McLaughlin’s Heroics Guide Terriers Past Raiders in Overtime, 77-70

Wednesday, February 18

Hamilton, NY

6 PM

Boston University

9-17,5-10Patriot

Colgate

6-20,2-13Patriot

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Boston U.

Colgate

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McLaughlin’s Heroics Guide Terriers Past Raiders in Overtime, 77-70

February 18, 2026 | Women's Basketball

Box Score Postgame Audio - Melissa Graves

HAMILTON, N.Y. – Junior captain Bella McLaughlin scored the game-tying basket with 2.3 seconds left in regulation then unleashed 11 points in overtime to lift the Boston University women's basketball program to a 77-70 victory over Colgate on Wednesday evening at Cotterell Court.

BU (9-14, 5-10 PL) led by as many as 16 points before the Raiders (6-20, 2-13 PL) stormed back in the fourth quarter. However, the Terriers outscored Colgate 12-5 as McLaughlin sank a pair of go-ahead layups before sealing the win with a nostalgic three-point play.

McLaughlin finished with a career-high 22 points on 7-of-12 shooting. Senior Anastasiia Semenova dropped 14 points and six rebounds. Junior Inés Monteagudo Pardo added 11 first-half points and six assists.

Ella Meabon paced Colgate with 25 points while Madison Schiller posted 16 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Monteagudo started the game with a three-pointer 1:08 in, then sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir nailed two of her own to put BU ahead 11-6 midway through the opening quarter.
The junior and sophomore Rose Azmoudeh buried two more triples to give the Terriers five in the quarter and a 17-8 lead after 10 minutes.
BU scored on three of its first five second-quarter possessions on two free throws from McLaughlin, senior Anete Adler's layup and junior Audrey Ericksen's right-wing three to extend the lead to 24-12.
Sophomore Taylor Williams stuck a left-elbow jumper, then classmate Allison Schwertner and Semenova hit layups for six consecutive Terrier points, boosting the lead to 33-17 at the 2:53 mark in the second.
Williams' runner handed BU its largest lead of the first half, 39-23, before Meabon got a jumper to go before the second quarter concluded as the Terriers went into the locker room up 14 points.
After the Raiders scored the first four points in the third quarter, Semenova got a hook shot to fall, McLaughlin converted a driving layup and Semenova banked in another layup for six consecutive Terrier points and a 45-29 advantage with 6:32 on the timer.
From that point, however, Colgate ended the quarter on a 14-3 extended run, trimming the Terrier edge to 48-43 after three quarters.
BU nursed a five-point edge on multiple occasions with Williams' floater and two Gunnsteinsdóttir free throws. However, Schiller and Meabon drilled consecutive three-pointers to give Colgate its first lead of the night, 53-52, with 7:34 left in regulation.
Semenova and McLaughlin sandwiched Grace Klag's foul line-extended jumper as the clock ticked under four minutes to level the score. Lara Cook made a three-pointer with 3:16 on the timer to hand Colgate a 60-57 advantage.
Colgate led by five, 64-59, with 1:50 remaining. Semenova and Schwertner pulled the Terriers within one a minute later. Meabon made one of two foul shots with less than 12 seconds left before McLaughlin drove into the paint and stuck a runner to send the game to overtime.
The junior drove through the lane at the 3:19 mark in overtime to put BU on top, 68-67. Meabon canned a jumper on the next play, only for McLaughlin to counter with another driving layup for a 70-69 Terrier lead.
Meabon could not connect on a three-pointer and neither did Gunnsteinsdóttir, but McLaughlin forced a held ball on the rebound chance. She then worked the left baseline and stuck a floater while drawing contact, hitting the free throw to make it 73-69 with 1:07 left. She later made four more foul shots herself.

STATS

BU made nearly 52 percent of their shots while shooting 7-for-17 from deep. All seven triples came in the first half.
Colgate finished the game shooting under 37 percent while making only seven of their 27 three-point tries.
Both teams finished with 32 rebounds.
The Terriers sported a 38-18 advantage in paint points and 16-12 edge in points off turnovers.
BU led for 33:49 in the game.

NOTES

McLaughlin's outing was her first with 20-plus points in her collegiate tenure. She is averaging 17 points on over 57 percent shooting in her last three appearances.
Semenova has made 25 of her last 38 shots (65.7 percent). She has scored 15.5 points in four games since Feb. 7.
Monteagudo moved into first place in the Patriot League with a .431 three-point percentage this season. She is shooting over 60 percent from distance across her last three contests.
Adler returned to the starting lineup following a two-game absence.
BU scored 39 points in the first half, the most against a Division I foe this season.
The Terriers won their first overtime game since an 83-80 victory over Northeastern back on Dec. 22, 2023. BU's last regular season, overtime win in Patriot League play was back on Jan. 25, 2020, a 76-70 triumph over Holy Cross.
In sweeping the regular season series, the Terriers improve to 22-12 all-time against Colgate.

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