BOSTON - Graduate student Walter Whyte had a game-high 18 points to help the Boston University men's basketball team post a 67-59 victory over Dartmouth in its final non-conference home game on Tuesday evening at Case Gym.

The Big Green (4-8) entered the contest averaging 9.4 made 3-pointers and holding opponents to 5.2 treys per game, but the Terriers (7-5) were able to flip the script with a 10-5 advantage in made attempts from behind the arc to earn their third straight win in the series.

Graduate student Jonas Harper matched Whyte's two treys with a pair of his own to earn 10 points, while classmate Fletcher Tynen (2) and junior Miles Brewster (1) added eight points apiece. Both Harper and Tynen added three steals, as BU totaled at least 10 for the third time this season and first since recording 18 against Hartford back on Nov. 17.

Dartmouth was paced by Dame Adelekun, who had 11 points and game highs in both rebounds (8) and blocks (5). Dusan Neskovic added 10 points, while Jaren Johnson and Cam Krystkowiak combined for 17.

TURNING POINT

• Down by as many as 20 late in the first half, Dartmouth tied the game, 52-52, for the third and final time at 6:20 on Jackson Munro's turnaround jumper.
• Harper followed senior Nevin Zink's layup with consecutive steals that led to his own 3-pointer and Whyte's putback to grab the lead for good on a game-changing 11-0 run.
• Zink added another steal with 3:25 remaining to set up Tynen's fastbreak layup, and Whyte drove to the hoop following a defensive stop to extend the lead to 63-52 at 2:10.
• Overall, BU tabulated six of its 10 steals over the final 5:40 to finish with a 24-12 advantage in points off turnovers.

THE SETUP

• Zink won the tip and Tynen flushed a 3-pointer to ignite a game-opening 11-0 run capped by a Brewster free throw at 14:08.
• Adelekun finally broke the six-minute scoreless start with a layup at 13:39.
• Brewster drained his lone 3-pointer and drove to the hoop to extend BU's lead to 21-2 at 10:59.
• Dartmouth scored seven straight in response before Brittain-Watts scored from behind the arc at 7:50, and Whyte later hit a pair of free throws to give BU what seemed to be a commanding 33-13 lead.
• BU though missed its last five field goal attempts and committed three turnovers over the final 4:20 to see its 20-point advantage cut to 33-25 entering the locker room.
• Zink started the second half with a layup, and Tynen nailed a 3-pointer at 18:02 to extend the lead back to double digits, 38-27, at 18:02.
• After Whyte's bomb put the Terriers ahead, 41-29, on Harper's assist at 17:15, Adelkun responded with a layup, assist on a 3-pointer and his own trey at 13:31.
• Krystkowiak added two free throws, and Johnson gave Dartmouth its lone lead of the game, 42-41, on a layup and bonus free throw with 12:07 remaining.
• The Big Green would not lead again, as junior Calen Jones scored from behind the arc 10 seconds later.
• The teams went back-and-forth until BU pulled away late.

GAME NOTES

• The Terriers opened 4-0 at home in back-to-back seasons for the first time since accomplishing the feat in the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons.
• BU has now reached double-digit 3-pointers in each of the last three meetings and is a combined 42-of-92 (.457) over the last four contests after shooting a combined 16-of-91 (.176) during the previous four meetings.
• Whyte moved past Chaz Carr ('05) up to No. 13 all-time at BU in points at 1,412, just one shy of No. 12 Mike Alexander ('87) and 44 away from No. 11 D.J. Irving.
• Harper broke a deadlock with Carlos Strong ('10) to grab sole possession of No. 9 in the record book at 181 career 3-pointers.
• Head coach Joe Jones is just six wins away from reaching 200 at BU.
• The Big Green edged the Terriers in the rebound battle, 35-34, 
• BU is now 5-1 against Dartmouth since 2001 with the Big Green leading the all-time series, 22-10, that dates back to 1925.

UP NEXT

• BU will wrap up non-conference play at UMass Lowell on Wednesday, Dec. 21, with a 4 p.m. start.
• The Terriers have won the last three meetings after the River Hawks won three of the previous four.
• BU will visit Lowell for the first time since posting a 74-62 win in 2019 and will play at the Costello Athletic Center for the first time since dropping an 87-82 decision in 2017.