BOSTON, Mass. – Colgate women's basketball fell for the first time in three games 72-51 to Boston University on the road.
BU shot over 50 percent from the field and beyond the arc to push themselves 21 points past Colgate to win their fifth straight Patriot League game.
BU opened the game with a 5-2 run, with
Tiasia McMillan scoring Colgate's basket. Freshman
Madison Schiller went on a 5-0 run to push the Raiders ahead by two points. The Terriers then tied the game at seven. Back-to-back baskets continued the tie, but BU sank two straight field goals to take a 13-9 lead.
Christina Midgette broke up the Terriers' run, but BU scored their first three-pointer to bump their lead to five points. The Raiders then went on a 4-3 run as sophomores
Taylor Golembiewski and
Morgan McMahon each scored a basket in the paint. The Terriers scored another three-point field goal with a little over a minute left to end the first period scoring to bring their lead to 22-15. Schiller led the Raider with five points in the period.
BU opened the second with a 4-0 to keep their offense going and extend their lead to 11 points. Schiller scored a trey to break up the run, and Golembiewksi scored another to cut the Raiders' deficit to 26-21. BU answered right back with their own three-pointer to increase their lead to eight points.
The Terriers then scored another three-point field goal that started a 5-0 run which stretched their lead to 34-21. A defensive rebound from Golembiewski led to a 6-0 run from McMahon that slashed BU's lead to seven points.
Feeling the pressure, BU scored four quick points to bump the lead to 38-27. McMillan closed the first half with a layup to shorten the deficit to nine points. Four of five Raider second-period baskets were from beyond the arc.
The Terriers opened the second half with a three-point play to lead 41-29. McMillan then took a trip to the charity stripe to score a pair of free throws to cut BU's lead to 10 points. The Terriers answered right back, with a 7-0 run to push their lead to 48-31. Schiller scored a layup to break up the Terriers' run, but BU responded with a trey that started another run, this time a 5-0 run to lead by 20 points.
McMillan scored a jumper to disrupt BU's run with less than five minutes in the third. The Terriers responded with a three-pointer, but The Raiders scored five straight points to close out the third period.
Abbey Ferguson scored her first field goal of the game, and McMahon completed an and-one in the run.
BU opened the final stanza with back-to-back three-pointers to lead 64-44. The Terriers then drew a foul to score two points at the charity stripe to lead by 22 points.
Jenna Paul scored her first field goal to break up the run, but BU scored one right after Paul to lead by 22 points again. Schiller then scored a jumper, but a foul on the Raiders brought BU to the line to score a point to lead 69-48.
Both teams closed the game with a three-pointer apiece, with Schiller scoring her third three-point field. Schiller scored five points to lead the Raiders in the fourth quarter.
NOTES
- Schiller led the Raider offense with 15 points, followed by McMahon with 13 points, and McMillan with 10 points to round out the double-figure scoring.
- Both teams' starting five players did a majority of the scoring as only 36 of 123 points were scored by bench players.
- Schiller scored all three attempted three-pointers, just one shy of her career-high made in a game.
UP NEXT
The Raiders (9-7, 3-2 PL) stay on the road heading to Bucknell on Saturday, Jan. 14, to wrap up a two-game road trip. Tip-off against the Bisons is scheduled for 2 p.m. inside Sojka Pavilion.
