1998-1999 Game by Game Review
BOSTON - Galen Young scored 14 of his game-high 16 points in the second half to lead UNC Charlotte to a 65-50 victory over Boston University in the season opener for both teams... After leading 31-30 at halftime, B.U. was held to just 19 points in the second half, shooting just 30 percent (9-of-30) from the field... The loss also snapped a 10-game B.U. home winning streak on "The Roof"... Senior forward Walter Brown led B.U. with 13 points and 11 rebounds, his 13th career double double in 30 games as a Terrier... LeVar Folk added 10 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists, including a 60-foot first half buzzer beater to give B.U. its halftime advantage... The 49ers opened the second half with a 11-0 run and never trailed again... The Terriers did outrebound UNCC, 50-41, but shot just 35.9 percent (20-of-59) from the field... B.U. dropped to 3-7 against Conference USA... It was also the first B.U. season-opening loss at home since 1982, a span of five games.
TUSCALOOSA, AL - M.C. Mazique scored 16 points and pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds to lead Alabama (2-1) to a 75-52 victory over visiting Boston University... Jeremy Hayes added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Crimson Tide... Trailing 24-10 midway through the first half, the Terriers used a 17-3 run to tie the score at 27 on a three-point field goal by Mike Costello with 3:54 remaining... The Crimson Tide then scored the last eight points of the half... B.U. cut the lead to five points, 39-34, with 17:55 left as Costello hit one free throw, but that would be as close as it would get... Alabama scored the next 10 points to put the game out of reach... Costello led B.U. with 12 points, including a trio of three-pointers... It was the 15th time in 62 career outings that Costello has hit at least three three-point field goals in a game.... Walter Brown added 11 points and a team-high eight rebounds... After two games, the Terriers have averaged 51.0 points, their lowest scoring output to start a season since 1953-54.
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA - Consensus preseason All-American Wally Szczerbiak scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half to lead No. 24 Miami (Ohio) University to a 70-53 victory over Boston University... The loss dropped the Terriers to 0-3 for the first time since 1995-96... Playing without two starters - Billy Beal and Mike Costello - B.U. trailed by just two points, 31-29, at halftime... A 20-8 late first half run kept B.U. close... Matt Curley and LeVar Folk each scored nine first-half points... In the second half, the Terriers shot just 28 percent (7-of-25) and the RedHawks took advantage with a 21-5 run to take an 18-point lead, 54-36, with 9:56 to go... Freshman Dereck Franklin scored a team-high 15 points, 13 in the second half... Folk added 14, including three three-point field goals, and Curley added 11... Walter Brown had a team-high eight rebounds.
BOSTON - LeVar Folk scored 15 points, including two go-ahead free throws with 24 seconds remaining to lead Boston University to a 58-56 victory over visiting American... Trailing 55-49 with 1:39 to go, the Terriers outscored the Eagles, 9-1, to win their first game of the season... After Folk's free throws, B.U. forced an American turnover... Walter Brown stole the errant interior pass and was fouled with 1:4 seconds left... Brown (13 points) hit one free throw to seal the victory... After a close second half, American used a 7-0 run to take a 55-49 lead with 2:25 remaining... A dunk by Matt Curley with 1:39 to go started the B.U. game-ending scoring run... Folk added eight assists, moving into fourth place on the B.U. career list... B.U. shot just 13-of-27 from the free throw line... B.U. held the American to just .340 (16-of-47) shooting... It was the Terriers' 11th win in their last 12 home contests.
