Men’s Basketball Falls in Overtime at Boston University, 85-82

Saturday, January 25

Boston, Mass.

1 p.m.

Bucknell University

8-13,4-4Patriot

Boston University

10-11,4-4Patriot

Team	1	2	OT 1	F
Bucknell	39	35	8	82
Boston U.	34	40	11	85

Images from the Bucknell Bison vs Maryland Terrapins mens basketball matchup on Wednesday, November 27 2024 at Xfinity Center, in College Park,MD. The Bison started slow and battled hard all the way to the end but the Terps picked up a 91-67 win.

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

Box Score

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.