{"id":52715,"date":"2026-02-12T10:14:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=52715"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:47:57","slug":"womens-basketball-the-terriers-fall-to-the-black-knights-62-69-in-another-competitive-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2026\/02\/12\/womens-basketball-the-terriers-fall-to-the-black-knights-62-69-in-another-competitive-matchup\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Basketball: The Terriers fall to the Black Knights 62-69 in another competitive matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Alex Chen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0By Jane Guay\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s something about the number three that brought out the bad luck of the competitive matchup between the Boston University Women\u2019s Basketball team (7-16, 3-9 PL) and the Army West Point Women\u2019s Basketball team (19-5, 10-3 PL). Whether it be the inability to block open threes made by the Black Knights or the trifecta of black and gold jersey numbers 20, 21, and 22, the number three will haunt the Terriers after their <\/span>ultimate loss of 62-69<\/u><\/span><\/a> on Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Right off the bat, the Black Knights were easily hitting shot after shot from the three-point line. Army\u2019s junior guard <\/span>Taylor Wilson <\/u><\/span><\/a>opened up the game with her own back-to-back<\/span> three-pointers<\/u><\/span><\/a>, not knowing that many more were on the way for Wilson and her teammates. While this showcased the Black Knights\u2019 offensive capabilities, this was mainly a fault of the Terriers\u2019 defensive strategy. Not only did their defense struggle early on, but so did their ability to connect as a team, ultimately slowing down their rhythm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think sometimes we let teams go on runs, and then we let it just really pin us down,\u201d junior guard Bella McLaughlin stated in a <\/span>post-game press <\/u><\/span><\/a>conference while<\/u><\/span> discussing the Terriers as a unit.<\/p>\n

The Terriers\u2019 senior forward <\/span>Anastasiia Semenova<\/u><\/span><\/a> attempted to gain momentum to finish off the first quarter with a <\/span>made three<\/u><\/span><\/a>, just for the Black Knights\u2019 senior guard <\/span>Reese Ericson<\/u><\/span><\/a> to get the last laugh with her first made <\/span>three of the night<\/u><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 This made up one of the six threes Ericson hit from beyond the arc on Wednesday night, <\/span>making it her season high. <\/u><\/span><\/a>\u00a0Ericson also contributed 19 points total, another season high for the Black Knight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In neighboring jersey numbers, junior guard <\/span>Camryn Tade <\/u><\/span><\/a>and Wilson helped the trio score <\/span>a collective 46<\/u><\/span><\/a> of the Black Knights\u2019 69 points to end the night. Not only did these three athletes work well together to build a consistent momentum in the Army\u2019s energy throughout the game, but they also exposed the not-as-consistent defensive effort by the Terriers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers were able to contribute their own offensive strategy into the mix, especially in the second and third quarters. Specifically, the Terriers\u2019 junior guard<\/span> In\u00e9s Monteagudo<\/u><\/span><\/a> finished the night with <\/span>five three-point shots made and 15 points<\/u><\/span><\/a>, two career highs for the Terrier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s something we need from our wings consistently, the ability to hit from the outside so we can have inside and outside,\u201d Coach Melissa Graves <\/span>stated<\/u><\/span><\/a> when discussing how large of an impact Monteagudo had on the floor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This type of offensive strategy is what allowed for some gained momentum for the Terriers, leading them to cut down the lead to single digits by the end of the third quarter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[I and Ava, along with the captains] need to set the tone, but we do our best when everybody\u2019s kind of with us there and feeding off of what we bring . . . we couldn\u2019t do it without all of us,\u201d McLaughlin <\/span>stated<\/u><\/span><\/a> when discussing the team\u2019s collective effort in terms of energy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the Terriers, the team finished off the night with sloppy turnovers and mistakes that overcame a potential comeback after<\/span> cutting the lead to six<\/u><\/span><\/a> with just two minutes to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey had 25 points off the turnovers,\u201d Coach Graves <\/span>stated<\/u><\/span><\/a> in reference to the Terriers\u2019 inability to carry out certain plays.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This ultimately came from a rush to get anything to hit after seeing the time quickly head to zero, where the Terriers lost their quality altogether.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While there were moments of the team coming together as a collective unit, it wasn\u2019t enough, as after a hard fight, the Terriers fell to the Black Knights 62-69. The Terriers will look to end their <\/span>losing streak of five<\/u><\/span><\/a> when they play the Bucknell Bison on <\/span>Saturday, February 14<\/u><\/span><\/a>,<\/u> at 2 p.m. away in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Streaming will be available on ESPN+.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0By Jane Guay\u00a0 There\u2019s something about the number three that brought out the bad luck of the competitive matchup between the Boston University Women\u2019s Basketball team (7-16, 3-9 PL) and the Army West Point Women\u2019s Basketball team (19-5, 10-3 PL). Whether it be the inability to block open threes made by the Black Knights or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25421,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1039,1040],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52715"}],"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\/25421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52716,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52715\/revisions\/52716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}