2020-21 Boston University Men's Basketball Notes
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2020-21 BU SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 2020-21 BoSToN UNIVErSITY mEN’S BASkETBAll NoTES JANUARY Mon. 4 @ Holy Cross * 2 p.m. Tue. 5 HOLY CROSS * 2 p.m. Sat. 9 COLGATE * 6 p.m. Sun. 10 COLGATE * (CBS SN) 6 p.m. Sat. 16 ARMY WEST POINT * 5:30 p.m. Sun. 17 ARMY WEST POINT * 3 p.m. Sat. 23 @ Lafayette * 4 p.m. GAMES #1-2 Sun. 24 @ Lafayette * (CBS SN) 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 • 2 p.m. • Hart Center Sat. 30 @ Holy Cross * 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 • 2 p.m. • Case Gym – “The Roof” Sun. 31 HOLY CROSS * (CBS SN) 5 p.m. Boston University (0-0, 0-0 PL) vs. Holy Cross (0-0, 0-0 PL) FEBRUARY AUDIO: GoTerriers.com/TSRN – Doug Brown (PxP), Brian Maurer (color) Sat. 6 @ Colgate * Sun. 7 @ Colgate * VIDEO: ESPN+ (PatriotLeague.tv) OPENING TIP • Jones needs one more win for Sat. 13 @ Army West Point * • The defending Patriot League 100 conference victories (11 in the champion Terriers will open their America East) ... He’s had seven Sun. 14 @ Army West Point * 112th season at Holy Cross with a double-digit winning conference home-and-away series starting in records and just one losing record in Sat. 20 HOLY CROSS * Worcester on Monday and ending at 2018-19 (7-11) ... Rebounded with a Sun. 21 @ Holy Cross * Case Gym on Tuesday ... Both games 12-6 record and tournament title. are set for 2 p.m. on ESPN+. MARCH • Monday’s contest snaps a 10- All-Time Series: HC leads, 54-23 RETURNING NUMBERS year streak in which BU will not • BU lost only one starter in 2020 Sat. 6 @ PL Quarterfinals open a season vs. crosstown rival Active Streak: BU, 4 games PL Tournament MVP and Mid-Major Northeastern ... The Patriot League Last Meeting: WH, 77-68 (2/8/20) All-American Max Mahoney (15.5 Wed. 10 @ PL Semifinals (CBS SN) announced on Nov. 9 that members ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.1 spg) to Sun. 14 @ PL Final (CBS SN) 12 p.m. (Army and Navy exempted) would forgo non-conference play graduation ... He was just the fourth in program history and participate in a 16-game PL schedule starting in Jan. to eclipse 1,500 points and 700 rebounds ... He also set • BU last opened a season against Holy Cross on Nov. 20, program record for career FG% (.601). 2004 (LH, 58-48) and at Holy Cross on Nov. 22, 2003 (LA, • Terriers return 77.9% of points, 76.8% of rebounds and all 59-57) when the Terriers were still in the America East. but one 3FG made by other graduating senior Adam Mikula. • BU is opening a season in January for the first time since • 2020 All-PL Third Team and All-Tournament Team honoree All Times Eastern at least 1944-45 or 1945-46 (incomplete records). Javante McCoy finished fifth in the PL last year at 3.5 apg Home Games in CAPS at Case Gym - “The Roof” • BU was the last NCAA team to win a conference title this while ranking third in assist-turnover ratio (1.9) ... Averaged past March and is currently riding a four-game win streak. 14.3 ppg and 6.3 apg against three turnovers in the tourney. * - Patriot League game PRESEASON SPOTLIGHT HOLY CROSS NOTES • The Terriers edged defending regular season champion • HC is led by 2nd-year head coach Brett Nelson, an All- Colgate for the top spot in the PL preseason poll in points American at Florida (00-04) and former Marquette assistant. (148-142) and first-place votes (10-8) ... Both No. 3 Loyola • Selected 10th in preseason poll, HC went 3-29 (2-16 PL) Md. and No. 5 Lafayette collected a first-place vote as well. last year with 65-62 loss in PL opening round to Bucknell. • Picked No. 5 a year ago, BU last entered a season as the • HC has six freshmen and two seniors ... Guard Austin Butler preseason favorite in its first season in the PL in 2013-14 ... is the only returning player in the PL who ranked in the top The Terriers won the regular season title and eventually fell 20 last year in scoring (16th, 11.8 ppg), rebounding (9th, to No. 2 American in the PL title game. 6.2 rpg) and assists (15th, 2.4 apg). • 2020 All-PL Second Team honoree Walter Whyte was one • HC lost 2020 PL Rookie of the Year Joe Pridgen (17.4 ppg, of five named to 2020-21 All-PL preseason team ... Whyte 6.8 rpg) to UNC Wilmington but now has 6’6 F Gerrale Gates averaged 15.3 ppg, 9.7 rpg and 46.7 3FG% in three PL (8.