Men's Basketball (10-9, 6-2 PL) at Lafayette (5-14, 3-5 PL)
Date & Time	Wednesday, Jan. 24 | 7 p.m.
Venue	Kirby Sports Center | Easton, Pa.
Live Stats	GoLeopards.com
Listen	Terrier Sports Radio Network
TV/Video	Patriot League Network
Game Notes	BU
Twitter	@BUGameDay | @TerrierMBB

BOSTON – Seeking its fifth win in six contests, the Boston University men's basketball team will visit Lafayette on Wednesday with tip-off slated for 7 p.m.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU is 6-5 on the road this season after posting a 6-9 mark last year ... The Terriers have five road regular season contests remaining with trips to Army, Lehigh, Colgate and American on the docket.
• The Terriers have already matched last year's six-win total in the first go-round in Patriot League action ... With one more win, they can post their best performance since starting 8-1 in 2014 en route to a conference regular season title.
• BU ranks 43rd nationally in 3-point field goal shooting percentage (38.7), 68th in steals per game (7.4) and 77th in field goal percentage (46.9) ... On the flip side, the Terriers are 349th in free throw percentage (61.2) but have shot a much improved 68.0 percent in conference play.
• Senior Cedric Hankerson leads the team in scoring in PL-only contests at 14.7 ppg but missed the Lehigh game earlier in January and only played five minutes at Navy due to injury.
• Freshman Javante McCoy tallied a season-high 16 points against the Midshipmen and is now fourth on the team in scoring for the season at 8.3 ppg, just ahead of classmate Walter Whyte (7.9 ppg).
• Senior Will Goff (7.2 ppg) reached double figures for the fifth time this year with 10 points at Navy with the help of two 3-pointers ... He currently leads the PL in 3FG% (.522) and is on track the shatter the school record of 47.1 3FG%.
• Senior Eric Johnson also had two 3-pointers against the Midshipmen and finished two points shy of becoming the 12th Terrier to reach double figures this season.
• Sophomore Tyler Scanlon (9.5 ppg) remains the team leader in rebounding (5.7 rpg), assists (2.8 apg) and steals (1.4 spg), while classmate Max Mahoney (12.1 ppg, 4.9 rpg) owns a team-high 19 blocks.

SCOUTING LAFAYETTE

• Lafayette is coming off a 62-53 win at American that snapped a four-game losing streak.
• The Leopards are 3-5 at home compared to 2-9 away from the Kirby Sports Center with wins over Quinnipiac (79-58), Holy Cross (60-48) and Susquehanna (82-70) ... All five home losses were decided by five points or fewer with the game against Bucknell requiring overtime (80-75).
• Matt Klinewski is averaging a team-high 17.9 ppg and 6.0 rpg while shooting an impressive 45.5 percent from behind the arc and 51.3 percent overall.
• Alex Petrie (12.7 ppg) and Justin Jaworski (10.5 ppg) are also averaging double figures, while Eric Stafford (4.5 ppg) is averaging a team-high 3.2 apg.
• Lafayette is averaging 68.9 ppg on 43.6 FG% while holding teams to 73.2 ppg and 44.0 FG%.
• One of the Leopards' biggest issues has been their ability to create turnovers, as they rank last nationally in steals (3.6 spg) and 326th in turnover margin (-3.1). 

SERIES HISTORY

• BU leads the all-time series, 10-6, dating back to 1948-49 and is 8-2 since joining the Patriot League in the summer of 2013.
• The Terriers eliminated the Leopards in the quarterfinals of 2014 but were eliminated themselves by Lafayette in the 2015 quarterfinals.
• BU came back with sweeps in 2016 and 2017.
• In the last trip to Easton, the Terriers led by nine (64-55) with 10:06 remaining before hitting three-straight 3-pointers to ignite a 20-5 run over the following 4:30 ... They finished with a school-record 18 3-pointers for the 91-75 win ... Klinewski led all players with 34 points, but BU featured five men in double figures, including 21 from Eric Fanning ('17).
• During the last meeting, the Terriers outscored Lafayette in the second half, 35-17, at Case Gym by tallying 20 of the points off 12 turnovers for the 75-58 win ... After leading by one at the half, the Leopards pulled within six (53-47) at 8:25, but BU responded with a 17-3 run over the following four minutes to put the game away.