LOWELL, Mass. – Junior Caitlin Weimar posted her second double-double of the season with 18 points and 13 rebounds, and nine different Terriers scored as the Boston University women's basketball team captured its first win of the season with a 63-43 triumph at UMass Lowell on Wednesday evening at the Costello Athletic Center.
 
The Terriers (1-2) and River Hawks (0-3) combined to shoot under 33 percent in the first half, as BU held a two-point lead at halftime. However, the visitors shot 16-for-29 (55.1 percent) in the third and fourth quarters, outscoring UMass Lowell 39-21 the rest of the way.
 
Senior Sydney Johnson scored 10 points in 17 minutes of action, while freshman Sam Crispe added nine points, three assists, and two blocks.
 
Kaylen Banwareesingh paced the River Hawks with 14 points and nine rebounds. Ivory Finley posted 10 points and five steals.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• BU held UMass Lowell off the scoreboard in the opening three minutes, but committed six turnovers in the opening six minutes as the River Hawks built an 8-4 lead.
• Junior Kelsi Mingo hit a turnaround jumper with 21 seconds left in the frame, while BU's defense held UMass Lowell to one field goal in the final four minutes of the first quarter to close the gap to 10-9.
• Senior Maggie Pina and Weimar opened the second with baskets on passes from Mingo to claim a 13-10 lead for the Terriers.
• The largest lead BU secured in the stanza was four. Junior Sophie Beneventine found a cutting Anastasiia Semenova for a layup that made it 19-15, then Beneventine nailed a jumper to push the lead to 24-20.
• With the Terriers ahead 24-22 as the third quarter began, sophomore Lauren Davenport and Pina drained threes from the right side of the arc for the largest lead of the game, 30-22. UMass Lowell called time 1:19 into the frame after Pina's triple.
• After a Banwareesingh jumper on the next possession, BU went on an extended 14-4 run. Seven of those points came from Weimar, while the Terriers did not surrender a field goal on defense until the clock read 45 seconds in the third.
• Johnson ignited the fourth quarter with consecutive buckets, including a midrange jumper from the right elbow, to give BU its biggest advantage of the game, 50-30, one minute into the period.
• Beneventine and Davenport each hit threes near the midpoint of the fourth, but the River Hawks got to within 13 points on Finley's layup at the 2:37 mark.
• BU ended the game on a 7-0 spurt. Johnson's falling layup found its way in for an and-one play, then Pina coaxed a steal with 11 seconds left for an uncontested layup.

 
STATS

• BU shot 48.1 percent for the game, compared to  just 23.6 percent for UMass Lowell.
• After not making a three-pointer in the first half, the Terriers shot 5-for-9 from deep in the third and fourth quarters.
• BU outscored UMass Lowell in the paint, 30-12, and received 30 bench points.
• Weimar also tallied two blocks and two assists.
• Crispe's nine points and three assists are a season-high for the rookie.
• Davenport collected a career-high seven rebounds, second-most on the team during the evening.
• Six different Terriers made multiple shots for at least six points.

 
GAME NOTES

• BU's 20-point lead early in the fourth quarter was the largest of the season.
• Weimar tallied her 13th collegiate double-double, and her second in three games this season. BU has won nine of its last 12 games when she scores in double figures.
• Johnson recorded her 46th-career game with 10 or more points.
• BU utilized its third unique starting lineup, as senior Liz Shean made her first start of the season. She led the team with a career-high four assists.
• The Terriers forced their opponent to shoot under 30 percent for the first time since Dec. 13, 2021 against New Hampshire.
• BU improves to 6-2 all-time against UMass Lowell, including a 3-1 record with both teams as Division I members.
• In the last two meetings between both teams, the Terriers have won by a combined 49 points. The Terriers have shot 56.8 percent (33-for-58) in the second half in those matchups combined.

 
UP NEXT

• BU opens a two-game homestand against Hartford on Saturday (Nov. 19) as part of International Education Week. Opening tip from Case Gym is set for 2 p.m.