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg), 2019 Southland Conference Freshman tourney games ... He is BU’s top returning scorer (13.0 ppg) of the Year from the University of New Orleans ... Another and rebounder (7.4 rpg) ... Also led BU with 61 3-pointers. transfer 6’5 Malcolm Townsell averaged 13.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg & 2.7 apg at State Fair Community College. 10TH SEASON • Now a three-time finalist for the Ben Jobe Award (top NCAA SERIES HISTORY Division I minority coach) while at BU, Joe Jones ranks No. • Teams first met in 1902-03 ... HC leads, 54-23, though BU 2 all-time at BU with 158 wins ... This season he breaks a tie is 11-3 since joining the Patriot League in summer of 2013. with Mel Collard (1935-43, 44-45) for second longest tenure • BU has won four straight in series and four straight at Hart at BU behind Dennis Wolff (1994-09, 247 wins). Center ... Earned 79-64 road win & 77-68 home win in 2020. B) oSToN UNIVErSITY TErrIErS RETURNING 2019-20 STARTERS No. Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG ?PG PLAYER NOTES 30 G Javante McCoy 6-5 180 Sr. 12.2 2.7 3.5(a) All-PL 3rd Team; Averaged 14 ppg & 6.3 apg for All-PL Tourney honors 15 G Jonas Harper 6-2 190 Jr. 7.2 2.2 1.0(s) 2020 PL All-Defensive Team; 12 pts. (4 3FGs), 7 rebs. in PL title win 05 F Walter Whyte 6-6 210 Jr. 13.0 7.4 0.8(s) 2020 All-PL 2nd Team; Averaged 15.3 ppg and 9.7 rpg in PL tourney 41 F Sukhmail Mathon 6-10 225 Sr. 4.6 4.7 0.9(a) 12p, 6r at Loyola; Career 13r at UML; Career 15p w/ 12r at Bing KEY RETURNING CONTRIBUTORS MBB SID: Scott Ellis No. Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG ?PG PLAYER NOTES OFFICE PHONE: 617-353-2163 00 G Ethan Brittain-Watts 6-2 180 So. 3.0 1.0 1.1(a) 2020 PL All-Rookie; 16.0 mpg; 2x 4 asts.; 10p at Colgate; 8p at USC CELL PHONE: 617-599-6988 03 G Alex Vilarino 6-2 180 Jr. 6.2 2.6 1.7(a) 18.6 mpg; 8p, 7a, 7r at GW; 12p, 6a, 5r at USC; 17p vs. N’eastern EMAIL: [email protected] 14 G Andrew Petcash 6-4 200 Sr. 4.6 1.3 0.5(s) 18.1 mpg; Avg. 1.2 3FGs; 12 pts. at Navy; 11 pts. at Merrimack FAX: 617-353-5286 32 F Jack Hemphill 6-9 230 Jr. 3.1 2.2 0.3(b) 7.8 mpg; 12p, 10r at Colgate in reg. season; 10p (2 3FGs), 4r vs. Army 35 F Fletcher Tynen 6-7 195 Jr. 3.1 2.0 0.3(s) 14.1 mpg; 12 pts. at Holy Cross; 9 pts. vs. Lehigh NINE-TImE coNfErENcE rEG. SEASoN chAmpIoN (1980,‘83,’90,’97,’98, 2002,’03,’04,’14) EIGhT-TImE NcAA BErTh rEcIpIENT (1959, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1997, 2002, 2011, 2020) 2020-21 boston university men’s basketball www.GoTerriers.com NCAA Tournament: 1959, 1983, 1988, 1990, 1997, 2002, 2011, 2020* PPG RPG MPG LAST APPEARANCE: at Colgate (3/11) ETHAN BRITTAIN-WATTS 3.0 1.0 16.0 8 minutes, 0-3 FG Sophomore Guard • Appeared in all 34 games last year, 6-2 | 180 FG% FT% APG averaging 3.7 in PL play 0 • Ninth Terrier in eight years to earn PL Indianapolis, Ind. 34.0 73.7 1.1 All-Rookie Team honors PPG RPG MPG LAST APPEARANCE: at Colgate (3/7/19) GARRETT PASCOE ---- ---- ---- 16 minutes, 0-3 FG, 1 ast., 1 reb. Sophomore Guard • Missed all of 2019-20 to injury 6-3 | 180 FG% 3FG% FT% • Made 11 starts in 2018-19 while 1 averaging 2.4 ppg, 1.9 apg and 16.4 mpg Concord, Calif. ---- ---- ---- • 2x Patriot League Academic Honor Roll PPG RPG MPG LAST APPEARANCE: n/a CAELAN JONES ---- ---- ---- • Ranked No. 1 in the Vermont Class of Freshman Guard 2020 and No. 27 in New England by the 6-5 | 190 FG% 3FG% FT% New England Recruiting Report (NERR) 2 after playing post-grad year at Vermont Los Angeles, Calif. ---- ---- ---- Academy PPG RPG MPG LAST APPEARANCE: vs. Bucknell (2/29) ALEX VILARINO 6.2 2.6 18.6 4 minutes, 0-2 FG, 1 reb. Junior Guard • Missed PL tournament due to injury 6-2 | 180 FG% FT% APG • Tallied 10+ points six times 3 • 12 points, six assists and five rebounds McKinney, Texas 44.7 69.0 1.7 in win at South Carolina PPG RPG MPG LAST APPEARANCE: at Colgate (3/11) WALTER WHYTE 13.0 7.4 30.3 37 min., 12 pts., 9 rebs., 5-9 FG (2 3FGs) Junior Guard/Forward • 2020-21 Preseason All-PL 6-6 | 210 FG% 3FG% FT% • 2019-20 All-PL Second Team 5 • Eight dbl-dbls, incl.