BOSTON, Mass. -- Boston University's Miles Brewster and Michael McNair were a combined 17-19 from the field, including 9-11 from three-point range, in scoring 43 points during an 87-65 victory by the Terriers (12-12, 6-5) over the Navy men's basketball team (8-16, 5-6), Wednesday night at Case Gym in Boston.

The Terriers improved to 6-0 in Patriot League home games -- they are 0-5 on the road -- while the Mids saw their two-game road winning streak come to an end.

"Our defense again tonight was not very good," said Navy head coach Ed DeChellis.  "We started out the game really poor on defense.  That was the focus for a couple of days of practice, so that was very disappointing.  We ran into a team that was very hot.  Those two guards, Brewster and McNair, were 17-19.  Not many guys can go into a gym and be 17-19, let alone with some defense out there.  We have to fix this defense.  We have tried different things but it hasn't connected the last three games."

For the second game in a row, Navy's opponent couldn't miss at the start of the contest.  Saturday, Bucknell made nine of its first 10 shots from the field.  Tonight, Boston began the game 9-11 from the floor and 3-3 from three-point range in taking a 25-11 lead with 11 minutes remaining in the half.

Navy whittled the deficit down to six points at 29-23 and 34-28, then it was a five-point game at 37-32 before a tip-in by the Terriers just before the horn sounded to end the half gave them a 39-32 lead at the break.

Boston scored 20 of its 39 first-half points in the paint.  Conversely, Navy tallied just two points in the paint in the opening half.

The Terriers opened up a 42-32 lead after the opening possession of the second half.  The Mids again chipped away at the deficit and it was a 46-41 game three minutes into the frame.  A Boston layup, followed by a Navy turnover, then a triple by the Terriers was again followed by a turnover by the Mids.  This led to another three-point basket for Boston and in 80 seconds the Terriers grew their lead from five points to 13 at 54-41.

Navy drew to within single digits at 59-49 only to see Boston go on a 9-0 run to increase its advantage to 65-49 with just under 11 minutes on the clock.  The margin between the teams would stay in double figures over the remainder of the game.

Boston shot 66.7 percent from the field after halftime to end the game with an overall mark of 59.6 percent.  The Terriers were 12-23 (52.2%) from three-point range on the night.  Navy shot 45.8 percent from the floor for the game and was 9-23 (39.1%) from beyond the arc.

The Terriers scored another 20 points in the paint after halftime to end the night with a 40-14 advantage,

Boston totaled 16 points off of 11 Navy turnovers while the Mids scored seven points after six turnovers by the Terriers.

Austin Benigni scored 23 points for the Mids, Donovan Draper totaled 16 points and Jordan Pennick added 12 points.  The Terriers did a good job of limiting touches for Aidan Kehoe as he was held to two points on 1-3 shooting from the floor.

"Aidan has to work to get the ball," said DeChellis.  "We throw the ball to him and he is getting doubled now.  He is not being aggressive with the basketball.  We talked about feeding the post, kicking it back out and going back into him again.  But it never really materialized.  He is on the scouting report and people aren't going to let him catch the ball where he wants to.  He has to work harder and we have to do a better job of getting the ball in there. These guys (Boston) have two or three really big posts.  It was very challenging for him to work his way to get the ball."

Navy will next play Saturday at Lafayette.