ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - D.J. Irving forced overtime with two 3-pointers in 4 seconds to help Boston University win at America East-rival Albany 85-80 Wednesday night.
Albany's Mike Black hit a pair of free throws for a 63-57 lead with 15 seconds left. Irving drained a 3-pointer with 9 seconds remaining, and after Black committed a turnover on the inbound pass, Irving knocked down another 3 with 5 seconds left.
Boston's John Papale added 11 of his 18 points in overtime.
Maurice Watson Jr. led the Terriers (10-10, 4-3) with 21 points, while Irving was 5-of-11 shooting from deep and scored 20. Malik Thomas scored 12 points with 10 rebounds for his first career double-double.
Black hit just 5 of 22 from the field but made 9 of 9 at the foul line and led the Great Danes (16-5, 5-2) with 20 points. Albany had been off to the program's best ever 20-game start.
| Scoreboard | ||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| Boston University (10-10) « | 29 | 34 | 22 | 85 |
| Albany (16-5) | 23 | 40 | 17 | 80 |
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| Boston University Terriers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Thomas, F | 35 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| D. Morris, F | 17 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| D. Irving, G | 43 | 7-16 | 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| M. Watson Jr., G | 36 | 7-14 | 4-4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| J. Papale, G | 34 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Dieudonne | 22 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| T. Robinson | 21 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Kennedy | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Alston | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Chionuma | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-63 | 11-14 | 29 | 14 | 21 | 85 | |
| 47.6% | 78.6% | ||||||
| Albany Great Danes | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Rowley, F | 32 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Puk, C | 25 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| M. Black, G | 40 | 5-22 | 9-9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| J. Iati, G | 40 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| P. Hooley, G | 35 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Guerrier | 19 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| B. Metcalf | 19 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| L. Devlin | 13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Evans | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Wiegmann | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-60 | 16-21 | 40 | 16 | 16 | 80 | |
| 46.7% | 76.2% | ||||||
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