BOSTON, Mass. – Despite a 25 point third quarter, the Lafayette College women's basketball team fell to the Boston University Terriers, 67-57, Wednesday night in Case Gym.  
 
The Leopards were led by sophomore Makayla Andrews who totaled a team-high 13 points. Two others found themselves with double digit points as senior Makaila Wilson totaled 12 and junior Jessica Booth totaled 10. Both senior Naomi Ganpo and freshman Abby Antognoli were right behind them with nine points each. Andrews, Wilson and Antongoli all shot a perfect 100% from the charity stripe with Andrews going 4-4 and Wilson and Antognoli both going 2-2.
 
Andrews 13 points marks her fourth straight game recording double digit points and her fourteenth game this season.
 
Boston University (11-8, 7-1 PL) opened up the game with a 4-0 run before Lafayette (7-10, 3-4 PL) was able to get itself on the board off shots from the charity stripe from Andrews to cut the Terriers lead in half.
 
Booth tied up the game but the Terriers immediately responded with a basket of their own to retake the lead, 6-4. Andrews drew her second foul of the night and made both her extra shots to tie the game up 6-6. Antognoli then put in a three-point basket to put the score at 9-6 in favor of the Leopards, but the Terriers responded with a 7-0 to put the score at 15-9 at the end of the first quarter.
 
Boston just outscored Lafayette 15-12 in the second quarter to take a 30-21 lead heading into halftime.
 
Ganpo put in the first bucket of the third quarter to cut the Terriers lead to seven, 30-23. Senior Nicole Johnson followed up Ganpo's basket with one of her own to continue to chip away at the Terriers lead.
 
Boston drained a shot from beyond the arc before it was Wilson, who put in back-to-back buckets to spark an 8-0 Lafayette run to tie up the game 33-33.
 
The Terriers took a two-point lead after drawing a foul and making both of their extra shots from the charity stripe but Andrews responded with a three-point basket to put Lafayette back in the lead 36-35.
 
Andrews' three-point shot sparked an 8-0 run for the Leopards to pull themselves ahead by eight heading into the final 10 minutes of action.  
 
Boston put in the first basket of the fourth quarter and eventually pulled within a basket of the Leopards, 48-46. A foul then sent the Terriers to the line as they made both extra shots to tie the game at 48-48.
 
The two squads traded baskets, putting the score at 50-50 with 5:24 left to play in the game before a 6-0 run by the home team gave them the lead.
 
Lafayette responded with a basket by Wilson and an and one by Ganpo to pull the Maroon and White within one, 56-55.
 
Boston then went on a 6-0 run to put the score at 62-55. Wilson put in a jumper with 35 seconds left in an attempt to spark the Leopards offense, but the Terriers closed out the game on a 5-0 run to secure the 67-57 win.  
 
Boston's Sydney Johnson led all scorers with a game-high 24 points. Alex Giannaros and Chiara Tibbitt also found themselves in double figures for the Terriers with 15 and 11 points, respectively.
 
Both sides had explosive quarters in the second half with Lafayette outscoring Boston 25-8 in the third quarter and Boston outscoring Lafayette 29-11 in the fourth quarter.
 
Lafayette will stay on the road on Saturday, traveling to Army for a 4 p.m. tip. Army won the first meeting between the Leopards and Black Knights earlier this season by a 62-56 final score in Easton.