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OXFORD, Ohio – Led by a career-high 30 points by David Walker, the Northeastern men's basketball downed Lipscomb 79-67 to improve to 4-0 on the season for the second straight year and ninth time in the 96-year history of the program.
 
Walker had the first 30-point game for the Huskies since Matt Janning sunk 34 at Rhode Island on Nov. 28, 2007, a 2916 day span since the last 30-point effort by a Husky.
 
Walker finished with 11-of-16 shooting, 5-of-10 from behind the arc to go along with a season-best six assists and two rebounds.
 
Not to be outdone, Ford finished with 18 points and a career-high 19 rebounds, the most rebounds by a Huskies since Steve Carney pulled down 20 at Providence on Dec. 5, 1990, nearly 25 years ago. The double-double is Ford's fifth career and first since Dec. 29, 2012. He has recorded double-digit scoring in every game this season. Ford also added a career-high tying four blocks on the night.
 
Zach Stahl finished the game with 15 points and five rebounds, his third game with 15 or more points this season.
 
Lipscomb (2-4) was led by J.C. Hampton who had 22 points and six rebounds on the day.
 
The Huskies were led in the first half by Walker, who recorded 15 of his 30 points via 5-of-8 shooting, 3-of-6 from behind the arc. Walker's 15 points led all scorers in the first half of play.
 
Lipscomb took a game-high five-point lead with 4:40 remaining in the first half, but could not manage another field goal during the final minutes of first half play.
 
The Huskies, on the other hand, tied the game up in 47 seconds of action jump started by a last second jumper by Ford as the shot clock wound down. On the other end of the court, Anthony Green forced a miss and the ball was dished to Ford where he drained a wide open three.
 
The second half was filled with ties and lead changes for both teams, but at the 11:40 mark, the Huskies took the lead on a Stahl layup and never looked back. Aided by Stahl and Ford, Northeastern extended its lead to eight, before Lipscomb started to fight back.
 
But T.J. Williams silenced the Bisons with a three, his first basket of the weekend, to give the Huskies a 10-point lead and seal the victory.
 
Northeastern will close out the Men Against Breast Cancer Challenge on Sunday with the tournament finale against host team Miami (OH) at 2 p.m. on ESPN3.
 
POST GAME NOTES

• A win would improve the Huskies to 4-0 for the second straight season.
• The Huskies have begun the year 4-0 only nine times in the 96-year history of the program
• The Huskies are now 3-1 in the state of Ohio
• With his 18 points, Quincy Ford (1,197) is now in tied with Anthony Brown (1991-94, 1,197) for 15^th all-time on the career scoring chart. Ford bypassed Bennet Davis (2003-07, 1,185), Kevin McDuffie (1984-88, 1,186), and Ben Harlee (1990-95, 1,990) on the day
• Walker went 5-for-10 from behind the arc against the Bisons and in doing so moved past Marcus Barnes (160, 2003-05) for fifth all time on the 3-pointers made chart now with 166.
• Walker tallied double-digits for the 15^th time in the last 16 games. His 15 first half points are a season high.
• Ford has tallied double-digits in each of the games to open the season.
• Stahl has recorded 15-point efforts in three of Northeastern's four games on the year
• Ford's career-high tying four blocks on the night moved him into seventh place on the NU Career blocks list (94), moving him past Dan Callahan (1990-95, 91 blocks).