Men's Basketball Set for Midweek Visit at Army West Point

Wednesday, February 14

West Point, NY

6 PM

Boston University

Army West Point

Five members of the BU men's basketball team huddle on the court at Davidson.

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Men's Basketball Set for Midweek Visit at Army West Point

February 13, 2024 | Men's Basketball

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Boston University (10-15, 5-7 PL) at Army West Point (8-17, 4-8 PL)
Date & Time: Wednesday, Feb. 14 | 6 p.m.
Venue: Christl Arena | West Point, N.Y.
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BOSTON – Wrapping up its last multi-game road trip of the regular season, the Boston University men's basketball team will visit Army West Point Wednesday evening with tip-off slated for 6 p.m.

This past Saturday, the Terriers utilized 22 assists to claim a 77-62 win at Bucknell, while the Black Knights won in overtime at home against Navy, 69-67. BU enters the matchup tied for sixth in the Patriot League standings alongside Holy Cross with Lehigh half a game ahead and Army one game behind with Navy.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU is looking to avenge an earlier 69-59 home loss to the Black Knights after Army outscored BU in the second half, 46-29. The Terriers are 2-1 so far in rematches with wins at Lafayette and Bucknell alongside a home defeat to Colgate.
In the win against the Bison, BU shot 42.9 percent from behind the arc. The Terriers are 9-4 this season when finishing over 30.0 FG% in a game and 1-11 when finishing below.
On Monday, freshman Kyrone Alexander earned his third PL Rookie of the Week award, the most by a Terrier in eight years, after posting a game-high 19 points against the Bison.
Alexander is one of 12 Terriers to score in double figures at least once this season, which is the second most nationally.
Senior Miles Brewster leads BU at 10.5 ppg shooting an impressive 41.6 3FG% while also averaging 3.2 apg.
Sophomore Otto Landrum owns a team-high 5.9 rpg and 20 blocks while averaging 8.7 ppg. He's joined by Alexander, Brewster and sophomore Ben Roy (5.4 ppg) in earning 20+ steals so far.
Overall, the Terriers are averaging 64.5 ppg and 40.6 FG% while holding opponents to 65.8 ppg and 42.5 FG%.

SCOUTING ARMY WEST POINT

The Black Knights are 5-8 at home compared to their 3-9 road mark. In PL play, they defeated Holy Cross (70-57) and the Midshipmen while also taking Lafayette to overtime.
Named PL Rookie of the Week five times this season, Josh Scovens leads Army at 12.6 ppg as the only Black Knight in double figures alongside 5.3 rpg
Abe Johnson is averaging an identical 6.5 rpg with 6.5 ppg, while both Ryan Curry (9.7 ppg) and TJ Small (9.3 ppg) own an identical 46 made 3-pointers.
Army is averaging 61.0 ppg and 40.4 FG% while holding opponents to 63.6 ppg and 42.3 FG%.
The Black Knights are averaging 1.6 more made 3-pointers per game, but opponents are making 3.6 more shots from the charity stripe.

SERIES HISTORY

BU leads the all-time series, 22-18, with the Black Knights winning three of the last four meetings.
Five of the last seven contests have been decided in single digits with three games decided by two or fewer points.
Overall, the Terriers are 11-7 at home compared to the 11-11 road mark.

UP NEXT

The Terriers return home to host Navy on Saturday (Feb. 17) with a 1 p.m. start time.
In the previous meeting at Alumni Hall in January, BU held a 29-23 halftime lead and came up just short in the end, 62-60.