Box Score BOSTON – Career scoring days by Devin Cherry and Dwight Tarwater and a terrific performance from the Big Red bench was not enough to get Cornell a victory at Boston University on Saturday afternoon, as the Terriers pulled away for a 70-57 win at Case Gymnasium.
 
Cherry set a new career high for scoring with 16 points and Tarwater topped his previous career best with 11, but the Big Red offense went cold midway through the second half with the contest tied at 46-46 as the Terriers went on an 11-0 run late to seal the game.
 
“We're probably nine equal guys,” Cornell coach Bill Courtney said of the bench scoring. “It can be a different guy's night every night. It's probably something we'll continue to do.”
 
Cornell (4-8) also committed 10 turnovers in the half to the six turnovers for Boston University (5-6). The Terriers converted those Cornell turnovers into 13 points, and the Big Red shot 37 percent in the period.
 
Boston University evened the lifetime series against Cornell and now holds a 2-2 record all-time against the Big Red.
 
Playing its third game in six days – the first two against major conference schools Vanderbilt and No. 1 Duke – the Big Red starters combined for just nine points. Eight of those points came from Shonn Miller and one was scored by Eitan Chemerinski. Miller led the Big Red in rebounds for the fifth consecutive game, bringing down 10 boards.
 
Saturday's game began in the same way as Wednesday's game at Duke. The Big Red committed four turnovers in the first 2:50, but the Terriers were unable to turn any of those into points.
 
After a slow start, the Big Red got its offense going midway through the half. Trailing 13-10, Cornell scored eight of the next 11 points. Tarwater had two three-pointers in that span, and the Big Red turned a three-point deficit into a five-point advantage. BU had multiple turnovers during that stretch, and Cornell ended the first half with 14 points off turnovers.
 
The Big Red bench was stellar in the first 20 minutes, as the team's top three scorers were not starters. Tarwater ended the half with 11 points thanks to three three-pointers, and Errick Peck added eight points and three rebounds.
 
Cherry also had seven points, and their 26 combined points left just nine between the other eight Big Red players who had seen time. Tarwater surpassed his previous career high of 10 points before the first half expired. Galal Cancer also added six points off the bench by game's end.
 
But in the second half, Cornell was unable to hold onto the lead. Cherry scored nine more points in the half to surpass his career high by two points, but Boston University shot 52.4 percent from the field in the final 20 minutes including 5 of 11 from long range. With the contest tied at 46-46, the Terriers scored the next 11 points including back-to-back threes from Malik Thomas. When the game had ended, BU outscored Cornell 40-22 in the half.
 
BU's D.J. Irving led all scorers with 23 points – the second-most Cornell has allowed from any opponent this season -- and Thomas added 17 on a 5 for 5 performance from beyond the arc.
 
The Big Red will return to the court after nearly a week off for Christmas, traveling to Loretto, Pa., to take on St. Francis on Friday. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m.