Terriers Welcome Army West Point to Case Gym Wednesday Night

Wednesday, January 24

Boston, MA

7 PM

Boston University

Army West Point

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Terriers Welcome Army West Point to Case Gym Wednesday Night

January 23, 2024 | Men's Basketball

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Boston University (7-12, 2-4 PL) vs. Army West Point (5-14, 1-5 PL)
Date & Time: Wednesday, Jan. 24 | 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Case Gym - "The Roof" | Boston, Mass.
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BOSTON – In a rematch of last year's overtime Patriot League quarterfinal thriller, the Boston University men's basketball team will host Army West Point on Wednesday night at Case Gym with tip-off slated for 7 p.m.

After both road teams prevailed during the regular season, the Black Knights eliminated the Terriers, 71-69, with BU missing a game-tying 3-point attempt in the final 10 seconds. Now six games into a new year of conference play, the programs will finally clash.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU held a 33-28 halftime lead at defending PL champion Colgate on Saturday before the Raiders pulled away, as junior Ethan Okwuosa earned a season-high 16 points.
Though the Terriers don't currently have anyone averaging double figures in points, 11 total have scored at least 10 points during a contest this year with senior Miles Brewster (9.9 ppg) having hit the mark a team-high nine times.
Brewster also leads BU with 59 assists, 27 steals and 22 3-pointers, while sophomore Otto Landrum owns a team-high 6.2 rpg alongside 8.2 ppg, which is tied with Okwuosa.
Though senior Anthony Morales (9.0 ppg) saw his streak of consecutive 20+ point performances snapped at two against Colgate, he did dish out a personal-best five assists while adding eight points, six rebounds, a block and steal.
The Terriers are currently 1-2 at home against PL opponents with all three squads currently combining for a 13-5 conference record with BU handing one of the losses to American (4-2), 72-68, back on Jan. 10 behind Brewster's 21-point performance.
Overall, BU is averaging 64.0 ppg and 40.0 FG% while holding opponents to 66.2 ppg and 42.1 FG%. The Terriers lead the nation in allowing just 6.6 offensive rebounds per contest.
Though the Terriers are committing 2.4 fewer fouls per game compared to last season (17.5-15.1), they've had five foul outs after totaling six a year prior.

SCOUTING ARMY WEST POINT

The Black Knights are on a four-game losing streak, including most recently a 57-53 loss at Navy, after earning a 70-57 home win against Holy Cross.
Army is 1-8 on the road compared to the 4-6 home mark, posting a 63-53 win at UTSA following an earlier 70-64 loss at Harvard, Both the Black Knights and BU share a common loss at UAlbany.
Josh Scovens leads Army at 12.2 ppg alongside 5.6 rpg with Ryan Curry also averaging double figures at 10.1 ppg and TJ Small just behind at 9.5 ppg.
Army is averaging 60.6 ppg and 39.8 FG% while holding opponents to 63.4 ppg and 43.0 FG%.
The Black Knights are averaging two more made 3-pointers per game, but opponents are making 3.8 more shots from the charity stripe.

SERIES HISTORY

BU leads the all-time series, 22-17, after the Black Knights won two of the three meetings last year.
Five of the last six contests have been decided in single digits with three games decided by two or fewer points.
Overall, the Terriers are 11-6 at home compared to the 11-11 road mark.
BU returns 21 points from the 71-69 OT PL quarterfinal loss and just four points from the 83-74 home loss.

UP NEXT

BU will return on the road by making its first of three trips during conference play to the Keystone State with a visit to Lafayette on Saturday (Jan. 27) at 2 p.m.
The Leopards won the first meeting at BU back on Jan. 6, 59-51, after both home teams won in OT last year.