{"id":16473,"date":"2018-11-09T16:07:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T21:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportswtbu.com\/?p=16473"},"modified":"2020-01-09T17:32:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:32:34","slug":"womens-basketball-fresh-start-begins-in-moseleys-first-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2018\/11\/09\/womens-basketball-fresh-start-begins-in-moseleys-first-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Basketball: Fresh start begins in Moseley&#8217;s first game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Greg Levinsky<\/p>\n<p>Significant change for the Boston University women&#8217;s basketball program turned to reality in Friday&#8217;s season-opening road tilt at Northeastern. It&#8217;s a fresh start for the Terriers under first-year head coach Marisa Moseley.<\/p>\n<p>In the first game of Moseley&#8217;s tenure, the\u00a0Terriers fell 81-51 to their cross-town rival, but it&#8217;s a single step in a process spanning much longer than the 40 minutes of regulation basketball played in the opener at the Cabot Center.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just getting that first one under my belt, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll be any less nervous for the next ones, but we&#8217;re done with one,&#8221; Moseley said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment16484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment16484\" style=\"width: 5194px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16484\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/11\/img_2058.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2058\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/11\/img_2058.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/11\/img_2058-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/11\/img_2058-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/11\/img_2058-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment16484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2004 BU graduate Marisa Moseley made her head coaching debut. Photo by Greg Levinsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 2004 graduate of Boston University, Moseley was a member of the Terriers&#8217; lone NCAA Tournament team during her junior year in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Replacing Katy Steding who went 31-88 in her four years at Boston University, Moseley enters her first year as a collegiate head coach after spending time as an assistant at Denver, Minnesota and most recently I her nine years at the University of Connecticut, where the\u00a0Huskies went 331-14 and took home five national titles during her tenure.<\/p>\n<p>The first-time head coach said she was nervous leading up to her first game in command for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have a brand new team and you&#8217;re trying to take advantage of what you have,&#8221; Moseley said. &#8220;We&#8217;re learning the kids&#8217; skills and also seeing how they were going to react in a game environment as opposed to practice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of reasons to be nervous, but those are just a couple.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Huskies had an entire elementary school in attendance, and consequently set up a tough atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Holistically, I think just getting a feel for a loud environment was good for me,&#8221; Moseley said. &#8220;Kind of learning what we need to do as far as hand signals and just making sure that our kids can play in that environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not one player on the 2018-19 iteration of the Terrier women&#8217;s basketball program was recruited by Moseley and her staff, yet she set up individual meetings with all of her players early in her tenure to foster new relationships.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment16486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment16486\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16486\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/11\/img_1963.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1963\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/11\/img_1963.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/11\/img_1963-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/11\/img_1963-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/11\/img_1963-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment16486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauren Spearman flourished in the opener. Photo by Greg Levinsky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senior Lauren Spearman appears to have benefitted greatly from Moseley&#8217;s hiring. She earned her first career start in the season opener, erupting for a career-best 14 points in 36 minutes to pace the Terriers (0-1).<\/p>\n<p>She appreciated the trust instilled in her by Moseley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was definetly exciting,&#8221; Spearman said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a whole new role for me, and it&#8217;s something that I&#8217;m not yet used to at this level, but I was excited for the game and I&#8217;m excited to see what we can do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moseley said Spearman brings &#8220;an opportunity to stretch the floor&#8221; among other skills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was proud of her,&#8221; Moseley said. &#8220;I was proud of what she did, and I definetly want her to built on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In head coach Marisa Moseley, there&#8217;s a new wave of championship pedigree, and that&#8217;s an important part of the equation.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Levinsky can be reached at glevinsk@bu.edu. 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