{"id":17017,"date":"2018-12-06T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T15:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportswtbu.com\/?p=17016"},"modified":"2020-01-09T17:32:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:32:25","slug":"childs-drops-17-as-terriers-fall-to-dartmouth-64-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2018\/12\/06\/childs-drops-17-as-terriers-fall-to-dartmouth-64-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Childs Drops 17 as Terriers Fall to Dartmouth, 64-44"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Riley Childs (#25) dropped 17 points in the Terriers’ 64-44 loss on Wednesday at Dartmouth. Photo by Gabrielle Turi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By: Andrew Mason<\/p>\n

The road woes continued for the Boston University women\u2019s basketball team (4-3) in a noon matchup against the Big Green of Dartmouth College (3-4) on Wednesday. While the Terriers remain a winless 0-3 away from Case Gym this season, freshman Riley Childs recorded a career-high 17 points to go with three blocks in her first collegiate start.<\/p>\n

Childs was told by head coach Marisa Moseley during the game’s warm-ups that she would be getting the start against the Big Green.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt added a little stress but I knew I just had to go in and step up like [Moseley] wanted me too,\u201d said Childs.<\/p>\n

The standout performance was capped by an impressive 7-11 shooting from the field, an area in which the Medway, Massachusetts native had struggled with since missing multiple games due to shin splints to start off the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will boost my confidence because I hadn\u2019t had many games yet where I performed as well as I can offensively,\u201d Childs said. \u201cIt felt good, but it would have felt better if we could have come up with the win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Allowing Dartmouth to go on sizeable runs was the downfall for BU on Wednesday. A pair of 6-0 runs for the Big Green in the first half made the Terriers play catch-up for the entirety of the contest. Later came a 8-0 run in the fourth that all but sealed the win for the hosts.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Dartmouth\u2019s] runs came from a lack of communication that we had on defense,\u201d Childs said. \u201cWe need to work on [that] and get better at in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Terrier\u2019s were without leading scorer, junior Nia Irving (13.4ppg), who sat due to a right hand injury. As a result, freshman-big Chiara Tibbit got her first career start, finishing with seven points and three rebounds in 18 minutes of action. Also helping to fill Irving\u2019s role down low was freshman Ashley Seiper (3rebs), who returned to action after missing multiple games with a foot injury.<\/p>\n

The scarlet and white\u2019s guards, Lauren Spearman (8pts, 1reb) and Katie Nelson (6pts, 3asts, 2stls), certainly took care of the basketball on Wednesday. While the two combined for just five turnovers in nearly 80 minutes of play, a combined 5-25 from the field was not enough to get the job done.<\/p>\n

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Katie Nelson (#2). Photo by Rishab Nayak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the Big Green side, it was senior Isalys Quinones who led the way with 15 points on top of seven rebounds. Junior Paula Lenart contributed a double-double with 14 points and 10 boards, while senior Kealy Brown added 13 points of her own.<\/p>\n

The Terriers will need to get comfortable playing on the road soon, as Wednesday presented just the first battle of a four-game road trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing on the road isn\u2019t easy,\u201d said Childs. \u201cWe need to just put in work the next couple of days and bounce back from this loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

BU has a full week to get ready before traveling to Amherst to take on the Minutewomen of UMass Amherst (5-4 as of Dec. 5) on Wednesday, Dec. 12. Tip-off from the Mullins Center is set for 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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