BOSTON – The Boston University women’s basketball program ignites a two-game road swing in the Centennial State, opening with a contest against Northern Colorado on Sunday (Nov. 26). Opening tip is set for 4 p.m. ET/2 p.m. local time.
 
BU (4-1) searches for its first road win in the 2023-24 campaign. The Terriers are playing in the state of Colorado for the first time in program history.
 
Northern Colorado (2-2) plays the second of three-consecutive home games on Sunday. The Bears will play a Division I team based in Massachusetts for the second time ever, and first since Northeastern in 2010.
 
TERRIER TIDBITS

• The Terriers improved to 4-0 at home this season thanks to a 64-53 victory over Le Moyne on Wednesday (Nov. 22).
• Though the Dolphins trimmed a 21-point lead to six at the end of the third quarter, BU set a season-high in points scored.
• Junior Alex Giannaros canned four three-pointers, including the 100th of her career, for a team-best 15 points.
• Senior Caitlin Weimar posted a 12-point, 11-rebound double-double.
• Freshman Audrey Ericksen drained a trio of threes for 11 points.
• Weimar enters the weekend tied for eighth in the country with three double-doubles, and 26th with 10.6 rebounds per game.
• Freshman Aoibhe Gormley’s Patriot League-leading 4.0 assist/turnover ratio ranks tied for 23rd in the country.
• As a whole, BU is allowing just 53.8 points per game, tops in the Patriot League and 44th in Division I. The Terriers have yet to allow 60 points in a game this year.
• BU last played in the Mountain Standard time zone in December of 2016, playing at No. 24 Arizona State plus Long Beach State in the ASU Classic at Tempe, Ariz. 

SCOUTING NORTHERN COLORADO

• The Bears are 2-2 this year, most recently dropping a 67-60 contest to North Dakota State on Nov. 20.
• Northern Colorado’s two wins this year have come against Hastings and Omaha.
• Leading scorer Delaynie Byrne is averaging 19.3 points per game while hitting over 52 percent of her triples, as Northern Colorado entered the weekend 24th in the country with a .390 three-point percentage.
• Seneca Hackley also averages double figures with 10.3 points per game.
• In the Big Sky preseason coaches and media polls, Northern Colorado was picked to finish sixth and ninth, respectively, after 13-18 overall a 5-13 in conference play to reach the Big Sky quarterfinals. 

SERIES HISTORY

• Sunday is the first all-time meeting between BU and Northern Colorado.
• The Bears are the final of three programs the Terriers face for the first time. BU’s previous games against Rider and Le Moyne were the others.
• BU has only played a Big Sky opponent once in program history. That was a 74-65 loss to Montana State in the Moran Realty Classic, hosted by DePaul in Chicago, Ill., on Dec. 6, 2002.

UP NEXT

• BU closes its time in the Centennial State with a date against Colorado, who enters the weekend as the No. 3 program in the country according to the Associated Press poll. Opening tip is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET/6 p.m. MT.