BALTIMORE (AP) - Maurice Watson Jr. scored 19 points and D.J. Irving added 17 as Boston University topped Maryland-Baltimore County 68-59 for its sixth consecutive victory Saturday night.
Irving opened with a 3-pointer, giving him 1,000 points for his career. Watson added six assists for the Terriers (17-11, 11-4 America East Conference).
Boston began with a 14-4 advantage and led 28-17 at halftime. UMBC shot just 25 percent (6 of 24) before the break and was outscored 16-4 in the paint.
The Retrievers (6-21, 4-10) rebounded to hit 48.1 percent (13 of 27) in the second half, pulling within 44-42 with 8:46 remaining. The Terriers stretched the lead to 56-46 in short order, though, and led by at least seven points over the final 5 minutes.
Boston knocked down 65.2 percent (15 of 23) of its shots in the second half, and made 51 percent (26 of 51) for the game.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Boston University (17-11) « | 28 | 40 | 68 |
| Maryland-Baltimore County (6-21) | 17 | 42 | 59 |
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| Boston University Terriers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Thomas, F | 21 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| D. Morris, F | 20 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| D. Irving, G | 38 | 6-10 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| M. Watson Jr., G | 34 | 8-15 | 3-3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| J. Papale, G | 32 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Robinson | 21 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| N. Dieudonne | 17 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Kennedy | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Alston | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Z. Chionuma | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-51 | 11-13 | 28 | 12 | 17 | 68 | |
| 51% | 84.6% | ||||||
| Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Plummer, F | 34 | 4-10 | 8-11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| A. Satchell, F | 17 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Q. Jones, G | 33 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| R. Cook, G | 32 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| B. Neller, G | 28 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Garner | 22 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Getz | 22 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| A. Morgan | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Wertz | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-51 | 13-23 | 36 | 13 | 13 | 59 | |
| 37.3% | 56.5% | ||||||
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