BOSTON - Senior Sydney Johnson dropped 20 on 8-of-12 shooting, three other Terriers scored at least 16 points, and the Boston University women's basketball program reached triple digits for the first time in nearly 36 years with a 100-57 triumph over Loyola Maryland on Saturday afternoon at Case Gym. 

BU (16-6, 11-0 PL) captured its 11th win in a row in a game where it led for all but 36 seconds. The Terriers tied their single-game program record with 16 three-pointers to reach 100 points for the first time since Feb. 13, 1987, a 106-48 win over Brooklyn.

Johnson was one of three Terriers to nail four three-pointers. Classmate Maggie Pina posted 19 points with three assists and three steals, while sophomore Alex Giannaros canned four triples for 18 points on 70 percent shooting. Junior Caitlin Weimar notched 16 points and nine rebounds.

Lex Therien led the Greyhounds (7-15, 2-9 PL) with 14 points and four steals. Devyne Newman and Taleah Dixon added 13 and 12 points, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• BU raced out to a 14-2 lead in the opening 3:17 of the game. Pina and Giannaros each hit triples during the spurt.
• Back-to-back threes from Johnson and Pina extended the advantage to 22-8 with 3:29 left in the first quarter.
• Senior Liz Shean found classmate Maren Durant underneath for a layup 25 seconds into the second quarter that gave the Terriers their first 20-point lead, 32-12.
• The lead ballooned to as high as 28 points in that stanza. Johnson' three after a Greyhound traveling call made it 53 first-half points for BU, a season-high.
• In the third, Pina's acrobatic layup by the right block 1:48 out of halftime led to a three-point play, putting the Terriers on top 59-31.
• Starting at the 6:41 mark with Johnson's driving layup, BU scored 11-consecutive points. Weimar's and-one opportunity with 4:24 on the clock pushed the advantage to 70-36.
• Johnson capped the third with a three from Durant's pass in transition before the buzzer for an 83-44 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
• The Terriers started the final frame 0-for-6 from the field, but Pina stripped the ball from Caroline Orza and took it to the hoop for a layup to make it 88-52.
• BU scored all of its final 15 points on three-pointers. Pina and senior Annabelle Larnard canned one each with 28 seconds, then junior Kelsi Mingo nailed one on a dish from Larnard.
• Shean buried two in the final 36 seconds, with her right-wing three in front of the BU bench falling with under seven seconds left.

 
STATS

• The Terriers shot a season-high 60 percent (36-for-60) for the field, their first since a program-record 65.3 percent at Harvard on Nov. 27, 2021.
• BU also made 50 percent of their threes on 32 attempts.
• Loyola Maryland was 35.8 percent from the floor, and 3-of-12 from distance.
• BU won the rebounding battle, 32-22. That marks a season-low for the Greyhounds.
• The Terriers held a 27-9 edge in points off turnovers and 25-9 in fastbreak points.
• Freshman Sam Crispe led BU with four of its 23 assists. Seven different Terriers had multiple assists.

 
GAME NOTES

• Saturday was BU's third time reaching 100 points in program history. The other instance was the single-game program record in a 127-50 rout of Vermont on Dec. 9, 1980.
• The 16 three-pointers is the most against a Patriot League game. It matches the performances on Mar. 5, 2008 at UMBC and Dec. 21, 2019 vs. Dartmouth.
• With the Colgate men's basketball program's loss to American on Saturday, the Terriers are the only unbeaten Patriot League team, men's or women's, remaining.
• Johnson recorded her fourth 20-point game this year, and third in her last four contests.  She is now tied for 16th place in program history with 1,112 career points, matching Adrienne Norris '05.
• Pina has hit four or more three-pointers in four games this year and 16 times in her career. She now moves past Katie Terhune '04 for fifth place all-time with 176 career three-pointers.
• Giannaros has drilled multiple threes in nine of her 15 games this season. She is now shooting 56.9 percent from deep in 2022-23.
• Weimar is averaging 15.9 points against Patriot League foes, reaching double figures in all 10 appearances.
• Dating back to last season, Shean has multiple three-pointers in 13 games.
• Durant is now tied for second place in the record books with Kasey Devine '08 with 154 career blocks.
• BU improves to 13-6 all-time against Loyola Maryland, having won six in a row.

 
UP NEXT

• BU heads back on the road on Wednesday (Feb. 8), visiting American. Opening tip is scheduled for 11:30 a.m.