BOSTON (AP) - D.J. Irving scored 20 points, Dom Morris added a double-double and Boston University used a late, 13-3 run to defeat Vermont 63-53 Tuesday night to snap a two-game losing streak and earn its first America East Conference win of the season.
The Terriers (7-9, 1-2) led 47-46 before Morris sparked the scoring run with a layup with 4:12 left. John Papale capped the run with a layup with 48 seconds left, putting Boston ahead 60-49.
Irving hit 8 of 10 from the foul line, while Morris had 17 points and 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season.
Sandro Carissimo paced the Catamounts (9-6, 2-1) with 17 points. Vermont led 24-22 at halftime but shot 27.3 percent (9 of 33) in the second half, including 2 of 16 from 3-point range.
The Terriers hit 54.6 percent (12 of 22) from the field after intermission, including 3 of 6 3-pointers.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Vermont (9-6) | 24 | 29 | 53 |
| Boston University (7-9) « | 22 | 41 | 63 |
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| Vermont Catamounts | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Voelkel, F | 30 | 0-4 | 6-8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| L. Apfeld, F | 20 | 0-5 | 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| E. O'Day, F | 17 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| S. Carissimo, G | 33 | 6-13 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| C. Rusin, G | 27 | 0-9 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Rugg | 28 | 3-10 | 4-7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| T. Blue | 21 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| J. Elbaum | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Crenca | 10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| B. Kilpatrick | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-55 | 18-25 | 37 | 6 | 16 | 53 | |
| 27.3% | 72% | ||||||
| Boston University Terriers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Morris, F | 33 | 7-11 | 3-5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| M. Thomas, F | 29 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Robinson, F | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Irving, G | 38 | 5-12 | 8-10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| M. Watson Jr., G | 27 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Papale | 36 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Z. Chionuma | 17 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Alston | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Kennedy | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 21-47 | 16-23 | 36 | 11 | 21 | 63 | |
| 44.7% | 69.6% | ||||||
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