By: Dave Souza<\/p>\n
After a gutsy win by Boston University men\u2019s basketball over Holy Cross in late December, head coach Joe Jones expressed his view that his team was no longer one that lived and died by the three-pointer. Instead, the Terriers would win games with their ability to play well inside the arc and near the glass, added Jones.<\/p>\n
However, on January 8, BU (9-7, 4-0 PL) proved that they still possess lethal three-point shooters. In their 91-75 win at Lafayette on Sunday, the Terriers exploded from beyond that arc, draining a school-record 18 threes en route to their fourth straight conference victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were just moving the ball well,\u201d said junior guard Cedric Hankerson, who accounted for a third of the team\u2019s threes. \u201cWe started off kind of slow in the first half and were giving up a lot of second chance points\u2026once we started to get our defense going, I think that\u2019s what really got our offense going.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hankerson and company led by nine about midway through the second half before they began a momentous 20-5 run over the next five minutes. In that span, the Terriers rattled off four consecutive three-pointers, three by Hankerson and one by junior guard Eric Johnson.<\/p>\n
Five different members of the scarlet and white contributed to the 18 threes; Hankerson led the way, going six for 10 and led BU in scoring with total 21 points. In total the Terriers converted at a 52.9 percent rate from beyond the arc, going 18 for 34.<\/p>\n
And while Coach Jones has expressed his comfort with playing around 11 guys in games, he delved from the usual by giving all 13 dressed members of his squad minutes against the Leopards.<\/p>\n
The Terriers cashed in on 14 points off of turnovers in the contest after managing to nail down nine steals in Easton, Penn. Kyle Foreman led all players with four, bringing his total to nine steals over the past two games.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Kyle\u2019s] one of the best defenders on the team,\u201d Hankerson said. \u201cOnce we see him going hard, going after everything on defense then that just flows over to the rest of the team and motivates us to go even harder and give even more effort on defense.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the offensive clinic put on by Lafayette\u2019s Matt Klinewski, who led all scorers with 34 points, Foreman and the rest of BU were able to keep the Leopards offense trailing the entire contest.<\/p>\n
The win pushes the Terriers win streak to four, the second time they\u2019ve rattled off a win streak of that length since opening the season at 4-1. However, much like Coach Jones, who cautioned reporters after a win over Lehigh to not assume BU\u2019s consistency is here to stay, Hankerson and the team are looking for more than just four league wins.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just have to approach the game like our backs are up against the wall because as soon as we get complacent then we start to give less effort,\u201d said Hankerson. \u201cWe have to keep that chip on our shoulder, keep that edge, and after one game\u2019s over, focus on the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Terriers will now head home in preparation for Wednesday night\u2019s game versus American, who eliminated BU from the Patriot League tournament last season. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at Case Gym.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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