Men's Basketball Flies to Eastern Michigan for Saturday Afternoon Tilt

Saturday, November 17

Ypsilanti, MI

2:30 PM

Boston University

Eastern Michigan

Jonas Harper drives toward the hoop from the right side with a defender behind him.

Photo by: Rich Gagnon

Men's Basketball Flies to Eastern Michigan for Saturday Afternoon Tilt

November 16, 2018 | Men's Basketball

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Men's Basketball (3-1) at Eastern Michigan (3-1)
Date & Time	Saturdayday, Nov. 17 \| 2:30 p.m.
Venue	Convocation Center \| Ypsilanti, Mich.
Live Stats	EMUEagles.com
Listen	Terrier Sports Radio Network
Video	ESPN3
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @TerrierMBB
Game Notes	BU

BOSTON – Looking to remain perfect on the road following wins at rivals Northeastern and Albany, the Boston University men's basketball team will fly to Eastern Michigan for a Saturday afternoon matchup with the ESPN3 broadcast slated to begin at 2:30 p.m.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU is making its first visit to the Great Lakes State since posting a 63-52 win at Michigan on Dec. 14, 2004 ... The Terriers also won in Ann Arbor a year prior in OT, 61-60.
The Terriers will try to win their first three road games of a season for the first time since the 2004-05 season when they won four straight at Youngstown State, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Harvard.
BU 9-9 all-time against current members of the Mid-American Conference with the last trip taking place at Ohio University in 2004 ... The Terriers prevailed in that contest, 67-64, in 2OT.
Junior Tyler Scanlon (14.7 ppg, 6.7 rpg), junior Max Mahoney (13.7 ppg) and sophomore Javante McCoy (12.0 ppg) have all reached double figures in the three games against NCAA Division I opponents ... All three men have also led BU in scoring for one game apiece with freshman Jordan Guest (7.0 ppg) posting a team-high 15 points against Emerson.
McCoy ranks third nationally in assist-turnover ratio with 13 helpers against just one turnover.
The Terriers are shooting an impressive 49.6 percent from the field and 40.2 percent in 3-point territory while holding opponents to 38.7 FG% and 25.0 3FG% ... Opponents though own a 58-37 advantage in free throws to help make up some of the difference.
BU currently owns a +8.8 rebounding margin though has averaged 2.7 more turnovers a game.

SCOUTING EASTERN MICHIGAN

EMU entered the week with the third most receiving votes outside the top 25 of the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll.
The Eagles are a perfect 3-0 at home with wins over Rochester (77-67), Drexel (66-62) and Goshen (97-74) ... Their lone loss occurred on Wednesday at No. 1 Duke (84-46).
EMU returns four starters from last year's squad that went 22-13 and 11-7 in the Mid-American Conference.
Paul Jackson directs the offense with a team-high 15.5 ppg and 5.0 apg, while Boubacar Toure is nearly averaging a double-double at 10.8 ppg and 9.0 rpg.
Jame Thompson IV is close behind in rebounding at 8.3 rpg while also averaging 7.5 ppg.
The Eagles are shooting 46.4 FG% despite shooting just 28.2 percent from behind the arc, while opponents are being held to 40.4 FG% and 31.1 3FG%.

SERIES HISTORY

Eastern Michigan owns a 2-1 lead in the series with a 100-54 home victory in 1990 and 72-69 win in 1997 at a regular season tournament hosted by Arizona State.
BU won, 70-64, in 1991 at home.