Terriers Battle in 65-55 Loss to Bobcats

BOSTON – Senior Anete Adler scored a team-high 17 factors to assist the Boston University girls’s basketball program overcome a double-digit, halftime deficit, however the Terriers in the end fell to Quinnipiac, 65-55, on Monday night at Case Gym.
 
In the season opener for each groups, BU (0-1) erased a 12-point margin and took at 55-54 lead with below 2:40 remaining in regulation. However, the Bobcats (1-0) ended the sport on an 11-0 run.
 
Adler scored 13 factors within the second half alone and made six of her 9 photographs. Senior Anastasiia Semenova and junior Inés Monteagudo every tallied 9 factors.
 
Jackie Grisdale was one in every of 4 Bobcats to succeed in double figures, ending with 17 factors. Karson Martin and Sydney Ryan tallied 14 and 12 factors, respectively.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Quinnipiac jumped out to an early 5-1 lead, however Monteagudo canned a three-pointer and sophomore Allison Schwertner nailed a layup whereas drawing contact to push BU in entrance, 6-5.
• Monteagudo delivered one other three-point play, then Semenova scored her first factors in 596 days with a layup off junior Bella McLaughlin’s feed to make it 11-10 Terriers midway via the primary.
• The Bobcats then rattled off an prolonged 11-2 run earlier than Adler’s jumper contained in the arc pulled the Terriers inside 21-15 the 8:25 mark of the second quarter.
• After a Semenova triple, BU went scoreless for over six minutes as Quinnipiac constructed a nine-point lead. McLaughlin ended the drought with a steal and driving layup with 1:15 till halftime.
• Trailing by 12 coming into the third quarter, Monteagudo and junior Audrey Ericksen nailed triples as a part of an 8-0 run that introduced BU inside 32-28 three minutes into the stanza.
• Down 41-32, BU executed a 7-2 run with a nostalgic three-point play from Adler plus buckets from Semenova and sophomore Taylor Williams to slice the hole to 43-39 with 1:57 left within the third.
• Adler fought off contact for an additional basket to make it a one-possession sport, however Grisdale canned a nook triple to push Quinnipiac’s result in 46-41 coming into the ultimate body.
• Sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir drilled a right-wing three-pointer and Adler made two foul photographs to carry BU inside two, 48-46, with 8:20 to go within the fourth quarter.
• BU acquired inside one other possession once more with Gunnsteinsdóttir’s driving layup on the 5:29 mark, however Ryan responded with a nook three to replenish Quinnipiac’s result in 54-50.
• Ericksen knocked down her personal triple, then McLaughlin discovered Adler on the left block for a turnaround floater that gave BU its first lead because the clock learn 5:15 within the first quarter. The Terriers led 55-54 with 2:38 to play in regulation.
• Anna Foley regained Quinnipiac’s lead with two free throws, then Ryan hit one other nook three with 1:31 left to jumpstart the Bobcat run that sealed the consequence.

STATS

• The Terriers shot 40 p.c from the sector (20-for-50) in comparison with Quinnipiac’s 39 p.c.
• Quinnipiac gained the rebounding battle, 37-29, fueled by 12 offensive boards.
• Schwertner led the Terriers with seven caroms and two blocks.
• McLaughlin dished out 4 assists, whereas Adler had two steals.
• BU’s protection coaxed 10 Bobcat turnovers within the second half.

NOTES

• Adler’s 17 factors are probably the most in her profession towards a non-conference foe.
• Monteagudo put up 10 photographs, probably the most in her collegiate tenure.
• Semenova, enjoying for the primary time since March 17, 2024, completed 4-for-6 from the sector.
• Williams made her collegiate debut and performed practically quarter-hour, scoring her first collegiate factors and snagging 5 rebounds.
• Classmate Rose Azmoudeh additionally made her first look as a Terrier.

UP NEXT

• The Terriers host Dartmouth to shut the two-game homestand on Friday (Nov. 7). Opening tip is scheduled for six p.m.