Javante McCoy has his hands up trying to defend a Colgate player who's posting up.
69
Boston U. BU 7-11,6-10 Patriot
77
Winner Colgate Colg 12-1,11-1 Patriot
Boston U. BU
7-11,6-10 Patriot
69
Final
77
Colgate Colg
12-1,11-1 Patriot
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Boston U. BU 26 43 69
Colgate Colg 34 43 77

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Colgate Holds Off Men's Basketball in PL Quarterfinals, 77-69

HAMILTON, N.Y. – Despite senior Javante McCoy posting a season-high 27 points and classmate Sukhmail Mathon earning a double-double, the No. 7-seeded Boston University men's basketball team had its season ended at No. 2 Colgate, 77-69, in the quarterfinal round of the 2021 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament on Saturday afternoon.

Finishing with 25 more free throw attempts, the Raiders (12-1) extended their win streak to 11 games and avenged last year's 64-61 PL championship loss to the Terriers (7-11), who went a perfect 14-of-14 at the charity stripe. Even though it was held five percentage points below its season average of 49.7 FG%, Colgate advances to Wednesday's home semifinal matchup against either No. 3 Lafayette or No. 6 Bucknell. 

A 2021 All-Conference Second Team honoree, McCoy went 11-of-20 from the field to finish just three points shy of his personal best set against Loyola Maryland in a 2019 PL first round win. The All-Defensive Team member Mathon posted 14 points and hauled in a career-high 14 rebounds while adding a career-high four blocks for his fourth double-double of the season. All-PL Third Team member and junior Walter Whyte was the third Terrier in double figures at 12 points.

Colgate's 2021 PL Player of the Year Jordan Burns overcome a 1-of-6 performance from behind the arc by hitting five of his six free throws to finish at 16 points, while adding six rebounds, three assists and two steals. Both Tucker Richardson and Jack Ferguson recorded 16 points apiece as well. Keegan Records posted 11 points, seven rebounds and three blocks to help the Raiders win the battle at the boards, 41-37.

DOWN THE STRETCH
  • Whyte hit a layup with the bonus free throw to cut BU's deficit to 63-59 with 4:54 remaining.
  • The Terriers though would miss their next four field goal attempts, including one that would have brought BU to within two at 3:17 if not for Richardson's block on McCoy's fastbreak layup attempt.
  • McCoy responded to two Richardson free throws with two of his own at 2:47 to trail 67-63.
  • Records hit two more free throws, and Ferguson flushed a 3-pointer to push Colgate's lead to 72-63 at 2:06.
  • After both teams had an empty possession, McCoy drove to the hoop for a layup and called timeout at 1:09 trailing 72-65.
  • The Raiders sealed the victory with five more free throws during the final minute.
THE SETUP
  • Neither team could gain control early, as Records tied the game, 6-6, on a dunk at 15:15.
  • The Terriers grabbed their largest lead, 11-7, at 12:55 on Whyte's 3-pointer, but Ferguson tied the game from behind the arc at 11:36.
  • After redshirt freshman Daman Tate set up McCoy's dunk to put the score at 22-22 with 4:44 remaining, the Raiders finished the half on a 12-4 run to pull ahead, 34-26.
  • Junior Fletcher Tynen started the second half with a 3-pointer to spark an 8-0 run capped by junior Jonas Harper's bomb at 17:20 to put the score at 34-34.
  • The teams traded blows over the next several minutes, but BU could never get the upper hand.
  • Ferguson hit a 3-pointer to give the Raiders a 50-43 advantage at 12:48, and Burns scored from behind the arc at 6:26 to extend the lead to 61-53.
GAME NOTES
  • McCoy reached 20+ points for the fourth time this season and has now tallied 19+ points in five of nine career PL tournament game appearances.
  • McCoy became just the 14th Terrier to eclipse 1,300 points and sits at 1,321 points behind No. 13 Rashad Bell's ('05) 1,367-point total.
  • Mathon tallied four double-doubles in 18 games this season after totaling one in his first 98 appearances.
  • Mathon also finished with 24 blocks after totaling 30 his first three seasons.
  • Whyte now remains 94 points shy of becoming the 40th Terrier to reach 1,000 points.
  • The All-Defensive Team honoree Harper tallied nine points, six rebounds and two steals to help the Terriers' efforts.
  • With the PL's No. 2 3-point shooter in sophomore Ethan Brittain-Watts (47.5 3FG%) unavailable, BU used its ninth different starting lineup in 18 games.
  • BU's bench went a combined 0-of-4 with freshman Miles Brewster hitting two free throws.
  • The Raiders finished 24-of-54 (.444) and 5-of-20 3FG (.250) while holding the Terriers to 25-of-63 (.397) and 5-of-21 3FG (.238).
  • Colgate hosted BU in the PL tournament for the third straight season, earning quarterfinal wins in 2019 and 2021 with BU triumphing in 2020 for the conference title.
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