Boston University
St. Bonaventure
Terriers Open Season with 68-57 Win over St. Bonaventure
November 9, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 9, 2007
BOSTON - The Boston University men's basketball team began the 2007-08 season on the right note, defeating St. Bonaventure 68-57 at Case Gym on Friday night in the Terriers' first season-opening victory since 2002. Sophomore Corey Lowe (Newton, Mass.), freshman John Holland (Bronx, N.Y.), sophomore Carlos Strong (Portland, Maine) and sophomore Scott Brittain (Oakville, Ont.) each tallied double figures for the Terriers.
Lowe posted a career-high tying and game-best 28 points and added six rebounds to earn America East Player of the Game Honors. Holland chipped in 12 points, while Strong scored 11 points and seven rebounds and Brittain added 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting. Junior co-captain Matt Wolff (Walpole, Mass.) was very solid for the Terriers in his first game for BU in nearly two years. He returned from injury to turn in a game- and career-high seven assists and five steals to go with four rebounds and two points. The BU defense was on display this evening, totaling 10 steals and turning 20 St. Bonaventure turnovers into 18 points.
Michael Lee led the Bonnies with 24 points and eight rebounds. Tyler Benson was the other SBU player in double figures, with 10 points.
The Bonnies went up early in the first half, scoring their first 15 points on 3-pointers. SBU had as much as a six-point lead, 21-15, with 9:15 remaining in the first half on a jumper by Hillary Haley, but after the Bonnies went to a 1-3-1 zone defense, the Terriers were able to take advantage of openings at the top of the arc. Lowe kick-started a 15-2 BU run with a trey at 6:45 that gave the Terriers a 32-23 lead four minutes later. BU went into the locker room at the half up 32-26.
St. Bonaventure used the three to stay in the game in the first half - making 46.2 percent of their attempts. But the long ball failed them in the second, as the Bonnies went 0-for-9 from deep. In a reversal of fortune for BU, the Terriers got hot from the 3-point line in the second, shooting 40.0 percent (6-15) after making just 16.7 percent (3-18) of their threes in the first half.
The Bonnies did cut the Terriers' advantage to five, 39-34, at 16:09 in the second after Lee made a lay-up, but Lowe hit his fifth three of the game with 13:14 to go to push BU's lead back to double-digits where it would stay for the rest of the game.
The Terriers return to action on Tuesday, Nov. 14 when they travel to Washington, D.C. to face George Washington at 7 p.m.
