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NEWARK, Del. — Scott Eatherton scored 21 points and Northeastern shot 48 percent from the floor, but the Huskies could not slow a Delaware team that made a season-high 12 3-pointers in an 80-67 loss in CAA men's basketball action on Monday night.

The Blue Hens (17-7, 9-0 CAA) shot 67 percent from 3-point range in the first half and closed the half on a 15-2 run to turn a five-point lead into a 48-29 bulge at the break. The Huskies (7-16, 4-5 CAA) outscored UD in the second half but never threatened as the league-leaders won their 11th straight game.

Eatherton (Hershey, Pa.) also led NU in rebounding, with eight, while David Walker (Stow, Ohio) joined Eatherton in double figures with 12 points. Demetrius Pollard (Virginia Beach, Va.) added nine points, while Kwesi Abakah (Suwanee, Ga.) registered a career-high seven. Chris Avenant (Sacramento, Calif.), Zach Stahl (Chanhassen, Minn.), and Pollard tied for the team high with three assists apiece.

UD's Davon Usher led all scorers with 25 points on 5-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc. Devon Saddler scored 21 points to become Delaware's all-time scoring leader. Kyle Anderson (15 points) and Carl Baptiste (14 points, 15 rebounds) also scored in double figures.

Delaware had the hot hand from the opening tip and took a 10-point lead less than five minutes into the game. Pollard hit a three to steady the visitors and Eatherton followed with four points before a Spencer free throw cut the lead to six, at 17-11, with 11:50 to go. But UD quickly pushed the margin back to double-figures.

The Huskies looked like they might threaten the Hens before the half, as they cut the UD lead to five, 32-27, on an Eatherton dunk and a Walker three with three minutes to play.

Delaware, though, had other ideas, and scored 13 unanswered points to race to a 45-27 lead. Anderson and Usher did all the damage for UD during the run, with eight and five points, respectively. Walker broke the drought for NU with a jumper, but Saddler beat the buzzer with a contested three from the right wing to send the teams to the locker rooms with UD up, 48-29.

Eatherton scored just 18 seconds into the second half for the visitors, but Saddler responded with a three that ignited a 9-0 Delaware run, handing the home team a 26-point lead.

An Usher layup with 7:55 to play pushed the lead to a game-high 27 points and forced a Northeastern timeout. Out of the timeout, NU coach Bill Coen turned to his bench for a spark, and the Huskies' reserves did good work against the Delaware starters.

Abakah scored five of NU's next seven points as Northeastern outscored the Blue Hens 22-8 down the stretch. Freshman Jimmy Marshall (Richmond, Va.) tallied the game's final points to set the score at 80-67.

For the game, Northeastern shot 48 percent (25-52) from the floor, 31 percent (4-13) from 3-point range, and 65 percent (13-20) from the free throw line. Delaware shot 43 percent (29-68) from the floor, 44 percent (12-27) from beyond the arc, and 71 percent (10-14) from the charity stripe. UD out-rebounded NU, 43-31.

Northeastern will return home for its only two-game homestand of the season, welcoming Hofstra to historic Matthews Arena on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Huskies then will face William & Mary at the arena on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. For ticket information, visit GoNU.com/tickets.

Game notes
> Northeastern lost for just the third time in nine visits to Newark as a CAA member (6-3); UD leads the all-time series, 25-19
> The loss snapped Northeastern's three-game CAA road winning streak
> Scott Eatherton (21 points) registered his ninth 20-point game of the season and his 20th double-figure scoring game of the season
> David Walker (12 points) scored in double figures for the third straight game and the 15th time this season
> Reggie Spencer returned from injury to see his first action since Jan. 18
> Kwesi Abakah scored a career-high seven points in eight minutes of action
> The 13-point loss was NU's worst CAA regular-season loss in nearly two years (Feb. 11, 2012, 79-54, at William & Mary)


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