Boston College’s ladies’s basketball group beat Lehigh College 82-69 Saturday afternoon as they celebrated Alumni Day. The Terriers (15-6, 10-0 Patriot League) maintained their unbeaten document with the win.
“I am actually excited (to have) the alumni right here, to rejoice the legacy and rejoice one another,” mentioned Coach Melissa Graves. “Our seniors talked about desirous to have this. They’d solely overwhelmed Lehigh as soon as earlier than, so it was at all times a troublesome sport for us.”
The sport began competitively, with each groups buying and selling factors for a lot of the first quarter. The Mountain Hawks (10-11, 6-4 PL) performed stable and led BU over seven of the primary ten minutes of the sport. Junior guard Mackenzie Kramer put in a powerful efficiency, hitting seven of Lehigh’s 15 first-quarter objectives. She performed 38 minutes and completed with 19 factors and 8-13 taking pictures.
“She acquired some photographs that we actually did not need her to have, she acquired some[opportunities]on the sting,” Graves continued.
Regardless of Kramer’s stellar play, the Terriers took benefit of the peak, attacking inside and shutting out the quarter with a 16-15 lead. The Terriers continued to increase their lead whereas the Mountain Hawks struggled with the physicality of BU. BU pulled away from Lehigh within the second quarter, as Lehigh scored simply eight factors in comparison with BU’s 21.
Junior Terrier ahead Caitlin Weimar suffered a lower-body damage late within the second quarter and left the sport after recording 12 factors and 9 rebounds. Weimar have scored double figures in 14 of their 16 video games this season.
Graves mentioned the group targeted extra on protection and elevated its focus and physicality after the primary quarter.
“We went into the second quarter with a greater defensive mindset, and we had an awesome quarter,” she mentioned. “We have now amended. We have been extra aggressive.”
Lehigh couldn’t get well after BU’s dominant second quarter, which noticed the Terriers run away with the lead. Regardless of a rating of 46-45 within the second half, the Terriers’ accuracy from the sphere and the free throw line helped them keep their benefit towards the Mountain Hawks.
The Terriers outscored the Mountain Hawks within the paint by a powerful 38-24 margin and likewise held the lead in second probability factors, scoring 16 to Lehigh’s 4. The Terese performed to their power inside and beat Lehigh within the paint.
The Terriers will look to proceed their successful methods after they host Loyola College Maryland on the Case Health club on Saturday, February 4 at 2 p.m.
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