Terriers Sustain 56-55 Loss to Greyhounds

Saturday, January 17

Boston, MA

2 PM

Boston University

5-12,1-5Patriot

Loyola Maryland

8-9,4-2Patriot

Loyola Maryland

Boston U.

Photo by: Dan Koerner

January 17, 2026 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Highlights Postgame Audio - Melissa Graves & Inés Monteagudo

BOSTON – Senior Anastasiia Semenova and junior Inés Monteagudo Pardo each tallied 12 points, but the Boston University women's basketball program sustained a 56-55 loss to Loyola Maryland on Saturday afternoon at Case Gym.

BU (5-12, 1-5 PL) held a one-point at the end of each quarter except the fourth, when a 9-0 run from the Greyhounds (8-9, 4-2 PL) early in the frame vaulted the visitors ahead all the way through the final Terrier possession.

Monteagudo canned four three-pointers and dished out five assists for the second straight game. Semenova shot 5-for-8 from the field. Junior Bella McLaughlin added 10 points off the bench.

Lex Therien led all scorers with 21 points, including the game-deciding layup in the final minute of regulation. Amandine Amorich scored 15 points while Koi Sims collected 15 rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU made five of its first eight shots of the game to build a 12-6 lead in the opening five minutes. Monteagudo and junior Aoibhe Gormley each made threes while Semenova sank two layups.
McLaughlin's and-1 layup pushed BU in front, 14-9, with 2:58 left in the first, but the Greyhounds scored on their next possession to jumpstart a 9-0 that Therien capped with five points to give Loyola Maryland an 18-14 lead 2:11 into the second quarter.
Trailing 22-17 with under four minutes until halftime, the Terriers made their final trio of three-pointers in the first half from McLaughlin, Monteagudo and sophomore Rose Azmoudeh to enter halftime ahead 26-25.
BU ignited the third quarter with three more triples on as many possessions on baskets from Monteagudo, sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir and Semenova to extend the lead to 35-27, the Terriers' largest of the game.
However, the Greyhounds regained the lead on a 9-0 run as Syndey Bass and Olivia Shaughnessy bookended the spurt with three-pointers.
McLaughlin's left corner triple on a second chance helped BU establish a 42-41 lead entering the final frame.
Kailey Kalet opened the fourth quarter with a three that put Loyola up 44-42. Therien also drained two shots to widen the gap to 50-42 with 6:17 remaining, the Greyhounds' biggest lead in the contest.
McLaughlin pulled up from the foul line to nail a jumper with 3:24 left for BU's first field goal in the quarter, but Amorich countered with her own jumper on the elbow to replenish the seven-point lead on the next possession, 52-45.
Down by seven with under 90 seconds to go, senior Anete Adler found Gormley outside the arc for a three-pointer to pull BU within 54-50. Semenova knocked down a hook shot in the high paint with 19.1 seconds left to make it a one-possession game.
On Loyola's inbound, Therien got free to hit a layup while drawing the foul. She missed the free throw, however, and Monteagudo drilled a left-wing triple with 4.5 seconds on the clock.
Shaughnessy missed two Greyhound foul shots, but the rebound on the second attempt went out of play off Loyola with 1.1 seconds on the clock. BU inbounded the ball, but the insert was deflected with a shot going off to end the game.

STATS

BU shot over 51 percent from the field while hitting 11 of its 23 three-point chances for nearly 49 percent.
Loyola Maryland made just over 40 percent of its shots.
BU assisted on 18 of its 20 baskets.
The Greyhounds held the edge in rebounds (31-27), points off turnovers (22-8), paint points (28-18) and second-chance points (11-6).
Adler led the Terriers with seven boards and three blocks.

NOTES

Semenova has scored over 10 points in consecutive games for the first time since Jan. 13-20, 2024. She is averaging 10.3 points per Patriot League game.
Since Dec. 20, Monteagudo is shooting 51.3 percent from distance (19-for-37). She made nine three-pointers over the week.
McLaughlin made multiple threes for the first time in her career while recording her 12th collegiate game with double digits. She has made nine of her last 13 shots.
Patriot League opponents are averaging over 21 points off turnovers per game against the Terriers.
The all-time series moves to 17-9 in BU's favor.

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