WASHINGTON – It was an early game in Bender Arena when the American University women's basketball team (5-18, 4-8 PL) went head-to-head with league-leading Boston University (17-6, 12-0 PL) on Wednesday afternoon. Freshman Laura Nogues was the leader for the Eagles for the afternoon with nine points. The Terriers remain undefeated in league play with the 59-40 win over the Eagles heading into the final weeks of the season.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Nogues finished the contest with nine points, two assists and a rebound, playing 22 minutes of the game.
• Following up Nogues was Anna LeMaster with eight points; two of her field goals were triples. The junior also had three rebounds and a steal.
• Freshman Molly Lavin led for the Eagles on the boards with six. Lavin also had six points, an assist, and a steal.
• The Terriers were led by Sydney Johnson and Alex Giannaros with 16 and 12 points respectively. Maren Durant led for Boston U on the boards with nine total.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The game started out with Boston U. hot on offense, opening on a 7-0 run before LeMaster got a three from the top of the arc to put American on the board with 6:47 left to play in the first.
• At the media timeout with 4:24 left to play in the frame, the Eagles were trailing the 5-13 thanks to the Terriers grabbing five points in transition.
• Altogether, Boston U. was out-rebounding American 11-7 and shooting 9-14 from the field to hold a 7-22 lead over the Eagles at the end of the first frame.
• To start the second quarter, neither team could drain a basket for a three-and-a-half-minute period, holding on defense and each team shooting 0-5 from the field before Boston U.'s Crispe finally broke the stalemate with a layup.
• Going into the break, the Terriers led by a score of 32-14, shooting 48% overall to the Eagles' at just 23% and had 16 points off turnovers to AU's 7 and in the paint led 20-8.
• Coming out of the break it was another slow start, but by the media timeout with 4:56 left to play in the third, Boston had scored five–three from the free-throw line–and the Eagles four, going 2-5 from the field.
• Through three full frames, the Eagles trailed the league-leading Terriers 27-48. In the third American held Boston U. to the just 38% from the field, but it wasn't enough to lessen the deficit.
• In the end, despite the Eagles winning the frame 13-11, the Terriers claimed 40-59 the victory over American to take their twelfth straight win in conference play this season.

UP NEXT
The Eagles will be heading out on the road to Worcester, Mass. to take on Holy Cross on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. before they return to Bender to host Bucknell on Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. in their Play 4Kay game presented by Official Game Sponsor CareFirst.

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