Saturday, January 25
Boston, Mass.
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Bucknell University
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Boston University
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Bucknell
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Photo by: Keith Lucas
Men’s Basketball Falls in Overtime at Boston University, 85-82
1/25/2025 3:48:00 PM | Men's Basketball
BOSTON, Mass. – Bucknell's close-but-no-cigar road struggles continued on Saturday, as Boston University rallied to force overtime and went on to win 85-82 at Case Gym. It was Bucknell's national-leading seventh overtime game of the season – a new school record – and the Bison fell to 4-4 in Patriot League play, with all four losses coming on the road.
Noah Williamson scored a game-high 26 points, shooting 8-for-11 from the field, 2-for-2 from the 3-point arc, and 8-for-10 from the foul line. Williamson is now 8-for-8 from downtown in the last two games. Josh Bascoe added 16 points and Ruot Bijiek had 12 for the Bison.
Kyrone Alexander paced Boston University (10-11, 4-4 PL) with 16 points, including two free throws with five seconds left in OT that gave the Terriers a four-point lead.
A big difference in the game was offensive rebounding. Boston University led 21-6 in second-chance points, and the Terriers' five straight points to start overtime all came as a result of offensive boards. Boston University only led for 21 seconds in regulation, but Miles Brewster's corner three off an inbounds play got them going in OT.
Down 79-75, Bucknell scored five straight, all from the foul line, to tie it at 79. Nico Nobili made both ends of a 1-and-1 with 1:03 left, and then center Otto Landrum made two big defensive plays. With his team up by two, first he stole a lob pass, and then he contested Williamson's shot in the paint, and the Bison fouled on the rebound.
Bucknell led 39-34 after both teams shot well in the first half, and the Bison extended that margin to eight after five straight points from Bascoe. The lead was still eight at 61-53 after two Williamson free throws, but the Terriers stayed hot from downtown, with two treys from McNair keying an 8-0 run that tied the game at 61-all with 8:29 to go.
The Bison scored 11 points late in the shot clock to maintain a small lead over the final seven minutes, and Brandon McCreesh's tough layup in traffic made it 74-70 with 1:39 to go. McCreesh came up with a steal but missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Brewster followed with a layup, and after a Bucknell miss, Landrum's layup with 12 seconds left tied the game at 74.
Bascoe couldn't get a shot in the middle of the lane to go, and after the loose ball was knocked out to Bucknell with one second left, the Bison could not get a shot off and went to overtime for the seventh time this season.
Bucknell shot 60.4 percent in regulation but was just 1-for-4 in overtime to finish at 57.7 percent. Boston University shot 47.5 percent overall and shot very well from both the 3-point arc (11-25) and foul line (18-21).
The Bison and Terriers are both 4-0 at home and 0-4 on the road in Patriot League play. Bucknell has had second-half leads in all four of those games but has been unable to finish.
Bucknell got out to a piping-hot start, hitting 11 of its first 13 shots from the field. Williamson was 6-for-6 in that stretch, and his second 3-pointer of the day gave the Bison their largest lead of the game, 11 points at 26-15.
The Terriers warmed up later in the half, hitting 8 of 9 in one stretch, and got back in the game with a 10-0 run. Alexander's 3-pointer tied the game at 34 with 1:34 to go, but Bucknell closed the half with a short bank shot from Achile Spadone and a Bijiek 3-pointer.
Bucknell returns to action on Wednesday at home against Loyola at 7 p.m.
Noah Williamson scored a game-high 26 points, shooting 8-for-11 from the field, 2-for-2 from the 3-point arc, and 8-for-10 from the foul line. Williamson is now 8-for-8 from downtown in the last two games. Josh Bascoe added 16 points and Ruot Bijiek had 12 for the Bison.
Kyrone Alexander paced Boston University (10-11, 4-4 PL) with 16 points, including two free throws with five seconds left in OT that gave the Terriers a four-point lead.
A big difference in the game was offensive rebounding. Boston University led 21-6 in second-chance points, and the Terriers' five straight points to start overtime all came as a result of offensive boards. Boston University only led for 21 seconds in regulation, but Miles Brewster's corner three off an inbounds play got them going in OT.
Down 79-75, Bucknell scored five straight, all from the foul line, to tie it at 79. Nico Nobili made both ends of a 1-and-1 with 1:03 left, and then center Otto Landrum made two big defensive plays. With his team up by two, first he stole a lob pass, and then he contested Williamson's shot in the paint, and the Bison fouled on the rebound.
Bucknell led 39-34 after both teams shot well in the first half, and the Bison extended that margin to eight after five straight points from Bascoe. The lead was still eight at 61-53 after two Williamson free throws, but the Terriers stayed hot from downtown, with two treys from McNair keying an 8-0 run that tied the game at 61-all with 8:29 to go.
The Bison scored 11 points late in the shot clock to maintain a small lead over the final seven minutes, and Brandon McCreesh's tough layup in traffic made it 74-70 with 1:39 to go. McCreesh came up with a steal but missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Brewster followed with a layup, and after a Bucknell miss, Landrum's layup with 12 seconds left tied the game at 74.
Bascoe couldn't get a shot in the middle of the lane to go, and after the loose ball was knocked out to Bucknell with one second left, the Bison could not get a shot off and went to overtime for the seventh time this season.
Bucknell shot 60.4 percent in regulation but was just 1-for-4 in overtime to finish at 57.7 percent. Boston University shot 47.5 percent overall and shot very well from both the 3-point arc (11-25) and foul line (18-21).
The Bison and Terriers are both 4-0 at home and 0-4 on the road in Patriot League play. Bucknell has had second-half leads in all four of those games but has been unable to finish.
Bucknell got out to a piping-hot start, hitting 11 of its first 13 shots from the field. Williamson was 6-for-6 in that stretch, and his second 3-pointer of the day gave the Bison their largest lead of the game, 11 points at 26-15.
The Terriers warmed up later in the half, hitting 8 of 9 in one stretch, and got back in the game with a 10-0 run. Alexander's 3-pointer tied the game at 34 with 1:34 to go, but Bucknell closed the half with a short bank shot from Achile Spadone and a Bijiek 3-pointer.
Bucknell returns to action on Wednesday at home against Loyola at 7 p.m.
Team Stats
Buck
BU
FG%
.577
.475
3FG%
.467
.440
FT%
.789
.857
RB
22
35
TO
11
13
STL
9
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
26
FGM
8
3FGM
2
FTM
8
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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