Dartmouth Tops Men's Basketball, 77-64

Saturday, December 13

Hanover, NH

2 PM

Boston University

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Dartmouth

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Dartmouth

December 13, 2025 | Men's Basketball

Box Score Coach Jones Postgame

HANOVER, N.H. – Competing in its last non-conference road game, the Boston University men's basketball team dropped a 77-64 decision at Dartmouth Saturday afternoon.

The Big Green (4-5) extended their home win streak to three games by posting a 12-8 advantage in made 3-pointers and outscoring the Terriers (4-8) from the free throw line, 19-10. Dartmouth ended the contest shooting 43.4 percent from the field and holding BU to 37.1 percent.

McNair tallied a team-high 14 points, while both freshman Chance Gladden and sophomore Ben Defty earned 12 points. Defty added seven rebounds alongside three assists, and graduate student Ethan Okwuosa earned a season-high 10 rebounds.

Kareem Thomas went a perfect 5-for-5 from behind the arc on his way to a game-high 22 points. Jayden Williams shot 4-for-8 in 3-point territory and finished with 18 points alongside seven rebounds, while Brandon Mitchell-Day ended the contest one rebound shy of a double-double with 15 points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

McNair opened the scoring with a 3-pointer at 17:33, but the Terriers would never lead again, as Dartmouth responded with three consecutive layups over the next 90 seconds.
After senior Ben Roy tied the game on a 3-pointer, Mitchell-Day answered with his first trey to spark a 10-0 run capped by Niko Abusara's layup at 13:02.
Sophomore Azmar Abdullah and Gladden both scored from behind the arc during BU's 10-0 run finished by Defty's layup at 10:10.
Thomas completed a 3-point play on the next possession, but McNair converted on his own steal with a 3-pointer to tie the game for the final time, 19-19, with 8:50 left in the half.
Ben Brown broke the deadlock on a 3-pointer to help Dartmouth score 20 of the game's next 30 pointers to pull ahead, 39-29, at 2:10.
Facing a 43-32 halftime deficit, BU pulled within nine (53-44) with 14:13 remaining on Gladden's layup and bonus free throw.
The Big Green though went on another 10-0 run over the following three minutes to pull away for the victory.

GAME NOTES

McNair extended his streak of hitting at least three 3-pointers to seven games and 10th overall on the season.
Okwuosa became the third Terrier to haul in double-digit rebounds this season alongside Defty and graduate student Malcolm Chimezie.
The home team has now won each of the last four meetings between BU and Dartmouth.

UP NEXT

After finishing up the semester in the classroom with finals, BU will wrap up non-conference play by hosting UMass Lowell next Sunday (Dec. 21) at 12 p.m.
The teams are tied, 6-6, with the River Hawks riding a three-game win streak following last year's 83-71 home win.
BU is 4-2 all-time at home after dropping a 71-63 decision in 2023.