Men's Basketball Snaps Colgate's 12-Game Home Win Streak, 76-68

Saturday, February 2

Hamilton, NY

1 PM

Boston University

11-12, 4-6PL

Colgate

13-10, 5-5PL

Boston U.

Colgate

Tyler Scanlon drives toward the hoop at Elon.

Photo by: Andy Mead

Men's Basketball Snaps Colgate's 12-Game Home Win Streak, 76-68

February 2, 2019 | Men's Basketball

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HAMILTON, N.Y. – Boosted by junior Tyler Scanlon's second consecutive double-double, the Boston University men's basketball team went wire-to-wire in a 76-68 victory at Colgate on Saturday afternoon.

The Terriers (11-12, 4-6 PL) snapped the Raiders' (13-10, 5-5 PL) 12-game home win streak by shooting 50.9 percent from the field and outscoring the Raiders off turnovers, 16-7. Scanlon tallied a team-high 20 points with a game-high 11 boards, while junior Max Mahoney tallied 16 points. Sophomore Javante McCoy added 10 points and team-high four assists.

THE FINAL STRETCH

The Raiders pulled within three (67-64) at 4:18 on Malcolm Regisford's field goal, but the Raiders missed their final three field goal attempts and committed five turnovers.
After the teams exchanged free throws and Mahoney fouled out on the offensive end with 3:25 remaining, redshirt-freshman Alex Vilarino swiped the ball away from Tucker Richardson and hit two free throws to make the game two possessions.
BU added five more free throws and used its smothering defense to prevent the Raiders from pulling any closer over the final three minutes.

THE SETUP

After Colgate won the tip and missed a 3-point attempt, Scanlon flushed one of his three treys to spark a 9-2 run capped by freshman Jonas Harper's floater at 14:41.
Scanlon's fastbreak layup extended the advantage to 19-11 with 11:55 remaining in the half.
The Raiders used 3-pointers from Jack Ferguson and Richardson to cut the deficit to 21-19 two minutes later, but the Terriers finished on a 17-6 run with the help of Vilarino's bomb and buzzer-beating layup for the 38-25 halftime lead.
Mahoney hit a short jumper to give BU its largest lead of the game, 42-27, with 18:30 remaining in regulation.
The teams traded blows for the next five minutes with freshman Garrett Pascoe finding sophomore Andrew Petcash in the corner for a 3-pointer and 52-41 advantage at 13:11.
Northwestern transfer Rapolas Ivanauskas scored 14 of his game-high 24 points in the second half to help Colgate chip away at the lead and pull within two (56-54) at 8:37 on Will Rayman's 3-pointer.
Scanlon immediately responded with one of his own, and shortly after Ferguson's third bomb at 7:02, McCoy and Mahoney hit back-to-back buckets for 65-59 advantage at 5:56.
The Raiders cut the deficit to three on three occasions at 5:37 (65-62), 4:18 (67-64) and 3:34 (69-66).

GAME NOTES

The win marked the second consecutive year the Terriers snapped an opponent's double-figure home win streak after halting Bucknell's 15-home game win streak last season at Sojka Pavilion.
Earning his fifth-career double-double, Scanlon became the first Terrier to claim one on the road for BU since he had 16 points and 10 boards at Loyola Maryland on Jan. 5, 2018.
BU went 15-of-18 at the charity stripe, while Colgate finished 14-of-16.
The Terriers' six turnovers were the team's fewest since BU committed just six in a 64-60 home Patriot League quarterfinal win against Loyola on March 2, 2017.
BU extended its lead in the all-time series to 28-21 and has now won two of the last three meetings at Cotterell Court.
Ivanauskas added eight rebounds to help Colgate edge the Terriers on the boards, 28-25.
Richardson finished with 11 points, seven assists and five rebounds, while Ferguson tallied 14 points off the bench.

NEXT UP: LAFAYETTE

The Terriers will welcome the Leopards to Case Gym on Wednesday (Feb. 6) with the NESNplus broadcast set to begin at 7 p.m.
BU has won the last six meetings, including last year's 81-65 home win and 75-72 road victory.