Males’s Basketball Triumphs in OT Thriller at Northeastern, 76-75

BOSTON – Boosted by a pair of 20-point performances from underclassmen, the Boston University males’s basketball workforce opened the season with a 76-75 time beyond regulation victory at Northeastern Monday.

Down by as many as 10 within the first half, the Terriers (1-0) finally triumphed over the Huskies (0-1) within the collection’ first time beyond regulation matchup since 2015. 

Freshman Sam Hughes flushed 5 3-pointers and hit two clutch free throws with 3.6 seconds left in regulation en path to a team-high 21 factors, whereas sophomore Ben Defty totaled a career-high 20 factors, sport and career-high eight rebounds, career-high 5 blocks and three steals in his first profession begin. Freshman Chance Gladden tallied eight factors and game-high 5 assists in his debut, and graduate college students Malcolm Chimezie and Ethan Okwuosa mixed for 13 factors and 12 boards.

For the Huskies, preseason All-CAA honoree LA Pratt tallied a game-high 26 factors, 4 assists and three steals. Youri Fritz (15 pts.) and William Kermoury (14 pts.) each completed in double figures as properly, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient because the Terriers outscored the Huskies in bench manufacturing, 42-10.

GAME NOTES

• Defty and Hughes grew to become the primary Terrier duo to achieve 20+ factors in the identical sport since Max Mahoney (’20) and Javante McCoy (’22) mixed for 53 factors on Jan. 29, 2020, in a 92-77 residence win over Loyola Maryland.
• Defty’s 20 factors prime his earlier better of 15 scored in a 2OT victory over Colgate final February, and the 5 blocks edged the 4 earned in that very same contest. As a freshman, he recorded seven rebounds vs. the Raiders and in opposition to Lafayette.
• Beset by harm final 12 months, Okwuosa performed 32 minutes in his first motion because the 2024-25 season opener in opposition to Northeastern.
• The Huskies almost doubled the Terriers in factors off turnovers, 27-14, as the 2 groups completed tied, 10-10, in second-chance factors and in addition factors within the paint at 38-38.
• BU reduce NU’s collection result in 77-76 in a rivalry that dates again to 1920.
• The contest had further particular that means because it was the ultimate contest between the 2 packages at 115-year-old Matthews Arena, which was beforehand often known as Boston Arena with the Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins serving as tenants.

LOOKING AHEAD

• BU will conclude the season-opening two-game highway journey at Big 10 college Northwestern on Friday (Nov. 7) with a 6 p.m. ET tip. The sport will probably be proven dwell on Peacock.
• Northwestern received the lone assembly, 78-74, at residence on Dec. 19, 1959.
• The Terriers will search their first win in opposition to the Big 10 since defeating Indiana, 71-67, on the Puerto Rico Tip-Off in 2009.