The Northeastern University men's basketball team dropped a 68-63 decision at William & Mary Wednesday night in Williamsburg, Va., after the Tribe shot 47.8 percent for the game.
The Huskies fall to 15-7, 10-2 in the CAA as their four-game winning streak was snapped. The Huskies have still won 12 of their last 15 games, and with VCU's loss tonight, they still hold a one-game lead in the CAA.
The first half saw both teams shoot well overall, but miss most of the three-point attempts. The Tribe took an early 10-5 lead after Quinn McDowell's three-pointer at 15:04. He scored five of the Tribe's first 10 points. The Huskies got back into with Eugene Spates' three-pointer, tying the game at 12-12.
Matt Janning then gave Northeastern its first lead when he paced up the court and drained a pull-up three-pointer, making it 15-12 in favor of the Huskies.
That sparked a 17-6 run for Northeastern. The Huskies took a 24-18 lead after Manny Adako's baby hook at 5:58. However, the Tribe answered back with a 10-2 run to end the half. The Huskies were 1-for-7 from the field to end the half while the Tribe were 5-for-6. McDowell beat the halftime buzzer with a reverse layup over two Huskies to go into the break with a 28-26 lead.
In the second half, William & Mary took a 46-33 lead as the Tribe drained three from downtown before the first media timeout. Meanwhile, the Huskies struggled from the outside, missing their four first three-pointers in the second half.
After McDowell's free throws at 11:58 gave William & Mary its 13-point advantage, the Huskies woke up by scoring 17 of game's next 24 points. Northeastern finally started making its threes as Chaisson Allen nailed one at 11:24 and another at 8:38. In between those, Baptiste Bataille drilled home a trey at 10:02. Bataille had seven points during the run. His layup at 7:46 cut the Tribe's lead to five, 53-48, and his pair of free throws got NU to within three, 53-50, with 6:45 to play.
William & Mary immediately rebounded with a three from David Schneider though to cool Northeastern off. The Tribe went back up by nine, 61-52, with 1:19 left in the game, but the Huskies fought back again with the help of Janning, who had a three-point play after a dunk and a foul at 0:56 to make it 62-57. After Sean McCurdy missed four free throws on back-to-back possessions, Janning then drove to the hoop for a layup to get within three again, 62-59, with 33 seconds on the clock.
However, Northeastern was unable to get a turnover and William & Mary made its free throws from then after.
Allen led the Huskies with 12 points. Janning and Adako each added 10. The Huskies attempted a season-high 26 three-pointers, making just seven of them. The defense suffered a letdown, allowing the Tribe to shoot 22-for-46 from the field, including 10-for-20 in the second half.
McDowell had 19 points to lead William & Mary. Schneider added 18.
The Huskies return home for a Saturday afternoon tilt against UNC Wilmington at Matthews Arena at 1 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score
Northeastern vs William & Mary
2/4/09 7:05 PM at Williamsburg, Va. (Kaplan Arena)
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VISITORS: Northeastern 15-7, 10-2 CAA
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
24 Spates, Eugene...... f 3-10 1-6 0-0 2 4 6 2 7 3 1 0 4 30
32 Adako, Manny........ f 5-9 0-0 0-0 1 7 8 1 10 1 3 0 1 32
54 Ojougboh, Nkem...... f 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 16
03 Allen, Chaisson..... g 4-7 4-5 0-0 1 1 2 5 12 1 2 0 0 29
23 Janning, Matt....... g 4-12 1-7 1-1 1 4 5 3 10 3 0 2 1 38
02 Alvarez, Chris...... 1-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 2 13
20 Smith, Matt......... 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12
25 Bataille, Baptiste.. 2-4 1-3 4-4 0 2 2 4 9 1 0 0 0 17
31 Aragbaye, Allen..... 1-4 0-2 6-6 1 1 2 2 8 1 0 0 0 13
TEAM................ 4 1 5
Totals.............. 21-53 7-26 14-15 11 20 31 22 63 10 9 2 9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-24 45.8% 2nd Half: 10-29 34.5% Game: 39.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd Half: 3-14 21.4% Game: 26.9% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 14-15 93.3% Game: 93.3% 1
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HOME TEAM: William & Mary 7-15, 2-10 CAA
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
20 McDowell, Quinn..... f 6-10 1-3 6-6 0 4 4 3 19 0 3 0 1 36
45 Kitts, Marcus....... f 3-5 0-0 0-1 3 3 6 3 6 4 1 0 0 14
01 Brown, Kendrix...... g 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 24
02 Schneider, David.... g 4-12 3-9 7-9 2 1 3 0 18 4 4 0 2 38
22 Sumner, Danny....... g 3-8 2-5 0-1 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 0 24
00 Hess, Steven........ 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
03 Darnell, Chris...... 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 2 4 3 1 0 0 20
15 Stein, Peter........ 3-4 1-2 1-2 3 5 8 3 8 1 2 0 1 24
24 McCurdy, Sean....... 1-1 0-0 1-5 0 2 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 18
Team................ 1 1 2
Totals.............. 22-46 7-20 17-26 10 21 31 18 68 16 11 2 5 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-26 46.2% 2nd Half: 10-20 50.0% Game: 47.8% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% 2nd Half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 35.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 15-22 68.2% Game: 65.4% 3
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Officials: Tim Comer, Tony Dawkins, Jeff Nichols
Technical fouls: Northeastern-None. William & Mary-None.
Attendance: 1798
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Northeastern.................. 26 37 - 63
William & Mary................ 28 40 - 68
Points in the paint-NU 26,W&M 28. Points off turnovers-NU 12,W&M 8.
2nd chance points-NU 15,W&M 7. Fast break points-NU 0,W&M 0.
Bench points-NU 21,W&M 17. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-2 times.
Last FG-NU 2nd-00:21, W&M 2nd-05:28.
Largest lead-NU by 6 1st-05:58, W&M by 13 2nd-11:58.