BOSTON - Marcus Blossom's free throw with 30.4 seconds left lifted Northeastern to a 68-67 victory over visiting Boston University in the America East season opener for both teams... It was just the second B.U. loss in the last nine meetings with NU... With B.U. down four points, 68-64, LeVar Folk (13 points) hit a three-pointer with 19 seconds left to cut the deficit to one... After NU's Terry Kringe missed the front end of a one-and-one with 8.1 seconds left, Folk missed an off-balance 17-footer at the buzzer... NU led, 38-31, at halftime and increased its lead to 15 points, 48-33, with 15:55 to go... B.U. responded with a 21-2 run over the next five minutes to regain the lead... After three more ties, Billy Beal (season-high 14 points) hit a three-pointer to give B.U. a 64-61 lead at the 5:26 mark... It would be B.U.'s last lead, and its last points until Folk's three-pointer with 19 seconds left... Mike Costello added 13 points - all in the second half... The Terriers shot a season-high .574 (27-of-47), including a blistering .609 (14-of-23) rate in the second half... B.U. also hit a season-high eight three-pointers, just two shy of its season total entering the game.
CAMBRIDGE, MA - Walter Brown scored a season-high 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Boston University to a 68-64 victory over Harvard... It was the Terriers' sixth straight win over the Crimson... B.U. closed the first half with an 11-3 run to lead 33-23 at the break... Brown keyed the run with two three-pointers... The Terriers opened the second half with a 12-3 run to take their biggest lead, 45-26, with 16:33 to go... Once again, Brown was a big part, scoring seven points in the spurt... Harvard hung tough, cutting the lead to four points, 52-48, at the 7:20 mark, before B.U. scored the next eight points, including four free throws each by LeVar Folk and Billy Beal... The Crimson hung tough, but Beal (season-high 17 points) and Folk each converted two free throws in the final 28 seconds to clinch the victory... Folk added 13 points and seven rebounds... B.U. tied a season-high with eight three-point field goals as five different players connected, including a career-high two by Brown.
BOSTON - Mike Costello tied a career high with 17 points and Walter Brown added 17 points and nine rebounds to lead Boston University to a 66-46 non-conference victory over Manhattan... It was B.U.'s 12th victory in its last 13 home games... B.U. took a 31-19 halftime lead as LeVar Folk hit an off-balance three-pointer at the first-half buzzer... Costello added 10 first-half points... The Terriers opened the second half with a 9-2 run to take a 40-21 lead after a Matt Curley (8 points, 7 rebounds) layup with 15:02 to go... After Ken Michin was fouled by Manhattan's Noah Coughlin, three technicals were called after a series of pushing and shoving, including one on Folk, who was ejected for fighting... With just four points, Folk's four-game double-figure scoring streak ended... After the resulting free throws by each side, Manhattan couldn't cut into B.U.'s double digit lead... B.U. extended its lead to 17 points, 60-43, with 4:55 to go on a layup by Dereck Franklin (10 second-half points)... B.U. had a 44-29 rebounding advantage... Jean Avebe tied a career-high with 11 rebounds and Michin tied a season high with eight... Costello became just the sixth B.U. player to hit 100 career three-pointers... The Terriers held the Jaspers to just .310 (13-of-42) shooting from the field... Brown added a season-high three blocked shots.
BOZEMAN, MT - Colorado scored the first 12 points of the contest and never looked back, defeating Boston University, 88-51, in the first round of the Touch America/Holiday Stores Classic... It was B.U.'s worst loss since a 73-42 setback to Drexel on February 9, 1997... The Terriers played without senior starters LeVar Folk (serving NCAA one-game suspension) and Billy Beal (ankle injury)... Colorado jumped to a 12-0 lead, and extended its advantage to 21 points, 40-19, with 2:30 remaining in the first half. The Buffaloes shot a blistering .633 (19-of-30) from the field in the first half... Dereck Franklin was the lone bright spot for B.U., scoring 10 first-half points... In the second half, B.U. cut the lead to 19 points, 55-36, on a jumper by Matt Curley with 13:34 to go, but Colorado responded with a 22-4 run to take a 77-40 lead with 4:41 remaining... Tyron Manlove led Colorado with a game-high 21 points, while Curley led B.U. with 14. Franklin added 13 points and five assists. Walter Brown added a game-high eight rebounds and eight points... The Terriers shot just .340 (17-of-50) from the field... B.U. did hand out 14 assists on its 17 field goals.. The Terriers extended their three-point streak to 74 games... Brown has pulled down at least seven rebounds in 30 of his 38 games as a Terrier.
