{"id":13628,"date":"2018-01-29T00:32:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T05:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportswtbu.com\/?p=13628"},"modified":"2020-01-09T17:45:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:45:52","slug":"mens-basketball-freshmen-show-promise-in-loss-to-bucknell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2018\/01\/29\/mens-basketball-freshmen-show-promise-in-loss-to-bucknell\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Basketball: Freshmen Show Promise in loss to Bucknell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-13649 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/01\/26993657_2000266363555028_7046700606595945474_n-e1517203586480.jpg\" alt=\"26993657_2000266363555028_7046700606595945474_n.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/01\/26993657_2000266363555028_7046700606595945474_n-e1517203586480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/01\/26993657_2000266363555028_7046700606595945474_n-e1517203586480-471x636.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By: Greg Levinsky<\/p>\n<p>Even after he graduated from Pine-Richland high school in Pittsburgh, Penn. last June, Andrew Petcash wasn&#8217;t sure where he would be playing in college.<\/p>\n<p>When a scholarship opened up at Boston University (11-10, 7-3 Patriot League), Petcash signed on to join Walter Whyte, Javante McCoy and Sukhmail Mathon to make up the class of 2021. In Sunday afternoon&#8217;s 91-79 drubbing at the hands to Patriot League leading Bucknell, all four freshmen had shining moments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I friggin love these guys, I do,&#8221; Boston University Head Coach Joe Jones said of his team. &#8220;They&#8217;ve been great, and we&#8217;ll be ready to battle on Wednesday. We got smacked tonight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whyte and McCoy have each started all but two of the Terriers&#8217; 21 games and all 10 conference match-ups. Whyte collected a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds in 27 minutes. McCoy added eight points, four rebounds and two assists without committing a turnover.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment13650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment13650\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-13650\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/01\/27067030_2000266233555041_68161483906780583_n-e1517203731783.jpg\" alt=\"27067030_2000266233555041_68161483906780583_n\" width=\"376\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/01\/27067030_2000266233555041_68161483906780583_n-e1517203731783.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2018\/01\/27067030_2000266233555041_68161483906780583_n-e1517203731783-554x636.jpg 554w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment13650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javante McCoy has proven to be a valued piece of the Boston University men&#8217;s basketball team. (Nicole Erison\/2018).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mathon inhaled eight rebounds, six on the offensive glass, and garnered 10 points in 21 minutes of action. Petcash totaled eight points and two assists in a career-high 18 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We gotta fight, and I saw some semblance of it,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;I thought Javante McCoy had a couple possessions where he was fighting. Suk had some where he was fighting, I just didn&#8217;t see it from a lot of other guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After getting fouled and making a layup, a media timeout forced all of the Terriers to the bench. Petcash was met with a loving embrace from Jones.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had forgotten about the play that he made, so I wanted to make sure he knew that was a big time play for a freshman. I wanted him to know that and feel good about it,&#8221; Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>Then, he sunk his free throw. All of Petcash&#8217;s points came in the second half. Whyte performed well with 11 points and seven rebounds after halftime.<\/p>\n<p>BU turns their attention to a Wednesday night tilt with Loyola Maryland (7-14, 5-5 Patriot League). The Terriers look to avenge a 68-65 loss on Jan. 5 in Baltimore, Md.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Greg Levinsky Even after he graduated from Pine-Richland high school in Pittsburgh, Penn. last June, Andrew Petcash wasn&#8217;t sure where he would be playing in college. When a scholarship opened up at Boston University (11-10, 7-3 Patriot League), Petcash signed on to join Walter Whyte, Javante McCoy and Sukhmail Mathon to make up the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17192,"featured_media":13649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1027],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21810,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13628\/revisions\/21810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}