Women's Basketball Falls to Navy in PL Opener, 77-64

Wednesday, December 31

Boston, MA

2 PM

Boston University

4-8,0-1Patriot

Navy

7-5,1-0Patriot

Navy

Boston U.

Photo by: Dan Koerner

Women's Basketball Falls to Navy in PL Opener, 77-64

December 31, 2025 | Women's Basketball

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BOSTON – Seniors Anete Adler and Anastasiia Semenova combined for 33 points, but the Boston University women's basketball dropped its Patriot League opener to preseason favorite Navy, 77-64, on Wednesday afternoon at Case Gym.

The Midshipmen (7-5, 1-0 PL) never trailed in the contest, breaking an early 4-4 tie with a 23-8 extended run and never let the Terriers (4-8, 0-1 PL) within single digits again.

Adler dropped a season-high 23 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the field while adding a game-best eight rebounds, matching her career high. Semenova's 10 points off the bench marked a season high.

Zanai Barnett-Gay led Navy with 18 points, five assists and five rebounds. Zoe Mesuch and Kate Samson each tallied 17 and 16 points, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Adler scored six of BU's first eight points, including a layup while drawing contact to bring BU within 9-8 just four minutes into the contest.
However, Navy executed a 13-2 extended run over nearly five minutes thanks to a trio of three-pointers to stage a 22-10 advantage.
Barnett-Gay's three-pointer at the 8:48 mark in the second quarter handed the Midshipmen their largest lead of the first half, 30-13.
Junior Inés Monteagudo Pardo canned a corner three, then classmate Aoibhe Gormley found Adler in transition for a layup to slice the gap to 12 one minute later.
Semenova scored eight points in the second quarter, including a second-chance layup on the left block to make it a 41-29 contest in Navy's favor at halftime.
Adler and sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir converted on layups within the first 2:11 of the third quarter to pull within 43-33, but the Mids countered with another 13-2 burst over the next three-plus minutes to take a 56-35 lead.
Samson sandwiched Barnett-Gay's steal and layup to start the fourth quarter and widen the Navy advantage to 71-47 with 7:51 left in regulation.
Junior Audrey Ericksen knocked down a straightaway three-pointer before sophomore Allison Schwertner stuck a layup from classmate Taylor Williams' pass with 2:32 to play. Williams put back her own miss in the final seconds to close the game.

STATS

BU shot over 48 percent from the field, including 24-for-45 (53.3 percent) inside the arc.
Navy made over 43 percent of its shots and sank nine three-pointers, with five coming in the first quarter.
Rebounds favored the Terriers, 39-30.
Ericksen led BU with five assists.
The Terriers outscored Navy in the paint, 42-30.
The Mids boasted a 30-5 edge in points off turnovers as BU surrendered 21 giveaways.

NOTES

Adler recorded her third-career 20-point outing, falling one shy of her personal best from Feb. 22 against American.
Semenova scored in double figures for the first time since a 14-point outing in the Patriot League quarterfinals against Army West Point on March 11, 2024.
Gormley as well as sophomore Inez Gallegos made their season debuts. Gormley finished with four assists and two steals while Gallegos supplied five points.
Junior Sisi Bentley also returned for the first time since Nov. 26.
BU has collected 27 offensive rebounds and 87 total boards in its last two games.
Navy extends its margin to 13-11 all-time against the Terriers.

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