Men's Basketball to Start West Coast Trip at San Diego Friday Night

Friday, November 8

San Diego, CA

10 PM ET

Boston University

San Diego

Men's basketball members are sitting on the bench waiting for their name to be called during starting lineup at Rutgers

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Men's Basketball to Start West Coast Trip at San Diego Friday Night

November 7, 2024 | Men's Basketball

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Boston University (0-1) at San Diego (0-1)
Date & Time: Friday, Nov. 8 | 10 p.m. ET
Venue: Jenny Craig Pavilion | San Diego, Calif.
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BOSTON – Making its first trip out west in 11 years, the Boston University men's basketball team will visit the University of San Diego on Friday night with the tip set for 10 p.m. ET.

Both squads are looking to bounce back from tightly-contested season-opening defeats. The Terriers dropped an 80-72 decision to Northeastern at Case Gym this past Monday, and the Toreros came up short in their home opener to Rider, 68-67, on Wednesday.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU last went to California for a three-day multi-team event hosted by UC Irvine in 2013. The Terriers posted a 2-1 record, collecting wins over the Anteaters and Long Island with a loss to Eastern Washington.
On Monday, making his first career start, sophomore Michael McNair dished out a career-high seven assists while scoring in double digits for the second time ever at 12 points.
Classmate Kyrone Alexander recorded a team-high 16 points to lead BU in scoring for the 10th time as a Terrier, while senior Malcolm Chimezie recorded 14 points with a team-high seven rebounds.
Graduate student Miles Brewster was the other Terrier in double figures with 10 points.
In the loss, BU won the rebound battle, 31-27, and tied NU in turnovers, 12-12. However, the Terriers shot 46.8 FG%, while the Huskies shot 63.4 FG%.
The Terriers will try to win a road opener for the first time since defeating Holy Cross during the 2020-21 season that only featured games against the Patriot League. BU last won a road opener against a non-conference opponent in 2018 at Northeastern and last claimed an out-of-state road-opening victory at Norfolk State in 2014..

SCOUTING SAN DIEGO

USD went 18-15 last season with a 7-9 conference mark and 12-6 record at home with notable wins against Navy (67-59) and Arizona State (89-84).
The Toreros are led by Steve Lavin in his third season after he served as head coach for UCLA from 1996-2003 and at St. John's from 2010-15, leading those two schools to a combined eight NCAA trips.
In the one-point loss to Rider, 6-foot-1 guard Kjay Bradley Jr. tallied 24 points with three assists, while 6-foot-10 forward Santiago Trouet nearly had a double-double at 13 rebounds and eight points.
USD shot 39.7 FG% and held Rider to 39.3 FG%, but the Broncos owned advantages in 3-pointers (9-6) and free throws (15-11) to overcome a 9-4 deficit in steals.

SERIES HISTORY

BU and USD will face off for the first time ever.
The Terriers have very little history with the West Coast Conference. They last visited a member in 1990 when participating in a multi-team event hosted by Gonzaga by edging Hofstra in OT and then dropping a 75-63 decision to the host Bulldogs.
BU is 2-0 all-time against Pepperdine, but both wins occurred at multi-team events hosted by other schools. The Terriers won in 1989 at the Far West Classic hosted by Oregon State and at the 1995 Lobo Classic hosted by New Mexico.
The BU softball program has history with USD with three wins on the Toreros' campus - 2023 (10-1), 2022 (3-1) and 2017 (3-0).

LOOKING AHEAD

The Terriers will head to UCLA on Monday (Nov. 11) at 10 p.m. ET.
The Bruins are 2-0 all-time with two home victories after last claiming an 85-74 win in 1988.
If the Bruins remain ranked after the first week of action, they will mark BU's first top-25 opponent since a 69-54 loss at then-No. 10 Miami in 2016.