BOZEMAN, MT - Walter Brown scored a season-high 25 points to lead Boston University to an 80-58 victory over Canisius in the third-place game of the Touch America/Holiday Stores Classic... The 80 points represented a season high for B.U...The Terriers shot a blistering .574 from the field, including .607 in the first half... Brown scored 15 of his points in the first half as the Terriers staked a 39-27 lead... With the game tied at 12 midway through the first half, the Terriers scored 11 straight points to take a 23-12 lead with 8:13 to go... B.U. increased its lead to 15, 36-21, on a layup by Jean Avebe (career-high 14 points) with 2:49 remaining... Canisius opened the second half with a 9-3 run to get within three points, 42-39, at the 15:27 mark, but B.U. used an 11-5 run to take a 53-42 lead with 9:16 left... B.U. would then outscore the Golden Griffins, 27-16, the rest of the way... Folk added a season-high 16 points, including four three-point field goals... All 10 B.U. players that dressed for the contest entered the scoring column B.U. held Canisius to just .354 (17-of-48) shooting from the field Folk added a game-high six assists and four steals The Terriers had 19 assists compared to just nine turnovers The Golden Griffins did not record a steal... B.U. is 3-0 this season when holding opponents under 60 points.
TOWSON, MD - Dereck Franklin scored a season-high 18 points and Walter Brown added his 14th career double double (15 points, 12 rebounds) to lead Boston University to a 66-58 victory over Towson in an America East contest... B.U. took a 40-32 halftime lead as Brown connected for 12 points... In the second half, the Terriers extended their lead to 10 points, 44-34, before Towson gradually cut the deficit to three, 50-47, with 7:09 to play... However, LeVar Folk (11 points) hit a driving layup and Franklin hit a 16-foot jumper to push the lead back to seven... Towson make one last effort, coming within four, 57-53, with 2:40 left to go, but Brown (a layup), and seven B.U. free throws, including a perfect 6-of-6 from Franklin, sealed the Terriers' first conference victory... Folk tied season highs in rebounds (8), assists (8) and steals (4)... Matt Curley added 10 points... It was the Terriers' sixth straight win over the Tigers... B.U. held Towson to just .333 (8-of-24) shooting in the second half, and .367 (18-of-49) for the contest.
NEWARK, DE - LeVar Folk's 10-foot jumper hit off the rim at the buzzer, giving Delaware a 75-74 overtime victory over Boston University... It was the Terriers' second one-point loss in three league games... B.U. jumped out to a 17-6 lead as Walter Brown scored seven points... Delaware rebounded and took a 35-27 halftime lead... In the second half, B.U. regained the lead, 53-51, with 6:24 to go on two free throws from Brown, who would finish with a game-high 21 points and 10 rebounds... Mike Costello's three-pointer with 3:20 left gave B.U. a six-point advantage, 61-55, but the Blue Hens rallied back as Tyrone Perry's eight-foot jumper with 7.2 seconds remaining forced overtime... Billy Beal (10 points) gave B.U. the lead with a three-pointer at the 4:42 mark, but Delaware tied the score 40 seconds later... Trailing 74-72, Brown hit a layup and was fouled with 34 seconds to go, but missed the free throw... With 15 seconds left, Madou Diouf was fouled and hit 1-of-2 free throws giving Delaware the one-point advantage... Jean Avebe scored 10 of his career-high 16 points in the second half... Folk added seven assists and zero turnovers... B.U. held the nation's second-leading scorer, Mike Pegues (25.7 ppg), to just 15 points... It was Brown's second straight, 15th career double double.
