Jones Reaches Coaching Milestone as Men's Basketball Rolls Past Bucknell, 77-61

Saturday, February 18

Boston, MA

1 PM

Boston University

13-16,6-10Patriot

Bucknell

11-18,4-12Patriot

Bucknell

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Photo by: Robert Branning

Jones Reaches Coaching Milestone as Men's Basketball Rolls Past Bucknell, 77-61

February 18, 2023 | Men's Basketball

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BOSTON – Shooting over 53 percent from the field while committing a season-low four turnovers, the Boston University men's basketball team rolled to a 77-61 home win over Bucknell on Saturday afternoon at Case Gym.

The Terriers (13-16, 6-10 PL) more than doubled the Bison (11-18, 4-12 PL) in made free throws, 21-10, and also posted a 19-4 advantage in points off turnovers to help head coach Joe Jones reach the 200-win milestone at BU.

Graduate student Walter Whyte totaled a game-high 16 points, while classmate Fletcher Tynen scored 14 points with a team-high six rebounds. Both graduate student Jonas Harper (12) and senior Ethan Brittain-Watts (11) joined Tynen in netting two 3-pointers apiece.

Alex Timmerman earned a double-double with 13 points and game-high 11 rebounds for Bucknell, but the Bison finished 23-of-54 (.426) from the field for the loss. Ruot Biljiek earned 12 points, and Andre Screen posted 11 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Screen followed Xander Rice's 3-pointer with a floater for an early 7-2 lead.
Ian Motta extended it to double digits, 25-15, at 10:51 on a 3-pointer and added another thanks to Bijiek with 6:03 left in the half for a 30-20 advantage.
Bucknell would never increase the lead further though, as BU chipped away and only faced a 35-31 halftime deficit after Harper hit a jumper with 1:21 remaining.
The Bison tried to hold off the Terriers from completing a rally with 3-pointers at 14:31 (43-35) and later 12:03 (47-43).
However, both junior Miles Brewster at 11:44 (47-46) and Tynen at 8:59 (53-52) were able to strike from behind the arc to keep the deficit at just one point.
Freshman Otto Landrum took the lead for good, 54-53, following junior Anthony Morales' steal with two free throws at 8:28.
With a 58-56 advantage and under 5:30 remaining, Harper hit back-to-back 3-pointers to spark a 12-0 run capped by two Tynen free throws at 2:32.
In the final 71 seconds, Whyte hit a trey, and Tynen added two more free throws to help seal the victory.

GAME NOTES

Jones currently ranks second all-time in the BU program record book behind Dennis Wolff's ('94-'09) 247 total victories. Adding the 86 victories during his tenure at Columbia from 2003-10, Jones just needs 14 more to reach 300 total.
Whyte moved up to No. 7 at BU with 1,650 points. Harper just needs two more points to become the 30th Terrier to reach 1,100.
BU's previous low in turnovers was six against New Hampshire.
The Terriers have won seven of the last nine meetings to cut Bucknell's series lead to 14-11.

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