BALTIMORE, Md. – Boosted by graduate student Sukhmail Mathon's ninth double-double of the season and sophomore Caelan Jones' personal-best five 3-pointers, the Boston University men's basketball team claimed a 67-50 win at Loyola Maryland Wednesday night.
 
The Terriers (12-8, 3-4 PL) posted a 42-25 advantage in rebounds and 26-5 lead in offensive bench production to snap the Greyhounds' (11-7, 5-2 PL) five-game win streak. BU also handed Loyola its first home loss of the season by going on a 25-0 run over a stretch of 14:36.
 
Jones went 5-of-9 from behind the arc to tie senior Walter Whyte at 15 points apiece, while Mathon posted a game-high 12 rebounds alongside 12 points. Graduate student Javante McCoy nearly had a triple-double with 10 points, eight rebounds and season-tying seven assists, as BU shot 23-of-53 (.434) and a nearly perfect 12-of-13 (.923) at the charity stripe.
 
Reigning Patriot League Player of the Week Cam Spencer tallied a game-high 19 points as the lone Greyhound in double figures but needed 17 shot attempts to reach the mark while adding three steals. No one on the team had more than four rebounds, as Loyola finished 18-of-50 (.360).
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Loyola won the tip and quickly scored on Spencer's layup.
• After Jones flushed his first 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 6-5, the Greyhounds scored seven straight for their largest lead of the game, 13-5, at 13:05 on Veljko Ilic's layup.
• Jones and Spencer exchanged 3-pointers on the next two possessions, but then Jones came back with his third trey on an assist from McCoy to spark the game-changing 25-0 run.
• McCoy tied the game for the first time, 16-16, at 9:19, on a driving layup, and Whyte later took advantage of senior Fletcher Tynen's steal for a 26-16 lead with 4:18 left in the half.
• The Greyhounds missed their last 14 shot attempts along with two 1-and-1 situations at the charity stripe, as BU entered the locker room ahead, 30-16.
• After McCoy extended the lead to 33-16 with 18:09 remaining, the Greyhounds went on an 8-0 run helped by back-to-back 3-pointers to cut the deficit to single digits.
• Junior Ethan Brittain-Watts and Jones though responded with consecutive treys to prevent Loyola from ever getting any closer.
• Mathon's offensive rebound led to a McCoy 3-pointer at 11:30 for the Terriers' largest lead, 47-27.
• BU shot 52.4 percent in the second half to seal the victory.

GAME NOTES

• Jones became the 10th Terrier this season to score in double figures.
• McCoy hit two 3-pointers to move past Carlos Strong ('10) for No. 8 all-time at 180 treys.
• Mathon now owns 14 career double-doubles and is sitting at 720 career rebounds, five shy of No. 7 John Holland ('11) in the program record book.
• BU moved to 14-7 all-time after avenging an earlier 66-58 home loss to the Greyhounds, who held a 39-30 advantage in rebounds.

UP NEXT

• BU will return home to host Lehigh on Saturday (Jan. 22) at 1 p.m.
• The Mountain Hawks will visit the Terriers for the first time since BU claimed a 69-58 win in the 2021 Patriot League first round.