LOWELL, Mass. – Despite senior Justin Alston tallying a career-high 24 points and sophomore Kyle Foreman nearing a triple-double with a personal-best 10 assists, the Boston University men's basketball team was edged on the road by UMass Lowell, 77-75, on Wednesday night at the Tsongas Center in the final non-conference game of the regular season.

THE RUNDOWN

Final Score: Mass Lowell 77, Boston University 75
Records: UML (4-8), BU (5-7)
Venue: Tsongas Center – Lowell, Mass.
Watch Replay: ESPN3.com
BU Team Stats: 27-69 FG (.391), 8-28 3FG (.286), 13-20 FT (.650), 23 Asts. 12 Stls.
UML Team Stats: 30-68 FG (.441), 8-19 3FG (.421), 9-11 FT (.818), 16 Asts., 2 Stls.
BU Leaders: Alston (24p, 10-16 FG, 6r, 2b), Foreman (7p, 7r, 10a), Hankerson (12p, 7s), Scanlon (13p, 3r, 3a)
UML Leaders: Thomas (20p, 11r, 2a), Livingston (21p, 5 3FGs, 8r), Harris (15p, 4r, 3a), Jones (11p, 4a, 3r)

TURNING POINT

• Facing a three-point deficit (75-72), freshman Tyler Scanlon hit his third 3-pointer of the second half with 25 seconds left to tie the game for the ninth and final time.
• Following a called timeout, UML found Jahad Thomas in the paint for a contested layup and 77-75 advantage with 8.6 secodns remaining.
• Senior Eric Fanning missed a 3-point attempt and his second look went in the hoop off a desperation tapping motion, but the shot took place after the buzzer.

• In a tightly-contested matchup featuring nine ties and 10 lead changes, BU grabbed its largest lead of the first half at 7:22 (29-23) on junior Cedric Hankerson's third and final 3-pointer.
• UML pulled within one three times, but Alston had a dunk at 2:07 and 39 seconds to finish the half with 15 points and a 38-35 lead.
• Alston hit back-to-back layups on a pair of assists from sophomore Kyle Foreman to help give BU its largest lead of the game, 47-39, at 16:57.
• The River Hawks though went on a 10-0 run sparked by back-to-back 3-pointers and moved ahead, 49-47, on two free throws by Matt Harris at 14:56.
• Down by four (57-53) with 11:00 left, Scanlon took over the game for a couple of minutes by hitting a short jumper and two 3-pointers before assisting on Alston's layup at 9:16 to put BU ahead by six (63-57).
• Scanlon scored BU's next bucket, but it wasn't until 5:53 for a 65-62 lead.
• Logan Primerano followed up with a pair of short jumpers to grab a 66-65 advantage with 4:48 left. 
• After Foreman hit two free throws to give BU a 69-66 lead with 3:49 left, BU had two defensive stops but missed a 3-point and layup attempt, allowing UML to tie the game at 2:07 on Tyler Livingston's fifth 3-pointer.
• Livingston then blocked Alston's layup attempt, and UML grabbed a 71-69 lead on Ryan Jones' layup with 1:45 remaining in regulation. 

• Alston went 10-of-16 from the field and 4-of-5 at the line for 24 points, six more than his previous high, and is now the fifth active Terrier to reach 20 points.
• Foreman's 10 assists were the most by a Terrier since junior Eric Johnson had 10 against Kean last December and were the most against a Division I opponent since Maurice Watson Jr. had 12 against Illinois in the opening round of the 2014 National Invitation Tournament.
• Scanlon reached double figures for the third time this year and scored all 13 of his points in the second half.
• Now 3-2 all-time against UML, BU fell to 0-6 on the road this year and had its seven-game win streak against the America East snapped.
• Despite committing five more turnovers (18-13) and trailing in steals by a wide margin (12-2), UML still outscored BU in points off turnovers, 17-12, by contesting several Terrier fastbreak layup attempts that continuously received unlucky bounces around the rim.
• UML entered the game with a negative 4.7 rebounding margin but won the battle at the boards, 43-39, and outscored the Terriers (+2.5) in second-chance points, 19-8.

• The Terriers will host defending Patriot League champion Holy Cross in the conference opener for both squads on Friday, Dec. 30 at 7 p.m.
• BU and HC will be competing for a point in the second-annual all-sports Turnpike Trophy competition featuring the two schools.
• The Terriers won the trophy last year and currently own a 4-1 lead following the completion of the fall schedule.
• Last year, both home teams earned a point with BU prevailing in the regular season finale, 83-68.