Huskies Fall to Terriers

On Tuesday night, the Huskies fell hard to the BU Terriers.

The Terriers came out firing, with Corey Lowe bringing the biggest gun. Lowe started out hot, scoring 23 first half points. A Matt Janning fade away jump shot at the buzzer gave the Huskies a 40-39 lead at the half.

In the second half, it was Jake O’Brien’s turn to lead the charge. The Terriers scored on their first three possessions of the second half, with O’Brien scoring 5 of the 8 total points in the stretch. BU led 49-45 at the under 16:00 timeout. With 10:00 to go, the Terriers led 59-49, but the Huskies would not go away without a fight. They cut the lead to 62-57 at the under 8:00 timeout, but the Terriers were too hot to handle.

Aided by O’Brien’s 21 point half, the Terriers won 83-75 Tuesday night, handing the Huskies their second loss of the season (3-2). BU shot 57% from three in the second half, and tied a school record with 15 total three-pointers. Corey Lowe led the way with 27 points, followed by O’Brien with 21 and John Holland’s 17 points. Matt Janning scored 22 for the Huskies, while Chaisson Allen scored 14 points and grabbed 7 rebounds. Also, freshman Erik Etherly recorded his first collegiate points, hitting a one handed put back late in the second half.

If it was not something, it was something else on Tuesday night. Lowe scored 23 first half points, but only scored 4 second half points. Jake O’Brien scored 0 first half points, then scored 21 second half points. The Huskies just could not cool off the hot Terriers. They also could not connect from the charity stripe, shooting 15-26.

The frustrated Huskies will try to regroup and enjoy Thanksgiving dinner, but it will be hard to do with this bad taste in their mouths. Next, the team will be off to Tampa, Florida where they will look to knock off another Big East opponent, the University of South Florida Bulls (2-1) on Saturday night at 7 p.m.