BOSTON – The Boston University men's basketball team held its annual year-end banquet over the weekend at the Stockyard Restaurant in Brighton with family and supporters all in attendance. Head coach Joe Jones and his staff recognized seven Terriers in the latest edition.

Terrier basketball broadcast announcer Brian Maurer (COM'07) served as master of ceremonies, and Coach Jones addressed the gathering with his reflections on the season that saw BU earn its longest home win streak in 29 years at 11 consecutive victories. During the ceremony, Miles Brewster, Nico Nobili, Ben Palacios and Ryan Sutliff all came to the podium to reflect on their experience with the program before they graduate and leave Commonwealth Ave.

Finishing as the team leader in both points (12.9 ppg) and rebounds (5.1 rpg), Kyrone Alexander became the first sophomore since Cedric Hankerson in 2015 earn the Lou Cohen MVP Award. A native of Bridgetown, Barbados, the All-Patriot League Second Team honoree started in all 30 games played and hit the game winning buckets over the last three home regular season contests against Lafayette, Loyola Maryland and Colgate. He earned his first two career double-doubles at Loyola Maryland (16 pts., 10 rebs.) and at Lehigh (21 pts., 10 rebs.) while adding four steals in both contests. Tallying 20+ points in six games, he posted a career-high 26 points in a home win over UAlbany.

For the first time, two Terriers, senior team captain Malcolm Chimezie and junior Nico Nobili, earned the Reggie Stewart Award for best exemplifying the traits of BU basketball. Both men own GPAs over 3.1 with Chimezie majoring in sociology while pursuing a minor in business administration & management and Nobili majoring in international relations. A native of Yonkers, New York, Chimezie started all 32 games and finished the year averaging 8.3 ppg and 5.0 rpg alongside a team-high 25 blocks after appearing in just eight contests a year prior due to injury. Named just one of two Patriot League representatives to participate in the NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum last April, he was tapped into BU's Scarlet Key Honor Society.

Despite battling an injury all season, Nobili continued to remain a key contributor on the roster, starting 20 of the 27 games played. In the last two regular season contests, the Bologna, Italy, native hauled in a combined 23 rebounds to help BU clinch a top four seed for the PL tournament while adding 13 points, a pair of steals and two assists. He unselfishly took on any role asked of him by the coaching staff, whether that was earning seven rebounds in a home win over Navy or dishing out four assists against American. He also earned multiple blocks three times and tallied eight steals over the last seven regular season appearances.

Named a team captain his junior season, Ben Roy received the Tunji Awojobi Award as the squad's top defensive player. The Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey, native increased his minutes average to 24.2 mpg this season playing a key role in helping defend the perimeter and limit opponents to 68.5 ppg, 70th best mark nationally. He earned multiple steals in eight games while only committing 14 turnovers all season with a 2.4 apg. Highlights included a 17-point, five-rebound and three-steal game at Army West Point. His season came to an end early on Feb. 22 at American due to injury. 

Sophomore Michael McNair more than quadrupled his point production from a year prior to earn the Arturo Brown Award as the team's most improved player. The Temecula, California, native scored in double digits 17 times out of 31 starts to finish the season second on the team averaging 10.1 ppg after averaging 2.1 ppg a year prior. He drained at least three 3-pointers 13 times to finish with a team-high 69 treys while shooting 40.8 percent from behind the arc. Highlight performances included 20 points against American and 18 points vs. Navy along with a 12-point, eight-rebound contest against Colgate. 

After scoring in double digits five times and shooting 37.6 percent from behind the arc, freshman Azmar Abdullah received the John Holland Award as the program's most outstanding freshman. A native of Cranston, Rhode Island, he drained multiple 3-pointers in a game 11 times, including a personal-best five treys en route to a season-tying 21 points and PL All-Rookie Team recognition. He also netted 21 points at Navy and tallied 14 points at Holy Cross to finish at 6.8 ppg. On the defensive front, he earned multiple steals four times, including three in a home win over Colgate.

Enrolled in the College of Arts and Science, senior Ryan Sutliff earned the Richard Taylor Academic Award for his success in the classroom. A Boston native who played at Boston Latin, he currently owns a team-high 3.78 majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology. He first joined the program as a team manager and then became a letterman his junior season. Named to the PL Academic Honor Roll and NABC Honors Court last year, he tallied a season-high five points against Thomas College while adding an assist in the win last December.