UC Riverside
Boston University
Highlanders Lose to Terriers, 80-69
12/29/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Terrier senior forward Kevin Gardner scored a game-high 19 points, 15 in the second half, and Boston University defeated the UC Riverside Highlanders, 80-69 in the consolation game of the Cable Car Classic Tournament at the Leavey Center in Santa Clara Thursday.
The Highlanders fell to 0-10, while Boston improved to 5-7.
Senior guard Rickey Porter led the Highlanders with 14 points, senior forward Klaus Schille had 13, freshman forward Benoit Bekono had 12 and freshman guard Houston Power had 11. The Highlanders shot 26-of-52 (50.0%) from the field, including a strong 17-of-24 (70.8%) in the second half, but it was not enough.
Gardner led the Terriers with 19 points and freshman guard Corey Hassan added 17 as the Terriers were 33-of-57 (57.9%) from the field in the game.
After scoring just four points in the first half, Gardner exploded in the second, at one point accounting for 15 of the Terriers' 21 points in the half. The Highlanders trailed 48-47 with 10:47 remaining, but Gardner led BU on a 11-3 over the next three minutes run that boosted the Terriers into a 59-48 lead with 7:59 left. The lead blossomed to as many as 16 before the Highlanders got to within 11 with a Joey Knox layup in the final seconds.
The Terriers took a 34-29 lead into the intermission after a back-and-forth first half. The Highlanders hit 4-of-11 from the three point line (36.4%), but struggled from closer range, at 5-of-17 (29.4%). Hassan started off hot, draining three treys in the first three minutes of the game, but UCR was able to keep it close and eventually moved into the lead. UCR led 23-22 with 8:11 left, and 29-28 with 4:50 left. But the Highlanders went scoreless for the rest of the half while the Terriers tallied six to take the five point lead. Despite the hot start, Hassan finished the half with nine, as did senior guard Shaun Wynn, who finished with 13 points.
