Box Score

BOSTON – Colgate went back and forth with Boston University here Wednesday night in a game that featured six lead changes and eight ties, but eventually fell to the first-place Terriers 66-58 in this men's basketball contest.

"Credit Boston University tonight, but I believe in our team," Colgate head coach Matt Langel said. "We don't have any wins in league which makes it tough, but it's a long conference season. It's a full round-robin format with 18 games and we have proven that we've been in every single one of our games so far. We just haven't been able to do the little things to get over the hump.

"That's where we are and it doesn't make it any fun, but we will continue to work at it and find a way to get these teams numbers later in the season."

Despite holding a slight 27-25 lead at the half, the Raiders saw the Terriers fight back in the second 20 minutes to come from behind and earn the victory.

Colgate (6-10, 0-5 PL) received an impressive performance from senior Murphy Burnatowski, who posted a season-high 27 points in the contest. He went 11-of-20 from the floor and 5-of-10 from downtown to lead all scores. The Waterloo, Ont., native also added five rebounds on the night. Ethan Jacobs recorded five rebounds as well and chipped in eight points, while Luke Roh led the Raiders on the boards and in assists with six and three, respectively.

Overall, the Raiders shot 42 percent from the floor and 29 percent from 3-point range. Colgate outrebounded the Terriers 35-29 and 11-5 on the offensive board. The Raiders also added 10 points off second-chance opportunities.

Boston U. (12-6, 5-0 PL) shot 59 percent from the floor in the second half to come from behind and outscore the Raiders 41-31 in the second 20 minutes. Overall they made 24 of their 50 attempts for 48 percent shooting on the night.

The Terriers were led by Maurice Watson Jr., who registered a team-high 20 points in the game. He also led all players with six helpers and pulled down five boards. Dom Morris added 15 points to BU's total while Nathan Dieudonne earned a game-high seven rebounds. 

Morris hit the game's first bucket, but the Raiders answered with a 7-0 run to take the early lead at 7-2. Burnatowski had five points during that stretch.

After BU tied the game a few minutes later, the two teams took turns holding the lead until the Raiders again went on another 7-0 run. Throughout the run, Colgate keep the Terriers scoreless for 5½ minutes to take a six-point edge at 22-16 with less than seven to play in the half.

Morris ended BU's drought with a layup, but a good trey from Damon Sherman-Newsome gave the Raiders their biggest lead of the game at seven with 4:15 left in the first.

The Terriers would finish the half on a 7-2 run, however, to make it only a two-point Raider advantage heading into the break.

The second half started much like the first half ended -- on a run.

BU extended its rally with two more buckets to open the second 20 minutes, taking its first lead since the 12:03 mark of the first half.

Colgate responded with five points of its own, though, to take back the lead at 32-30 with 18:13 remaining on the clock.

At the 14:09 mark and with the game tied at 39-39, BU went on a 12-4 run to create an eight-point margin between the teams at 53-45. The Terriers hit three 3-pointers during that stretch.

The Raiders would rally back, however, twice getting the deficit down to two over the course of the next seven minutes to make it a 60-58 game with less than three minutes to play.

But unfortunately that would be as close as Colgate would get as they watched the Terriers score four of their final six points from the free throw line to earn the win.

Colgate is back on Cotterell Court this Saturday when it hosts Navy at 2 p.m. The Midshipmen currently hold an overall record of 7-9 and 2-3 in league play.