{"id":39961,"date":"2024-01-24T22:16:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T03:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=39961"},"modified":"2024-01-24T22:17:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T03:17:36","slug":"womens-basketball-bu-drops-another-conference-game-on-the-road-against-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2024\/01\/24\/womens-basketball-bu-drops-another-conference-game-on-the-road-against-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Basketball: BU drops another conference game on the road against Army"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featured image by Jacob Ireland<\/em><\/p>\n

By\u00a0Alexa Podalsky<\/i><\/p>\n

BU had one timeout, nine seconds, and five points between them and overtime. They struggled to hold a lead the entire night. But, even in the final seconds, it could have been anyone’s game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Boston University women\u2019s basketball (12-6, 4-3 PL) traveled to West Point, N.Y. on Wednesday night, in hopes of their ninth-straight win against their Patriot League foes, the Army Black Knights (7-10, 4-3 PL). Senior guard Kelsi Mingo converted an easy layup with nine seconds left to cut the lead to three, but Army\u2019s Trinity Hardy drained her second of two free throws seconds later to extend the lead back to four and put the game out of reach. BU fell, 61-57.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think we need to find a way to win on the road,\u201d head coach Melissa Graves said. \u201cWe gave up 21 [offensive rebounds] and that gave them 16 extra shots, it\u2019s really hard to win when someone else gets 16 more shots than you.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers\u2019 defense seemed to lag coming onto the court as the Black Knights quickly took the lead. Army kept BU to 18 points in the first period while they scored 22. For BU, this included 11 points from Mingo and four from senior forward Caitlin Weimar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, Mingo and junior guard Alex Giannaros led the defense with a combined five steals and four defensive rebounds. They also combined for 26 points, as Mingo scored 14 and Giannaros, 12. Weimar finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI thought Kelsi [Mingo] shot it well tonight and she\u2019s been playing pretty consistently overall this season,\u201d Graves said. She noted that Giannaros assisted a couple of her 3-point attempts by consistently \u201cgetting downhill well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

BU trailed at the half, 32-30. The Terriers took fewer shots than Army but were more accurate, which resulted in similar field goal percentages.<\/span><\/p>\n

Army was led by Hardy and freshman forward Kya Smith. Together, they combined for 32 of the Black Knights\u2019 61 points.<\/span><\/p>\n

Weimar reached her ninth double-double in 10 games with seconds left in the third quarter as the Terriers tied the game. Weimar ranks first in the Patriot League in scoring and rebounds, and is one of just two players averaging 10 boards per game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BU held Army to only 20 combined points in the second and third quarters and entered the fourth quarter tied at 42.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smith made it 58-53 after another trip to the free throw line in the final minute of the game. A comeback for BU seemed possible when Weimar made an and-one layup with 43 seconds left, but she missed the free throw, leaving Army\u2019s lead at three.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the ensuing possession, Army\u2019s Fiona Hastick drained a mid-range runner with 13 seconds left to extend the lead to two possessions.<\/span><\/p>\n

BU\u2019s record falls to 4-3 in conference. Defending champions Holy Cross, picked to finish first in the preseason poll, moved to 7-0 on Wednesday. BU, which lost last season\u2019s Patriot League Championship game to the Crusaders and was voted second in the poll, is now three games behind Holy Cross.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers will return home to play Lafayette College on Saturday at 2 p.m., before traveling to Worcester for a showdown with Holy Cross on Monday. With 12 games left before the Patriot League Tournament, the team hopes to figure out how to win games on the road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNothing\u2019s gonna be easy, nothing\u2019s gonna be given. So, we just got to continue to work hard, get better, and improve as we go through this conference play,\u201d Graves said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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