BOSTON – Despite shooting over 60 percent from the field in the second half, the Boston University men's basketball team fell short to Army West Point, 86-82, on Wednesday night at Case Gym.

The Black Knights (7-9, 2-1 PL) finished the game 10-of-20 from behind the arc after missing five of their first six attempts to hold off the Terriers (8-8, 1-2 PL), who rallied from a nine-point deficit to briefly take the lead at 11:35 (51-50). Jordan Fox flushed three of his six 3-pointers down the stretch for a season-high 24 points, while Tommy Funk added 16 points and six assists. Junior Tyler Scanlon nearly had a triple-double for BU with eight points, eight rebounds and seven assists, but the real offensive production came from the bench, as freshman Jonas Harper (15 pts.), sophomore Andrew Petcash (12 pts.) and freshman Jack Hemphill (10 pts.) all reached double figures.

DOWN THE STRETCH

• Facing its first deficit in the second half following junior Max Mahoney's layup at 11:35, Matt Wilson responded with a layup of his own to give the Black Knights the lead for good.
• After John Emezie hit a 3-pointer at 9:41 (57-53), Fox flushed three clutch treys at 8:45 (61-55), 8:22 (64-57) and 7:05 (69-63), respecitvely, to keep the Terriers at a distance.
• Trailing by four (73-69) with 3:14 remaining after Harper drained both free throws, BU got a defensive stop but missed an open 3-pointer and then committed a costly turnover on the ensuing possession.
• The Black Knights took advantage by extending the lead to 77-69 on a layup and two free throws with 1:27 remaining.
• BU tried to mount another rally with the help of 3-pointers by Petcash at 1:01 (79-75) and Harper at 41 seconds (81-78).
• Freshman Garrett Pascoe and Scanlon both cut the deficit to two inside the arc at 26s (82-80) and 9s (84-82), but Emezie and Funk hit two free throws apiece to seal the win.

THE SETUP

• BU scored the game's first four points on two Mahoney free throws and a layup by sophomore Javante McCoy for the team's largest lead of the game with 17:25 remaining in the half.
• Funk hit a 3-pointer to break an early 4-4 deadlock at 14:06, but Petcash hit back-to-back jumpers to retake the lead (8-7) at 13:13.
• The first half featured five lead changes with Mahoney putting BU back ahead, 12-11, with 9:45 left.
• Emezie, Tucker Blackwell and Fox then all scored from behind the arc over the next four possessions to lead, 22-17, with 5:42 remaining.
• Owning a 29-26 lead, Cayne Edwards provided back-to-back layups, but Pascoe hit one of his own before the buzzer to cut Army's halftime lead to 33-28.
• Wilson started the second half with two consecutive layups to give Army its largest lead of the game.
• Facing a five-point deficit (47-42) with 14:21 left, Harper drained a 3-pointer and was followed by Scanlon's layup, but Fox came out of Army's timeout with a 3-pointer to pull back ahead, 50-47.
• Freshman Jordan Guest and Mahoney gave BU its final lead of the game with back-to-back baskets three minutes later.

GAME NOTES

• The Terriers now have nine players who have reached double figures this season after both Petcash and Harper hit the mark against the Black Knights.
• Both Harper and Petcash went an identical 5-of-6 from the field with Harper hitting one more 3-pointer and two free throws.
• Scanlon's seven assists matched a career high set in last year's Patriot League quarterfinal win at Lehigh.
• Hemphill reached double figures for the third time this season with a pair of 3-pointers.
• Named to the Lou Henson Mid-Major Player of the Year Watch List following Saturday's 26-point and 14-rebound performance against Bucknell, Mahoney was plagued by foul trouble all game and finished with 11 points and four boards in just 20 minutes.
• The Terriers went 33-of-62 (.532) against Army's 31-of-62 (.500) performance and fell to 4-3 this season when shooting over 50 percent.
• The Black Knights had an 11-7 advantage in 3-pointers and 13-9 edge in free throws to claim the four-point win.
• Army won for the second time in four games at Case Gym, as BU fell to 17-10 all-time in the series.

NEXT UP: NAVY

• The Terriers will head to Maryland for two Patriot League games, starting with Navy on Saturday (Jan. 12) at 2 p.m.
• BU is a perfect 5-0 at Alumni Hall since joining the conference in the summer of 2013.
• Both road teams won last season with Navy claiming a 62-48 win at Case Gym to avenge an earlier 75-68 defeat.