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.