Terriers Host Canisius Wednesday in BU Basketball Doubleheader Nightcap

Wednesday, December 7

Boston, MA

7:30 PM

Boston University

Canisius

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Terriers Host Canisius Wednesday in BU Basketball Doubleheader Nightcap

December 6, 2016 | Men's Basketball

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Men's Basketball (4-4) vs. Canisius (3-5)
Date & Time	Wednesday, Dec. 7 \| 7:30 p.m. NOTE: Women's Basketball hosts Dartmouth at 5:30 p.m. ET.
Venue	Case Gym "The Roof" \| Boston, Mass.
Tickets	Ticketmaster.com
Live Stats	GoTerriers.com
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Listen	Terrier Sports Radio Network (PLN audio simulcast)
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @BostonUMBB

BOSTON – Seeking its fifth-straight home victory, the Boston University men's basketball team will host Canisius on Wednesday night with tip-off slated for 7:30 p.m. The contest will mark the nightcap of a doubleheader, as the women's squad will first host Dartmouth at 5:30 p.m.

As part of Questrom School of Business Night, Questrom students, faculty & staff will receive free admission and access to a pregame dinner reception at 6:30 p.m. by registering at GoTerriers.com/QuestromBasketballNight.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU is 4-0 at home this season with wins over Northeastern (65-63), Maine (102-78), LIU Brooklyn (86-69) and Western New England (91-54).
The Terriers last opened with at least four straight home victories in 1996-97 when they went a perfect 9-0 in conference play ... BU last started with four straight non-conference victories at home in 1994-95 and added a conference victory to extend streak to five before finally losing.
BU will try to snap a three-game losing streak in which it fell on the road at St. Peter's (80-67), UConn (51-49) and NC State (77-73) by an average deficit of 5.3 ppg.
Senior Eric Fanning scored a game-high 21 points against the Huskies and led BU for the fourth time in scoring this season with 16 points against the Wolfpack to post a team-high average of 15.0 ppg and 51.9 FG%.
Junior Cheddi Mosely tallied 12 points on Saturday at NCSU and is the other Terrier in double figures at 10.3 ppg while averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers per game.
Sophomore Kyle Foreman (7.0 ppg) tallied a career-high 21 points at SPU and later dished out a personal-best nine assists at NCSU to push his assists average to 4.1 apg.
Freshman Tyler Scanlon (7.0 ppg, 3.6 rpg) was one rebound shy of the team's second double-double this season against the Wolfpack with 15 points.
Junior Nick Havener remains the team leader in rebounding at 6.6 rpg with Fanning (5.1 rpg) and senior Justin Alston (4.8 rpg) close behind to help BU claim a positive rebounding margin of 3.5.
The Terriers are shooting 46.8 percent from the field and 32.4 percent in 3-point territory but have pushed those percentages higher at home to 51.0 percent and 41.0 percent, respectively.

SCOUTING CANISIUS

The Golden Griffins are resuming non-conference play after splitting two MAAC games last weekend, a 77-76 win at Manhattan and 94-88 loss at Monmouth.
As a team, Canisius is 3-3 on the road, collecting other victories at Duquesne (78-77) and Youngstown State (90-84) with losses to Kentucky (93-69) and Cleveland State (67-64).
Canisius is averaging 74.1 ppg while shooting 44.8 percent, but opponents are averaging 79.4 ppg and 48.8 percent.
Four men have started in all eight games while the leading scorer, 6-foot-3 guard Kassius Robertson (16.6 ppg), has started seven contests.
Both 6-foot-6 forward Jermaine Crumpton (16.4 ppg) and 6-foot-7 forward Phil Valenti (11.9 ppg) are both averaging double figures with Valenti also averaging a team-high 6.1 rpg.
Four Griffs have recorded at least 21 assists apiece, and the passing has helped Canisius average 8.8 made 3-pointers per game and a 37.2 3FG%.

SERIES HISTORY

BU leads the all-time series, 14-10, as the two teams were previously members of the America East (then known as the ECAC North) from 1979-89 ... Canisius joined the MAAC the following year, and BU joined the Patriot League in the summer of 2013.
The Terriers have won the last six home meetings with the last loss occurring on Feb. 2, 1985
The Griffs snapped a four-game losing streak in the series in 2012 with an 83-75 home win after BU posted a 70-62 victory at home in the 2011 BracketBusters ... Canisius followed up last season with an 84-68 victory, as Valenti posted a game-high 21 points.
Canisius only shot 39 percent but earned 42 trips to the free throw line to help claim the victory.