All nine BU men's basketball seniors and their families plus friends gather for a group photo on the court.
Matt Woolverton
56
Lehigh Lehigh 16-13,11-7 Patriot
59
Winner Boston U. BU 15-16,8-10 Patriot
Lehigh Lehigh
16-13,11-7 Patriot
56
Final
59
Boston U. BU
15-16,8-10 Patriot
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Lehigh Lehigh 28 28 56
Boston U. BU 30 29 59

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Celebrates Senior Day, Clinches PL First Round Bye with 59-56 Win over Lehigh

BOSTON – Led by graduate student Walter Whyte's 20th career double-double and a strong rebounding effort, the Boston University men's basketball team celebrated Senior Day with a 59-56 victory over Lehigh on Saturday afternoon at Case Gym.

With their third straight victory, the Terriers improve to 15-16 (8-10 PL) and will enter a conference tournament on a multi-game win streak for the first time since 2014. They also clinched the No. 5 seed following the conclusion of the other Patriot League results and will head to No. 4 Army West Point for the quarterfinals on Thursday (March 2) at 6 p.m. The defense played a key role, limiting the Mountain Hawks (16-13, 11-7 PL) six points below their season field goal shooting percentage of 44.7 FG% and more importantly to only five offensive rebounds.

Whyte led BU with a game-high 19 points and 10 rebounds, while junior Miles Brewster posted a career-tying 13 points and personal-best seven rebounds. Freshman Otto Landrum tallied eight rebounds alongside six points, and junior Anthony Morales dished out a career-tying four assists.

Keith Higgins Jr. recorded 13 points for Lehigh, as Evan Taylor came up one rebound shy of a double-double with 10 points. Tyler Whitney-Sidney recorded 12 points, and Dominic Parolin came off the bench with nine points and eight boards.

DOWN THE STRETCH
  • After Parolin tied the game for the eighth and final time, 45-45, with 6:40 remaining, Brewster hit back-to-back buckets to give BU the lead for good.
  • Whyte extended the lead to 51-46 at 4:05 on two free throws, but the Mountain Hawks responded with two free throws and a jumper to pull within one.
  • Whyte and Higgins exchanged jumpers to put the score at 53-52 with 1:09 remaining.
  • Lehigh blocked a BU layup attempt, but Brewster forced a turnover and drew a foul to earn a 1-and-1 opportunity at the charity stripe.
  • Brewster missed the attempt, but Landrum hauled in the offensive rebound and hit both free throws.
  • After Lehigh went 1-of-2 at the charity stripe, Brewster flushed both free throws with 10 seconds left for the 57-53 advantage.
  • Jalin Sinclair drained a 3-pointer in response, but Whitney-Sidney missed the next attempt at the buzzer following two Whyte free throws.
THE SETUP
  • Whyte scored the game's first bucket for BU's largest lead of the half, as the teams exchanged six leads through the first 20 minutes.
  • Sinclair set up Parolin's slam dunk and then Reed Fenton's layup for a 25-19 advantage at 4:11.
  • Brewster netted two 3-pointers during an 8-0 spurt to grab the 27-25 lead with 2:05 left in the half.
  • Whyte's jumper at 8 seconds put the Terriers ahead, 30-28, entering the locker room.
  • Senior Nevin Zink started the second half with back-to-back layups and then an assist on Harper's 3-pointer to grab BU's largest lead, 37-28.
  • Whyte kept the lead at nine, 42-33, with a 3-pointer at 11:26.
  • The Mountain Hawks responded with a 10-0 run over the next four minutes, but their lead only lasted 14 seconds, as Whyte struck again in 3-point territory to lead, 45-43.
GAME NOTES
  • With his sixth double-double of the season, Whyte now sits at 1,678 points, one shy of No. 6 Jim Hayes ('70) in the program record book, and in the No. 4 slot at 823 career rebounds. He also owns 188 career 3-pointers, four shy of tying No. 9 Paul Seymour ('03).
  • Harper tallied eight points to increase his total to 1,119 career points, 29th most in program history.
  • Brewster scored in double figures for the third time in February and fourth time overall this season, last scoring 13 at Loyola Maryland.
  • Landrum's eight rebounds are the second most earned this second behind his 10 boards claimed at Holy Cross back on Feb. 15.
  • BU won for the fourth time this season and second in a row when finishing with a smaller field goal percentage after shooting 34.4 FG% and holding Lehigh to 38.8 FG%.
  • The Terriers held the Mountain Hawks to just two second-chance points while posting a 7-4 lead in made 3-pointers.
  • BU improved to 13-9 all-time against Lehigh with its fourth straight home victory in the series.
UP NEXT
  • BU will travel to Army on Thursday (March 2) with the Patriot League quarterfinal matchup set for 6 p.m.
  • The road team won both meetings this regular season with the Terriers most recently claiming a 73-67 victory in response to an 83-74 loss.
  • The teams will meet in the PL tourney for the second after BU claimed a home semifinal win back in 2014.
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