{"id":39771,"date":"2023-12-13T22:49:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T03:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=39771"},"modified":"2023-12-13T22:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T03:50:37","slug":"mens-basketball-despite-comeback-bu-falls-to-dartmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2023\/12\/13\/mens-basketball-despite-comeback-bu-falls-to-dartmouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Basketball: Despite comeback, BU falls to Dartmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featured image by Jacob Ireland<\/em><\/p>\n

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

Boston University men\u2019s basketball (4-7) lost to the Dartmouth Big Green (3-6) 63-54 in Hanover, New Hampshire on Wednesday. Despite clawing back from a large early deficit, the Terriers cold shooting held them back from victory on the road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Junior guard Ethan Okwuousa led the Terriers in scoring with 14 points, alongside a 13-point performance from senior guard Miles Brewster. They were the only Terriers to score in double figures.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We struggled to maintain a level of focus, intensity, and understanding we needed to win tonight,\u201d BU head Coach Joe Jones said. \u201cOffensively, this was probably the first time I felt like we played as individuals for good portions of the game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers struggled to move the ball and find openings early against a tough Dartmouth defense, and couldn\u2019t capitalize with made baskets when they did. BU made 27 percent of their 3-point shots and shot below 42% from the field in the first half.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Dartmouth started off hot; they scored in the paint at will and hounded the Terriers on defense. Four BU turnovers in the first five minutes of the game allowed Dartmouth to build their lead; five minutes into the first half, BU was trailing 9-1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers faced their biggest deficit of the game mid-way through the first half, finding themselves down 19-6. However, quick layups from Brewster and freshman guard Kyrone Alexander stopped the margin from growing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BU\u2019s leading scorer in the game, Ethan Okwuosa, stole the ball twice from Dartmouth and hit a 3-pointer in the last five minutes of the half. An Alexander 3-pointer brought the Terriers within five points, and they ended the half down 33-28.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Okwuosa started the second half confidently for BU, making defensive stops and finding an open Otto Landrum off a pick-and-roll to make the score 38-34 Dartmouth. A Miles Brewster 3-pointer, which was the Terriers\u2019 only triple in the second half, brought BU within one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After a Dartmouth free throw, Okwuosa glided down the floor and made a tough and-one layup to tie the game 39-39. He missed the free throw, but then scored another layup to give BU its first lead in the contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEthan\u2019s improved this year,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI thought he had a really good game. He\u2019s getting more comfortable out there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

BU\u2019s lead, however, would be short-lived; Dartmouth responded with a 12-0 run, spurred on by three 3-pointers: one from sophomore forward Jayden Williams and two from junior guard Romeo Myrthil. Myrthil led the game in scoring, netting a career-high 18 points.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Terriers responded with a run of their own; steals on back-to-back Dartmouth possessions led to seven straight Terrier points, and the score was 51-48 with six minutes left to play. After a competitive two-minute stretch, BU was down 53-51. Dartmouth maintained their slim lead until the final minute, and the Terriers started fouling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Not for lack of trying, BU could not overcome the early hole they had gotten themselves into. A second half of disastrous 3-point shooting (1-for-12) and free-throw shooting (3-for-11) did nothing to help the Terriers as they finally succumbed 63-54.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe got good enough shots to win the game, but there\u2019s little you can do when you\u2019re not making foul shots,\u201d said Jones. \u201cYou go 8-for-19, from the foul line, on the road, that\u2019s a hard game to win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, BU shot just 37.9 percent from the field<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe missed friggin\u2019 layups,\u201d Jones said. \u201cIt was not pretty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It was the Terriers eighth away game out of the total 11 games they\u2019ve played this year. Next, BU will head back to Boston for a home matchup against UMass Lowell on Friday, December 22 at noon.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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