Terriers Prepare for Northeastern in Men's Basketball Action
February 4, 1999 | Men's Basketball
Boston University Probable Starters (3-17, 2-9) No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown 1999-2000 Stats and Notes 5 Paul Seymour Fr. F 6-6 195 Liverpool, NY 9.9 ppg and 3.7 rpg/43 3-PT FGs 14 Jacob Kudlacz Fr. C 6-8 225 Glen Cove, NY 7.1 ppg and 4.5 rpg 22 Mark Michalek So. G 6-0 170 Englewood, CO 0.8 ppg, 1.4 apg 23 Mike Costello Sr. G 6-4 210 Belmont, MA 9.4 ppg and 3.7 rpg/179 career 3-PT FGs 55 Jean Avebe Sr. F 6-7 210 Yaounde, Cameroon 11.2 ppg and 5.6 rpg/ 55.2 FG %
Boston University/Northeastern Series Today is the 119th meeting... The all-time series is tied at 59-59... The series dates back to the 1920-21 season... B.U. has won eight of the last 10 meetings, including a 62-45 victory on "The Roof" on January 8th.
B.U.'s Last Game - Hofstra 64, B.U. 49 - 1/30/00 BOSTON, MA -Norman Richardson and Craig Claxton combined for 33 points as Hofstra University defeated Boston University, 64-49... The Flying Dutchmen opened up a 16-10 lead with 8:09 to play in the first half, before the Terriers cut the deficit to one at 16-15 with 6:14 to play in the first half. Dereck Franklin scored five of his nine points in the 5-0 run... Hofstra led 27-22 at halftime. Both teams struggled from the field, as B.U. shot 33.3 percent (7-of-21), and Hofstra shot 39.3 percent (9-of-23)... Paul Seymour (11 points) opened the second half scoring for B.U. as he connected on a three-pointer with 19:43 to play to move the Terriers' to within two at 27-25.... Both teams exchanged layups, before B.U.'s Jean Avebe (team-high 12 points) made two free throws at 17:00... With Hofstra leading 31-29, the Flying Dutchmen reeled off a 16-0 run over the next 6:53 to open up a commanding 47-29 lead with 11:07 to go. Richardson scored eight points during the run, and Claxton added five.
Since the Huskies and Terriers Last Played In the last 27 days the Boston University men's basketball team has endured seven straight losses... Five of those seven losses have been decided in the final seconds and by a combined total of seven points... The Terriers' string of close, down-to-the-wire losses started on Tuesday, January 11th, against Liberty... Leading 59-54, with 23 seconds to play, Liberty rallied to within two, 59-57, with 13 seconds left, and won it at the buzzer on a three-pointer... Against Delaware on January 16th, Paul Seymour's game-tying three-point bid rimmed out at the buzzer... Two days later, Towson handed the Terriers a 54-52 overtime loss as Brian Barber hit a jump shot with seven seconds to play in overtime... At Hartford on January 21st, B.U. fell behind early and never recovered in a 68-60 loss... On January 23rd, B.U. lost with 2 seconds left in the second overtime as Tony Orciari made one of two free throws in a 86-85 Vermont win... The streak continued on January 28th, as Drexel's Bryant Coursey hit a jump shot with four seconds left in overtime to lift the Dragons to a 62-61 overtime win... B.U. lost to Hofstra, 64-49 on January 30th.
Terriers Look To Snap Season-High Losing Streak B.U. will look to snap a season-high seven-game losing streak today vs. the Huskies... The seven-game losing streak is the Terriers' longest since Bob Brown's 1992-93 squad lost eight straight after winning its opener... B.U.'s last win was against Northeastern on January 8th, a 62-45 decision at "The Roof."
