Boston University looks to complete season sweep when it visits Holy Cross in Patriot League action on Saturday.
Boston University (12-12) comes off a win that moved it above .500 in Patriot League play at 6-5. On Saturday afternoon, the Terriers visit Holy Cross (11-13), which has lost three straight and is 3-8 in the Patriot League, at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. Boston University won the first meeting between the teams this season, taking a 69-59 win at home on Jan. 27. The Terriers haven’t been to the NCAA tournament since 2011 and their last postseason bid was a quarterfinal run in the 2022 College Basketball Invitational. The Crusaders, meanwhile, played in the 2016 Big Dance in their last foray into postseason play.
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Game Date: Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025
Game Time: 12 p.m. ET
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BU thumped visiting Navy 87-65 on Wednesday night, getting 25 points from Miles Brewster while Michael McNair dropped in 18 points. Kyrone Alexander leads the team at 12.8 points per game, with McNair scoring 10.6 points a night and Malcolm Chimezie averaging 8.1 points and 5.3 rebounds.
Holy Cross cut a 22-point second-half deficit to just three but got no closer in a 68-65 loss at Army on Wednesday night. Max Green scored 18 points and Joe Nugent added 12 in the loss. Green gets 14.3 points per game, Nugent posts 12.3 points per outing and Jaiden Feroah averages 6.3 points and 5.7 boatds.
The Terriers are just 2-9 on the road this season while the Crusaders have a 5-4 mark at home and lead the all-time series 37-28, with Boston University winning the last two meetings. Joe Jones is 230-203 in his 12th season with the Terriers while Dave Paulson has a 21-36 record in his second year at Holy Cross.
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