{"id":29098,"date":"2021-11-21T18:47:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T23:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=29098"},"modified":"2021-11-22T18:48:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T23:48:51","slug":"mens-basketball-bu-overcomes-slow-start-routs-northern-illinois-in-jacksonville-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2021\/11\/21\/mens-basketball-bu-overcomes-slow-start-routs-northern-illinois-in-jacksonville-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Basketball: BU overcomes slow start, routs Northern Illinois in Jacksonville Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Javante McCoy, Sukhmail Mathon and Daman Tate high five in a Nov. 16, 2021 game against Northeastern University. The Terriers defeated Northern Illinois University Sunday in their first matchup of the Jacksonville Classic. HANNAH YOSHINAGA\/ WTBU SPORTS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Mitch Fink<\/em><\/p>\n

A balanced and efficient offensive performance propelled Boston University men\u2019s basketball (3-2, 0-0 PL) to a 76-58 blowout victory over Northern Illinois (1-3, 0-0 MAC) in the first round of the Jacksonville Classic on Sunday afternoon in Jacksonville, Florida.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Huskies took a 17-13 lead midway through the first half, BU stormed back with a 17-0 run to take a double-digit lead and control of the game. From there, the Terriers never looked back.<\/span><\/p>\n

BU held a ten-point advantage at the half and led comfortably the rest of the way to capture the victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guard Javante McCoy led the way for the Terriers with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting and seven assists, but BU\u2019s scoring came from a variety of contributors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Each of the Terriers\u2019 starters \u2014 McCoy, senior forwards Fletcher Tynen and Walter Whyte, senior guard Jonas Harper and center Sukhmail Mathon \u2014 finished the game with at least 10 points, and junior forward Nevin Zink came off the bench to add 11.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The performance marked the first time since 2013 where six Terriers reached double-digit point totals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers found the most success playing in transition \u2014 BU scored 15 points off turnovers to Northern Illinois\u2019 six, and eight fast-break points to the Huskies\u2019 one.<\/span><\/p>\n

BU shot 75% from the field in the second half and over 56% for the game, while knocking down 39% of its three-point attempts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Junior guard Ethan Brittain-Watts returned to the lineup for the first time in three games, providing more depth in Coach Joe Jones\u2019 backcourt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s matchup with Northern Illinois marks the second time BU has faced off against the Huskies \u2014 the first contest between the two teams took place over 20 years ago in 1999.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With the victory, the Terriers will advance to play Sam Houston State on Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the championship game of the JAX bracket in Jacksonville.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Mitch Fink A balanced and efficient offensive performance propelled Boston University men\u2019s basketball (3-2, 0-0 PL) to a 76-58 blowout victory over Northern Illinois (1-3, 0-0 MAC) in the first round of the Jacksonville Classic on Sunday afternoon in Jacksonville, Florida.\u00a0 After the Huskies took a 17-13 lead midway through the first half, BU […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20133,"featured_media":29033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1026,1027,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29098"}],"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\/20133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29099,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29098\/revisions\/29099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}