Terriers On The Road B.U. is 0-8 in road games this season and 0-3 in neutral-site contests... The Terriers have lost 12 straight games away from their home court - "The Roof" dating back to last season... The 12 straight road losses are the most by a Dennis Wolff led team, and the program's longest since a 12-game skein from February 29, 1992, a 79-67 loss at Hartford, to February 11,1993, a 76-69 win over New Hampshire... B.U.'s last win away from home occurred on February 19, 1999 at Vermont, a 68-54 decision... In road and neutral site-games this season, the Terriers are averaging 59.9 ppg, while opponents are averaging 74.4 ppg... The Terriers are shooting 36.2 percent on the road, as opponents are connecting on 45.7 percent of their field goal attempts... Opponents also hold the edge in rebounding, 36.0 rpg to 31.8 rpg
Last Meeting With Northeastern - January 4, 2000 B.U. 62, Northeastern 45 BOSTON, MA- Freshman guard Paul Seymour scored a game-high 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds as Boston University defeated Northeastern, 62-45... B.U. jumped out to an early 14-2 lead and never looked back in snapping a four-game losing streak... Seymour got the Terriers off on the right foot as he drained a 3-pointer at 19:50 to give the Terriers a 3-0 lead... Senior center Jean Avebe connected on a layup and senior forward Mike Costello hit two three-pointers and a jumper as the Terriers built a 12-point lead, 14-2, with 14:33 left in the first half... The lead grew to 15, 31-16, as freshman guard Matt Turner (West Haven, CT) hit the fifth Terrier three-pointer of the half with 1:15 to play... B.U. held Northeastern to just one field goal in the final four minutes of the first half and headed into the break with a 35-16 lead... Costello scored all of his 12 points and the Terriers shot 44 percent from the field (12-of-27) in the first half... The Huskies shot just 25 percent in the first half (7-of-28)... Leading 38-21 with 16:25 to play, B.U. went on a 10-0 run to open its biggest lead of the season, 48-21... The Huskies outscored B.U., 24-13, in the final 10 minutes. Changa Adams led N.U. with nine points and Marcus Blossom added seven points and seven rebounds... Northeastern shot 29.5 percent from field for the game (18-of-61)... The win for the Terriers snapped a four-game losing streak and improved the team's record to 3-1 at home this season... Besides Seymour (13 points) and Costello (12), sophomore guard Dereck Franklin and freshman Jacob Kudlacz were the other Terriers in double-figures with 10 points each... Kudlacz and sophomore forward Jerome Graham also grabbed a game-high seven rebounds.
Terriers In Recent OT Games B.U. has played in a team record four overtimes this season... The Terriers have lost their last eight overtime games. B.U.'s last overtime victory was January 24, 1997, a 79-72 decision over Delaware. A list of the Terriers' last 10 OT games, in chronological order from most recent:
Date Opponent Score
1/28/00 DREXEL 61-62 L
1/23/00 @Vermont 85-86 L (2OT)
1/16/00 TOWSON 52-54 L
11/30/99 @James Madison 79-91 L
2/10/99 NORTHEASTERN 81-84 L
1/22/99 VERMONT 67-73 L
1/5/99 @Delaware 74-75 L
1/29/98 @Drexel 73-80 L
1/24/97 DELAWARE 79-72 W
1/12/97 DREXEL 71-67 W
Scoring Woes The Terriers have been held to 50 points or less in four games this season. Against Hofstra on January 30th, the Terriers scored 49 points... It was the second time this season that the Flying Dutchmen have kept the Terriers under 50 points... At Hofstra on January 2nd, B.U. scored 46 points in a 74-46 loss... At Drexel on Tuesday, January 4th, the Terriers scored 50 points, in a 58-50 loss... The Terriers were held to its lowest point total since 1997 with 45 points at California. The Terriers have also scored 50 points or less in four games this season. The last time that happened was during the 1981-82 season... As a team, B.U. is averaging 58.7 ppg, and is on track to record its lowest scoring average since the 1949-50 season, when the Terriers averaged 58.4 ppg.
