ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Highlighted by a season-high 19 steals and junior Will Goff's personal-best four 3-pointers, the Boston University men's basketball team cruised to a 71-53 victory at Navy on Thursday night. With their first road win of the season, the Terriers improve to 8-7 and remain perfect in Patriot League play at 3-0.

THE RUNDOWN

Final Score: Boston University 71, Navy 53
Records: BU (8-7, 3-0 PL), Navy (5-10, 0-3 PL)
Venue: Alumni Hall - Annapolis, Md.
Watch Replay: Patriot League Network
BU Team Stats: 25-52 FG (.481), 12-27 3FG (.444), 9-13 FT (.692), 19 Stls.
Navy Team Stats: 20-51 FG (.392), 8-25 3FG (.320), 5-8 FT (.625), 8 Stls.
BU Leaders: Alston (14p, 5r), Foreman (7p, 6a, 5s), Hankerson (12p, 4 3FGs, 3a, 3s), Goff (12p, 4 3FGs) 
Navy Leaders: Anderson (10p), Alade (6p, 5r)

TURNING POINT

• Leading 38-30 with 15:40 left, junior Will Goff hit three 3-pointers during a 13-0 run over the following four minutes to help BU pull away for the win.
• The Terriers led by as many as 29 with 3:31 remaining before the Mids hit four treys down the stretch to put the final deficit at 18 points.

• Navy jumped out to an 8-2 lead, as the Terriers went 5:55 without a field goal.
• The Mids grabbed their final lead (14-13) at 11:11 on a layup by Edward Alade. 
• Senior Justin Alston hit two free throws at 9:06 and added a layup at 7:34 on senior Eric Fanning's assist to give BU the lead for good.
• Both teams shot below 40 percent in the first half, but BU owned a 30-22 halftime lead by going 8-of-9 at the line.
• The Terriers only went to the line four times in the second half, but they shot 16-of-27 (.593) and 8-of-16 from behind the arc en route to the victory.

• Six Terriers had at least two steals, including a personal-best five steals from sophomore Kyle Foreman, en route to a season-high 19 steals, two shy of the school record set in 1989 and four shy of the Patriot League record ... BU had more than 15 steals in a game for the first time since posting 15 against Morehead State during the 2010 CBI quarterfinals.
• Goff finished with a career-high four 3-pointers and two points shy of his personal best, while junior Cedric Hankerson also had four 3-pointers.
• The Terriers forced Navy into 27 turnovers after the Mids tallied 30 total in the previous two contests against Bucknell and Holy Cross.
• BU snapped a six-game road losing streak by handing the Mids their worst home loss of the season ... Navy was 5-2 at home entering the game with only one double-digit loss to Ohio State (78-68).
• Now 8-1 all-time against Navy, the Terriers have opened Patriot League play 3-0 for the third time in four years. 

• One of two teams still unbeaten in the PL standings alongside Bucknell, the Terriers will seek their fourth-straight win at Lafayette on Sunday (Jan. 8) with tip-off slated for 2 p.m.
• BU won both matchups last year, including a thrilling 89-82 overtime victory at Lafayette.