BOSTON - Despite 14 points and a season-high nine assists from LeVar Folk, Boston University dropped an 80-66 decision to visiting Maine... The loss snapped the Terriers' 23-game conference home winning streak... It was also the Terriers' first loss to the Black Bears in the last eight meetings... Maine took a 38-36 halftime lead, and extended the advantage to 11 points, 51-40, with a 13-4 run to open the second half... The Terriers cut the lead to six, 55-49, on a Matt Curley layup with 12:48 to go... However, Maine increased the lead to 14, 65-51, with 8:26 remaining... Folk's two free throws put B.U. within six, 67-61, with 4:59 to play, but the Black Bears outscored the Terriers, 15-5, the rest of the way... Billy Beal added 12 points and Curley 10 for B.U... Walter Brown was held to seven points, all in the first half, but recorded a career-high four assists... Maine's five starters all scored in double figures... B.U. recorded a season-high 19 assists... It is the first time since 1994-95 that B.U. started conference play with just one win in its first four games.
BOSTON - Billy Beal scored 18 of his game-high 23 points in the first half, and tied a school record with seven three-pointers as B.U. defeated UNH, 84-49, on "The Roof"... Beal tied the record of Mark Daly '92, who hit seven in a game twice in one week in the 1991-92...B.U. also set a school record with 14 three-pointers, breaking the former record of 12, which was set against Hartford on Jan. 13, 1994... The Terriers shot 14-of-24 (.583) from three-point territory... LeVar Folk became the 23rd player in the 90-year history of the B.U. men's basketball program to score 1,000 points... Folk (6 points, 8 assists) hit a layup with 9:45 to go in the second half to reach the milestone...With B.U. leading 29-20 late in the first half, Beal (7-of-11 3-PT) connected on three straight threes in a 1:17 span to give the Terriers a 38-22 lead with 1:25 left in the half... B.U. led, 40-22, at the break... In the second half, the Terriers never let their lead go below 17 points, extending it to as high as 39, 79-40, after a three-pointer from Mike Costello (16 points) with 4:05 to go... Walter Brown and Jean Avebe each added 11 points for the Terriers, who have won 24 of their last 25 home games against conference opponents... B.U. dished out a season-high 23 assists... B.U. held UNH to just .294 shooting (15-of-51) from the field.
PHILADELPHIA, PA - LeVar Folk scored a season-high 23 points, but Boston University fell to Drexel, 80-67, at the PEAC... B.U. opened the game with a 15-6 lead after a Jean Avebe jumper at the 12:43 mark... Drexel used a 13-4 run to tie the score at 19, before the Terriers went on a 12-5 run to lead 31-24 with 2:53 to go... However, Drexel scored the final 14 points of the half to take a 38-31 lead at the break... Billy Beal opened the half with a three-pointer, getting the Terriers within four, 38-34, but they could get no closer... B.U. cut the lead to five points on two occasions, and trailed by six, 64-58, with 8:01 left after another Beal three-pointer... However, Drexel scored the next eight points to extend the lead, their biggest of the contest, to 14,72-58, with 6:10 remaining... Folk scored 15 of his points in the second half, and tied a season-high with four three-point field goals... B.U. was 10-of-19 from three-point territory, marking the second straight game it has reached double figures...Dereck Franklin added 12 points... Mike Costello tied a career high with four assists... The Terriers were outrebounded, 38-22.
HEMPSTEAD, NY - Despite 15 points - on five three-point field goals- from Billy Beal, Boston University dropped its second straight game, 66-50, to Hofstra... Trailing, 8-0, to start the game, the Terriers took an 11-10 lead on a Beal three-pointer with 12:57 left in the first half... However, it would be B.U.'s last lead of the contest... Hofstra closed the first half with a 6-0 run to take a 31-21 halftime advantage... The Terriers could get no closer than six points in the second half... Dereck Franklin added 10 points... Jean Avebe added eight points and a team-high nine rebounds... The Terriers did hit 10 three-point field goals; their third straight double-figure outing.
