BOSTON - Riding a season-high four-game win streak, the Boston University men's basketball team will host American on Wednesday with tip-off slated for 7 p.m.

The Patriot League's longest active win streak has allowed the Terriers (14-11, 7-5 PL) to exceed last year's win total with six regular season games remaining and also move into a four-way tie for second in the conference standings. 

BU started the conference slate 0-3 and has gone 7-2 since with three of the last four wins coming on the road. In the last home contest at Case Gym, the Terriers pulled out a last-second thriller, as senior John Papale hit a floater to claim a 75-73 win over Lehigh and the top spot on SportsCenter's Top 10 list. 

They will face another team in American (7-16, 5-7 PL) that's been playing well as of late. The Eagles opened conference play at 0-6 but have gone 5-1 since then with domating victories against PL leader Bucknell (69-55) and Holy Cross (58-45). AU owned the longest win streak before falling at Lehigh, 72-49, on Saturday. 

TERRIER TIDBITS

• The Terriers are 6-4 at home this season with two of the last three contests being decided by three points or less and the third requiring overtime ... They own key home wins over defending American East champion Albany (69-64), defending PL champion Lafayette (68-47) and PL preseason favorite Lehigh (75-73).

• BU is shooting 48.4 percent from the field during the four-game win streak ... Sophomore Cheddi Mosely (13.7 ppg) has led the Terriers in scoring at 17.0 ppg while shoopting an impressive 21-of-37 FG (.568).

• Both Mosely and senior John Papale (12.0 ppg) have drained 11 3-pointers apiece during the streak ... Papale hit five of his on Saturday at Lafayette to push his career total to 264 (second-most ever at BU). 

• Senior Nathan Dieudonne (10.7 ppg, 8.1 rpg) has been on a roll recently, averaging 12.8 ppg and 13.8 rpg during the streak ... In conference action, his rebounding average is a league-high 10.4 rpg, 2.4 more than the nearest competitor with sophomore Nick Havener (7.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg) fourth at 7.0 rpg ... In the last four games, BU is out-rebounding opponents with a positive margin of 8.5 rpg.

• Defensively, the Terriers have held last four opponents to 42.4 shooting percentage and more importantly just 29.5 percent from behind the arc ... Junior Blaise Mbargorba (3.6 ppg, 2.2 rpg) has earned 10 blocks, while freshman Kyle Foreman (9.7 ppg, 2.8 apg) owns four steals, including a critical one that came in OT to help BU pull away from Lafayette. 

• Arguably the biggest difference in BU's recent play has been the team's ability to get to the free throw line and make the shots ... The Terriers are averaging 18.8 made free throws in the last four games compared to opponents' average of 11.0 ... Junior Eric Fanning (14.5 ppg, 4.4 rpg) has gone 20-of-24 (.833) to help average 14.8 ppg.

SCOUTING AMERICAN

• Wanting to create a slower pace of play, the Eagles are averaging 56.4 ppg while holding opponents to just 62.2 ppg in conference action ... They are 3-4 on the road against PL opponents.

• In three of the five PL victories, AU has scored less than 64 points, including a 54-49 win at Colgate ... The Geals scored 81 points at Lafayette (81-73) and 69 points at Bucknell (69-55).

• Guard Delante Jones has led AU in scoring at 12.3 ppg while shooting 46 percent and 48 percent from behind the arc ... Guard Jesse Reed is the other Eagle in double-figure scoring at 13.0 ppg in PL play.

• Forward Marko Vasic (3.8 ppg) leads the Eagles in rebounding at 4.3 rpg with Reed close behind at 3.7 rpg ... AU is being out-rebounded by PL opponents at 3.5 rpg.

SERIES HISTORY

• The Terriers own a 6-2 advantage in the all-time series that dates back to 1997 and are 4-2 since joining the Patriot League in the summer of 2013 ... One of the losses was a heartbreaker, as AU claimed the 2014 PL title at BU. 

• The Terriers last year earned their first conference sweep against the Eagles with a 59-54 home win and 61-53 road victory ... Junior Cedric Hankerson, who only played in one game before suffering a season-ending injury, recorded a school-record nine steals in the home victory.

• Up by five back on Jan. 13 at the half, BU held AU to just 25 percent shooting in the final 20 minutes for the 61-50 victory ... Fanning owned a team-high 14 points, while Dieudonne nearly had a double-double with eight points and 10 rebounds.

UP NEXT

• The Terriers will have another opportunity to earn a sweep when they visit Loyola Maryland on Saturday (Feb. 13) at 1 p.m

• BU won the previous meeting in overtime (87-84) back on Jan. 18 ... The Terriers trailed by as many as 14 in the middle of the second half on the CBS Sports Network and rallied with the help of Fanning's career-high 37 points for the victory.

• Last year at Loyola, BU missed two free throw attempts with the time expired to go to overtime and eventually fell, 91-86 ... Mosely led the Terriers with 23 points in the loss.