BOSTON - The American University women's basketball team (8-4, 1-1 PL) struggled to find a response for Boston University's (7-7, 3-0 PL) size on the inside and fell to the Terriers, 69-46, on Saturday.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Senior Taylor Brown paced the Eagles with 15 points and six rebounds, followed by senior Jade Edwards who fell just four points short of her 1,000th with 10.
• Three players closed in double-figures for the Terriers with Caitlin Weimar leading with 16 followed by Sydney Johnson (13) and Alex Giannaros (11).
• AU gave up a season-low 10 turnovers but was held to its lowest shooting percentage of the season, hitting 19 of 70 (.271) while BU went 26-for-56 (.464).
• The Eagles trailed in the paint, 34-22, in points off turnovers, 15-7, and bench points, 22-15, but held a 14-11 edge in second chance points after pulling down a season-high 16 offensive rebounds. Boston still dominated on the boards, though, 49-33.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Both teams had a slow start offensively with the Eagles held to only two points behind the opening jumper from senior Emily Fisher until a trey from Brown at the 6:11 mark cut BU's early lead down to one, 6-5.
• A turnaround jumper from sophomore Emily Johns put the Eagles ahead, but Boston had the response with a 12-2 closing run to take an 18-10 lead heading into the second quarter.
• A fastbreak layup from Fisher after a steal from sophomore Ivy Bales brought the Eagles back within 11 after another BU run pulled them to a 25-12 lead.
• The Terriers looked like they were going to take a 16-point lead into the locker room until sophomore Kayla Henning sunk the buzzer-beater to bring the score to 32-18 at the break.
• The Eagles came out swinging in the third quarter, improving from 26.7 percent (8-30) shooting to 31.6 percent (6-19) and cutting the BU lead back down to nine after a jumper from Brown sent them on a 9-2 run midway through the stanza. They couldn't convert on the defensive end, though, as Boston matched them basket-for-basket down the stretch to rebuild a 48-35 lead to start the final quarter.
• Late fouls put the Terriers on the line 10 times for another seven points as they continued to stretch the lead.

NEXT UP
American will return to Bender on Wednesday to host Holy Cross at 6 p.m. before heading to Lewisburg, Pa., on Sunday to face Bucknell. Sunday's game will begin at 4 p.m. and will be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network.

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