Saturday, February 3
Boston, Mass.
2 p.m.
Lehigh University
at
Boston University
Photo by: Ricky Bassman
Lehigh Heads to Beantown for Saturday Matinee with Boston University
2/1/2018 4:10:00 PM | Women's Basketball
| GAME INFORMATION | |
| Matchup | Lehigh (12-9, 6-4 PL) at Boston University (8-12, 3-7 PL) |
| Date/Time | Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 – 2 p.m. |
| Location | Case Gym – Boston, Mass. |
| Video Stream | Patriot League Network (PatriotLeague.TV) |
| Audio Stream | Lehighsports.com/watch |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Game Notes | Lehigh | Boston U. |
| @LehighWBB | |
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - After a one-week layoff from game action, the Lehigh women's basketball team will head up to Beantown for an important road matchup against Boston University. Both teams will be looking to get back on track with Lehigh coming off its first back-to-back losses of the season and BU trying to end a five-game losing streak.
Last Saturday, Lehigh's fourth quarter rally fell just short in a 53-50 loss at Navy. Lehigh closed the game on a 13-4 run over the final 11 minutes to help trim a 14-point second half deficit down to two. In Patriot League play, Lehigh is ranks third with 62.1 points per game and is fourth in scoring defense (59.0) and scoring margin (+3.1). The Mountain Hawks are the only team in league play shooting over 40 percent (40.1) from three-point range.
Three of BU's five straight losses have been by five points or less. Since the start of league play, BU's Payton Hauck (51.9) and Nia Irving (51.5) lead the league in field goal percentage. Boston (40.8) and Lehigh (39.9) rank third and fourth, respectively, in Patriot League play in field goal percentage.
ALL-TIME VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITY
The Mountain Hawks enter Saturday 6-6 all-time against Boston University. Lehigh has won six of the last eight meetings between the two schools.
After the Terriers won the first four matchups in the series, Lehigh won five straight from February 2014 to January 2016 before BU won both matchups last season.
The Mountain Hawks took a 74-58 victory over BU earlier this season at Stabler Arena, powered by a strong second quarter where they outscored BU 26-10, and tied in the other three quarters. Last year at BU, the Terriers took a 64-50 decision behind 20 pts from Sophie Beaudry and a 41.7 percent shooting performance.
BU is Lehigh's least frequent league opponent, with the next closest being Loyola (16 games). Lehigh's highest scoring output came on Jan. 3, 2015 when the Mountain Hawks put up 85. The largest margin of victory for either side came in Lehigh's 28-point, 72-44 win on Dec. 30, 2012.
Lehigh is 2-2 all-time at Case Gym, and 2-3 vs. BU away from Stabler.
SCOUTING THE TERRIERS
After starting the season 8-7 overall and 3-2 in league play, Boston U. has dropped their last five games in a row by an average of 7.2 points. The current streak includes three losses at home to Holy Cross, Lafayette and Navy.
Last Saturday, the Terriers dropped a 67-57 decision at Bucknell, getting within seven in the fourth quarter. Despite the team's recent struggles, Boston still has some of the top shooting threats in the league in junior Payton Hauck and sophomore Nia Irving. Hauck leads the league in field goal percentage this season at 50.4 percent and Irving ranks fifth at 47.5 percent. The duo rank one-two in field goal percentage during league play. Freshman Katie Nelson scores 10.5 ppg, ranks second in the league in three-point percentage (41 percent) and is fourth with 2.2 3FG/game.
As a team, BU ranks second overall in field goal percentage at 40.4 percent, trailing only American. The team is also third in rebounding margin at +1.0.
Defensively, BU leads the Patriot League with 4.9 blocks per game, led by Sophie Beaudry at 1.7 per game.
UP NEXT
After this weekend, Lehigh will conclude its stretch of six of seven games on the road with a Wednesday night showdown at Bucknell.
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