Box Score

Boston U. BU 8-7,1-1 Patriot

Bucknell Buck 7-8,0-2 Patriot

Boston U. BU

8-7,1-1 Patriot

Final

Jan. 02, 2023

Bucknell Buck

7-8,0-2 Patriot

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Boston U. BU	30	39	69
Bucknell Buck	38	23	61

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | January 2, 2023

Men's Basketball Shuts Down Bucknell in Second Half, Storms Back for 69-61 Road Victory

LEWISBURG, Pa. – Down by as many as 13, the Boston University men's basketball utilized a strong second half defensive effort to rally for the 69-61 win at Bucknell on Monday afternoon.

The Terriers (8-7, 1-1 PL) held the nation's 53rd-best shooting team (47.6 FG%) to 9-of-27 (.333) in the final 20 minutes, while also shooting 14-of-28 (.500) against a Bison squad (7-8, 1-1 PL) that ranked 57th in defensive FG% (.400) for their largest come-from-behind win of the season.

Graduate student Jonas Harper flushed four 3-pointers en route to a game-high 17 points, as classmate Walter Whyte posted 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Senior Nevin Zink nearly had a double-double with nine rebounds and seven points. Junior Caelan Jones came off the bench with a season-high 11 points that included three 3-pointers.

Both Alex Timmerman (14 pts.) and Xander Rice (10 pts.) finished in double figures for Bucknell, while Andre Screen had nine points, six rebounds and five assists. Bucknell entered the contest 35th overall at 37.8 3FG% but managed just one trey in the second half off 11 attempts to finish 6-of-24 (.250).

HOW IT HAPPENED

Teams traded blows over the first 6:20 with Zink's two free throws cutting Bucknell's lead to 10-9.
Jake van der Heijden responded with a 3-pointer to ignite an 11-2 run that featured his second trey and another bucket from behind the arc from Jack Forrest at 10:49.
Junior Caelan Jones netted a pair of 3-pointers to cut the deficit to 22-17 with 9:52 left, but the Bison scored seven straight over the next two minutes.
After BU pulled within five again, 29-24, on Whyte's jumper at 5:27, the Bison went on to grab their largest lead of the half on a 9-1 spurt capped by Screen's pair of free throws with 1:44 remaining.
The Terriers scored the last five points on Harper's 3-pointer and Whyte's layup set up by Zink's steal, as Bucknell entered the locker room with a 38-30 advantage.
Trailing, 40-31, with 18:51 remaining, Harper flushed his fourth trey to spark a 19-6 run capped by Zink's layup seven minutes later.
Brittain-Watts gave BU the lead for good at 12:43 (47-46) on a 3-pointer, and Whyte drained one of his own for the Terriers' largest lead at 7:19, 60-50.
BU went more than three minutes without a bucket before Jones struck again from behind the arc for a 63-56 advantage at 3:41.
The Bison would pull within four at 3:12 (63-59) and 2:42 (65-61), respectively, but would finish the game missing their final five shot attempts.
Harper finished the game off with a steal and layup with five seconds remaining.

GAME NOTES

Harper is now just 61 points away from becoming the 43rd Terrier to reach 1,000 points.
Whyte just needs two points to surpass D.J. Irving ('14) for No. 11 all-time in the program record book at 1,457 points and is just six rebounds away from overtaking Dom Morris ('14) for the No. 7 slot at 742 boards.
Graduate student Fletcher Tynen dished out a career-high five assists after previously tallying four on four occasions.
Jones became the 10th Terrier this season to score in double figures, as he tallied 10+ points for the second time in his career after posting 15 in last season's home win vs. Loyola Maryland.
The Bison ranked 88th in rebound margin (4.4 rpg) before BU won the battle at the glass, 36-29.
BU has now won six of the last eight meetings against Bucknell to cut the series deficit to 14-10.

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