Margaret McKeon knew this would happen. For the Boston University women’s basketball coach, it was only a matter of time.

‘When the season started this year, I said ‘OK, 50 points from Bonner and Katie [Terhune] combined … and everyone else can get between 25 and 30, and we would score 80 points,’ McKeon said. ‘I figure that’s a going rate, and I’m not kidding.’

The Terriers didn’t rack up 80, but junior forward Becky Bonner and senior guard Katie Terhune made good on their end, scoring 26 and 24, respectively, to lead BU to a 74-63 win over Fordham University. While Bonner has consistently been finding the hoop thus far this season, leading the Terriers in scoring every game this year, Terhune took the opportunity against the Rams to break out and into the scoring column in a big way.

In BU’s first three contests, Bonner proved to be a guiding light on offense, scoring an average of 17 points per game, but the Terriers weren’t turning those games into victories. Why? That question could be answered with one number: 8.3.

That was Terhune’s scoring average before the team’s game against Fordham, the key word in that phrase being ‘was.’ With her 24 points Wednesday night, her highest point total since she scored 27 against the University at Albany on Jan. 9, Terhune joined Bonner on the offensive end, and oddly enough, BU earned its first win on the year. Bonner, however, wouldn’t call that a coincidence.

‘That’s what we’re looking for, if we expect to win,’ she said of Terhune’s offensive production. ‘We know our roles. Katie struggled in the beginning, but it’s our fourth game. She’s doing fine.’

Sure, Terhune’s slow start wasn’t the only reason the Terriers dropped their first three games. BU played against a trio of tough opponents with No. 6 Stanford University headlining the list, but the two-time All-Conference First Teamer’s inability to find her scoring touch did leave a gaping hole in the team’s score sheet.

There was a feeling in ‘The Roof,’ though, that that was all going to change right from the tip-off against the Rams. Twenty-three seconds into the game, Terhune came down the floor, took a pass from junior forward Larissa Parr, hesitated a second, and then proceeded to drain a three-pointer to notch the Terriers’ first points of the night. She would knock down four more treys by the final buzzer.

Bonner was equally as impressive. The Stanford transfer went 9-17 from the floor and 4-9 from behind the arc. She also knocked down three-pointers during the Terriers’ game-breaking 14-0 run at the 4:32 and 3:37 marks to help ice the game. Bonner explained after the game that those two baskets were ones she was rearing to hit.

‘I just wanted to make [a three] because I just airballed one from my favorite spot the top of the key so I was really mad,’ she said. ‘Coach [McKeon] said, ‘Well, you can just shoot over them,’ so I just fired and hoped they went in, and they did.’

Besides the half-dollar that McKeon’s ‘one-two punch’ put up on the scoreboard, the pair also contributed in other areas. Terhune had only one turnover in the game she had 11 in her first three contests while Bonner only coughed it up twice. The duo also tallied six of BU’s 32 rebounds.

But despite her good play, Terhune, like any seasoned veteran, was quick to credit her teammates with helping her break out of her early-season rut.

‘Coach [McKeon] wanted me to come in and be aggressive today get out of my slump I’ve been in,’ Terhune said. ‘My teammates did a great job getting me the ball today. Becky did a great job. Everyone did what they’re good at today.’

While the motor seems to finally be running in McKeon’s system, the fifth-year coach said she still needs her other players to contribute every night like they did against Fordham. She said her team did a ‘wonderful job’ of getting Bonner and Terhune the ball, but at other times, they seemed tentative about putting the ball in the hoop themselves.

But like the other problems the Terriers have been able to work out this year, she feels it’s only a matter of time before the team is running on all cylinders.

‘I think now the other players on the team … are trying to figure out, ‘Alright, where do we get our touches?,” McKeon said. ‘But there were times when they passed up wide open looks. So we need to get the kink out of the way, and if we can do that, then we can be a real dangerous team.’

Judging by its performance against Fordham, if BU isn’t a dangerous team yet, then the rest of the Terriers’ opponents should be scared very scared.