#16/17 Boston University (7-2, 3-1 PL) vs. Holy Cross (3-7, 1-3 PL)
Date & Time: Saturday, March 29 | 4 p.m.
Venue: Nickerson Field | Boston, Mass.
Twitter: @BUGameDay | @TerrierMLAX

The Boston University men's lacrosse team will continue its 12th season on Tuesday when the No. 16/17 Terriers host Holy Cross in the second game of a Lax-A-Palooza doubleheader at Nickerson Field. Opening faceoff is scheduled for 4 p.m., following the conclusion of the women's lacrosse game against Navy that begins at 12 p.m.

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TERRIER TIDBITS

• BU fell to 7-2 overall after a 16-7 defeat at No. 12/13 Harvard on Tuesday.
• Junior Jimmy Kohr scored four goals against the Crimson and paces BU with 27 goals.
• Kohr leads the entire country with seven man-up goals.
• The Terriers enter the weekend third in the NCAA and first in the Patriot League with a 61.1% success rate on EMOs.
• Freshman Timothy Shannehan leads all NCAA rookies with 40 points and is one of just nine players in the nation, regardless of class, who has recorded 20+ goals and 20+ assists this season.
• Shannehan's 40 points also paces all Terriers.
• Freshman Ben Morris notched a career-high two points (1g, 1a) against the Crimson.
• Senior Trey Brown, who started at close defense after being the Terriers' top LSM in the first eight games, notched his first goal of the season off an assist from classmate Matthew Fritz.
• Fritz went 6-of-10 at the faceoff X with four ground balls and one assist while freshman Madden Murphy was 9-for-14 at the X and matched his career high with five ground balls. 
• Junior Connor Kehm was named an Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-American this week.
• He is ninth in the country and third in the Patriot League with an average of 2.22 caused turnovers per game and also leads BU with 28 ground balls.
• Kehm is tied for fifth in the NCAA and first in the conference with 20 total caused turnovers, having recorded at least one caused turnover in all nine games this season. 
• BU continues to be one of the top riding teams in the nation, ranking fourth in the NCAA and second in the PL in opponent clear percentage (.743).
• The Terriers forced seven failed clears at Harvard on Tuesday.
• BU is sixth in the NCAA and second in the Patriot League with 36.00 ground balls per game.

HISTORY AGAINST HOLY CROSS

• BU is 8-2 all-time against Holy Cross and has won seven straight games against the Crusaders.
• The Terriers have outscored Holy Cross, 45-15, over the past two meetings and have averaged 16.14 goals per game during their seven-game win streak over the Crusaders.
• BU is 3-1 against Holy Cross at Nickerson Field, including a 23-9 triumph in 2023.

SCOUTING THE CRUSADERS

• Holy Cross enters Saturday on a four-game losing streak, having most recently dropped a 9-8 overtime heartbreaker to Navy in Worcester on Saturday.
• That was the Crusaders' third overtime game of the season - they are 1-2 in those contests.
• Five different players lead Holy Cross with 15 points, with three Crusaders - sophomore Jon-Luke Duley, junior Will Messineo and sophomore Jude Lynch - have scored a team-high 14 goals.
• Senior John Mitchell and freshman Andrew Ottomanelli are tops on the team with eight assists apiece.
• Senior Matt Carbonell leads Holy Cross with 26 ground balls.
• Sophomore Gavin Ouhrabka (56-of-115, 48.7%) and freshman Harry Attell (47-of-111, 42.3%) have taken the majority of faceoffs for Holy Cross this season.
• Juniors Julian Jenkins and Michael Rincon pace Holy Cross with 16 caused turnovers apiece.
• Jenkins is also second on the squad with 24 ground balls while Rincon has scooped up 19 ground balls.
• Junior goalkeeper JR Long has started all 10 games for Holy Cross this season, posting a 12.31 goals-against average and a .485 save percentage.

UP NEXT

• BU will welcome No. 11 Duke to Nickerson Field on Saturday, April 5.
• Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m.