{"id":36424,"date":"2023-02-04T21:14:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T02:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=36424"},"modified":"2023-02-04T21:14:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T02:14:25","slug":"mens-basketball-terriers-beat-loyola-maryland-in-tale-of-two-halves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2023\/02\/04\/mens-basketball-terriers-beat-loyola-maryland-in-tale-of-two-halves\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Basketball: Terriers Beat Loyola Maryland in Tale of Two Halves"},"content":{"rendered":"

By James Noyes<\/em><\/p>\n

Boston University Men’s Basketball (11-14, 4-8 PL) came from behind to beat the Loyola Maryland Greyhounds (8-17, 3-9 PL) 68-67 in Baltimore on Saturday. The Terriers were down 12 points at halftime, and stormed back in the second half to take the win.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers had lost three games in a row, and seven of their last eight, before beating Loyola Maryland. \u201cLong time coming,\u201d BU Assistant Coach Curtis Wilson said.\u00a0 \u201cWe needed a win, and we\u2019ve been in this situation before.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BU played without sophomore forward Malcolm Chimezie (Non-COVID illness) and their third-leading scorer, senior guard Ethan Brittain-Watts (Concussion Protocol). In only his third start of the season, junior Miles Brewster, who started in place of Brittain-Watts, scored the first bucket for the Terriers. Loyola played a tough zone defense, anchored by 6-foot-10 senior forward Golden Dike.<\/span><\/p>\n

Terriers leading scorer Walter Whyte scored his first points after a Loyola timeout, but the Greyhounds held the height advantage. Three of their players were 6-foot-10 or taller, compared to only one player on BU who boasts a similar height.<\/span><\/p>\n

Neither team was able to spark very much offense in the first half, until Loyola freshman Dion Perry got hot. Perry, a 5-foot-8 freshman, made four 3-pointers in the first seven minutes of the game, swinging all the momentum to the Greyhounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Loyola amped up their defense at the end of the half, holding the Terriers scoreless in the last three minutes. They also held BU\u2019s second-leading scorer, guard Jonas Harper, scoreless in the half. Entering the second half, Loyola led 46-34, and the Terriers needed an adjustment.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Wilson, the message at halftime was focused on \u201cGetting stops, not letting them get out in transition and making it as hard as possible to score without fouling.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers came out strong in the second half, started off by a Harper 3-pointer for his first points of the game. Brewster scored a tough layup after a Loyola turnover, then another one on the next BU possession. Loyola turned the ball over again, and Whyte nailed a three for the Terriers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Suddenly, it was 46-44 Loyola, only a two point game. Perry — his hot streak over — missed, and Whyte tied the game with a cutting layup. On the next BU possession, Harper drained another 3-pointer, and BU led 49-46. The Terriers scored 15 unanswered points to start the second half, and take the lead.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers continued to play with the momentum on their side, getting stop after stop on defense and scoring at will on offense. Freshman forward Otto Landrum blocked a Loyola shot, then drove down the court for an And-1 layup. After Loyola inbounded the ball, Landrum stole it and dunked.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe got out into transition ourselves,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cJonas got going in the second. Otto played well, and Walt was getting good looks at the rim. We played with a different energy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Greyhounds made a late comeback, led by veteran guard Kenny Jones. Jones made a 3-pointer late in the game, scoring his 1,000th career point at Loyola. He made another one in celebration, bringing Loyola closer to tying the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, two clutch shots from Whyte and Harper kept the Greyhounds at bay. Jones got one last chance at the buzzer, but the shot was off and BU won 68-67.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers needed a win, and this massive comeback proved exactly that. Next, they\u2019ll take on the American University Eagles at Case Gym in Boston next Wednesday at 8 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By James Noyes Boston University Men’s Basketball (11-14, 4-8 PL) came from behind to beat the Loyola Maryland Greyhounds (8-17, 3-9 PL) 68-67 in Baltimore on Saturday. The Terriers were down 12 points at halftime, and stormed back in the second half to take the win. The Terriers had lost three games in a row, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21481,"featured_media":36140,"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\/36424"}],"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\/21481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36424"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36427,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36424\/revisions\/36427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}