Jean Bain tied a season high with 17 points, all in the second half, to lead Northeastern to a come-from-behind 78-76 win over Towson at Solomon Court on Saturday night.
NU was down by as much as 11 in the second half before rallying to improve to 6-17 overall and 5-9 in America East play. Towson has now lost four straight and six of its last seven in dropping to 10-14, 6-9. Tyrone Hammick also had 17 points for the Huskies, 11 coming in the second half. Marcus Blossom added 16 and Charles Cranford 13. Sam Sutton led Towson with a game-high 21 points, while Shaun Holtz had 16 and Brian Barber 14.
Blossom made a pair of free throws with 19 seconds left for a 76-71 lead. Tamir Goodman (11 points) then hit his second straight three-pointer to get the Tigers within two, 76-74, and 11 seconds showing. Bain made it a two possession game again, however, by sinking two foul shots for a 78-74 advantage with only eight seconds remaining.
With the game tied at 57, Bain again was the spark, netting a three-pointer to start a 7-0 NU run that put the Huskies ahead 64-57 with 5:56 to go. The Tigers hung around, using a 14-8 run over the next 4:55 to cut the deficit to one, 72-71, on a Goodman three-pointer with 1:01 left.
Towson led 46-35 with 16:02 left after a pair of free throws by Sutton. NU answered by running off 13 straight points, highlighted by two Bain three-pointers, to go ahead 48-46 with 11:30 left. Cranford capped the surge with a three-pointer. The teams then traded the lead six times before Barber tied the game at 57 on a pair of free throws with 7:42 to go.
The first half was tight with eight ties and four lead changes. The Huskies trailed 27-24 with 6:56 left in the half when Hammick netted four straight points for a 28-27 NU edge with 4:00 left before intermission. Sutton hit a layup to give Towson a 29-28 lead and start a 9-2 run to end the half. The Tigers were up 36-30 at the break.
Sutton, who hit 9-13 shots from the floor on Saturday, was 13-15 and had 30 points for the Tigers in an 86-71 win over NU on Jan. 13.
VISITORS: Towson 10-14, 6-9
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 Allen, Brian * 3-6 1-2 2-2 3 1 4 1 9 5 2 0 1 37
20 Barber, Brian * 5-5 0-0 4-4 2 3 5 4 14 2 2 0 0 32
22 Goodman, Tamir * 4-7 3-4 0-0 0 2 2 4 11 4 4 1 0 38
33 Holtz, Shaun * 6-13 1-4 3-5 2 5 7 3 16 3 3 4 0 35
34 Sutton, Sam * 9-13 1-2 2-2 3 2 5 1 21 5 1 0 1 37
14 Weatherspoon, Gerald 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 7
42 Augustus, Kerry 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 9
45 Shin, Mike 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 5
TEAM ........................................ 3 0 3
TOTALS 29-51 6-12 12-14 13 15 28 16 76 19 16 5 3 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 16-26 61.5% 2ndH: 13-25 52.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 56.9% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 3-4 75.0% 2ndH: 3-8 37.5% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 50.0% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 1-1 100.% 2ndH: 11-13 84.6% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 85.7% 0, 1
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HOME TEAM: Northeastern 6-17, 5-9
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
04 West, Tim * 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 14
05 Bain, Jean * 6-10 3-7 2-4 2 1 3 0 17 2 1 0 1 33
22 Cranford, Charles * 5-10 1-4 2-2 0 2 2 1 13 1 1 0 0 26
30 Blossom, Marcus * 5-13 2-7 4-4 3 1 4 3 16 8 1 0 5 37
34 Hammick, Tyrone * 5-9 0-0 7-10 5 3 8 2 17 1 0 0 0 36
03 Morris, Cleophus 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 16
23 Francois, Jean 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 4 4 1 2 0 1 10
32 Barnes, Dwayne 1-5 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 22
40 Aygar, George 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 6
TEAM ........................................ 3 1 4
TOTALS 28-58 6-20 16-21 16 10 26 17 78 16 7 0 8 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 13-30 43.3% 2ndH: 15-28 53.6% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 48.3% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 1-9 11.1% 2ndH: 5-11 45.5% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 30.0% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 3-5 60.0% 2ndH: 13-16 81.3% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 76.2% 3, 1
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OFFICIALS: Fran Connolly, Gary Agger, Gary Pucino
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Towson - none
Northeastern - none
ATTENDANCE: 755
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Towson 36 40 76
Northeastern 30 48 78
PTS IN THE PAINT: Towson - 36 Northeastern - 30
PTS OFF TURNOVERS: Towson - 10 Northeastern - 23
2ND CHANCE POINTS: Towson - 14 Northeastern - 12
FAST BREAK POINTS: Towson - 08 Northeastern - 08
