BOSTON – The Lafayette men's basketball team righted the ship on the road on Wednesday evening, using 54.4 percent shooting to take care of Boston U. by a 79-72 score.

In the longest road trip of the season for the Maroon and White at approximately 300 miles from Kirby Sports Center, the Leopards made Case Gymnasium feel like home. Lafayette broke a 65-65 tie with less than five minutes to play by scoring 14 of the game's final 21 points off the hands of five different players to seal it.

The win snaps a four-game skid and improves the Maroon and White to 6-16 on the year overall and 3-8 in conference action. Boston U., coming off back-to-back league victories, including handing Colgate its first home loss of the year the last time out, falls to 4-7 in Patriot League play and 11-13 in total.

Sophomore Alex Petrie netted his second 20-point game of the league slate to lead four Leopards in double-figure scoring on 8-of-14 from the field and 3-of-7 from three-point range. Junior Lukas Jarrett, sophomore Justin Jaworski and junior Kyle Stout rounded out the major sources of offense with 13, 12 and 11, respectively. Stout, making his first start since the season moved to the conference portion, scored eight of his 11 in the opening half of play, adding four rebounds and an assist to his stat line in 19 minutes of action.

Boston U.'s Tyler Scanlon was the only significant offensive contributor for a Terrier team that shot 43.3 percent from the field and 41.2 percent from three. Scanlon tallied a game-high 28 points to go along with seven boards, making 10 of his 17 shots from the floor and 4-of-8 from beyond the arc. Alex Vilarino and Max Mahoney added 11 and 10 points each.

Lafayette started the game strong as the first three field goals were assisted, three of 15 helpers on the night, to take an 8-7 edge after five minutes of play. Sophomore E.J. Stephens and Jarrett surrounded a Scanlon triple with buckets at the 13-minute mark, taking the half toward its midway point with the Leopards still in front by a slim advantage, 15-13.

Six straight from Mahoney built BU's lead to four at the 9:39 mark and Garrett Pascoe's layup got it as high as six, but a Paulius Zalys jumper from the left elbow took it under eight minutes with the score at 23-19. Then, five straight from Stout with one from beyond the arc forced a Terrier timeout with the Leopards back in front, 24-23.

The final six minutes started with runs from both sides as Lafayette answered a 4-0 spurt with seven of its own to take a 31-27 lead with 3:52 to play. The two sides traded buckets over the final three minutes as Petrie's jumper with just over 30 seconds left on the clock proved to be the final points as the Leopards went into the break on top by one, 39-38.

Jaworski's three in the opening three minutes of the second put Lafayette's edge at three, but five back from Scanlon took the game under the 15-minute mark with BU on top, 48-46. A Sean Good finish above the rim off a slip feed from fellow freshman Tyrone Perry tied the game at 50 and Petrie's jumper two minutes later put the Leopards back in front by one, 56-55.

Another Petrie jumper answered back-to-back drive-and-finishes from Scanlon to put the advantage at three, 62-59, with 7:25 left. But a Pascoe finish at the rim with 5:48 to play closed out four straight to swing the lead back on the Terriers' side, 63-62.

Lafayette answered again as Jarrett followed a Petrie triple at the end of the shot clock with a strong drive-and-finish at the rim to regain the lead, 67-65, with 4:35 remaining. That Jarrett bucket sparked a string of seven straight for the Maroon and White, as Jaworski finished a Zalys feed off a Jarrett offensive board at 1:59 to put the Leopards lead at their largest, 72-65.

BU's Javante McCoy nailed a triple from the left wing to make it a five-point margin into the game's final minute. From there, though, long Terrier possessions and free throws from Petrie and Stephens drowned the clock with Lafayette coming out on top in the end, 79-72.

The Leopards will return home for their next contest on Sunday, a nationally televised meeting with Holy Cross. Tip-off from Kirby Sports Center on CBS Sports Network is set for 12 p.m.