timeout to create a 48-40 lead.
Monteagudo nailed a three with under four seconds remaining, but Eldredge canned two free throws to seal the result before Azmoudeh's buzzer-beating three.

STATS

BU shot just 30.7 percent in the first half compared to 37.9 percent in the final 20 minutes.
Dartmouth made 37.8 percent of its shots, including a 7-for-22 clip from deep.
The Terriers held the advantage in rebounds (36-32), paint points (22-14) and bench points (20-4).
McLaughlin and senior Anete Adler each had six boards. Monteagudo dished out four assists.
The Big Green turned 16 Terrier turnovers into 18 points while leading the game for nearly 33 minutes.

NOTES

Azmoudeh's nine points and three three-pointers are both career highs and her first in a Terrier uniform.
Across BU's first two games, the Terrier defense has coaxed teams to shoot under 39 percent while turning the ball over 29 times.
The Terrier bench has accounted for 36 points in that span.
The all-time series remains in BU's favor, 13-11.

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