Box Score

BOSTON, MA -- The Flying Dutchwomen (7-4, 1-2) opened the game with a 9-0 run and never looked back in downing the Terriers (4-8, 1-3), 72-29, in America East women's basketball action Tuesday before 219 on "The Roof".

B.U. was troubled by poor shooting all night and connected on their first field goal at the 8:03 mark of the first half as sophomore guard Dia Dufault (Malone, NY) made a layup. Junior forward Alison Dixon (Norwood, MA), who was honored before the game for becoming the second fastest Terrier to reach 1000 points, hit a jumper for the Terriers only other field goal of the half.

The Terriers trailed 31-16 at halftime and shot only 10 % (2-of-20) from the field. Hofstra meanwhile connected on 14-of-35 field goals for 40 %.

In the second half, Hofstra opened the game stretching their lead to 36, 56-20, with 9:17 to play. Noreen Duffy and Jennifer Brickey paced the Flying Dutchwomen with 15 points apiece.

Sophomore Anne Nelson (Blue Bell, PA) and freshman Jenny Marland (Oakton, VA) connected on four consecutive free throws and freshman Rachel Werner (Glendale, AZ) hit a jump shot as the Terriers went on a modest 6-0 run, to close the lead to 30 at 56-26 with 6:29 to play.

Werner's field goal with 9:03 to play was B.U.'s last of the game.

Hofstra outscored B.U. 16-3 the rest way en route to the win.

The six field goals and 29 points scored by B.U. are all-time lows. The previous lowest point total for B.U. was 34 points at Rhode Island on February 27, 1978. The 43-point loss was the Terriers' worst since a 94-47 loss at Vermont on February 13, 1997.

B.U. returns to action on Friday, January 14, 2000, when they travel to Towson to play the Tigers at 7 p.m.