Terriers Drop Defensive Battle to Midshipmen, 57-47

Wednesday, January 28

Annapolis, Md.

7 PM

Boston University

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Navy

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Boston U.

Navy

Photo by: Dan Koerner

Terriers Drop Defensive Battle to Midshipmen, 57-47

January 28, 2026 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Postgame Audio - Melissa Graves

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Despite a game-high 23 points and nine rebounds from Anete Adler, the Boston University women's basketball program sustained a 57-47 loss to Navy on Wednesday evening at Alumni Hall.

BU (7-13, 3-6 PL) trailed by one point after the first two quarters while limiting the Midshipmen (13-6, 8-1 PL) to 25 percent shooting in the first half. However, the Terriers committed 18 turnovers and shot just 36 percent from the field themselves.

Adler made nine of her 20 attempts and was the lone Terrier in double digits. Senior Anastasiia Semenova collected six points and nine rebounds.

Zanai Barnett-Gay filled the box score with 13 points, eight boards, seven steals and five assists. Zoe Mesuch and Kate Samson added 13 and 11 points, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Both teams combined to shoot 3-for-16 from the field before the first media timeout, though Mary Gibbons' three staked Navy to a 6-3 edge halfway through the quarter.
Semenova found junior Bella McLaughlin in the right corner for a jumper just inside the arc to knot the score at 10-10 just 54 seconds into the second frame.
Mesuch jumpstarted a 7-1 Navy spurt, however, over the next five minutes as BU struggled with turnovers, establishing a 17-11 lead for the visitors.
Adler scored all of BU's final nine points in the stanza, converting three baskets and two free throws with 1:32 on the clock to pull BU within 20-19 at halftime.
The Mids opened the third with a Mesuch three, but Adler's right-elbow jumper and Semenova's layup tied the game. Semenova made two foul shots to put BU on top, 25-23, at the 6:27 mark.
With 3:30 on the clock, McLaughlin spun through the paint for a layup that also drew a foul. She couldn't hit the free throw, however. Navy responded with two buckets from Barnett-Gay and Maren Louridas' left-block layup to put the Mids on top, 35-29.
Adler opened the fourth quarter with a layup that sliced the gap to 37-33.
However, Navy ripped off a 10-0 that got started with Barnett-Gay's triple as well as a steal and lay-in.
The Mids led by as many as 49-35 before Adler's jumper from McLaughlin's inbound and junior Inés Monteagudo Pardo's transition three brought BU back within single digits halfway through the fourth.
BU had a chance to cut it to a two-possession game with 2:14 on the timer, but was off on the three-point shot. Moments later, Barnett-Gay intercepted a pass near the BU bench for a layup that extended Navy's lead to 55-44.
Mesuch's second-chance floater closed out Navy's scoring while sophomore Rose Azmoudeh ended the game with a three-pointer.

STATS

Both teams combined to shoot just 21.2 percent from distance while each scoring 26 points in the paint.
Rebounds favored the Midshipmen, 45-35. The Mids snagged 19 offensive caroms.
That turned into 16 second-chance points for Navy compared to four for BU.
The Terriers generated 17 assists on their 18 buckets. Monteagudo led the Terriers with five assists compared to zero turnovers.
Wednesday's game featured seven ties and four lead changes.

NOTES

Adler recorded her fourth game of the season with 20-plus points and fifth in her career. She boosts her scoring average to 17 points per Patriot League game.
Monteagudo returned to game action after missing two contests.
Navy's .182 three-point percentage was the lowest BU has allowed to a Division I opponent this year.
BU's starting lineup of junior Aoibhe Gormley, Monteagudo, sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir, Semenova and Adler featured five Terriers from five different countries.
Navy moves to 14-11 all-time against the Terriers.

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