BOSTON - Tony Orciari scored 32 points, including a perfect 16-of-16 from the free throw line, to lead Vermont to a 73-67 overtime victory over B.U... The Terriers played without their top two scorers, Walter Brown (12.5 ppg) and LeVar Folk (10.6 ppg), who sat out after violating a team rule... After a 22-22 halftime tie, Vermont opened the second half with a 20-4 run to take its biggest lead, 42-26, with 11:27 left... Vermont kept its lead in double figures until B.U. used a 17-3 run in the final 5:14 of regulation to force overtime... Dereck Franklin (15 points) hit a three-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to force overtime... B.U. took a five-point lead, 63-58, after a three-point play by Jean Avebe (14 points, 7 rebounds) with 3:42 left in overtime, but Franklin and Billy Beal (11 points) each fouled out and the Catamounts hit 9-of-9 free throws in the final 2:40 of play... It was B.U.'s first loss to Vermont in Case Gym since February 7, 1976 - a 12-game span... B.U. pulled down a season-high 60 rebounds; the highest total in the Dennis Wolff-era... Mike Costello tied career highs in points (17), three-point field goals (5), assists (4), and steals (3)... Costello also grabbed a career-best seven rebounds... Nacho Rodriguez and Matt Curley each had a career-high eight rebounds.
WEST HARTFORD, CT - Hartford scored the first 10 points of the game, and extended its lead to 34-5 with 8:48 left in the first half, before holding on to defeat Boston University, 73-51... The Terriers did cut the deficit to 14, 42-28, after scoring the first five points of second half, with 18:38 left to go, but that would be as close as they would get... The loss dropped the Terriers' record to 6-11, 2-7 in the America East - their worst start since 1993-94... It was the Terriers' lowest scoring output in 33 meetings with the Hawks... The Hawks hit eight of their first nine shots from the field... The Terriers shot .241 (7-of-29) in the first half... Walter Brown led B.U. with 13 points, 11 in a 4:18 span in the first half... Billy Beal added 11 points, including three three-point field goals, for B.U... Dereck Franklin added a season-high four steals.
BOSTON - LeVar Folk scored 11 of his game-high 17 points in the first half to lead Boston University to a 73-43 victory over visiting Towson... It was the Terriers' seventh straight win over the Tigers... The win also snapped a Terrier four-game losing streak, which was the longest in the Dennis Wolff-era... B.U. jumped out ot a 19-4 lead after a Mike Costello three-pointer with 11:10 remaining in the first half... The Terriers extended their lead to 24 points, 40-16, after a steal and layup by Dereck Franklin with 1:38 to go in the first half... B.U. led, 40-19, at the break... In the second half, B.U. took its biggest lead (33 points), 60-27, after a three-pointer by Billy Beal (9 points) with 9:18 remaining... The Terriers held Towson's Pete Mauro, who entered the game averaging 22.7 ppg in his previous three games, to just three points... Walter Brown added 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds... The Terriers hit 9-of-19 shots beyond the three-point arc... Five Terriers had five or more rebounds... Costello had a career-high four steals and Nacho Rodriguez scored a season-high 10 points; his first double figure outing as a collegian.
BOSTON - Despite 18 points from LeVar Folk, Boston University dropped a 78-60 decision to visiting Delaware... B.U. trailed by two, 37-35, at the half as Folk connected for 16 points, including four three-point field goals... However, the Blue Hens used a 10-2 run to take a 60-46 lead with 9:18 left to go, and extended it to 20 points, 78-58, with 1:49 remaining... The Terriers hit just two free throws in the second half, compared to the Blue Hens' 20... Walter Brown added eight points and a team-high eight rebounds... Folk had a team-high five assists.
