{"id":29525,"date":"2022-01-10T22:54:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T03:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=29525"},"modified":"2022-01-10T22:54:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T03:54:22","slug":"mens-basketball-mccoy-mathon-fuel-bu-to-bounce-back-win-over-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2022\/01\/10\/mens-basketball-mccoy-mathon-fuel-bu-to-bounce-back-win-over-american\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Basketball: McCoy, Mathon fuel BU to bounce-back win over American"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Javante McCoy slips in a layup while surrounded by several Binghamton University defenders Dec. 4, 2021. The Terriers defeated American University 79-53 Monday. JOE EACHUS\/ WTBU SPORTS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Mitch Fink\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Boston University men\u2019s basketball (11-6, 2-2 PL) got back on track on Monday night following two consecutive conference defeats, taking down Patriot League rival American (4-9, 0-2 PL) in a convincing 79-53 victory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fifth-year guard Javante McCoy led the Terriers with an efficient 25 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the field, while fifth-year center Sukhmail Mathon recorded a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore forward Matt Rogers led the Eagles with 13 points.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Head coach Joe Jones said he was pleased with his team\u2019s effort in the win.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI thought our guys were focused,\u201d Jones said postgame. \u201cThey tried to come out and play the way we asked them to play.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

BU led from the opening tip to the final buzzer in what was a complete performance against an undermanned American squad. Eagles head coach Mike Brennan and several players missed the game due to COVID-19 protocols.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

American was forced into playing with an unusually tight rotation \u2014 four of the five starters for the Eagles recorded more than 30 minutes of playing time. Just one Terrier, McCoy, played for more than 30 minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers opened the game by knocking down their first five shots and posting an 11-2 run and they maintained control. BU opened up a 15-point advantage midway through the first half and led by 13 at halftime after McCoy drilled a turnaround jumper as time expired.<\/span><\/p>\n

American cut the deficit to eight early in the second half, but the Eagles\u2019 efforts to retake the lead proved futile. Senior forward Walter Whyte hit a layup to push the Terriers\u2019 lead back up to 15 midway through the second period, and a series of BU transition buckets late in the game extended the advantage even further.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones emphasized the importance of being able to \u201cput a team away,\u201d which he said is something the Terriers have struggled with thus far this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe hadn\u2019t put a team away in so long and we need to learn how to do that,\u201d Jones said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mathon continued his hot stretch, recording his third consecutive game with at least 18 points. The center is having a career year and is now nearly averaging a double-double, with 14.4 points per game and 9.7 rebounds per game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Whyte scored 17 points for the Terriers, marking his best offensive performance since the do-it-all forward returned from injury. However, Jones noted that Whyte is \u201cnot even close to being what he\u2019s supposed to be\u201d when he is fully conditioned and recovered.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think today was a step in the right direction,\u201d Jones said. \u201cHopefully soon he\u2019ll be back to being the old Walter Whyte.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers will look to keep the positive momentum rolling on Thursday when they travel to West Point, New York to take on Army at 6 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Mitch Fink\u00a0 Boston University men\u2019s basketball (11-6, 2-2 PL) got back on track on Monday night following two consecutive conference defeats, taking down Patriot League rival American (4-9, 0-2 PL) in a convincing 79-53 victory. Fifth-year guard Javante McCoy led the Terriers with an efficient 25 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the field, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20133,"featured_media":29316,"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\/29525"}],"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=29525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29526,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29525\/revisions\/29526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}