Howard Pulls Away Late to Defeat Men's Basketball, 64-53

Tuesday, November 14

Washington, DC

7:30 PM

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Miles Brewster dribbles hard past a Northeastern defender

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Howard Pulls Away Late to Defeat Men's Basketball, 64-53

November 14, 2023 | Men's Basketball

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a tightly-contested matchup featuring 17 lead changes, defending MEAC champion Howard pulled away late to defeat the Boston University men's basketball team, 64-53, on Tuesday night at Burr Gymnasium.

The Bison (2-2) entered the contest averaging 87.7 ppg and 50.9 FG% and were held to just 35.2 percent shooting but managed to remain unbeaten at home by boasting a 20-7 advantage in made free throws against the Terriers (0-3).

Senior Miles Brewster led BU with 10 points alongside four rebounds and three assists, while sophomore Nico Nobili added a career-high nine points and five assists. Classmate Ben Roy added a personal-best seven points and career-tying three assists.

For Howard, Bryce Harris was one rebound shy of a double-double with a game-high 19 points. Former Ivy League Player of the Year Seth Towns drained a pair of 3-pointers during a game-changing stretch in the second half en route to 13 points, while Jelani Willians contributed seven points, six rebounds and four steals.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first half featured a total of 12 lead changes with the Bison responding to Brewster's game-opening layup with two free throws and then a 3-pointer off a Terrier turnover.
Facing an early 8-4 deficit, freshman Kyrone Alexander hit back-to-back buckets and saw sophomore Otto Landrum score from behind the arc for an 11-8 advantage at 13:28.
Neither team led by more than two the rest of the half with freshman Matai Baptiste's layup off a nice feed from Nobili at 2:16 giving BU the 24-23 halftime lead.
Nobili found classmate Ben Roy for a 3-pointer at 14:57 to spark a 7-2 spurt capped by Roy's layup at 13:17 for a 36-29 lead.
Howard quickly called timeout, and Towns scored eight straight points thanks to back-to-back 3-pointers and a tough jumper to move back ahead, 37-36, at 11:55.
Roy converted on his steal with a layup to give BU its final lead, 38-37, at 11:31, as Harris took advantage of a BU miscue with a fastbreak layup to pull back ahead, 39-38, at 10:38.
The teams went back and forth with Brewster scoring from behind the arc at 6:03 to cut the deficit to 46-45, but BU would never get any closer.
Dockery delivered a gut shot with a 3-pointer at 3:46 and then pair of free throws at 3:19 to extend the Bison's lead to 56-47.
Howard added five more free throws down the stretch to seal the win.

GAME NOTES

Brewster reached double digits in points for the fifth time in his career after combining for 11 points through the first two contests.
Landrum was one rebound shy of his second career double-digit haul.
After shooting 4-of-9 3FG (.444) in the first half, BU only went 2-of-14 (.143) during the second.
The Bison went 14-of-28 (.500) during the final 20 minutes of action after going 5-of-26 (.192) in the first half.
Howard evened the all-time series, 1-1, in the first meeting since BU earned a 71-44 victory in 2012 at the UCF Holiday Tournament.

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