{"id":36154,"date":"2023-01-26T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=36154"},"modified":"2023-01-26T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T15:25:08","slug":"womens-basketball-terriers-size-too-much-for-colgate-as-they-extend-winning-streak-to-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2023\/01\/26\/womens-basketball-terriers-size-too-much-for-colgate-as-they-extend-winning-streak-to-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Basketball: Terriers’ size too much for Colgate as they extend winning streak to nine"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Eli Cloutier<\/em><\/p>\n

Boston University Women\u2019s Basketball (14-6, 9-0 PL) defeated the Colgate Raiders 58-44 (10-10, 4-5 PL) in Hamilton, New York on Wednesday night, extending their winning streak to nine games.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers made it a point early in the contest to get the ball down low, where they held a significant size advantage over the Raiders. 12 of BU\u2019s 15 first-quarter points came in the paint. The other three came off made free throws, courtesy of fouls drawn down low.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were successful last time we played [Colgate] in paint points, so that was definitely a focus of ours, to just dominate the paint,\u201d BU Head Coach Melissa Graves said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers outrebounded Colgate 42-24, including snagging 16 offensive rebounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

A big contributor on the glass was junior forward Caitlin Weimar, who finished with 11 boards, including four offensive rebounds. She also finished with a game-high 23 points on 8-for-11 shooting, tying a career-high.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCaitlin had a phenomenal game tonight. It didn\u2019t look like she could be stopped,\u201d Graves said. \u201c[Weimar] was just a real force and so we really focused on getting the ball to her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After leading 15-11 at the end of the first quarter, BU turned the ball over eight times in the second 10 minutes, allowing Colgate to take a one-point lead going into halftime, 28-27.<\/span><\/p>\n

The flip switched once again in the third quarter, as the Terriers outscored Colgate 23-9 in the third period. BU widened their lead with an 11-0 run halfway through the third quarter thanks to six straight points from Weimar, followed by five straight from Maggie Pina, including a made 3-pointer.<\/span><\/p>\n

BU, known as one of the best 3-point shooting teams in the country, struggled from beyond the arc, shooting an abysmal 2-for-13.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even with the Terrier\u2019s uncharacteristic shooting woes, it didn\u2019t matter as they took a game-high 17-point lead with 8:19 left in regulation, courtesy of a Maren Durant layup.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colgate would cut the lead to 12 points as Lindsay Blackmore scored five straight for the home side. The junior forward finished tied for the team-high in scoring with 10 points on 4-for-7 shooting while adding a team-high six rebounds. Fellow junior forward Tiasia McMillan also finished the game with 10 points.<\/span><\/p>\n

The brief 5-0 run was too little too late as the Terriers proved to be too much on both ends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Graves\u2019 message to her team at halftime was to lock in on the defensive end. They did just that as they held Colgate to just 16 second-half points, and gave up none in the last four minutes of the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

BU closed out the game to earn their sixth road victory of the season, tying last season’s mark with over a month left to play in the regular season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think with a veteran group who knows what to expect, knows what the culture is, they can get the team going and understand that it is harder to play on the road. I think they have that understanding. They learned from last year and are better for it,\u201d Graves concluded about her team\u2019s improvement away from home this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Holy Cross (16-4, 8-1 PL) losing to Lehigh (10-10, 6-3 PL) 76-74 in overtime earlier in the evening, the Terriers are now in sole possession of first place in the Patriot League.<\/span><\/p>\n

BU will look to extend its lead in the Patriot League standings when they host Lehigh this upcoming Saturday in Case Gym at 4 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Eli Cloutier Boston University Women\u2019s Basketball (14-6, 9-0 PL) defeated the Colgate Raiders 58-44 (10-10, 4-5 PL) in Hamilton, New York on Wednesday night, extending their winning streak to nine games. The Terriers made it a point early in the contest to get the ball down low, where they held a significant size advantage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21482,"featured_media":35366,"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\/36154"}],"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\/21482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36154"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36158,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36154\/revisions\/36158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}