SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Opening a two-game road trip out west, the Boston University men's basketball team dropped a 74-60 decision at the University of San Diego Friday night.

After the Terriers (0-2) missed a go-ahead 3-pointer early in the second half, the Toreros (1-1) reeled off 15 straight points to pull away and win the first-ever meeting between the two programs.

Senior Ben Palacios tallied a team-high 15 points off the bench with the help of three treys, while graduate student Miles Brewster earned 11 points and a pair of steals. Senior Malcolm Chimezie was one point and one rebound shy of the double-double, as the Terriers finished the game shooting 34.4 FG%.

Kjay Bradley Jr. led USD by draining four 3-pointers en route to a game-high 28 points while adding seven assists and four steals. David Simon added three buckets from behind the arc to post 14 points, and Santiago Trouet came off the bench with a double-double off 11 points and 10 boards. USD outscored BU in the paint, 24-20, and held a 10-9 edge in made 3-pointers for the victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Toreros started the game on an 8-1 run capped by Bradley's 3-pointer at 15:59.
• After BU started the game missing its first six field goal attempts, Chimezie found sophomore Matai Baptiste for a 3-pointer to cut the deficit in half.
• Facing a 13-6 deficit, BU went on an 8-2 spurt featuring 3-pointers from sophomore Michael McNair and Palacios at 12:11 with Brewster adding another 30 seconds later to tie the game, 17-17.
• Trouet though gave USD the lead for good on the next possession with a trey of his own, as part of an 8-1 run capped by Kean Webb's layup at 6:54.
• The teams went back-and-forth with Palacios scoring from behind the arc to pull within two, 31-29, at 2:24.
• After BU came up empty on two possessions attempting to either tie the game or grab the lead, USD hit a 3-pointer to help enter the locker room ahead, 34-30.
• Brewster started the second half with a layup and helped BU drew an offensive turnover from the Toreros.
• The Terriers though missed a 3-point attempt and never had another opportunity to grab the lead, as Kody Clouet hit a tough jumper to ignite USD's 15-0 run featuring three 3-pointers over the next four minutes.
• Down 18 (52-34) with 13:07 left, Palacios scored six straight points, but BU would never get any closer in the loss.

GAME NOTES

• Palacios' 15 points mark his most as a Terrier after he recorded 14 points last November against Bryant at home.
• Chimezie's earned 12 free throw attempts, marking the most by an active Terrier.
• Freshman Azmar Abdullah hit his first career 3-pointer, and classmate Ben Defty hit both of his shots in the paint.
• San Diego posted six blocks and finished with a 41-35 advantage in rebounds.
• The Terriers played their first game in California since beating Long Island at a multi-team event hosted by UC Irvine in 2013.

UP NEXT

• 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.
• With the No. 22 Bruins also losing Friday night to New Mexico, BU will presumably have to continue to wait to face its first top-25 opponent since a 69-54 loss at then-No. 10 Miami in 2017.