Women’s Basketball Heads to Holy Cross on Saturday

Saturday, February 8

Worcester, MA

3 PM

Boston University

Holy Cross

Photo by: Jim Pierce

Women’s Basketball Heads to Holy Cross on Saturday

February 7, 2025 | Women's Basketball

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BOSTON – Playing each other for the second time in the last two weeks, the Boston University women's basketball program and Holy Cross clash for a Turnpike Trophy rematch on Saturday, Feb. 8. Opening tip is set for 3 p.m.

BU (8-13, 2-8 PL) seeks its first victory in February as well as its first win on a Saturday this season. The Terriers sport a 4-6 road record in 2024-25.

Holy Cross (14-7, 7-3 PL) looks to avoid a three-game losing streak. The Crusaders have not lost at home since Nov. 23, 2024 against Boston College.

Saturday's game airs on NESN in the New England area as well as on ESPN+. The two teams will square off after the BU men's basketball team and the Crusaders play at Noon. Holy Cross will provide live statistics while the Patriot League supplies an international stream.

TERRIER TIDBITS

The Terriers sustained a 72-68 loss to Loyola Maryland at Case Gym on Saturday, Feb. 1.
Loyola shot nearly 58 percent from the field for the game as BU's rally from a 13-point deficit late in the third quarter fell short.
Freshman Allison Schwertner paced the Terriers with a career high 22 points off 8-for-10 shooting and six free throws.
Senior Alex Giannaros scored 20 points while shooting a perfect 9-for-9 from the foul line.
Schwertner and Giannaros are the lone Terriers to score at least 20 points in a Patriot League game this year. That duo as well as sophomore Audrey Ericksen have achieved that feat at least once during the entire season.
Seven different Terriers have led the team in scoring in a game this year.
Sitting at 1,261 career points, Giannaros is 16 points away from matching former teammate Caitlin Weimar '24 for 11th place on BU's all-time scoring list and is 18 points away from Alex Young '12 in 10th place.
Last Saturday marked the first loss this season for BU in a game decided by five or fewer points.

SCOUTING HOLY CROSS

The Crusaders have lost two games in a row for the first time this season, falling to BU then dropping a 60-47 contest to first place Lehigh on Feb. 1.
Saturday is Holy Cross' first home game since Jan. 25. The Crusaders are 6-2 at home this year.
Lindsay Berger and Kaitlyn Flanagan average 11.2 and 10.7 points per game, respectively. Flanagan paces the conference with 5.6 assists per Patriot League game.
Simone Foreman has a team high 16.1 points per game in 2024-25, but has not played since Jan. 8.
As a team during Patriot League play, Holy Cross paces its counterparts with 51.5 points allowed per game, a .352 opponent field goal percentage and a .265 opponent three-point percentage.

SERIES HISTORY

Saturday marks the 41st all-time meeting between BU and Holy Cross in a series that began in 1976.
The Crusaders are ahead in the rivalry, 24-16.
In Worcester, the Terriers are 6-13.
BU seeks its first regular season sweep over Holy Cross since the 2019-20 campaign.
The Terriers earned a 52-49 victory at Case Gym back on Jan. 27. Anete Adler dropped a career high 19 points, while Giannaros nailed the go-ahead three-pointer with under 37 seconds to play in regulation.

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