Terriers Roll Past SUNY Poly, 91-63

Saturday, November 9

Boston, MA

1 PM

Boston University

1-1

SUNY Poly

0-1

SUNY Poly

Boston University

Photo by: David Arnold

November 9, 2019 | Men's Basketball

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BOSTON – Highlighted by 11 3-pointers, the Boston University men's basketball team ended the season-opening two-game homestand with a 91-63 victory over SUNY Poly on Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore Walter Whyte tied his personal best set earlier in the week against Northeastern with 23 points, as six other teammates tallied at least eight points for the Terriers (1-1) in their first-ever matchup against the Wildcats (0-1). Junior Sukhmail Mathon tied senior Max Mahoney at 12 points and was one rebound shy of his first-career double-double.

HOW IT HAPPENED

BU missed its first seven field goal attempts before Whyte flushed his first of four 3-pointers at 16:20 to cut SUNY Poly's lead to 8-4.
2019 All-NEAC First Team honoree Josh Gregory flushed a trey of his own on the next possession, but Whyte drained his second to spark a 17-2 run capped by junior Andrew Petcash's 3-pointer at 10:38.
Owning a five-point lead (23-18) with under nine to play in the first half, sophomore Jack Hemphill hit from downtown, as BU went on a game-changing 28-3 run capped by Whyte's slam dunk at 1:38.
The Wildcats would never cut the deficit below 20 points the rest of the contest with BU grabbing its largest lead at 3:35 (91-59) in the second half.

GAME NOTES

Petcash was the fourth in double figures for BU at 11 points.
Freshman Ethan Brittain-Watts tied Whyte for most minutes played on the team at 24 while contributing two of BU's 18 assists.
Hemphill posted nine points and six boards, while sophomore Fletcher Tynen contributed three points, three assists and six rebounds in his first appearance of the season.
Senior Adam Mikula, freshman Tarkan Taboglu, freshman Michael Quinn and freshman Tim Uzoegbu also saw their first action of the season.
The Terriers finished 35-of-69 (.507) from the field and 11-of-25 (.440) in 3-point territory, while the Wildcats went 23-of-56 (.411) and 2-of-10 (.200), respectively.
BU outscored the Wildcats off turnovers (19-9) and in the paint (48-38).
Gregory led SUNY Poly with 17 points and six rebounds.

NEXT UP: VERMONT

The Terriers will next hit the road for the first time with a trek to defending America East champion Vermont on Wednesday (Nov. 13) at 7 p.m.
The Catamounts pulled out a 78-72 win at Case Gym last year in the first regular season meeting between the two former conference foes since BU claimed a 64-59 road victory in 2013.