COLUMBUS, Ohio – Senior Jack Wilson and junior James Burr each tallied three goals, but the No. 20 Boston University men's lacrosse team suffered a 15-9 setback to No. 7/8 Ohio State on Saturday afternoon at the Woody Hayes Athletic Complex.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Ohio State (2-0) led, 7-0, after the first quarter.
• BU (1-1) settled down in the second stanza and eventually got on the board when Wilson converted a feed from sophomore John MacLean.
• The Terriers held the Buckeyes to just three goals in the second quarter and faced a 10-1 deficit at halftime.
• BU responded with a four-goal flurry to open the second half, beginning with two goals from Burr.
• Wilson cut the deficit to 10-4 before senior Ryan Hilburn scored to make it a 10-5 with 9:33 to play in the quarter.
• The Terriers had a chance to tally a fifth straight goal but OSU got a stop and then went on a three-goal run to establish a 13-5 advantage.
• Burr's third of the quarter made it 13-6 entering the final 15 minutes.
• A man-up goal by Wilson just 18 seconds into the fourth quarter cut the Buckeye lead to 13-7, but OSU tallied twice more to regain an eight-goal cushion.
• Junior Brendan Homire and freshman Chris Gray each scored in the final moments of regulation to secure the 15-9 score.

TOUGH START, BETTER FINISH

• BU outscored the Buckeyes, 8-5, in the second half.
• After winning just one faceoff in the first 30 minutes, senior Joe Stucky and freshman Sean Christman combined to go 10-of-15 at the faceoff X in the second half.
• Six of those wins came in the third quarter as the Terriers climbed out of their nine-goal deficit.
• Christman finished with a career-best three ground balls.

WILSON'S STREAK IN TACT

• Wilson moved his point streak to 45 games thanks to his hat trick.
• He has only been held without a point once in his entire career. 
• In those 45 games, Wilson has tallied 74 goals and 46 assists for 120 points.
• Wilson also gathered five ground balls on Saturday.

BURR KEEPS HOT HAND

• After a two-goal, two-assist effort in a Feb. 3 win over Providence, Burr kept his momentum going on Saturday with his hat trick.
• He now has five goals and two assists for seven points in two games this year.

GAME NOTES

• Sophomore Joe McSorley made a career-high 13 saves on Saturday and also had a career-best six ground balls.
• Gray, Hilburn and Homire all notched a goal and an assist apiece.
• Freshman Malcolm Glendinning earned the first caused turnover and ground ball of his collegiate career.
• Fifteen different Terriers recorded at least one ground ball.
• Ohio State netminder Matthew Smidt made 15 stops.

NEXT UP: DARTMOUTH

• BU will have next weekend off and return to action on Tuesday, Feb. 20, when the Terriers welcome Dartmouth to Nickerson Field.
• Game time is set for 7 p.m.