{"id":29501,"date":"2022-01-03T02:59:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T07:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=29501"},"modified":"2022-01-03T02:59:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T07:59:27","slug":"womens-basketball-strong-defense-giannaros-career-day-give-bu-conference-opening-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2022\/01\/03\/womens-basketball-strong-defense-giannaros-career-day-give-bu-conference-opening-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Basketball: Strong defense, Giannaros career day give BU conference-opening win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Freshman guard Alex Giannaros in a game against Boston College Nov. 17, 2021. Giannaros led the team in scoring with 18 points Sunday to top Navy. HANNAH YOSHINAGA\/ WTBU SPORTS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Joe Eachus\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Boston University women’s basketball (5-7, 1-0 PL) rang in the new year with a statement win over Navy (3-9, 0-2 PL), bringing down the Midshipmen 82-58.<\/span><\/p>\n

Freshman guard Alex Giannaros led the team in scoring in just her fourth career start, scoring a career-best 18 points while shooting 80% from beyond the arc in a season-high 33 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

“At times in the non-conference season, I could’ve stayed more patient for shots to come to me… having my teammates set me up the way they did today was something that contributed a lot to my shooting,” Giannaros said postgame.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sophomore center Caitlin Weimar also led the way with 14 points and 13 rebounds.<\/p>\n

BU head coach Melissa Graves shook up the starting lineup to kick off Patriot League play, with sophomore guard Sophie Beneventine earning her first career start.<\/span><\/p>\n

Graves said the new lineup was meant to give the players who have taken the most reps in practice recently a chance to start since some other athletes have missed multiple practices due to COVID-19 protocols.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Returning from their holiday break later than expected due to game postponements, the Terriers did not let the delay affect them, quickly shaking off the rust to build a four-point lead at the end of the first frame.<\/span><\/p>\n

Heading into the second quarter, BU did not its foot off the gas, outscoring the Mids 25-12 in the frame. The Terriers also went on a 10-0 run during the period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BU continued to extend its lead in the second half, outscoring the Mids 37-30 in the third and fourth quarters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BU struggled with turnovers for much of the game, with 14 in the contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite this, the Terrier defense suffocated Navy for most of the game, holding the Mids to just 33.8% shooting from the field. BU’s defensive effort included holding Navy guard Jennifer Coleman\u00a0<\/span>\u2014<\/span><\/em>\u00a0the current Patriot League leader in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals and minutes\u00a0<\/span>\u2014<\/span><\/em>\u00a0to 23 points, her lowest output in a month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Graves also said that the win was a confidence booster heading into conference play.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We had a really tough non-conference schedule,” Graves said. “[We] still have the goal to win a Patriot League championship, and I think we’re still in a good position to do that.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers will face its next conference opponent Wednesday, taking on Loyola Maryland in Baltimore at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Joe Eachus\u00a0 Boston University women’s basketball (5-7, 1-0 PL) rang in the new year with a statement win over Navy (3-9, 0-2 PL), bringing down the Midshipmen 82-58. Freshman guard Alex Giannaros led the team in scoring in just her fourth career start, scoring a career-best 18 points while shooting 80% from beyond the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19139,"featured_media":29045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,1039,1040],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29502,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29501\/revisions\/29502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}