TEAM COMPARISON BU: 3-17/2-9; NU: 4-15/2-9CATEGORY BU NU Points Per Game 58.7 65.5 Opp. Points Per Game 67.5 71.9 Scoring Margin -8.8 -6.4 Field Goal % 40.2 44.0 Opp. Field Goal % 43.0 45.1 3-Field Goal % 34.3 33.9 Opp. 3-Field Goal % 36.8 31.9 Free Throw % 66.4 69.5 Rebounds Per Game 33.7 32.1 Opp. Rebounds Per Game 35.2 36.9 Rebounding Margin -1.5 -4.8 Assists Per Game 12.7 12.2 Steals Per Game 5.7 8.1 Turnovers Per Game 15.8 16.8 Turnover Margin -3.2 0.3
Wolff Coaching 100th America East Regular-Season Game Today B.U. head coach Dennis Wolff will be coaching his 100th America East regular-season game today vs. the Huskies... Wolff has compiled a 56-43 record in five-plus years as the Terriers' leader.
Growing Pains With its youngest team in program history, the Terriers are off to a 3-17 start for the first time since the 1965-66 season.That season, John Burke's squad began the season 3-17 en route to a 4-19 finish.
Terriers In Conference Games B.U. is shooting 39.7 percent from the field, 37.6 percent from three-point territory, and 66.4 percent from the free throw line in America East conference games this season... The Terriers are outrebounding their opponents, 34.9 to 33.4, a +1.5 margin... B.U. is averaging 58.1 ppg, while opponents are scoring 63.6 ppg and shooting 43.1 percent.
Season Highs Reached at Vermont On January 23rd at Vermont, the Terriers established seven new team season highs... Points (85), field goals made (30), field goal percentage (52.6 percent - 30-of-57), three-point field goals (11), three-point field goal percentage (64.7 - 11-of-17), assists (26), and blocked shots (5)... B.U.'s 85 points were its most since scoring 87 in an 87-77 win over Northeastern in the America East tournament on February 28, 1998.
Starting Five Records Head coach Dennis Wolff has used five different starting lineups this season.... Here's a look at how each five has fared:
Costello, Franklin, Avebe, Turner, Rodriguez 0-2 Costello, Franklin, Avebe, Turner, Graham 2-4 Costello, Franklin, Avebe, Seymour, Graham 1-7 Costello, Michalek, Avebe, Seymour, Graham 0-2 Costello, Michalek, Avebe, Seymour, Kudlacz 0-2
Three-Point Field Goal Streak at 113 B.U. currently has an 113-game three-point field-goal streak... The last time the Terriers were held scoreless from beyond the three-point arc was Feb. 10, 1996, when they were 0-for-10 in a loss at Vermont.... B.U. has hit at least one 3-pointer in 164-of-167 games in the Dennis Wolff era.
Youngest Terrier Squad in School History With only two upperclassmen on its 12-man roster, this year's Boston University team is the youngest in school history. The Terriers graduated five seniors from last year's club, leaving them with two seniors and 10 underclassmen for the 1999-2000 season. Every previous Boston University team has fielded at least four upperclassmen, while no Terrier club has featured more than nine underclassmen. Below is a look at some of the youngest squads to wear the Scarlet and White.
Year Fr So Jr Sr
1999-2000 5 5 0 2
1995-96 4 3 3 1
1987-88 3 6 2 3
1983-84 4 5 3 1
1982-83 4 4 2 2
1977-78 4 4 1 3
Costello Playing In His 104th Career Game Today Senior forward Mike Costello is playing in his 104th career basketball game today vs. Northeastern... Costello becames the 22nd Terrier to reach the 100 games played plateau at Hartford on Friday, January 21st... He will tie Glen Consor for 20th on the Terriers' all-time games played list... Consor, who played for the Terriers from 1976-80, played in104 games.
