UMBC

Feeley has six "double-doubles" on the season and 15 in his career

—The Boston University defense was too stiff for UMBC, as the Terriers held off the Retrievers, 61-51, in an America East contest at the RAC Arena.

Boston University won its sixth straight and improved to 17-5 overall and 11-2 (second place) in the conference. UMBC dropped its season high fourth straight game to fall to 9-13, 4-9.

The Retrievers missed 17 of their first 22 shots from the floor and trailed, 34-16 at intermission. After a John Zito layup gave UMBC its lone lead of the night at 10-9 at the 13:28 mark, the visitors outscored their hosts, 21-2 over the next 8 and a half minutes and led, 30-12, with 5:16 to play in the first half.

UMBC, which erased three halftime deficits to win home conference games in January, showed signs of another comeback when they scored the first 9 points of the half to trim their deficit to 34-25 just 2:42 into the stanza. They crept back even further as reserve forward Mike Housman tipped in a shot to bring UMBC to within, 53-46 with 7:22 remaining. But UMBC would revert to its first half form, missing its next nine field goal and four free throw attempts, until Feeley scored with 1:12 left in the game, and the Terriers prevailed for the fourth time in four league meetings with UMBC.

Feeley recorded his first “double-double” in league play this year with game highs in points (16) and rebounds (14). Freshman wing Rashad Bilal was the other Retriever in double figures with 10 points. Senior guard Rob Gogerty dished out 6 assists, but was just 1 of 5 from the floor. Gogerty played the game with a protective shield after suffering a broken nose in practice yesterday.

Guards Shaun Wynn (13) and Chaz Carr (12) led a balanced Terrier attack. Senior forward Rashad Bell tallied 11 points, garnered 6 rebounds and rejected 5 UMBC shots.