BOSTON, Mass.—The Harvard men’s basketball team finished its game at Boston University last night with a 5-0 run. It would have needed a run 10 times that big—literally—just to take the lead.

The Crimson (0-6) trailed by as many as 49 points before ultimately falling 86-42 to the Terriers (3-3).

“[Our effort] had to be lacking for us to lose by [almost] 50 points,” junior captain Jason Norman said.

Four BU players scored in double figures, led by diminutive guards Chaz Carr and Matt Turner. The 6’0 Carr and 5’11 Turner combined for 34 points on 13-of-22 shooting, including an 8-for-16 performance from three-point range.

The Crimson actually led 12-7 after consecutive three-pointers from junior guard David Giovacchini and sophomore forward Matt Stehle.

But Stehle picked up his second foul just 7:21 into the contest and joined Harvard coach Frank Sullivan on the bench.

Meanwhile, the Terriers reeled off 16 straight points to jump-start a 37-5 run that covered the rest of the first half as the Crimson came unglued.

Things didn’t get any better for Harvard after halftime. BU started the second half with a 15-3 spurt against an ineffectual Crimson press to take a 59-20 advantage 5:16 into the half.

Norman converted Harvard’s first field goal of the second half 31 seconds later. The Crimson hadn’t scored from the floor since a Norman bucket 5:03 before halftime, a span of 10:50.

But you could pick any of a bevy of statistics to describe how ugly this one was.

The Terriers—the worst three-point shooting team in America East entering the game—hit 44 percent of their trifectas against Harvard’s perimeter defense. The Crimson’s opponents had shot 43.2 percent against it from three-point land entering the matchup, the highest such percentage in the Ivies.

“Eventually it’ll get better,” Norman said. “We have to get it better by league time because that’s what our league is about—three-point shooting.”

Harvard is also the worst in the Ivies in scoring defense, allowing an average of 79.3 points per game. The Crimson has allowed an average of 86 points over its last four games—BU’s exact total last night.

The Terriers ended the game shooting 58.3 percent from the floor. On the other end of the court, the Crimson managed to shoot only 26.4-percent against BU.

The Terriers entered the game allowing opponents to shoot 46.4-percent, the highest percentage in America East. Harvard’s performance included a dreadful 3-for-16 outing from behind the arc.