Undermanned Men's Basketball Beaten by Rhode Island 48-38
November 29, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Ibrahim Konate had a career-high eight points, while Shaun Wynn added seven points and four assists. The Terriers shot just 28% (14-50) from the field. Rhode Island was led by Dawan RobinsonâÂ?TMs nine points, while Will Daniels added seven points and 11 rebounds.
The Terriers started off cold from the field and did not score their first basket until the 14:32 mark of the first half. WynnâÂ?TMs three-pointer got BU on the board and despite the opening drought, the Terriers trailed just 4-3. Down 7-3, BU fought back with a pair of strong hoops, as both Wynn and Corey Hassan fed Konate for slam dunks to knot the game at 7-7.
Rhode Island proceeded to go on a 9-0 run, as BU could not score in the next four minutes, missing four shots along the way. Konate ended the slump with another jam to cut the deficit to 16-9 with 7:24 left in the half, but the Terriers would score just one more basket the rest of the period and trailed 26-14 at the halftime intermission. Wolff injured his knee on a collision in the paint with 14 minutes remaining in the first half and did not return.
Hassan, BUâÂ?TMs leading three-point shooter coming in, had been 0-4 from beyond the arc in the opening 20 minutes, but he drilled his first three of the second half to bring BU to within 11, 28-17. Rhode Island would go on a 10-3 spurt to stretch the lead to 18, 38-20, as the Rams got hoops from Jamaal Wise, Daniels and Darrell Harris. The Terriers would whittle the deficit back to eight, 42-34, with a 14-4 run with 6:55 remaining, however, as Omari Peterkin and Gardner combined to score 10 of the points. BU would get as close as seven, 45-38, on a pair of Wynn free throws with 2:01 remaining, but Harris and Daniels hit 3-4 free throws down the stretch to salt away the win for URI.
The Terriers are now 0-4 for the first time since the 1999-2000 squad dropped its first five games. BUâÂ?TMs 38 points were its fewest since a 64-34 loss to Georgetown in the NIT last season and its fewest at home since Jan. 6, 1964, a 39-35 loss to Stone Hill.
BU returns to action Friday night when the Terriers continue their difficult early-season schedule with a contest at 22nd-ranked George Washington. Game time is 7:30 p.m. and the game can be heard on WROL 950-AM with Doug Brown on the call.
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