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BOSTON – Behind 22 points and 10 rebounds by Quincy Ford, the Northeastern men's basketball team tallied its largest home victory over Harvard in nearly 57 years, an 80-71 throttling of the Crimson in front of 2,383 people on banner raising night at Matthews Arena.
 
The Huskies overcame a sluggish start to finish with the nine-point win and improve to 6-1 on the season, the best start of the Bill Coen era, and first time the Huskies have started 6-1 since the 2005-06 season.
 
The win was the largest at home over Harvard since a 68-46 victory on Dec. 17, 1958 and was Northeastern's biggest win over the Crimson since Dec. 18, 1999 in Cambridge.
 
Four Huskies finished the game in the double-digits, led by Ford's 22, his second-straight 20-point effort and second double-double of the season, sixth of his career. Ford extended his double-digit scoring streak to seven games.
 
David Walker finished with 14 points and five assists, while freshman Jeremy Miller finished the game with 12 points after tallying 11 in the first half alone, setting a new career-high and the first double-digit effort of his young career.
 
Devon Begley rounded out the pack with 10 points, including a one-handed slam that gave Northeastern a 10-point, second half lead.
 
Zena Edosomwan led Harvard with 18 points and seven rebounds on the night.
 
The Huskies and Crimson went back-and-forth for the majority of the first half, trading buckets before Harvard went off for seven straight points, forcing Coen to call a timeout.
 
Coming out of the break, Northeastern cut into the lead with a Ford 3-pointer, and then after a Harvard basket, a Begley layup and another Ford three made it a three-point game with 3:46 left in the first half.
 
Two minutes later, the Huskies tied things up with 1:51 on another layup by Begley and and took its first lead since the 13-minute mark, when Begley hit both of his free throws.
                                                                                                                                    
Northeastern headed into halftime with a four-point lead behind a buzzer beating jumper by David Walker to finish out the first stanza.
 
After the halftime banner raising ceremony, in front of Huskies past and present, Northeastern came out energized and extended its lead to nine, sealed with a Walker three-pointer.
 
The Begley dunk jumpstarted an 11-2 run by the Huskies as Northeastern surged to a 17-point lead, its largest of the game, with 6:24 remaining in action and went on to coast to the 80-71 win.
 
The Huskies will return to action on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. when they head to the Motor City to face Detroit on in a game that can be found on ESPN3.
 
Postgame Notes

• Northeastern improved its record to 6-1, the best start of the Bill Coen era, and the best start by a Northeastern team since the 2005-06 season
• The win snapped a two-game losing streak to Harvard and marks the first win over Harvard since Dec. 10, 2008
• Northeastern earned its largest home victory over Harvard since a 68-46 win over the Crimson on Dec. 17, 1958
• The victory was the largest over Harvard since a 72-63 win on Dec. 18, 1999 in Cambridge
• The Huskies now hold Boston bragging rights with wins over Boston University and Harvard this year, Northeastern will not face BC in 2015-16
• Quincy Ford's 22 points, 10 rebound effort marked his second double-double of the season and sixth of his career. He notched two double-doubles in each of the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.
• Quincy Ford extended his double-digit streak to seven, and has tallied at least 10 points in each of the games this season.
• Freshman Jeremy Miller recorded his first double-digit scoring game of his Northeastern career, finishing with 12 points, 11 coming in the first half alone.
• David Walker jumped into the top-20 on the career scoring chart and now has 1,179 career points good enough for 20^th place all-time