DURHAM, NH - LeVar Folk scored a season-high 26 points (one off his career-high) to lead visiting B.U. to a 63-52 victory over UNH... It was the Terriers' eighth straight victory, and 34th in the last 37 regular-season meetings against the Wildcats... B.U. took a 26-20 lead at halftime as Folk scored 11 points... The Terriers extended their lead to 13 points (their biggest of the game), 48-35, after a Folk layup with 6:37 left to play... Folk, who also had team highs in assists (4) and steals (4), shot 10-of-15 from the field... He was the lone Terrier in double figures... Nacho Rodriguez added seven points and a season-high nine rebounds... Folk's 26 points were the most by a B.U. player in 1998-99... Folk has scored in double figures in his last three games (20.3 ppg)... The Terriers outrebounded the Wildcats, 43-42... UNH shot just .322 (19-of-59) from the field... Mike Costello's 14-game three-point field goal streak ended... Walter Brown (8 rebounds) has pulled down at least seven boards in 11 of his 17 appearances this season... B.U. head coach Dennis Wolff is 9-1 vs. UNH in his coaching career... The Terriers are 8-1 this season when leading at halftime, and 7-0 when holding opponents under 60 points.
ORONO, ME - Despite a point-rebound double double by Walter Brown (16 points, 10 rebounds), his fourth of the season and 16th of his career, Boston University fell to Maine, 85-73, before a record-crowd at Alfond Arena... Both teams had five double-figure scorers... Maine took a 45-33 halftime lead after shooting .552 (16-of-29) from the field... The Black Bears extended the lead to 17 points, 62-45, with 12:49 remaining in the game... B.U. cut the lead to 12, 70-58, after two free throws by Matt Curley (10 points) with 8:17 left... However, the Black Bears upped to lead to 18, 81-63, with 4:07 remaining... Billy Beal contributed 14 points (8-of-8 FTs) and Jean Avebe 12 for the Terriers... LeVar Folk tied a season-high with nine assists... The Terriers outrebounded the Black Bears, 37-26... B.U. shot .760 (19-of-25) from the free throw line.
BOSTON - Despite 25 points from LeVar Folk, B.U. lost to city-rival Northeastern, 84-81, in overtime... Trailing 82-81 with 18 seconds left in overtime, the Terriers had a chance to win, but NU stole a pass in the lane and two free throws with two seconds go ended B.U.'s chances... It was the first time since 1994-95 that NU won the regular-season series... Folk forced overtime by hitting a 27-foot three-pointer with 0.9 seconds left in regulation... The Terriers trailed by six points, 76-70, with 10 seconds left after two Northeastern free throws... However, Folk converted a three-point play with seven seconds remaining, and then the Huskies were called for a five-second violation while inbounding the ball... After Folk missed a three-pointer, Walter Brown (20 points, career-high 15 rebounds) grabbed the rebound and kicked it out to Folk, who canned his third three-pointer of the game to force the extra session... B.U. led 32-28 at halftime, but NU opened the second half with an 15-6 run to take a five-point lead, 43-38, with 15:59 to go... Northeastern led by as many as seven, 71-64 with 1:19 left, before the Terriers rallied back... Jean Avebe posted a career-high 19 points and Mike Costello dished out a career-best six assists for B.U... The Terriers have lost their last four overtime games... It was the first time all season that two Terriers scored 20 or more points in the same game.
BOSTON - Despite a team-high 15 points and nine rebounds from Walter Brown, B.U. dropped its third straight game, 58-55 to visiting Hofstra... Up 51-45 with 7:08 left, the Terriers were outscored, 13-4, to close the game... Down four, 57-53, LeVar Folk hit a layup with 3.2 seconds left to get B.U. within two, 57-55, but Hofstra's Duane Posey hit one-of-two free throws with 3.0 seconds remaining to seal the victory... B.U. led 27-25 at halftime, and took its largest lead of the game, 51-45, after a three-pointer by Folk (8 points, 5 assists) at the 7:08 mark... With five assists, Folk (1,130 points, and 502 assists) became the just the third B.U. player to record 1,000 points and 500 assists in a career... It was the Terriers' first loss in eight games in 1998-99 when it held an opponent under 60 points.
