{"id":29144,"date":"2021-11-25T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=29144"},"modified":"2021-11-25T12:00:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T17:00:16","slug":"mens-basketball-florida-state-survives-in-ot-over-bu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2021\/11\/25\/mens-basketball-florida-state-survives-in-ot-over-bu\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Basketball: Florida State survives in OT over BU"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment28964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment28964\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wtbu\/files\/2021\/11\/IMG_1746-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" class=\"wp-image-28964 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2021\/11\/IMG_1746-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2021\/11\/IMG_1746-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2021\/11\/IMG_1746-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2021\/11\/IMG_1746-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2021\/11\/IMG_1746-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment28964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javante McCoy drives against a Gordon College defender Nov. 12, 2021. Boston University took Florida State University to overtime Wednesday, but lost 81-80. JOE EACHUS\/ WTBU SPORTS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>By Matthew Meusel\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite a game-tying three from Anthony Morales as the buzzer sounded in regulation, BU <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(4-3, 0-0 PL) fell to Florida State (5-1, 0-0 ACC) 81-80 Wednesday night in Tallahassee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A put-back layup from Seminoles freshman Matthew Cleveland with 2.1 seconds left in overtime secured the Florida State win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe just wanted to stick around, stick around, stick around and we did,\u201d said BU Head Coach Joe Jones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jones said he knew the game would be filled with a lot of runs because of the talent the Seminoles have on their roster, but if the Terriers stuck to their game plan, they would be in a position to win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things looked bleak for BU with 48 seconds to go trailing 69-61. Missed free throws by FSU and clutch three-point shooting from fifth-year guard Javante McCoy and sophomore forward Anthony Morales resulted in 10 Terrier points down the stretch to force overtime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m definitely proud. We can build off a game like this,\u201d said Jones.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not the result <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierMBB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TerrierMBB<\/a> was looking for, but what a performance and battle tonight against Florida State. Shorthanded too.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Morales drilling a 3 at the horn to force OT \u2026 insane.<\/p>\n<p>Terriers are VERY good. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lw5R6d5rSP\">pic.twitter.com\/Lw5R6d5rSP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Monaco (@MikeMonaco_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeMonaco_\/status\/1463702352758812679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McCoy led all scorers with 22 on an efficient 9-of-15 shooting night. The Patriot League Preseason Player of the Year has certainly lived up to expectations through the first seven games this season, averaging 16.9 points per game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major concern for the Terriers through the first three weeks of the season has been turnovers. Despite 19 more turnovers Wednesday night, BU was able to deal with the pressure from FSU during important moments to hang in until the very end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sukhmail Mathon added 16 points and hauled in 12 rebounds for his seventh career double-double. Daman Tate was the third Terrier in double digits with 12 points, knocking down two threes from behind the arc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s a L on the schedule but I think it\u2019s a win in other ways because you proved you can play on an ACC floor and go toe to toe with them,\u201d said Jones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The depth of BU proved again to be one of the strengths of the team. The bench added 24 points and nine Terrier players found themselves in the scoring column.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Seminoles\u2019 Cleveland and Caleb Mills led FSU in scoring with 17 points each. Cam\u2019Ron Fletcher and Anthony Polite each added 11. Though FSU struggled to reign in BU shooters, the Seminoles remained active on the defensive end, snagging 12 total steals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Terriers have not defeated an ACC team since Dec. 3, 2011, when they beat Boston College 75-61.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BU will return home to play Merrimack on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Case Gym.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matthew Meusel\u00a0 Despite a game-tying three from Anthony Morales as the buzzer sounded in regulation, BU (4-3, 0-0 PL) fell to Florida State (5-1, 0-0 ACC) 81-80 Wednesday night in Tallahassee. A put-back layup from Seminoles freshman Matthew Cleveland with 2.1 seconds left in overtime secured the Florida State win. \u201cWe just wanted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18588,"featured_media":28964,"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\/29144"}],"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\/18588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29144"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29150,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29144\/revisions\/29150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}