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Jersey Number 12
Bella McLaughlin
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Hampden, Maine
- Height:
- 5-8
- High School:
- Hampden Academy
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2024-25
Started in nine of her 28 appearances … Set career highs with 6.2 points per game, 56 assists and 59 baskets … Recorded her first career game in double figures with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting and six rebounds vs. Maine (Nov. 21) … Followed that up with 12 points and six assists against Georgetown (Nov. 27) … Set a career high with 15 points while contributing four rebounds and four assists vs. Rider (Dec. 1) … Dropped 10 points at UMass Lowell (Dec. 12) … Registered her first double-digit performance in Patriot League play against Colgate (Jan. 11) … Compiled 11 points and six boards vs. Navy (Jan. 22).
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Played her freshman year at Providence ... Played in 18 games off the bench, scoring her first collegiate point on Nov. 29, 2023 at Columbia ... Dished out three assists against No. 10/11 Baylor on Dec. 20 ... Her first-career basket came on a three-pointer vs. Xavier on Feb. 18 ... Two-year captain at Hampden Academy, averaging 11.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.9 steals in her career ... Was a Miss Maine Basketball finalist as a senior, collecting First Team All-State, All-Conference, and All-Defensive honors ... Helped Hampden Academy reach the state championship as a freshman after winning the Northern Maine Class A regional title ... Suited up for the Maine Firecrackers under coach Chris Fitzpatrick at the AAU level ... Also played soccer for three years, serving as a team captain during her sophomore and junior years.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kelley and Nathan McLaughlin ... Has two siblings, Amelia and Zachary ... Enrolled in Sargent College majoring in Health Science at BU.
Started in nine of her 28 appearances … Set career highs with 6.2 points per game, 56 assists and 59 baskets … Recorded her first career game in double figures with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting and six rebounds vs. Maine (Nov. 21) … Followed that up with 12 points and six assists against Georgetown (Nov. 27) … Set a career high with 15 points while contributing four rebounds and four assists vs. Rider (Dec. 1) … Dropped 10 points at UMass Lowell (Dec. 12) … Registered her first double-digit performance in Patriot League play against Colgate (Jan. 11) … Compiled 11 points and six boards vs. Navy (Jan. 22).
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Played her freshman year at Providence ... Played in 18 games off the bench, scoring her first collegiate point on Nov. 29, 2023 at Columbia ... Dished out three assists against No. 10/11 Baylor on Dec. 20 ... Her first-career basket came on a three-pointer vs. Xavier on Feb. 18 ... Two-year captain at Hampden Academy, averaging 11.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.9 steals in her career ... Was a Miss Maine Basketball finalist as a senior, collecting First Team All-State, All-Conference, and All-Defensive honors ... Helped Hampden Academy reach the state championship as a freshman after winning the Northern Maine Class A regional title ... Suited up for the Maine Firecrackers under coach Chris Fitzpatrick at the AAU level ... Also played soccer for three years, serving as a team captain during her sophomore and junior years.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Kelley and Nathan McLaughlin ... Has two siblings, Amelia and Zachary ... Enrolled in Sargent College majoring in Health Science at BU.
Highlights: Women's Basketball vs. Quinnipiac (11/3/25)
Tuesday, November 04
BU Athletics: 2024-25 Highlights
Monday, May 19
2024-25 Scarlet & White Honors: BU Student-Athlete Awards
Tuesday, April 22
Highlights: Women's Basketball vs. Loyola Maryland - Patriot League 1st Round (3/8/25)
Saturday, March 08
