Men's Basketball Falls at Navy, 63-45

Wednesday, January 18

Annapolis, MD

7 PM

Boston University

9-11,2-5Patriot

Navy

9-10,2-5Patriot

Boston U.

Navy

January 18, 2023 | Men's Basketball

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Boston University men's basketball team fell in the rematch with Navy, 63-45, at Alumni Hall on Wednesday night.

The Midshipmen (9-10, 2-5 PL) shot 50 percent in the second half and forced the Terriers (9-11, 2-5 PL) into a season-high 23 turnovers to claim the regular season sweep.

BU's top two scorers came off the bench with junior Daman Tate posting a team-high nine points and sophomore Malcolm Chimezie tallying eight points. Chimezie also hauled in a team-high six rebounds alongside graduate student Fletcher Tynen. Classmate Jonas Harper added seven points to become the 42nd Terrier in program history to reach the 1,000-point milestone.

Sean Yoder led Navy with 14 points, while Daniel Deaver came up two rebounds short of a double-double at 13 points alongside four assists. Navy finished at 43.4 percent shooting from the field and limited BU to 37.8 FG% with an 8-3 advantage in made 3-pointers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The teams traded blows with six lead changes through the first nine minutes.
After Tate hit a jumper for a 10-9 advantage, Yoder converted on a BU turnover with a 3-pointer at 11:30 to give Navy the lead for good.
Patrick Dorsey extended Navy's lead to double-digits for the first time, 29-18, with 2:35 left in the half.
Facing a 41-28 deficit with 11:10 remaining in regulation, senior Ethan Brittain-Watts drained a 3-pointer to spark a 7-1 spurt that was followed by Chimezie's layup and then junior Caelan Jones' layup at 9:52.
BU had a chance to cut Navy's lead even further, but the Midshipmen followed a defensive stop with Dorsey's 3-pointer.
Dorsey added his third trey at 4:02 for the Midshipmen's largest lead of the game, 58-40.

GAME NOTES

With Harper scoring 1,000 points after both Walter Whyte and Sukhmail Mathon ('22) accomplished the feat last season, 12 Terriers have now reached 1K under 12th-year head coach Joe Jones.
With seven points, Whyte is just 20 away from tying Paul Hendricks ('87) for the No. 9 slot (1,527) in the program record book. He is also just 44 rebounds away from becoming the third Terrier to reach 1,500 points and 800 boards.
BU's 23 turnovers were the most since the Terriers committed 23 at Loyola Maryland in January 2019.
The Terriers didn't have a double-digit scorer for the first time since a Nov. 2019 loss at Vermont.
Navy has now won five straight in the series to cut BU's all-time lead to 12-10.

UP NEXT

BU will host the next two games, starting with Loyola Maryland on Saturday (Jan. 21) at 1 p.m.
The Terriers will be face the Greyhounds for the first time since winning last season's PL quarterfinals, 76-64.