Terriers Fall to Crusaders, 60-46

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WORCESTER, Mass. – The Boston University women’s basketball program sustained its third-consecutive loss with a 60-46 setback against Holy Cross on Monday evening at the Hart Center Arena.

BU (7-15, 3-8 PL) cut a deficit that was as many as 21 points in the first half to five in the third quarter. However, the Crusaders (14-8, 8-3 PL) limited the Terriers to 33 percent shooting and 0-for-8 from distance in the third and fourth quarters.

The Terriers generated 31 bench points, led by eight from junior Bella McLaughlin and sophomore Rose Azmoudeh. Sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir also chipped in eight points.

Meg Cahalan led all scorers with 23 points. Mary-Elizabeth Donnelly added 11 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU was held scoreless until the 3:31 mark in the first quarter when sophomore Allison Schwertner cleaned up an offensive rebound for a second-chance layup.
McLaughlin scored on a drive to the rim and later added a foul shot to pull BU within 8-5. However, Holy Cross rattled off an extended 10-0 run to widen the gap to 18-5 with over two-and-a-half minutes gone by in the second frame.
After a right-wing McLaughlin three halfway through the second, Donnelly and Janie Bachmann teamed up for a 9-0 Crusader spurt over the next three minutes for a 31-10 advantage, Holy Cross’ largest lead of the half.
Azmoudeh sank a driving layup down the left lane then buried a pair of three-pointers over the course of 53 seconds to close the difference to 13 points. Asia Wilson made a driving layup at the second quarter buzzer to make it 33-18 at halftime.
Cahalan opened the third quarter with a tip-in on her own offensive board, but BU responded with an extended1 5-2 run over a five-minute span featuring four points from Semenova and six from sophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir, cutting it to 37-32 with 2:52 on the clock.
Sophomore Taylor Williams scored five straight Terrier points, including a left-handed underhanded layup, to make it a two-possession game, 43-37, with 26 seconds left in the third.
The Crusaders’ ensuing 10-1 spurt bled into the fourth quarter as BU missed its first four shots in the stanza, helping expand the Holy Cross advantage to 53-38.
Schwertner made another tip-in on the left block with 1:59 to play in regulation, but Kendall Eddy drilled a left-wing three-pointer, then Bachmann stuck a left-elbow jumper for a 60-44 edge on the next possessions to seal the result.

STATS

For the game, BU went 3-for-20 from three-point range and shot 32.7 percent overall.
Holy Cross shot over 40 percent but was just 4-for-21 on three-point attempts.
Rebounds narrowly favored the Terriers, 37-36. Semenova led BU with eight caroms.
The Crusaders sported a 38-20 advantage in paint points.
Both teams combined for 34 turnovers. Holy Cross scored 19 points off turnovers compared to 16 for the Terriers.

NOTES

BU executed its 10th different starting lineup this season with Semenova, Gunnsteinsdóttir and juniors Aoibhe Gormley, Audrey Ericksen and Inés Monteagudo Pardo.
The Terriers’ leading scorer, senior Anete Adler, was unavailable due to injury.
After allowing a season-low nine turnovers in the win over Colgate on Jan. 24, the Terriers have coughed up 18 turnovers in three straight games.
BU falls to 2-12 this season when scoring under 60 points.
Holy Cross improves to 26-16 all-time against the Terriers.

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