Costello Leading By Example Senior forward Mike Costello is second on the Terriers' all-time three-point field goals made list with 179... Heading into today's game with Northeastern, Costello needs 25 three-pointers to break Mark Daly's (92) record of 202...With 11:48 to go in the game at Drexel on Tuesday, January 4th, Costello connected on his 164th career three-point field goal to surpass Billy Beal's (99) total of 163 for second place... Costello finished the game with a then career-high 18 points... His previous career-high was 17 achieved on five different occassions...Costello is sixth in the America East Conference in three-point accuracy, connecting on 39.6 percent of his attempts (42-of-106).
Three-Point Specialist Mike Costello has scored 734 career points, 540 of which have come via the three-point field goal thus 73.5 percent of his career points have come from beyond the three-point arc.
Production By Class in 1999-2000 With five freshmen on the roster it's no surprise that the Class of 2003 lead the Terriers in most statistical catergories... Here's a breakdown of how each class has produce this season.
Year Points (ppg / %) Rebounds (rpg / %) Assists (apg / %) Senior 410 (20.5/34.9 %) 186 (9.3/27.6 %) 72 (3.6/ 28.3 %) Junior There are no juniors on the team Sophomore 335 (16.7/28.5 %) 224 (11.2/33.3 %) 102 (5.1/40.2 %) Freshmen 429 (21.4/36.5 %) 181 (9.0/26.9 %) 80 (4.00/31.5%) % = percent of team total
Avebe On The Mark Since going scoreless at California on Tuesday, December 28th, senior forward Jean Avebe has been shooting 56.6 percent (56-of-99) from the field in his last 11 outings. Against Hofstra last Sunday, Avebe led the Terriers in scoring for a team-high seventh time this season with 12 points... The 6-7 center recorded indentical 7-of-9 efforts from the field at Vermont on Sunday, January 23rd, at Hofstra on Sunday, January 2nd, and against Portland State on Wednesday, December 29th... In 20 games this season, Avebe has shot under 50 percent from the field only four times, December 2nd at Massachusetts (3-of-8); December 9th vs. Maine (3-of-7), December 28th at California (0-of-1), and January 30th vs. Hofstra (4-of-10)... Avebe leads the Terriers in field goal percentage at 55.2 percent (90-of-163) and rebounding (5.6 rpg).
Balanced Attack In 20 games this season, six different Terriers have led the team in scoring... Senior Jean Avebe has led the Terriers in scoring on seven occassions, followed by freshman Paul Seymour , who has led Terriers in scoring six times. Senior Mike Costello has led the team in scoring three times, and freshman Matt Turner has led the Terriers twice, and sophomores Dereck Franklin and Jerome Graham have each led B.U. in scoring once...It's not just the scoring column where everybody is chipping in, but it's also in rebounding and assists... Seven different Terriers have led the way in rebounding, with Avebe grabbing the most caroms on nine occassions.Freshman Jacob Kudlacz has led the team five times, senior Mike Costello, sophomore Ignacio Rodriguez, Seymour, and Graham have led the team three times, and Franklin has led the team twice...In the assist catergory, Franklin has led the Terriers seven times, followed by Turner five times, and Costello who has led the team in assists on four occassions, Seymour, has led twice, and Avebe, and sophomore Mark Michalek have led the Terriers in assists one time.
Seymour A Deep Threat Freshman Paul Seymour (Liverpool, NY) leads the Terriers in three-pointers made (43) and leads the team in three-pointers attempted with 123... The 6-5 guard has led the Terriers in scoring six times this season and is second on the team in scoring, averaging 9.9 ppg... Twice this season Seymour has made six three-point field goals in a game, the first time came on November 22nd, when Seymour scored all of his then career-high 18 points from three-point land in a 91-79 overtime loss at James Madison ... Seymour connected on a career-high 6-of-9 from beyond the arc.. . His six three-point field goals were the most by a Terrier since Billy Beal made 7 on January 12, 1999 vs. New Hampshire... Seymour again connected for six three-pointers in an 86-85 double-overtime loss at Vermont on January 23rd.
