Men's Basketball to Visit Dartmouth Thursday Night on NESN

Thursday, December 13

Hanover, NH

7 PM

Boston University

Dartmouth

Joe Jones provides instruction to the men's basketball team in a team huddle at the bench.

Photo by: Andy Mead

Men's Basketball to Visit Dartmouth Thursday Night on NESN

December 12, 2018 | Men's Basketball

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Men's Basketball (6-4) at Dartmouth (6-5)
Date & Time	Thursday, Dec. 13 \| 7:00 p.m.
Venue	Leede Arena \| Hanover, N.H.
Live Stats	DartmouthSports.com
Listen	Terrier Sports Radio Network
TV	NESN \| ESPN+
Twitter	@BUGameDay \| @TerrierMBB
Game Notes	BU

BOSTON – Riding a three-game win streak, the Boston University men's basketball team will visit Ivy League foe Dartmouth on Thursday night with the NESN broadcast set to begin at 7 p.m.

The Terriers (6-4) are coming off an extended break following 79-60 home win over UMass Lowell on Dec. 4, while the Big Green (6-5) are coming off Monday's 82-73 home win against Sacred Heart.

TERRIER TIDBITS

The Terriers are 4-3 on the road this season with wins at Northeastern (77-74), Albany (71-61), New Hampshire (82-53) and Elon (65-58) … The losses occurred at Eastern Michigan (80-62), Drexel (86-67) and Rutgers (54-44).
BU is facing an Ivy League team other than Harvard for the first time since winning at home against Cornell (70-57) in 2012.
In last week's 79-60 home win over UMass Lowell, the Terriers had two players finish with 20+ points for the first time since winning at Lehigh in the 2018 PL Quarterfinals.
Junior Max Mahoney is averaging a team-high 15.0 ppg while ranking 17^th nationally in field goal shooting percentage (.655) and is also second on the team in rebounds (5.1 rpg) after claiming his second-ever double-double against the River Hawks.
Junior Tyler Scanlon is second on the team at 14.2 ppg and leads the team in rebounds (5.4 rpg), assists (3.3 apg) and steals (1.1 spg).
Sophomore Javante McCoy is also averaging double figures at 10.8 ppg while posting a team-high 17 made 3-pointers.
BU's bench has outscored opponents in nine of 10 games with freshmen Jack Hemphill, Jordan Guest and Fletcher Tynen combining for 16.9 ppg.
The Terriers are averaging 71.3 ppg while shooting 47.4 percent from the field but only own a positive scoring margin of 5.2, as opponents are averaging 5.3 more made free throws per game.
Defensively, BU entered the week 17^th nationally in holding opponents to 27.4 percent from behind the arc, 64^th in scoring defense (66.1 ppg) and 68^th in limiting teams to just 40.2 FG%.

SCOUTING DARTMOUTH

The Big Green are 4-1 at home following wins over Sacred Heart (82-73) and Maine (78-52) … The lone loss came against Quinnipiac (64-59).
Dartmouth is 1-0 against the Patriot League with an 82-80 win at Loyola Maryland … The Big Green also shared one non-conference opponent with BU, posting a 91-77 victory against Albany.
Dartmouth features five players in double figures with 6-foot-7 forward Chris Knight averaging a team-high 14.9 ppg and 7.5 rpg … 6-foot-2 guard Brendan Barry is second on the team in scoring at 13.1 ppg while averaging a team-high 3.8 apg.
6-foot-8 forward Adrease Jackson (11.6 ppg, 6.9 rpg) has combined with Knight for 28 blocks.
Dartmouth is averaging 79.6 ppg while shooting 46.4 percent from the field and is nearly doubling opponents in made 3-pointers (11.7-6.5) … Opponents are being held to 71.6 ppg and 43.6 FG%.

SERIES HISTORY

The Terriers are facing Dartmouth for the first time since claiming a 65-53 road win in 2002.
Dartmouth leads the all-time series, 21-7, with the first matchup taking place in 1924-25.
Head coach Joe Jones went 8-6 against the Big Green as head coach at Columbia.