Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
7-5, 0-1PL
Boston U.
5-7, 1-0PL
Black Knights Edged by Boston U. in League Opener
December 29, 2017 | Men's Basketball
BOSTON – The Army West Point men's basketball team dropped its Patriot League opener here Friday night to Boston University, 90-82.
Army could never really get a rhythm going and had a hard time stopping the Terriers' top scorer in Cedric Hankerson. The senior exploded for a game-high 33 points and was one point shy of matching his career-best effort.
The Black Knights hung tough throughout much of the contest and had a double-digit first-half deficit down to 61-60 following an Alex King 3-point play with 7:06 remaining. Unfortunately, Hankerson took over. He rattled off 10 straight, including back-to-back 3-pointers, to hand the home team a 71-60 advantage with just under five-and-a-half minutes to play.
Army was ultimately never able to recover.
Five reached twin figures for the Black Knights with Jordan Fox leading the way with a team-best 18 points. Tommy Funk chipped in 14 points, while King added 13. Matt Wilson and Luke Morrison closed out the Cadet top scorers with 11 points each.
Morrison matched his season-high in rebounds with seven in Friday's contest to lead Army on the boards. Fox and Funk dished out eight assists apiece, while Fox compiled two steals.
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
- The Black Knights finished the game shooting 47.8 percent (32-of-67) from the floor and 44.4 percent (12-of-27) from long range. The Cadets also converted on six of their 12 attempts at the free throw line for 50 percent shooting.
- The home team went 50.8 percent (30-of-59), 46.2 percent (12-of-26) and 72 percent (18-of-25), respectively.
- Boston U. drained 12 3-pointers which matched its season high. The Terriers also finished with 90 points, marking the second time this season they reached that season-best feat.
- The Black Knights allowed the most makes this season from behind-the-arc and gave up its second-most points (109 at Wake Forest).
- Fox was 4-of-5 from from long range in the opening half to lead the team with 16 points at the break.
- King reached double-digit scoring for the sixth time in his career and the sixth time in the last seven contests, after taking a one-game hiatus during Army's last outing against Air Force.
- The Black Knights were slightly outrebounded at 37-32 but held the edge on assists at 24-18.
- Boston U. registered 36 points from inside the paint to Army's 32.
- The home team also held the advantage on points off turnovers (19-15), second-chance points (11-10) and on fast-break points (8-2).
- There were six tie scores and four lead changes throughout the game.
- Boston U. registered it's largest lead at 13 points on two different occasions with its most recent coming with 1:04 left to play.
- Army was in front for 2:49. The Terriers led for 32:51. The game was tied for 4:20.
UP NEXT
- The Black Knights return home to Christl Arena after a grueling eight-game road trip that has lasted more than a month when it hosts Loyola on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
- It will be the first home contest for the Black Knights since Nov. 21 and the first in Patriot League play this season.
- The Greyhounds are coming off a 72-63 victory over Navy on Friday in which Andre Walker tallied a game-high 18 points.
