Nov. 14, 2007

Box Score

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Despite a late-game comeback in the final minutes, the Boston University men's basketball team (1-1) dropped a 69-56 contest to George Washington (2-0) on Tuesday evening in the Smith Center. BU went on a 12-2 run late in the game that fell short in the last minute and a half.

Sophomore guards Corey Lowe (Newton, Mass.) and Carlos Strong (Portland, Maine) led BU with 14 and 13 points, respectively. Rob Diggs led the Colonials with a double double of 20 points and 12 rebounds.

The Terriers started out of the gate hot from long range, making 4-of-5 from the 3-point line to race out to a 16-8 lead five minutes into the game. Strong scored 11 of BU's points during that run, but he and the rest of the Terriers combined to go 1-for-9 for the next six minutes. After Strong's bucket at 14:00, Boston University didn't score again until a lay-up by sophomore Scott Brittain (Oakville, Ont.) at 8:10. GW came all the way back and took the lead for good, 22-20, on a 3-pointer by Noel Wilmore at 7:59 in the first.

BU out-shot GW but the Colonials out-rebounded the Terriers 41-26, particularly on the offensive side - claiming 15 offensive boards to BU's eight and earning 20 second-chance points. Diggs did most of the damage inside as GW's Maureece Rice was held to just three points after foul trouble sat him down early.

GW went into the locker room up 36-26, and Diggs came out firing for the Colonials at the start of the second, scoring GW's first 11 points. The Colonials took as much as a 19-point lead with five minutes remaining in the contest. The Terriers did not give up, however, and kept chipping away. Sparked by a Lowe jumper and another Strong three at 3:30, BU went on a 12-2 run over the next minute and a half to cut GW's advantage to nine, 65-56. The rally was snuffed by a Damian Hollis basket that extended George Washington's lead back to double digits.

The Terriers return to action on Saturday, Nov. 17 when they host Saint Joseph's at Agganis Arena at 7 p.m. in the nightcap of a double header. The BU women host Ohio State at 4 p.m.