Junior Jose Juan Barea scored a game-high 17 points and freshman forward Shawn James broke the school record for blocks in a season as Northeastern downed Binghamton, 69-59, Sunday afternoon at the Events Center in Vestal, N.Y.
Down 3-2, Northeastern (12-7, 8-2 America East) scored 12 straight points to take a 14-3 lead. Barea and junior Aaron Davis scored five points apiece in that stretch.
Senior Marcus Barnes' three-pointer gave the Huskies a 23-8 lead, but Binghamton went on a 15-4 run to cut the deficit to four, 27-23. Schafer Jackson provided the spark for the Bearcats, hitting a three and converting a three-point play.
Junior Janon Cole's strong move and finish opened up a 10-point NU lead with just over a minute left in the half. Binghamton (5-14, 2-8) made it a 38-30 game at intermission after Alex Adediran put in a layup with 35 seconds on the clock.
James' tip-in increased the Husky bulge to 42-32, but Andre Heard's bucket with 15:47 left capped an 11-0 run and gave the Bearcats a 43-42 lead, their first since being up 3-2.
Barnes beat the shot clock with a baseline jumper to regain the lead for Northeastern, but Binghamton rattled off eight straight points to take its largest lead of the game, 51-44, with 11:42 remaining. In all, the Bearcats scored 19 of 21 points in a period of almost seven minutes.
The Huskies came right back with their second 12-0 run of the game, this one bookended by Barnes three-pointers, to regain the lead at 56-51.
James' block of Jordan Fithian at 9:03 of the second half was his 68th of the season, breaking the school record of 67 set by Reggie Lewis in 1985-86.
Jackson sunk a driving layup with 3:48 left to bring Binghamton within three, 62-59.
Barea hit the game's biggest shot, an acrobatic layup with 2:21 to play. He got fouled on the play and hit the ensuing free throw to give NU a 65-59 advantage. Barnes then hit four free throws down the stretch to round out the scoring.
The Huskies out-scored Binghamton 25-8 in the final 11-plus minutes to capture the victory. They held the Bearcats to 28.6 percent (8-for-28) shooting in the second half.
Joining Barea in double figures were Barnes (15 points), James (14) and Davis (14). Barnes pulled down a season-high seven rebounds, while James swatted six shots, giving him 70 on the season.
The Huskies hit the road Wednesday, Feb. 2 to play New Hampshire at 7 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score
Northeastern vs Binghamton Univ. (N.Y.)
01/30/05 1 p.m. at Events Center, Vestal, N.Y.
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VISITORS: Northeastern (12-7, 8-2 AE)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
14 Davis, Bennet....... f 1-5 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 3 1 25
21 James, Shawn........ f 6-7 0-0 2-2 3 2 5 4 14 0 0 6 0 16
05 Barea, Jose Juan.... g 7-19 2-6 1-1 0 3 3 3 17 8 8 0 1 34
12 Davis, Aaron........ g 4-10 2-6 4-5 0 2 2 1 14 0 1 0 1 29
22 Kelly, Bobby........ g 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 2 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 26
03 Barnes, Marcus...... 4-6 3-4 4-4 0 7 7 3 15 1 1 0 1 26
11 Martinez, Adrian.... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6
15 Farmer, Jeff........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
33 Cole, Janon......... 2-8 0-1 1-2 5 2 7 3 5 1 0 1 0 26
50 Washington, Mark.... 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 12
TEAM................ 1 1 2
Totals.............. 24-59 7-19 14-18 11 22 33 22 69 14 11 11 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-32 43.8% 2nd Half: 10-27 37.0% Game: 40.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-12 41.7% 2nd Half: 2-7 28.6% Game: 36.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 9-9 100 % Game: 77.8% 2,1
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HOME TEAM: Binghamton Univ. (N.Y.) (5-14, 2-8 AE)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 HERMENIER, Sebastian f 2-4 1-2 6-6 6 8 14 3 11 1 1 1 1 33
24 WILLIAMS, Billy..... f 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 12
50 BILLINGS, Nick...... c 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 8
05 GORDON, Mike........ g 0-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 5 0 1 21
22 HAILEY, Troy........ g 2-9 1-6 1-2 0 3 3 5 6 1 1 0 0 28
02 JACKSON, Schafer.... 4-10 1-4 6-6 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 2 29
23 HEARD, Andre........ 4-8 0-2 4-7 2 4 6 2 12 2 4 1 2 29
32 WHITE, Joe.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 ADEDIRAN, Alex...... 3-6 0-0 0-1 2 1 3 0 6 0 1 1 0 10
44 FITHIAN, Jordan..... 3-9 0-0 2-4 3 6 9 3 8 0 3 0 0 29
TEAM................ 2 2
Totals.............. 18-49 3-14 20-29 14 26 40 20 59 7 19 3 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-21 47.6% 2nd Half: 8-28 28.6% Game: 36.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 1-9 11.1% Game: 21.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-14 57.1% 2nd Half: 12-15 80.0% Game: 69.0% 3
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Officials: Jack Sweeney, William Laubenstein, Rick Mansur
Technical fouls: Northeastern-None. Binghamton Univ. (N.Y.)-None.
Attendance: 3045
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Northeastern.................. 38 31 - 69
Binghamton Univ. (N.Y.)....... 30 29 - 59
Points in the paint-NU 30,BING 28. Points off turnovers-NU 22,BING 13.
2nd chance points-NU 14,BING 14. Fast break points-NU 2,BING 4.
Bench points-NU 21,BING 41. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-6 times.
Last FG-NU 2nd-02:20, BING 2nd-03:49.
