With less than 30 seconds left in the Boston University men’s basketball team’s first-round matchup in the Roman College Basketball Invitational tournament, senior guard Walter Whyte caught the ball from his teammate behind the three-point line and quickly fired up a shot.
In the semifinal round of the Patriot League tournament Thursday night, the second-seeded American University Eagles (22-8, 13-5 Patriot League) defeated the third-seeded Boston University women’s basketball team 70-48 in a loss that ended the Terriers’ (17-14, 12-6 PL) hopes of a Patriot League title.
Less than a month before Mahoney made the four-hour trip from his New Jersey home to his former home at Case Gym, he was living in a country, Ukraine, that would soon become a dangerous battleground.
Although graduate student guard Javante McCoy tore up the Bucknell University defense for 23 points, three assists and four rebounds, the Boston University men’s basketball team (20-11, 11-7 Patriot League) fell short in a 89-78 loss to the Bison (8-22, 5-13 PL).
After fouling out near the end of Boston University’s matchup with Colgate University, junior forward Maren Durant’s stride as she walked back to the bench was representative of her team’s frustration and exhaustion.
Boston University graduate student guard Javante McCoy blew by his defender with a pump-fake before galvanizing the Terrier bench onto their feet with a thunderous “and-one” dunk over 6-foot-9 sophomore forward Johnny O’Neil — American University’s leading shot-blocker.
The Boston University men’s basketball team fell short, 75-70, in a tightly-contested Patriot League matchup against the College of the Holy Cross, which escaped the Jan. 31 game with its fifth win of the 2021-22 season.
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