The Boston University Terriers absorbed a big third-quarter run by the Le Moyne College women’s basketball team and hung on for a 64-53 victory in non-conference action at BU’s Case Gym on Wednesday afternoon.
The Dolphins trailed the Terriers by a score of 44-27 at halftime, then Le Moyne outscored BU by a tally of 18-7 in the third period, with the help of a 14-0 run to close the quarter, to trim their deficit to six points going into the final frame.
Boston, which won the program’s first Patriot League regular season championship in 2022-23 with a 17-1 conference record, responded with a 9-0 run to begin the fourth quarter, and they held on for an 11-point victory to improve to 4-1 this season.
“A lot of credit to BU, they changed up defenses and we didn’t weather that storm,” Le Moyne coach Mary Grimes said. “But in the second half, we changed up defenses too and we were able to cover their bigs a lot better than we did in the first half and I think you could see that by our run [in the third period].
“[We’re going to] just rest for the next four days. They’re going to go home with their families and enjoy Thanksgiving and just kind of refresh,” Grimes said. “We’ll get back after it next week, but I told them we’re going to be feeling like we’re drowning in the beginning but a break is coming, so just fight through it. I’m really proud of their fight, even to the end there [against BU] we were fighting the whole way through, there is never a lack of effort and I’m proud of them for that, so this is a well-deserved break.”
Le Moyne freshman guard Leah Middleton scored a team-high and season-best 14 points on 4-of-5 shooting from 3-point range and 2-of-2 from the line with two steals in a season-high 28 minutes played off the bench. Middleton knocked down two clutch 3-pointers during Le Moyne’s 14-0 run in the third.
“I knew her family was here so I knew she was going to have one of those days,” said Grimes on Middleton’s…
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