Terriers Celebrate Senior Class With 82-69 Victory Over Bucknell

Saturday, February 14

Boston, MA

1 PM

Boston University

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Bucknell

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Bucknell

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Photo by: Dan Koerner

Terriers Celebrate Senior Class With 82-69 Victory Over Bucknell

February 14, 2026 | Men's Basketball

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BOSTON – Highlighted by 13 3-pointers and an impressive rebounding performance in the paint, the Boston University men's basketball team continued its red-hot February with an 82-69 victory over Bucknell Saturday afternoon at Case Gym.

The Terriers (12-15, 7-7 PL) finished 13-for-29 (.448) in 3-point territory and 21-for-23 (.913) at the charity stripe to claim their fourth straight victory, as the Bison (8-19, 5-9 PL) suffered their third consecutive loss shoot 9-for-27 3FG (.333) and 6-for-10 FT (.600). BU claimed a 44-23 advantage in rebounds and edged Bucknell in second-chance points, 11-7.

McNair led BU with 28 points thanks to six 3-pointers and added seven rebounds, while freshman Sam Hughes came up just one rebound shy of his second double-double with 15 points and career-high four steals. Freshman Chance Gladden totaled 14 points with six assists and combined for 11 boards alongside sophomore Ben Defty, who contributed 13 points and career-tying six assists.

Achile Spadone was one of four Bison in double figures with 19 points and three steals. Both Amon Dorries and Jayden Williams recorded 15 points apiece, while Aleksander Pachucki tallied 12 points off the bench. Bucknell shot 50 percent from the field in the second half trying to mount a rally but could never pull closer than within nine points, as BU made the free throws down the stretch.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first 5:11 of the game featured nine lead changes and two ties with McNair putting BU ahead for good on three straight 3-pointers for a 20-12 lead at 13:38.
Bucknell chipped away and pulled within two (20-18) at 11:16 on Pachucki's jumper, but the Bison would never get any closer.
Defty scored on consecutive possessions, highlighted by a slam dunk, and then set up both freshman Donte Tisinger Jr. and Gladden for back-to-back 3-pointers for a commanding 30-18 lead with 9:26 left.
McNair and Hughes both scored from behind the arc over the final 96 seconds for a 42-27 halftime lead.
Hughes and Gladden flushed a 3-pointer during an 8-0 stretch to grab the Terriers' largest lead, 50-31, with 15:07 remaining in regulation.
Starting with a successful drive to the hoop at 13:06, Spadone tried to mount a comeback with seven straight points as part of a 13-3 run capped by his 3-pointer three minutes later.
Pachucki netted another trey at 6:53 to keep the deficit at nine points (58-49), but McNair responded with a layup and 3-pointer.
The Terriers sealed the victory shooting a perfect 14-for-14 over the final 1:25.

GAME NOTES

Head coach Joe Jones (2011-pres.) is now one win away from tying Dennis Wolff (1994-2009) for the all-time program record at 245 victories.
With his fifth performance of hitting six or seven made 3-pointers this season, McNair sits at 89 made 3-pointers, six shy of tying John Papale's ('16) record. Corey Lowe ('10) currently sits at second with 92 buckets from behind the arc.
McNair scored 20+ points for the ninth time this season after hitting the mark one time through his first two years. He's now scored exactly 28 points three times after previously accomplishing the feat against Penn State and Army West Point. His 29 points totaled at Lafayette remains his career high.
Hughes' four steals topped his previous high of two set three times during non-conference play, and his nine rebounds were one shy of his 10 boards recorded at Lafayette.
Defty previously had six assists against Brown at Case Gym and topped his Patriot League high of five coincidentally set at Bucknell.
BU's +21 rebound margin surpassed the previous high of 18 (41-23) set on Feb. 7 against Loyola Maryland.
Shooting 42.1 FG% and holding the Bison to 45.8 FG%, the Terriers won their first game of the season when finishing with a smaller FG% and are now 1-11 in such situations.
The Terriers cut Bucknell's series lead to 17-14 with their second consecutive win at Case Gym.

UP NEXT

BU will have a quick turnaround and host Colgate on Monday (Feb. 16) with the CBS Sports Network broadcast set for a 6 p.m. tip.
The Terriers missed the go-ahead shot in the final seconds of an 80-79 OT road loss on Jan. 24 after claiming an 93-91 2OT victory at Case Gym in 2025.