Featured image by Jacob Ireland By Sam Robb O’Hagan BOSTON — BU just keeps finding a way. First it was an 80-77 win over Harvard on December 9, in which the Terriers (9-3, 1-0 PL) blew an 18-point lead late in the third quarter but forced two turnovers in the final 30 seconds to scrape […]
Featured image by Jacob Ireland By Sam Robb O’Hagan This is what it’s supposed to look like. 16 assists on 28 buckets. Plus-50 percent shooting from the field, plus-40 percent shooting from 3. Five players with at least eight points, three of them in double-digits. This — a 74-63 win over Merrimack (6-8) on Saturday […]
Featured image by Jacob Ireland By Sam Robb O’Hagan It’s hard not to chuckle, if you’re looking for BU red, when scrolling through the list of the top scorers in the Patriot League. For a long while, there is no red. None of the 14 double-digit scorers in the league are Terriers; BU is the […]
Featured image by Jacob Ireland By Sam Robb O’Hagan Caitlin Weimar and Alex Giannaros are not done yet. Never mind the loss of six critical teammates from last year. Never mind the eight new players — the eight kids — that were brought in to fill that crater. Never mind a program that appears hurtling […]
Featured Image by Jacob Ireland By Sam Robb O’Hagan BOSTON — Miles Brewster took a seat at his press conference in a lounge above Case Gym and, for the first time this season, didn’t know what to say. When asked about his 1-for-8 shooting on the night, he first gave a long “um,” then tried […]
Featured image by Jacob Ireland By Sam Robb O’Hagan If nothing else, it felt like a reminder that BU can not solely rely on their superstar forward. Senior forward Caitlin Weimar — the preseason Patriot League Player of the Year and reigning Player of the Week — was battling an illness and didn’t enter the […]
Featured image by Joe Eachus By Sam Robb O’Hagan BOSTON — How good it felt to be home. “I feel like Case (Gym) has a special place in my heart,” said senior guard Miles Brewster, the most experienced player on the home side, which was playing host for the first time this season. “I just […]
Featured image by Joe Eachus By Sam Robb O’Hagan BOSTON — Kevin Nylen couldn’t hold it in any longer. All along, it was clear that the road for Boston University men’s soccer (12-3-4, 7-1-1 Patriot League) was leading here: the Patriot League Final, at home, a chance to finish the job. The Terriers were clearly […]
Photo courtesy of Helen Gui By Sam Robb O’Hagan BOSTON — Otto Landrum took the cheese. Northeastern’s Chris Doherty ran right past, careening down a wide open lane left by the second-most experienced active Terrier. Matai Baptiste, BU’s freshman forward playing in his first career game, took the brunt of it. He had no chance. […]
Photo courtesy of Helen Gui By Sam Robb O’Hagan Less than two weeks before Boston University men’s basketball opens the 2023-24 season, the noise inside Case Gymnasium stops. The gym has been loud throughout this Tuesday’s practice. Staying quiet isn’t an option for these 15 student-athletes, who are all desperate to prove themselves before a […]