PROVIDENCE (Interstat) — Kyrone Alexander scored 29 points and Boston University erased a second-half deficit to beat Brown 72-67 at Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, R.I., on Friday. Michelangelo Oberti added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Terriers, who improved to 2-0. Brown fell to 0-2 before an attendance of 1,217.

Brown opened the game with Brady Loughlin’s 3-pointer, but Boston University answered with an Azmar Abdullah 3-pointer. The lead changed hands several times early. Jerrell Barron made a layup and a free throw to give Brown an 8-6 lead, but Alexander tied it with a layup. Sam Hughes made a layup for Boston University, and David Rochester answered with a 3-pointer for Brown. Jenkins made a layup to put the Bears ahead 13-10, but Alexander made a layup and a jumper around a Dabo dunk. Oberti’s layup gave Boston University a 16-15 lead with 11:35 left in the first half. Brown responded with a 3-pointer from Isaiah Langham and a jumper from Langham to go ahead. Matai Baptiste hit a 3-pointer to tie the score at 21, but Jenkins made a 3-pointer for Brown. Sam Hughes made a 3-pointer to put Boston University ahead 25-24, and Brown answered with a Rykan Woo 3-pointer and a Wyatt DeGraaf layup. Boston University pulled within 29-27 on free throws, but Dabo made a layup, Langham made a free throw, and Rochester made a jumper to help Brown rebuild its lead. Alexander hit a 3-pointer for Boston University, but Loughlin made a 3-pointer just before the break to give Brown a 37-31 halftime lead.

Boston University trailed by six at halftime and fell behind by as many as 12 points in the second half. Alexander opened the second half with a layup, but Brown’s Timothy Bollin made a layup and N’Famara Dabo scored inside to push the lead to 41-33. Alexander hit a 3-pointer, but Ray Cuevas made two 3-pointers for Brown, and Bollin made two free throws to extend the Bears’ lead. Rykan Woo’s 3-pointer made it 52-38 with 13:43 left. Hughes answered with a 3-pointer, and Dabo made a layup before Oberti scored inside and made two free throws. Loughlin made a 3-pointer to push Brown’s lead to 57-45, but Oberti made two free throws and Langham made one free throw before Alexander’s layup with 9:46 remaining cut the deficit to 58-49. Darnell Lloyd’s dunk and Alex Zakheim’s layup brought the Terriers within five. Alexander’s layup made it 58-55, and two free throws by Abdullah pulled Boston University to 58-57. After Loughlin’s layup made it 60-57, Oberti made two free throws, and Alexander’s layup gave Boston University a 61-60 lead. Dabo made a free throw to put Brown ahead 62-61, but Alexander made one free throw to tie the score and Abdullah scored a layup to give Boston University a 64-62 lead. Alexander made two free throws with 2:15 left, and Oberti made one free throw to make it 67-62. Jenkins made two free throws for Brown, but Alexander made three free throws in the final 41.9 seconds and Hughes added two with 8.3 seconds left. Jenkins’ layup at the buzzer completed the scoring.

Boston University shot 22 of 46 from the floor, 6 of 18 from 3-point range and 22 of 33 from the free-throw line. Brown shot 23 of 59 overall, 10 of 28 from beyond the arc and 11 of 18 at the line. Boston University had 10 offensive rebounds to Brown’s nine, while Brown had nine assists to Boston University’s five. The Terriers blocked five shots. Both teams committed 13 turnovers. Boston University was called for 16 fouls and Brown for 24. Boston University scored 72 points from 65 possessions, an offensive rating of 111.3. Brown scored 67 points from 72 possessions, an offensive rating of 93.6.

Alexander finished with 29 points, eight rebounds and one assist in 34 minutes. Oberti had 12 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and one block in 24 minutes. Brown’s Dabo had 13 points, six rebounds and one assist in 24 minutes. Sam Hughes added 14 points, four rebounds and one block in 34 minutes for Boston University. Loughlin had 12 points, four rebounds and two assists in 31 minutes for Brown. Bollin had four points, seven rebounds and two assists in 22 minutes. Jenkins had nine points, one rebound and seven assists in 25 minutes. Zakheim had two points, one rebound and two assists in 11 minutes for Boston University. Lloyd had two points, two rebounds, one assist and two blocks in 15 minutes. Baptiste had four points, three rebounds and one block in 25 minutes.

Boston University opened the season with a 93-85 home win over Northeastern, and Alexander had 19 points, seven rebounds, one assist and one block in that game. Brown opened with a 59-55 home loss to New Hampshire. Boston University next plays at Northwestern on Monday. Brown visits Lehigh on Sunday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Boston University 75, Brown 69. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Brown with a 53 percent probability to win. Brown had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -2.5. The total score of 139 went over the over/under line of 145.5.