BOSTON, Massachusetts – Led by 34 points from Jao Ituka, the Marist men's basketball team earned an 84-79 overtime victory at Boston University on Saturday as the Red Foxes erased an 11-point deficit in the second half.
 

Summary

• Marist jumped out to a 16-8 lead at the 10:59 mark of the first half with seven different Red Foxes scoring in that span.
• BU took its first lead at 20-19 on two free throws by Jonas Harper at the 7:23 mark.
• Jao Ituka scored Marist's final four points of the first half, and the Red Foxes took a 34-33 lead to the locker room.
• A three-pointer by Harper gave the Terriers their largest lead, a 61-50 advantage with 6:20 left in the second half.
• BU led by seven with 2:21 remaining, but did not hit a field goal the rest of regulation. After Jordan Jones and Raheim Sullivan each hit a pair of free throws, Jones' layup with 51 seconds left cut Marist's deficit to one. Garrett Pascoe's two free throws extended BU's lead to three, but Ituka's three with 4.4 seconds left tied the score at 68 and sent the game to overtime.
• BU led by four on two occasions in overtime, but Matt Herasme's three with 1:43 remaining gave Marist the lead for good. Raheim Sullivan drained a three on Marist's next possession, and the Red Foxes went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in the last 45 seconds to seal the win. In that span, Ituka drained four free throws, and Herasme swished two.

 

Stats

• Ituka shot 11-for-14 from the field and 11-for-13 from the line. He also had three rebounds, two assists, and a blocked shot in 26 minutes. His game-tying three was his only attempt from beyond the arc.
• Ricardo Wright (14 points) and Sullivan (11) joined Ituka in double digits.
• Herasme grabbed a team-high nine rebounds, and also had two steals.
• Jones finished with eight points, four rebounds, three steals, and two blocked shots.
• Marist shot .483 (28-for-58) from the field and .800 (20-for-25) from the line.
• Javante McCoy led four Terriers in double digits with 17 points. Sukhmail Mathon had a game-high 14 rebounds to go along with 13 points.

 

Notes

• Ituka's 34 points were the most by a Red Fox since Khallid Hart had 36 at Rider on Jan. 14, 2016.
• This marks the fourth time in head coach John Dunne's tenure that Marist erased a double-digit deficit to win a game.
• Marist's 84 points marked the Red Foxes' highest total since scoring 85 at Rider on Jan. 27, 2019.
• Marist has now played 12 overtime games in Coach Dunne's 92-game tenure leading the Red Foxes. Marist is 6-6 in these games, including a 2-1 mark this season.
• Herasme's nine rebounds set a season high.
• Marist is 2-2 this year in games decided by five points or less.

 

Quote of the Day

"It was a great team effort," Ituka told the Red Fox Network's Steve Eggink in his postgame interview. "I'm happy to come up with the big shot and help my team win in overtime."
 

Records

• Marist improved to 5-5.
• BU, the preseason favorite to win the Patriot League, is now 9-4.

 

Up Next

• Marist closes out non-conference play by hosting Bethune Cookman on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
• Tickets are available at MaristTickets.com, and the game will be broadcast on ESPN3.