Army West Point Defeats Men's Basketball, 79-59

Saturday, January 16

Boston, MA

1 PM

Boston University

1-4,1-4Patriot

Army

7-3,3-2Patriot

Army West Point

Boston U.

Photo by: Matt Woolverton

Army West Point Defeats Men's Basketball, 79-59

January 16, 2021 | Men's Basketball

Box Score Box Score Highlights Coach Jones Postgame

BOSTON – Despite hitting 12 3-pointers, the Boston University men's basketball team fell to Army West Point, 79-59, on Saturday afternoon at Case Gym.

The Black Knights (7-3, 3-2 PL) shot 53.3 percent from the field to avenge last year's regular season sweep to the Terriers (1-4, 1-4 PL), who ended the game at 37.7 FG%.

Junior Walter Whyte led BU with 17 points, while senior Andrew Petcash tallied nine points off three 3-pointers. Army's Alex King finished with a game-high 20 points and combined for 16-of-22 shooting alongside Josh Caldwell (15 pts.). Aaron Duhart came off the bench with six assists, four rebounds and four points for the Black Knights.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After Army jumped out to an early 7-2 advantage, Whyte flushed a 3-pointer and converted on redshirt-freshman Daman Tate's steal with a jumper to tie the game at 15:36.
Facing a 9-9 stalemate, King recorded a layup, steal and fastbreak bucket to spark a 10-0 run capped by Caldwell's layup at 8:37.
With the help of a four-point play from freshman Miles Brewster, the Terriers chipped away at the double-digit deficit and eventually pulled within three (26-23) at 2:14 on senior Sukhmail Mathon's layup.
Army though scored the final six points of the half with the help of four free throws to move ahead, 32-23.
After Whyte's layup cut Army's lead to 38-30 at 16:11 in the second half, the Black Knights pulled away with a 16-0 run over the next seven minutes.

GAME NOTES

Making his first career start, junior Jack Hemphill recorded seven points and posted a team-high six rebounds alongside Whyte.
Having used a different starting lineup in all five contests, the Terriers were without regular starters Javante McCoy, Jonas Harper and Fletcher Tynen.
Freshman Anthony Morales netted his first career points with two 3-pointers.
BU finished the game 12-of-32 (.375) from behind the arc after shooting 1-of-29 last Sunday against Colgate.
Army posted a 50-16 advantage in points in the paint and outscored the Terriers off turnovers, 20-8.

NEXT UP: ARMY WEST POINT

The teams will wrap up the home weekend series on Sunday with the ESPN+ broadcast set for 1 p.m.
BU is scheduled to play two games at Christl Arena on Feb. 13-14.