Kudlacz and Seymour Compared To Recent Terrier Freshmen Freshmen Paul Seymour and Jacob Kudlacz have emerged from a talented freshmen class this season... Seymour has already made and attempted the most three-point field goals by a freshman in B.U. history with 43 and 123, respectively... Tremain Bryd hit 38 during his freshmen season of 93-'94... Seymour is also averaging the most points per game by a freshmen since Raja Bell averaged 10.9 ppg back in 94-'95... In fact, Seymour's current 9.9 ppg average is the highest by a freshman in the last five years and fifth highest in the last 17 years... Like Costello, a majority of Seymour's points come from three-point territory... Of his 197 total points, 129 are from three-point land or 65.4 percent... Kudlacz is averaging 7.1 ppg and 4.5 rpg... His 4.5 rpg are the most since Tunji Awojobi averaged a double-double with 18.9 ppg and 10.5 rpg in 93-'94.
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Player Year GS PPG RPG APG m-a (pct.)
P. Seymour 99-'00 12 9.9 3.7 1.7 43-123 (.350)
J. Kudlacz 99-'00 2 7.1 4.5 0.4 2-6 (.333)
D. Franklin 98-99 22 7.4 2.6 2.6 16-52 (.308)
I. Rodriguez 98-'99 15 4.7 3.8 0.4 1-3 (.333)
M. Costello 96-'97 28 4.5 1.5 0.8 32-96 (.333)
L. Folk 95-'96 28 9.7 2.6 3.9 35-110 (.318)
B. Beal 95-'96 5 2.2 0.7 0.3 12-55 (.218)
R. Bell 94-'95 23 10.9 4.2 1.2 33-77 (.429)
T. Byrd 93-'94 8 8.8 2.8 0.8 38-111 (.342)
T. Awojobi 93-'94 27 18.9 10.5 1.5 5-16 (.313)
R. Bailey 91-'92 11 7.0 1.5 2.5 4-24 (.167)
B. Huckeby 91-'92 7 4.2 3.4 0.7 19-37 (.514)
B. Holden 90-'91 24 6.1 3.5 4.1 21-46 (.457)
S. Manolopoulos 89-'90 7 4.3 1.0 0.5 16-36 (.444)
B. Brigham 88-'89 30 9.3 7.2 0.6 1-4 (.250)
M. Daly 88-'89 0 4.4 0.7 0.5 22-47 (.468)
R. Jarvis 87-'88 22 5.3 3.8 0.1 0-0 (.000)
T. DaCosta 85-'86 21 5.3 1.8 2.6 N/A
J. Timberlake 85-'86 9 4.9 1.5 4.5 N/A
D. Irving 84-'85 7 6.4 1.4 0.9 N/A
P. Hendricks 83-'84 3 8.0 4.0 0.6 N/A
J. Christian 83-'84 2 5.4 1.2 1.9 N/A
M. Alexander 82-'83 28 16.9 5.1 1.2 N/A
Michalek Making The Most Of His Opportunity Sophomore walk-on Mark Michalek is making his fifth consecutive start for the Terriers today... On Friday, January 21st at Hartford, the 6-0 guard made his first collegiate start, handing out three assists in 31 minutes of action... At Vermont on January 23rd, Michalek played 41 of a possible 50 minutes in the Terriers' 86-85 double-overtime loss... In the loss, Michalek distributed a career-high 12 assists against three turnovers for a 4-to-1 assist to turnover ratio... His 12 assists were the most since Dave Stiff also had 12 versus Rider on November 25, 1994... Michalek scored a career-high six points on two three-point field goals in a 62-61 overtime loss to Drexel on January 28th... Michalek has played in 17 of the Terriers' 20 games this season, averaging 0.8 ppg and 1.3 apg in 15.0 mpg... He is 5-of-`5 from the field this season and 1-of-3 from the free throw line.
