{"id":527999,"date":"2026-03-09T03:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527999\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T03:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:25:08","slug":"womens-basketball-visits-navy-for-pl-quarterfinal-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527999\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Basketball Visits Navy for PL Quarterfinal Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON \u2013 Continuing its run in the 2026 Patriot League Championship, the No. 8-seed Boston University women’s basketball program travels to top-seeded Navy for the quarterfinal round on Monday (March 9). Opening tip from Alumni Hall is set for 7 p.m.
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\nBU (11-19, 6-12 PL) has reached the quarterfinals in every season under fifth-year head coach Melissa Graves<\/a>. A win would mark a return to the semifinals for the first time since 2024.
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\nNavy (21-7, 16-2 PL) is hosting its Patriot League quarterfinal after garnering its fourth Patriot League regular season championship. The Mids enter the contest having won 14 of their last 15 games.
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\nThe winner of Monday’s contest, the latest to tip off among the four quarterfinal affairs, will face the winner of No. 4-seed Lehigh and No. 5-seed Loyola Maryland.
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\nMonday’s game airs on ESPN+ at the top of the hour. Live statistics are available through Navy’s athletics website while the Patriot League provides and international stream.
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\nTERRIER TIDBITS<\/p>\n


\n\tBU dispatched No. 9-seed American in the first round, 69-58, on March 7 at Case Gym.
\n\tThe Terriers outlasted the Eagles, who nearly erased a 12-point BU lead, by ending the game on a 9-0 run in the final 3:47.
\n\tSenior Anete Adler<\/a> scored 17 of her team-leading 21 points in the second half.
\n\tSophomore Hildur Gunnsteinsd\u00f3ttir<\/a> dropped 13 points while freshman Kate Allard<\/a> set personal bests with 12 points and six rebounds.
\n\tBU is 5-4 in the Patriot League quarterfinals since joining the conference in 2013.
\n\tThe Terriers registered 44 paint points in the first-round victory over the Eagles. BU is 6-2 this season when scoring at least 38 points in the paint.
\n\tMonday is BU’s first road game since Feb. 18. The Terriers have not lost an away matchup since Feb. 7.
\n\tThe Terriers lead the Patriot League in field goal percentage (43.9 percent), three-point percentage (34.5 percent) and blocks per game (4.0).
\n\tAdler’s 1.81 blocks per contest is good for 27th in Division I. Junior In\u00e9s Monteagudo Pardo<\/a> has nailed 44.1 percent of her three-point shots, 10th in the nation.
\n\tNo. 8-seeds are 3-23 all-time against the No. 1-seed in the Patriot League quarterfinal round. Those wins occurred in 2007, 2013 and 2021. <\/p>\n

SCOUTING NAVY<\/p>\n


\n\tNavy captured its first Patriot League regular season title in 12 years while setting a program mark for Patriot League victories.
\n\tThe Midshipmen were previously the No. 1-seed back in 2013-14.
\n\tNavy swept the league’s postseason major awards, the second program ever to do so and first since Army West Point in 2012-13.
\n\tZanai Barnett-Gay was once again the Player and Defensive Player of the Year. Zoe Mesuch was the Rookie of the Year under the Coaching Staff of the Year, led by head coach Tim Taylor.
\n\tThe Mids lead the Patriot League with 69.8 points per game, 15.3 assists per game and 39.1 rebounds per game. <\/p>\n

SERIES HISTORY<\/p>\n


\n\t\u2022 Monday marks the 26th all-time meeting between BU and Navy.
\n\t\u2022 The Midshipmen sport a 14-11 advantage in the rivalry, winning four in a row.
\n\t\u2022 BU and Navy have never met in the postseason.
\n\t\u2022 Navy swept the regular season series, posting a 77-64 decision in Boston on Jan. 31, 2025 before winning at home, 57-47, on Jan. 28.
\n\t\u2022 Adler was the lone Terrier to score in double figures across both matchups, dropping 46 total points. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOSTON \u2013 Continuing its run in the 2026 Patriot League Championship, the No. 8-seed Boston University women’s basketball…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-527999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}