Men’s Basketball Falls to Boston University

Wednesday, January 27

West Point, NY

7 PM

Army West Point

12-8, 3-5PL

Boston University

11-11, 4-5PL

Boston University

Army West Point

Men’s Basketball Falls to Boston University

January 27, 2016 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. - Boston University used a 14-5 run midway through the second half to separate itself from the Army West Point men's basketball team in a 76-67 decision on Wednesday evening at Christl Arena.

Cheddi Mosely scored a team-high 23 points on the strength of five threes and Nathan Dieudonne's double-double of 17 points and 18 rebounds helped the Terriers improve to 11-11 overall and 4-5 in the Patriot League. John Papale added 12 points as BU shot 46.8 percent (29-of-62) from the field. The Terriers also outrebounded Army 45-33 on the night.

Kyle Wilson scored 25 points in the setback for Army (12-8, 3-5 Patriot), while John Emezie added a career-high 11 points. Army struggled from the floor at 33.9 percent for the game (21-for-62), but was 16-for-18 at the free throw line.

"Give credit to Boston University, they did a better job of getting open shots," head coach Zach Spiker said. "We had to work a little harder for ours. We had some good looks early, but they didn't go and we knew we would have to make some shots from the perimeter and 28 percent is not what we needed."

Army used an 11-0 run early in the first half to take a 15-6 lead that forced Boston University to use a timeout with 12:30 to play in the half. The Army run lasted 3:54 and its defense forced the Terriers into five turnovers, including a steal and charge drawn by Larry Toomey. Army was 4-for-6 during the stretch, with a pair of threes by Toomey and Wilson.

After calling timeout, the visitors countered with an 11-0 run of their own to take a 17-15 lead two minutes later. BU capitalized on two Army turnovers as Mosely connected on two threes and Papale drained one from deep. Luke Morrison (nine points) knocked down a trifecta for the Black Knights to end the run.

Wilson drained his second three at the 4:33 mark to put Army up two, before BU came back with six straight, four by Dieudonne, to secure a 29-25 cushion. Dieudonne scored 12 points and had nine rebounds before intermission.

The two sides went into halftime knotted at 33 apiece after Wilson drew a foul on Dieudonne on Army's final possession of the period. He made all three attempts and had a team-high 13 points at the break.

A triple by Emezie tied the game early in the second half before six straight points by the Terriers prompted Army to call a timeout less than five minutes into the second stanza. Consecutive jumpers by Papale came before Spiker called for time and Adam Roe halted the spurt with a putback to make it 46-42.

The game of runs continued and after Army tied the score at 46, BU put in the next five and led 51-46 with 11:31 to play. A two-point jumper by Wilson came before Papale drilled an open three, but Toomey countered with a corner triple for the Black Knights to trim the deficit to three.

Boston University scored the next six points to take its largest lead to that point at 60-51. A jumper by Kennedy Edwards from the elbow pulled Army within seven with 7:52 to go, but another Dieudonne dunk pushed the cushion back to nine a little more than two minutes later following a potential goaltending call went without a whistle for the Black Knights.

Emezie hit a three with a little more than four minutes on the clock, but once again the Terriers had an answer as Mosely buried on the ensuing BU possession to push the score to 65-56.

Army never drew any closer than six points in the final moments of the 76-67 loss.

Army's next game is Saturday night when it challenges Patriot League-leading Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa. The contest will begin at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on the Patriot League Network.

Game Notes: Army's coaching staff wore sneakers with their suits in order to raise awareness, share the importance of nutrition and physical activity, and to promote the American Cancer Society as part of its Coaches vs. Cancer initiative ... Kyle Wilson scored at least 20 points for the 38th time in his career and seventh time this season ... Wilson passed Mark Lueking '96 and is fourth in career field goals made with 626 ... Dylan Cox's five assists tied him with Ron Wilson '90 for second on Army's all-time assists list ... Luke Morrison scored a season-high nine points ... BU leads the all-time series against Army 13-7.