Sixth Man Since coming off the bench at Hartford on January 21st, sophomore guard Dereck Franklin is averaging 10 .0 ppg, 3.3 rpg, and 4.0 apg... He is 10-of-19 from the field (52.6 percent), and 9-of-10 from three-point range (90 percent)... After missing his first three-point field in the first hafl at Hartford, Franklin has connected on nine straight from three-point territory.
Seymour's Last Six Ever since his breakout game vs. Delaware with career-highs in points (23) and rebounds (10), freshman Paul Seymour is averaging 15.7 ppg in his last six games... In this stretch, Seymour is 24-of-59 from three-point range (40.7 percent) and is averaging 4.5 rpg.
Kudos To Kudlacz Freshman forward Jacob Kudlacz had his best back-to-back outings of his 17 game colleigate career at Hartford and at Vermont . At Hartford on January 21st, Kudlacz scored a career-high 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting and pulled in six rebounds... At Vermont, on January 23rd, the 6-8 forward recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and a career-best 13 rebounds... Kudlacz is sixth on the team in scoring, averaging 7.1 ppg and is third in field goal percentage, connecting on 44.2 precent of his attempts (50-of-113)... He has a team-high 14 blocked shots and is second in rebounding with 4.5 rpg... Kudlacz sat out the first three games of the season due to an ankle injury... On December 9th vs. Maine, Kudlacz recorded his first collegiate double-figure outing with 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting in 16 minutes. In the December 7th win over Harvard, Kudlacz was 4-of-4 from the floor en route to his third straight eight-point outing... The 6-8 forward made his collegiate debut at Providence on November 30... In 23 minutes of action, he scored eight points on 4-of-7 shooting and collected two rebounds... At UMass, Kudlacz added eight points and a then career-high nine rebounds.
Meet The Newest Terrier Tim Kelley Tim Kelley, a former team manager, has walked-on to the team and will wear the number 50... The 6-0, 180-pound guard joinedthe team two weeks ago prior to games at Hartford and Vermont... Kelley played four minutes of the second overtime at Vermont last Sunday... Kelley, will provide the Terriers some added depth late in games if injuries or foul trouble arise.
Grochowalski Red-Shirted For 1999-2000 Season Boston University freshman forward Jason Grochowalski (Shrewsbury, PA/Worcester Academy) will miss the remainder of the 1999-2000 season due to a season-ending shoulder injury that will require surgery... The 6-6,190-pound forward initially dislocated his left shoulder in practice on October 30 and reaggravated the injury during the Providence game on November 30th..."It is unfortunate that Jason has had an injury-plagued first semester," said head coach Dennis Wolff... "Actually, we have had him for only about a week. He had to rehab the shoulder for most of the pre-season. Then, we had him for three practices before our road trip to Florida and James Madison. He played in the three games, practiced for the Providence game, and then got hurt against Providence..."We plan to red-shirt him this year," continued Wolff. Grochowalski had his shoulder operated on December 26th... Grochowalski appeared in the Terriers' first four games, averaging 2.0 ppg and 2.3 rpg. Grochowalski was also averaging 11.3 minutes per game.
Sadusky Joins Grochowalski As A Red-Shirt Freshman guard John Sadusky (Fairfax, VA/DeMatha Catholic) will miss the remainder of the 1999-2000 season due to chronic lower back pain... Sadusky was the second freshman to be red-shirted by head coach Dennis Wolff this season... Sadusky, a 6-0, 180-pound guard, has been plagued by lower back pain for most of the season... "It's (lower back pain) been an ongoing problem since the first week of practice with no sign of improvement," said Wolff. "The best thing for John now is to start to rehab."... Sadusky, a McDonald's All-American nominee last season, appeared in five games for the Terriers. He had six assists, three steals, and three rebounds in 63 minutes of action.
