2025 PATRIOT LEAGUE QUARTERFINAL
#4 Boston University (16-15, 10-8 PL) vs. #5 Navy (13-18, 10-8 PL)
Date & Time: Thursday, March 6 | 7 p.m.
Venue: Case Gym – "The Roof" | Boston, Mass.
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BOSTON – Riding its longest home win streak in 29 years at 11 consecutive victories, the No. 4 seeded Boston University men's basketball team will open the Patriot League tournament by hosting No. 5 Navy Thursday night with tip-off set for 7 p.m.

The teams will meet in the postseason for the fourth time since 2020 with BU owning a 2-1 record thanks to quarterfinal victories in both 2020 and 2024. Navy is one of three squads to eliminate the Terriers in overtime over the last three years with the Mids prevailing in the 2022 PL semifinals. Army (2023 quarterfinals) and Lehigh (2024 semifinals) are the other two squads to make BU suffer heartbreak.

TERRIER TIDBITS

• Avoiding the first round for the ninth time in 11 years, BU is 54-37 (.593) all-time in conference tourneys and 11-10 in the PL with a pair of title game appearances (2014, 2020). BU and Colgate are the only two teams to have participated in all 12 quarterfinals since the Terriers joined the PL in the summer of 2013.
• The seven-time conference champion Terriers are 27-16 (.628) all-time in quarterfinal games following last year's 70-61 home win over Navy. BU is 11-4 (.733) in home PL matchups with OT losses in the 2017 and 2024 semifinals.
• BU is 2-1 all-time as a No. 4 seed, reaching the 2010 America East title game at No. 2 Vermont thanks an upset victory over No. 1 Stony Brook.
• Having scored the game-winning jumper in each of the last three home games, including Saturday's 66-64 win over Lafayette with a field goal at 2.7 seconds, 2025 All-PL Second Team honoree Kyrone Alexander leads BU in both points (12.8 ppg) and in rebounds (5.1 rpg).
• 2025 All-PL Third Team honoree Miles Brewster leads BU in both assists (2.3 apg) and steals (1.3 spg) while averaging 10.4 ppg, and senior Malcolm Chimezie (8.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg) owns a team-high 23 blocks.
• 2025 PL All-Rookie Team member Azmar Abdullah scored a career-tying 21 points at Navy and is fifth on the team at 6.8 ppg. Classmate Ben Defty averages 4.7 ppg but has stepped up over the last five contests, averaging 10.4 ppg.
• On the season, the Terriers are averaging 66.8 ppg and 43.6 FG% while holding opponents to 67.9 ppg and 43.6 FG%.

SCOUTING NAVY

• The Midshipmen 4-11 on the road compared to their 9-5 home mark with an 86-78 non-conference victory at Penn.
• Navy went 3-6 in PL road contests, most recently posting a 68-60 win at American following losses at Colgate (79-75), Lafayette (61-51) and BU (87-65).
• A 2025 All-PL First Team honoree, Austin Benigni leads Navy at 18.3 ppg and 4.2 apg while Aidan Kehoe is just shy of averaging a double-double at 9.2 ppg and 9.3 rpg.
• Jordan Pennick is the other Midshipmen averaging double figures in points at 10.9 ppg with a team-high 58 3-pointers. 
• As a team, Navy is averaging 70.5 ppg and 42.3 FG% while holding opponents to 69.8 ppg and 44.2 FG%.

SERIES HISTORY

• BU leads the all-time series, 15-12, after both squads won at home by 15+ points apiece for the series split.
• The Terriers claimed an 87-65 victory on Feb. 5 to avenge the 62-47 defeat at Alumni Hall back on Jan. 22.
• BU is riding a three-game home win streak in the series, highlighted by last year's 70-61 decision in the 2024 Patriot League quarterfinals.
• In the two meetings this season, Benigni averaged a team-high 22.0 ppg for the Midshipmen, while Brewster led the Terriers at 18.0 ppg.

LOOKING AHEAD

• The BU-Navy winner will face either No. 1 Bucknell or No. 8 Loyola Maryland on Sunday (March 9) in the PL semifinals on CBS Sports Network.
• The highest remaining seed will host the game at either 12 or 2 p.m.