BOSTON – Continuing the Thanksgiving theme of sharing, the Boston University men's basketball team recorded a season-high 23 assists en route to a 90-49 wire-to-wire victory over Vermont State University Johnson on Sunday afternoon at Case Gym.

The Terriers (2-4) flushed 14 3-pointers and hauled in 43 rebounds to extend their active home win streak to five contests, while the Badgers dropped to 1-6 behind a season-low 35.6 percent shooting performance.

Junior Malcolm Chimezie (17 pts.), senior Miles Brewster (14 pts.), freshman Matai Baptiste (13 pts.) and freshman Spencer Joyner (10 pts.) all reached personal bests to help BU record 90+ points in back-to-back home games. Sophomore Ben Roy dished out a career-high five assists, with Brewster and junior Ethan Okwuosa recording four helpers apiece.

Raymond Baka led VTSU with 17 points, while Travis Baker had 12 points with seven rebounds. David Greer also nearly had a double-double with eight boards and seven points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Brewster started the game with a layup, 3-pointer and assist on sophomore Nico Nobili's trey for the early 8-0 lead at 17:04.
• With a 15-8 advantage and 10:07 remaining in the half, Brewster all but put the game away with three 3-pointers and an assist on Okwuosa's trey for a commanding 27-8 lead at 7:22.
• Roy later found Baptiste for a 3-pointer to put the lead above 19 points for the rest of the contest, 39-17, at 1:42.
• Chimezie ended the half with a free throw and putback before the buzzer to enter the locker room ahead, 42-19.
• Junior Ben Palacios drained his own 3-pointer to extend the lead to 58-28 at 13:27, and sophomore Otto Landrum hit a pair of free throws five minutes later for a 74-34 advantage.
• Senior Andrew Patnode followed classmate Evan Haber's layup with a free throw to give BU 12 men with at least one point in the final two minutes of regulation.

GAME NOTES

• The Terriers' 23 assists are their most since earning 26 against Western New England on Nov. 22, 2016.
• Chimezie became the fifth different Terrier in six contests to lead the team in scoring this season, as he finished in double figures for the second time in his career following a 10-point performance at Milwaukee last season.
• Brewster topped his previous high of 13 points tallied last February against Lehigh and Loyola Maryland.
• Roy previously tallied three assists at Northeastern and Howard this month before setting a new personal best at five helpers. 
• Baptiste earned his first three career assists in today's contest.
• Freshman Kyrone Alexander led BU in rebounds for the second consecutive contest at six alongside Chimezie.
• BU won the first-ever meeting with VTSU-Johnson.

UP NEXT

• BU will next face its second America East opponent with a trip to UAlbany on Wednesday (Nov. 29) at 7 p.m.
• The Terriers won the last meeting against the Great Danes in New York in 2018, 71-61, to improve to 20-9 all-time in the series.