Turner Ruled Academically Ineligible For Second Semester Boston University freshman guard Matt Turner (West Haven, CT) has been ruled academically ineligible for the second semester, head coach Dennis Wolff announced Monday, January 10th... The Terriers (3-10 overall, 2-3 in America East), who started the season with its youngest squad in program history, have lost its third member of the Class of 2003... On November 30th, freshman forward Jason Grochowalski (Shrewsbury, MA) was red-shirted due to a separated shoulder that required surgery. Then, on December 23rd, freshman guard John Sadusky (Fairfax, VA) was also red-shirted due to chronic back pain... Turner, a 5-9 guard, appeared in 13 games, starting eight. He was the Terriers' third-leading scorer averaging 8.0 ppg and reached double-figures in six games... Turner's best effort of the season was in his collegiate debut against Northern Illinois University in the first round of the Doral/Florida International Tip-Off Classic. Turner scored a career-high 20 points and handed out a career-high six assists in the Terriers' 78-65 loss.
Updated Player Bios
#55 Jean Avebe Sr. F Yaounde, Cameroon Quick Notes: Has started all 20 games... Leads the team in scoring (11.2 ppg), field goal percentage at 55.2 percent (90-of-163) and rebounding (5.5 rpg) and is third in minutes played averaging 28.9 mpg... Has 534 points and 356 rebounds in 96 career games... A career 51.9 percent shooter. 1999-00 Highlights: - Scored 14 points on 6-of-9 from the field and grabbed four rebounds against Northern Illinois on 11/19 - Recorded eight points, seven rebounds, and two steals versus Radford (11/20) - Had eight points and a team-high six rebounds at James Madison (11/22) - Scored 12 points, grabbed a season-high nine rebounds, and added four assists at Providence (11/30) - Recorded eight points and seven rebounds at Massachusetts (12/2) - Scored a team-high 14 points on 6-of-10 from the field and grabbed six rebounds versus Harvard (12/7) - Totaled eight points and four rebounds versus Maine (12/9) - Had a team-high 12 points on 5-of-10 shooting vs. New Hampshire (12/11) - Hampered by early foul trouble, Avebe went scoreless and had three rebounds in 10 minutes at California (12/28). - Rebounded from California game with a season-high 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting. - Notched first career double-double with a season-tying 16 points and season-high 10 rebounds at Hofstra on January 2, 2000. - Had eight points and five rebounds at Drexel on 1/4/2000. - Had five points and five rebounds vs. Northeastern on 1/8. - Recored eight points and four rebounds vs. Liberty on 1/11. - Registered second double-double of the season and career with a season-high tying 16 points and career-high 14 rebounds vs. Delaware on 1/14. Had season high in both field goals (7) and field goals attempted (15) - Had a team-high 13 points and five rebounds on 5-of-8 shooting vs. Towson on 1/16. - Had 10 points and a team-high six rebounds at Hartford on 1/21. - Reached season-high of 16 points for the fifth time this season and had two rebounscoreds at Vermont on 1/23. - Tied a career-high with 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting vs. Drexel on 1/28. - Scored a team-high 12 points on 4-of-10 shooting. Shot below 50 percent for just the fourth time this season. Also had a team-high seven rebounds.
#23 Mike Costello Sr. G Belmont, MA Quick Notes: Has started all 20 games...Has started 85-of- 103 career games... Playing in his 104th career game... Is sixth in America East Conference in three-point field percentage at 39.6 percent... Is currently second on the Terriers all-time three-point field goals made list with 179. He needs 24 to pass Mark Daly (92) for the all-time lead... Is second on the Terriers in three-point field goals made (42), three-point field goal percentage 39.6 percent (42-of-106), steals (32), and minutes played 32.3 mpg... He has scored 734 points, 540 of those points are from three-point range or 73.5 percent... Shooting 37.2 percent from three-point range in his career (179-of-480)...Has 54 assists to 36 turnovers, a 1.5 ratio. 1999-00 Highlights: - Had seven points and five rebounds against Northern Illinois on 11/19 - Scored seven points and pulled down three rebounds versus Radford (11
