{"id":30368,"date":"2022-02-19T15:49:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=30368"},"modified":"2022-02-19T15:49:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T20:49:43","slug":"mens-basketball-terriers-come-up-short-against-colgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2022\/02\/19\/mens-basketball-terriers-come-up-short-against-colgate\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Basketball: Terriers come up short against Colgate"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment30119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment30119\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wtbu\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_0304-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_0304-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_0304-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_0304-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_0304-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/files\/2022\/02\/IMG_0304.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment30119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walter Whyte attempts a shot against Army West Point Feb. 9, 2022. Whyte finished with 10 points in Boston University&#8217;s loss to Colgate University Saturday. JOE EACHUS\/ WTBU SPORTS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>By Hannah Yoshinaga<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite coming away with a major win the first time it faced Colgate, the Boston University men&#8217;s basketball team couldn&#8217;t recreate the magic Saturday at Cotterell Court, falling to the Raiders 72-53.<\/p>\n<p>The Terriers (19-10, 10-6 PL) were unable to keep pace with the first-place Raiders (17-11, 13-2 PL) on offense, shooting only 3-of-17 from deep. They struggled to convert free-throws as well and went 10-for-19 from the line on the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>BU also failed to generate as many scoring opportunities as Colgate, due in part to its 13 turnovers compared to the Raiders&#8217; five.<\/p>\n<p>Fifth-year guard Javante McCoy paced the Terriers with 16 points on 50% shooting, but BU had only two other players \u2014 senior forward Walter Whyte and fifth-year center Sukhmail Mathon \u2014 surpass six points.<\/p>\n<p>Further complicating the picture was familiar foe Nelly Cummings, who managed 18 points despite shooting only 5-of-16 from the floor. Jack Ferguson, another longtime Colgate stalwart, shot an efficient 5-of-9 and created more problems for the Terrier defense.<\/p>\n<p>Neither team ever led by more than five points during the entire first period, and BU went into the break leading 30-27.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Terrier offense slowed during the second half, shooting only 35.5% and turning the ball over on nearly one-fifth of its possessions. After Colgate forward Keegan Records put back a layup with 17:18 remaining to give the Raiders a one-point advantage, BU never led again.<\/p>\n<p>The victory was yet another for Colgate against BU; entering the game, the Raiders came away with a win in 8 of their previous 10 matchups against the Terriers.<\/p>\n<p>If BU faces Colgate again this season, it won&#8217;t be until the playoffs. They return home on Wednesday to face Lafayette at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hannah Yoshinaga Despite coming away with a major win the first time it faced Colgate, the Boston University men&#8217;s basketball team couldn&#8217;t recreate the magic Saturday at Cotterell Court, falling to the Raiders 72-53. The Terriers (19-10, 10-6 PL) were unable to keep pace with the first-place Raiders (17-11, 13-2 PL) on offense, shooting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18183,"featured_media":30119,"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\/30368"}],"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\/18183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30369,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30368\/revisions\/30369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}