{"id":51928,"date":"2025-12-14T18:03:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T23:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=51928"},"modified":"2025-12-14T18:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T23:04:06","slug":"gallery-mens-basketball-falls-to-maine-despite-a-strong-second-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2025\/12\/14\/gallery-mens-basketball-falls-to-maine-despite-a-strong-second-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Men’s basketball falls to Maine despite a strong second half"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Boston University men\u2019s basketball team welcomed the Maine Black Bears but fell to Maine 69-59. Maine opened the scoring with a three-pointer and held the lead. The Terriers struggled with shooting in the first half, with a 28.6% field-goal-made and a 18.8% three-pointer-made. Early in the second half, freshman forward Sam Hughes\u2019s three-pointer tied the game for the Terriers. However, the Black Bears responded and expanded the lead to six points soon after. E BU\u2019s sophomore forward Ben Defty earned a double-double with 11 rebounds and a team-leading 19 points.<\/span><\/p>\n

Below is Alex Chen’s gallery of the game.<\/p>\n

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Graduate forward Malcolm Chimezie (3) dunks during warmups.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Terriers walk off the court after the game ends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Junior guard Michael McNair (20) at the free-throw line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Senior guard Ben Roy (30) enters the offensive zone with the possession of the ball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sophomore forward Ben Defty (14) shoots a free throw after a foul.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sophomore guard Azmar Abdullah (7) passes as Maine player keeps the pressure on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Junior guard Matai Baptiste (0) celebrates a 3-pointer on the bench.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sophomore guard Azmar Abdullah (7) protects the ball and looks for chances to pass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Graduate forward Malcolm Chimezie (3) passes to teammate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sophomore forward Ben Defty (14) stays defensive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Graduate forward Malcolm Chimezie (3) attempts to lay up a bucket.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Junior guard Michael McNair (20) dribbles and look for an chance to make a pass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Senior guard Ben Roy (30) passes through Maine player with possession of the ball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sophomore forward Ben Defty (14) jumps up for the tip-off.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Terriers huddle up before the game starts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Boston University men\u2019s basketball team welcomed the Maine Black Bears but fell to Maine 69-59. Maine opened the scoring with a three-pointer and held the lead. The Terriers struggled with shooting in the first half, with a 28.6% field-goal-made and a 18.8% three-pointer-made. Early in the second half, freshman forward Sam Hughes\u2019s three-pointer tied […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25487,"featured_media":51924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1026,1027,1033,19],"tags":[1129,1348],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51928"}],"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\/25487"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51929,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51928\/revisions\/51929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}