Men's Basketball Rolls to 81-62 Win at Lafayette

Wednesday, January 26

Easton, PA

7 PM

Boston University

14-8,5-4Patriot

Lafayette

5-12,2-4Patriot

Boston U.

Lafayette

Men's Basketball Rolls to 81-62 Win at Lafayette

January 26, 2022 | Men's Basketball

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EASTON, Pa. – With the help of 10 3-pointers and a strong defensive performance, the Boston University men's basketball team rolled to an 81-62 win at Lafayette on Wednesday night.

The Terriers (14-8, 5-4 PL) went 10-of-22 from behind the arc and held the Leopards to 4-of-21 (.190) shooting to claim their third straight victory. BU outscored Lafayette off turnovers, 17-9, and in second-chance opportunities, 13-4.

Graduate student Javante McCoy tallied a game-high 17 points to move up to No. 5 all-time in the program record book at 1,684 career points, while classmate Sukhmail Mathon posted 16 points, nine rebounds, career-tying five assists and career-high four steals to move up to No. 6 all-time with 743 boards. Senior Walter Whyte was one rebound shy of a double-double as well with 13 points, and senior Fletcher Tynen added 12 points.

Lafayette matched BU with four players in double figures, but the Terriers posted a 21-6 advantage in bench production. Kyle Jenkins led the Leopards with 15 points and five rebounds, while Neal Quinn recorded 13 points and six boards.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Terriers started off cold, missing their first seven shots along with two attempts at the charity stripe, as Jenkins netted two free throws to give Lafayette an early 8-0 lead at 15:39.
CJ Fulton extended the Leopards' advantage to 12-2 with a layup at 13:58 before the Terriers scored 15 straight.
Sophomore Anthony Morales, Whyte and sophomore Caelan Jones all scored from behind the arc during the four-minute stretch of play.
Jones followed McCoy's 3-pointer with a driving layup to give BU a 22-15 advantage with 8:14 left in the half.
After Lafayette scored seven straight and kept the game tied, 24-24, at 4:47 on Fulton's layup, Whyte gave BU the lead for good on another trey.
Tynen hit his first 3-pointer with 52 seconds left and added three free throws at 0.2 seconds for a 37-28 halftime lead.
McCoy and Mathon opened the second stanza with back-to-back jumpers to put BU's lead into double digits for the rest of the game.
Whyte flushed his third 3-pointer to put BU ahead, 57-38, at 11:56, and Mathon later gave the Terriers their largest advantage, 78-53, at 3:21 off a quick feed from Morales.

GAME NOTES

All 15 available Terriers saw the court with seven hitting at least one 3-pointer.
The Terriers shot 31-of-58 FG (.534) for their second highest field percentage of the season.
BU netted at least 80 points in back-to-back conference games for the first time since posting wins against Army (81-59) and Loyola Maryland (85-53) in 2020.
Tynen scored in double figures for the sixth time this season and second in conference play.
Finishing with eight points, Morales drained multiple 3-pointers for the third time this season and first since scoring eight at Florida State on Nov. 24.
BU moved to 17-8 all-time against Lafayette with its sixth road win in seven trips to the Kirby Sports Center.

UP NEXT

The Terriers will next host Colgate on Friday (Jan. 28) at 2 p.m.
The game was moved up from Saturday due to the incoming weekend nor'easter.
The Raiders won all five meetings last season, including a 77-69 victory in the Patriot League quarterfinals en route to the conference title.