Matt Janning scored 22 points on a blistering 7-of-9 shooting and the Northeastern men's basketball team's defense limited William & Mary to a season-low 44 points as the Huskies routed the Tribe 60-44 Saturday afternoon at Matthews Arena.
The win improves Northeastern's record to 7-5, 2-0 in the CAA while William & Mary drops to 5-7, 0-2 in the CAA. The Huskies have won four of their last five games, and it was the third time this season that they have held an opponent under 50 points, all wins. It was the second straight season at Matthews Arena that the Huskies held the Tribe to under 50 points. NU won 51-42 on Feb. 9, 2008.
For Janning, it was his fifth 20-point game of the season, 16th of his career. He connected on five three-pointers in the contest, tying a career-high. He made three of them in a two-minute span in the first half and then followed it with a fastbreak three-point play as the Huskies built a 18-7 lead at the 12:02 mark.
William & Mary threatened to come back as Danny Sumner made three free throws after being fouled while shooting behind the arc. The Tribe were down eight, 26-18, with 3:22 to play in the first half, but Janning came right back down the floor and bombed home a three to regain the double-digit advantage, 29-18. The half ended with NU on top 30-22 with Janning scoring 17 of the team's 30.
In the second half, the Tribe got within four points, 34-30, after Quinn McDowell had a steal and a fastbreak layup at 12:47. However, the Northeastern defense barreled down and held the Tribe without a field goal between 10:34 and 1:12. In that span, the Huskies went on a 16-6 run, helped immensely by Chaisson Allen, who had four big baskets, including a fall-away jumper with the shot clock winding down at 4:34 that put NU up by 13, 49-36.
Manny Adako also had a big second half. His jumper at 2:09 gave Northeastern its largest lead of the game, 16 points, and put the game on ice. He had seven points in the last 2:09 of the game and finished with 13 points and a career-high three blocks.
Allen finished with 12 points and eight rebounds. William & Mary was led by Sumner, who had 14 points, but was just 2-for-8 from the field.
Playing four conference games in seven days, the Huskies will be back on the court Monday to face Hofstra Monday night at Matthews Arena at 7 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score
William & Mary vs Northeastern
01/03/09 1 p.m. at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
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VISITORS: William & Mary 5-7, 0-2 CAA
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Darnell, Chris...... f 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 23
15 Stein, Peter........ f 2-4 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 4 6 1 2 0 0 29
02 Schneider, David.... g 1-8 0-3 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 29
22 Sumner, Danny....... g 2-8 1-5 9-11 0 5 5 1 14 1 1 1 0 35
24 McCurdy, Sean....... g 2-6 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 4 5 2 4 0 0 30
01 Brown, Kendrix...... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 7
04 Smith, Alex......... 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 11
12 McFadden, Matt...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
20 McDowell, Quinn..... 4-5 0-0 4-4 1 3 4 0 12 1 1 0 2 27
45 Kitts, Marcus....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Team................ 2 2
Totals.............. 13-38 3-13 15-19 5 18 23 16 44 8 13 2 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-19 36.8% 2nd Half: 6-19 31.6% Game: 34.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-5 20.0% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 23.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-7 100 % 2nd Half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 78.9% 3,1
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HOME TEAM: Northeastern 7-5, 2-0 CAA
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
11 Lima, Vinny......... f 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 15
32 Adako, Manny........ f 6-9 0-0 1-2 4 1 5 4 13 2 1 3 1 28
54 Ojougboh, Nkem...... c 3-10 0-0 0-2 2 3 5 3 6 1 3 0 1 33
03 Allen, Chaisson..... g 5-8 0-2 2-2 1 7 8 0 12 1 1 1 1 35
23 Janning, Matt....... g 7-9 5-7 3-3 0 3 3 2 22 2 1 0 2 32
02 Alvarez, Chris...... 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 5 6 5 4 1 0 0 1 31
20 Smith, Matt......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
24 Spates, Eugene...... 0-6 0-3 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 14
25 Bataille, Baptiste.. 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 10
TEAM................
Totals.............. 22-47 5-14 11-15 8 22 30 18 60 9 9 4 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-26 42.3% 2nd Half: 11-21 52.4% Game: 46.8% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% Game: 35.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 7-8 87.5% Game: 73.3% 2
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Officials: Mark Schnur, William Humes, Louie Andrakakos
Technical fouls: William & Mary-None. Northeastern-None.
Attendance: 1023
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
William & Mary................ 22 22 - 44
Northeastern.................. 30 30 - 60
Points in the paint-W&M 14,NU 16. Points off turnovers-W&M 5,NU 12.
2nd chance points-W&M 2,NU 5. Fast break points-W&M 4,NU 4.
Bench points-W&M 17,NU 5. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-1 time.
Last FG-W&M 2nd-01:12, NU 2nd-00:20.
Largest lead-W&M by 5 1st-18:35, NU by 16 2nd-02:09.