BOSTON - Despite a furious second-half comeback, Boston University dropped a 69-57 decision to first-place Drexel... The Terriers' 12 losses are the most in the 18 years the America East Conference has kept regular-season standings... It was also B.U.'s sixth conference home loss of the season, also a record... Bryant Coursey led four Drexel double-figure scorers with 16 points... Drexel took a 34-20 halftime lead, but B.U. rallied to tie the score at 49 after a LeVar Folk three-point play with 7:08 left to go... However, Drexel went on a 11-4 run to open up a comfortable seven-point lead, 60-53, after a Ross Neisler (9 points) three-pointer with 4:26 remaining... After two free throws from B.U.'s Dereck Franklin (13 points) with 4:12 left, the Dragons outscored the Terriers, 9-2, the remainder of the contest... Folk led B.U. with 20 points (his 8th career 20-point effort), tying a season-high with four three-point field goals... B.U. was outrebounded, 37-21.
BURLINGTON, VT - LeVar Folk scored 12 points, added eight assists, and tied a career-high with six steals to lead visiting Boston University to a 68-54 victory over Vermont... The win snapped a Terrier four-game losing streak... Folk became B.U.'s career steals leader (195), passing Dwayne Vinson '86, who had 193. Folk (512) also moved into third place on the career assists list and into 10th place on the career scoring list (1,162 points)... B.U. led, 26-21, at halftime as vermont shot just .269 (7-of-26) from the field... In the second half, B.U. used a 15-4 run to take a 58-43 lead after a layup by Ignacio "Nacho' Rodriguez (season-high 12 points) with 2:22 to go... Mike Costello (12 points) highlighted the run with three straight three-point field goals... The Terriers shot .536 (15-of-28) from the field in the second half... Freshman Jerome Graham contributed season highs in points (10) and rebounds (8)... Walter Brown added nine points and 10 rebounds, his sixth double-figure rebounding total this season... Billy Beal extended his three-point streak to 16 games... Vermont shot just .306 from the field; it was the 10th time this season that B.U. has held an opponent under .400.
BOSTON - Hartford shot 34-of-43 from the free throw line on its way to am 86-78 victory over Boston University... It was the Hartford's first victory on "The Roof" since January 13, 1994... Hartford led, 43-37, at halftime, but B.U. opened the second half with a 12-4 run to take a 49-47 lead after a Ignacio "Nacho" Rodriguez dunk with 15:20 to go... But, that it would be the Terriers' last lead of the contest as the Hawks went on a 13-6 run to take a 60-53 advantage with 10;52 left to go... B.U. did cut the deficit to one, 67-66, on Billy Beal's three-pointer with 5:02 to play, but Hartford hit 11-of-12 free throws in the final five minutes to seal the victory... Jean Avebe led B.U. with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Beal added 12 points, extending his three-point streak to 17 games... LeVar Folk chipped in with 11 points and eight rebounds... The Terriers did shoot .800 (20-of-25) from the charity stripe... The loss dropped the Terriers' record at home to 4-8, their worst since 1992-93.
NEWARK, DE - Despite a game-high 19 points from LeVar Folk, eighth-seeded Boston University fell to ninth-seeded Towson, 71-58, in the play-in round of the 1999 America East Championships... It is the first time since 1994 that the Terriers did not reach the semifinals... B.U.'s seven-game winning streak against Towson was also snapped... B.U. held an 11-8 lead at the 10:16 mark of the first half, but Towson used a 12-1 run to take a 20-12 lead with 4:25 to go... Towson led, 28-20, at the break... The Terriers did cut the lead to four, 28-24, after two straight baskets to open the half, but Towson outscored B.U., 21-10, over the next seven minutes to lead, 49-34, with 12:32 remaining... Despite 16 second-half points from Folk, the Terriers could get no closer than 12 the rest of the way... Folk had a team-high three steals and became the first Terrier to record 1,000 points, 500 assists, and 200 steals in a career... Billy Beal added 15 points, including three three-point field goals... Beal finished his career having hit at least one trey in each of his last 18 games.
