Women's Basketball Falls In Season Opener at Dartmouth, 56-49

Monday, November 2

Hanover, NH

6:30 PM

Boston University

0-2,0-0Patriot

Dartmouth

2-0,0-0Ivy League

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Boston U.	13	7	13	16	49
Dartmouth	15	16	8	17	56

November 2, 2026 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

HANOVER, N.H. – Sophomore forward Kate Allard led the Boston University women's basketball team with 11 points in her first career start on Monday against Dartmouth, but the Terriers fell 56-49 at Leede Arena.

The Terriers hopped out to an early 7-0 lead which they held for the first three minutes of the game before the Big Green began putting points on the board. The pair went back and forth, tying the game twice before Dartmouth took a 15-13 lead it wouldn't surrender.

Freshman guard Sophia Georgiades scored 10 points in her collegiate debut, while tabbing four rebounds and four assists. Senior guard Bella McLaughlin scored nine points while collecting three boards. Senior guard Aina Grane Torres tied for the lead in assists with four on the evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU took a 7-0 lead in the with back-to-back jumpers by McLaughlin and senior guard Aoibhe Gormley, along with a three pointer by junior guard Hildur Gunnsteinsdottir.
Dartmouth fought to take an 8-7 lead, before junior guard Rose Azmoudeh regained the lead for BU with a three pointer.
Azmoudeh then gave the Terriers a 13-10 lead with a pull up, before Dartmouth knocked down a three pointer and a jumper to take a 15-13 lead heading into the second.
Dartmouth opened the second quarter with a three pointer before BU went on a 5-0 scoring streak to bring the score within two. BU kept inching closer to a tied game, but Dartmouth broke free with an eleven-point run heading into halftime.
McLaughlin opened second half scoring with a three pointer, thanks to an assist from Gormley less than a minute into the third quarter.
The Terriers go on a 10-8 scoring run, including a layup and two made free throws by sophomore forward Kate Allard, to cut Dartmouth's lead to 35-31.
A layup from Grane Torres cut Dartmouth's lead to as little as three, but the Big Green extend their score with a layup and two made free throws in the end of the third quarter.
Dartmouth and BU exchanged layups in the first minute of the fourth quarter, as Grane Torres chipped again at the Big Green's 41-35 lead.
Georgiades knocked down a three pointer off a Gormley assist to cut Dartmouth's lead down to eight, bringing the score to 48-40. The Big Green went on an eight point run before Georgiades scored the final bucket of the game, a three pointer that brought the final score to 56-49

STATS

The Terriers shot 23.1% from beyond the arc, 37% from the field and 60% from the free throw line.
BU's bench scored 16 points while Dartmouth's bench scored 12.
The Terriers outperformed Dartmouth in the paint, scoring 26 points to Dartmouth's 20.
BU led in offensive rebounds 10-8.

GAME NOTES

Georgiades made her collegiate debut in Hanover and Allard made her first career start.
The Terriers are now 13-12 in all-time series against the Big Green, with a 6-6 record at Leede Arena.

UP NEXT
The Terriers will host Northeastern for their home opener on Friday, Nov. 6. Opening tip is scheduled for 6 p.m., with live statistics and an ESPN+ stream available on GoTerriers.com.