THE MATCHUP
The Leopards will hit the road to take on a Boston University squad that enters the contest at 8-7 overall, and 1-1 in Patriot League play. The Terriers are led by senior guard Walter Whyte who averages 14.5 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. Boston comes into the game following a 69-61 win over Bucknell.

LAST MEETING
The last meeting between these two teams took place in Boston on Feb. 23 when the Leopards lost 76-60. Kyle Jenkins scored 13 points for the Maroon and White.

OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION
The Leopards scored a season-high 90 points in their second victory of the season against La Salle on Dec. 21. For the first time in 13 games, the Maroon and White had four players score in double figures in CJ Fulton (20), Leo O'Boyle (13), Josh Rivera (12) and TJ Berger (10). The Leopards shot 61.5% from the field and 57.7% from beyond the arc.

THE BIG THREE
The Leopards have three players averaging double figures in Leo O'Boyle (11.6), Kyle Jenkins (11.5), and CJ Fulton (11.0). The trio has accounted for more than half of the Maroon and White's points during the first 14 games of the season.

FAMILIAR FOES
Lafayette has played 871 games against current Patriot League members, holding a 449-423 overall record. In League play, Lafayette is 198-271 in the regular season and 23-28 in the Patriot League Tournament.

THAT MIKE JORDAN
For the first time in 27 seasons, the Leopards have a new leader roaming the sidelines in 2000 Penn graduate Mike Jordan, the 19th head coach in Lafayette history. Jordan won three conference championships in the last four seasons as an assistant coach and was named head coach of the Leopards on March 29, 2022. Jordan played 11 seasons professionally across Europe and was a threetime All-Ivy League selection, two-time Ivy League champion and Ivy League Player of the Year as a senior.

FINDING THE RIGHT COMBINATION
The Leopards have used 13 different starting lineups throughout this season. Mike Jordan and his staff have shuffled through eight different starters through the first 15 games. CJ Fulton is the only Leopard to start every game this season.

THAT'S A "W"
Head coach Mike Jordan and the 2022-23 squad earned the first victory of the season, as well as the first of Jordan's career at Lafayette, against Central Connecticut State on Nov. 19, 55-50. Leo O'Boyle led the Leopards for the second game in a row, shooting 4-for-10 from the field to total 16 points. The Scranton, Pa. native was perfect from the free-throw line (5-5) and shot 3-for-6 from behind the three-point line.

FAMILIAR FACES, FAMILIAR FOES
Mike Jordan and the Leopards took on some old pals along the way, highlighted by the final nonconference test at La Salle against his college head coach, Fran Dunphy, who is also in his first season as the head coach of the Explorers. Lafayette hosted Jordan's alma mater, Penn, earlier this year and will play his former boss and college teammate, Matt Langel of Colgate, twice in the league stretch of the schedule. Jordan worked as an assistant under previous foe Drexel's head coach Zach Spiker in 2020-21, helping lead the Dragons to their first-ever CAA title and the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance in 25 years.

SOLO SENIOR
Just one senior is rostered for Lafayette in Leo O'Boyle, who plays a versatile role as a big body and a shooter. O'Boyle netted a season-high 22 points against UMBC on Nov. 18 and has scored in double figures during nine games so far this winter.

NEED SOME ASSISTANCE?
Sophomore guard CJ Fulton is second in the Patriot League in assists at 4.8 per game. In 15 games played, the Belfast, Ireland native has dished out 72 assists on the year. Fulton also ranks first in the conference in assist/turnover ratio at 2.5.

LEADING THE NATION
Lafayette returns Patriot League All-Rookie performer CJ Fulton who led all of Division I in 2021-22 in assist/turnover ratio, carrying a 3.67 average as a freshman. Fulton averaged 7.3 points per game with 3.9 boards and 3.3 assists and continues to shine on the court this season.

MAJOR MINUTES
CJ Fulton has led the Leopards in minutes played. In the overtime loss to Penn, Fulton played 42 minutes, scoring 12 points to go along with seven assists, and seven rebounds. Against UMBC, Fulton registered 39 minutes on the court. The Belfast, Ireland native also clocked 40 minutes versus St. Joseph's, where he totaled a season-high five steals. He currently ranks first in the league in minutes played with 34.9 per game. Teammate Kyle Jenkins sits behind him in sixth with 32.7 minutes per game.