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Terriers to Wrap Up Road Trip at Lafayette Wednesday Night

February 18, 2020

GAME #28 INFORMATION
Teams: BU (16-11, 10-4 PL) at Lafayette (16-9, 8-6 PL)
Date & Time: Wednesday, Feb. 19 | 7 p.m.
Venue: Easton, Pa. | Kirby Sports Center
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierMBB

BOSTON – Seeking its fourth sweep of the season, the Boston University men's basketball team will visit Lafayette on Wednesday with tip-off slated for 7 p.m.

The Terriers are coming off an impressive 77-54 win at Navy and own earlier sweeps against Army, Holy Cross and Loyola. Despite being the only team to beat defending PL champion Colgate twice this year, the Leopards are two games behind BU and are looking to carry momentum from Saturday's 72-62 win at Holy Cross.

TERRIER TIDBITS
  • BU is one victory away from its highest win conference total since 2016-17 (12-6) ... The Terriers have won their last four road games at Navy, Bucknell, Holy Cross and Army.
  • Senior Max Mahoney (15.5 ppg, 7.7 rpg) is 49 points away from 1,500, while junior Javante McCoy (12.4 ppg) is four away from becoming the 39th Terrier  to reach 1,000.
  • Sophomore Walter Whyte claimed his fourth double-double of the season (12 pts., 10 rebs.) at Navy to grab the No. 2 slot on the team at 7.1 rpg with 12.4 ppg. 
  • Overall, BU is averaging 72.6 ppg and  a stellar 47.0 FG%, while opponents are averaging 68.0 ppg and 44.1 FG%.
  • The Terriers are 15-1 when finishing with a higher field goal percentage and 14-3 winning the battle at the boards. 
SCOUTING LAFAYETTE
  • The Leopards are 7-4 at home compared to their 9-5 road mark with key wins over Penn (86-75), Fairleigh Dickinson (80-75) and Colgate (80-78) ... Lafayette most recently fell at home to Lehigh (62-59) following an 82-70 win over American.
  • Justin Jaworski is averaging a team-high 17.1 ppg, while Myles Cherry is averaging 7.0 rpg with 10.4 ppg.
  • Lukas Jarrett is averaging 9.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg and team-high 3.2 apg.
  • The Leopards are averaging nine 3-pointers per game while holding opponents to 6.7.
  • Overall, Lafayette is averaging 71.5 ppg and 46.1 FG% while holding opponents to 68.3 ppg and 42.4 FG%.
SERIES HISTORY
  • BU owns a 14-7 advantage in the series against Lafayette.
  • In the previous meeting, the Terriers overcame a 14-point deficit at Case Gym to claim a 73-72 win with sophomore Jonas Harper hitting the go-ahead 3-pointers with 12.8 seconds left.
  • Mahoney had 20 points and nine rebounds, while Stephens had 17 for the Leopards. 
  • Both road teams won last season en route to a seventh-place tie in the Patriot League standings with BU the lone team to win its PL first round game.
  • The Terriers avenged a 79-72 loss with an 84-82 road victory.
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