Gameday Information: Northeastern vs. Vermont
When	Tuesday, December 22  |  Boston, Mass. | Matthews Arena  | 1 p.m.
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BOSTON – The Northeastern men's basketball team will round out its 2015 home schedule when it takes on Vermont on Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Matthews Arena.

The Huskies will once again face off against an America East conference foe, after taking on Stony Brook earlier this season.

Northeastern is 41-28 all-time against Vermont, the fourth most wins against any Husky foe and will meeting the Catamounts for the 70th time in program history, fifth most all-time.
 
QUICK HITS
• This is the 96th season of Northeastern men's basketball. Northeastern has an all-time record of 1,161-1,074 (.520) in 2,235 games.
• This will be the 70th meeting between the two teams in program history, the fifth most of any Northeastern opponent
• The Huskies hold a 41-28 all-time record against Vermont
• Vermont is the second team from the America East that the Huskies will face this year
• This will be the first meeting between the two teams since Nov. 17, 2012
• Northeastern and Vermont met for the first time in the 1920-21 season, the first as a varsity program for the Huskies
• The Huskies are coming off of a 58-78 loss to No. 1 Michigan State on Saturday, the Huskies' second ever meeting against a No. 1 opponent
• Coen tallied his 150th career win (all at Northeastern) with a 78-77 upset over No. 15/19 Miami on Nov. 27.
• The Huskies are 362-244 (.597) all-time in conference play including a 104-74 (.584) record since joining the CAA in the 2005-06 season.
• The Huskies have amassed 12 regular season conference championships and eight tournament titles including last season's title which sent the Huskies to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 24 years.
 
A WIN WOULD....
• Improve the Huskies' record to 8-4 on the season
• Help Northeastern improve to 4-1 in home games in 2015-16
• Improve the Huskies record to 42-28 over Vermont in the series history, fourth most over any opponent
 
SCOUTING THE CATAMOUNTS
• Vermont enters its game with Northeastern with a 6-6 record in 2015-16.
• The Catamounts are led by Trae Bell-Haynes who is averaging 11.8 points per game, 3.9 assists per game and 2.8 rebounds per game.
• Four different Catamounts are averaging double digits on the season including Kurt Steidl (11.5), Ernie Duncan (11.4) and Ethan O'Day (10.5).
• The Catamounts are only outscoring their opponents by 0.7 points on the year and averaging +3.0 rpg. 
 
THIS SEASON
• Vermont is 6-6 on the season, 4-0 at home, 1-1 at a neutral site and 1-5 on the road this year.
• Vermont's lone win on the road came at Dartmouth, 68-63.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
• The two teams have met 69 times in year's past with the Huskies leading the series 41-28.
• The last meeting between the two teams came on Nov. 17, 2012, a 55-66 loss for the Huskies.
 
LAST WEEK IN HUSKY BASKETBALL
• The Huskies had one game last week, taking on the No. 1 team in the country, Michigan State, at home as a part of the Northeastern Winter Showdown
• The Huskies came out fighting but fell 78-58 to the top-ranked team
• Matthews Arena sold out for the game, as 5,288 people attended, the first sell out at the arena for a basketball game since the 1995-96 season
• Zach Stahl led all scorers with 18 points on the night, just two shy of his career-high, sinking a career-high tying eight baskets
• David Walker finished with 13 points while Quincy Ford notched 10 to extend his double-digit points streak to 11 games
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
• Freshman Jeremy Miller was tabbed the Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the week following his performance last week
• Miller was the third Husky to earn CAA Weekly honors this season and was the first Rookie to do so
• The Milton, Mass. native averaged 15.0 points per game and 4.5 rebounds in his first two career starts this past week as the Huskies split with Western Michigan and Stony Brook.
• For the week, Miller shot 61.1 percent (11-of-18) from the field and was 4-of-8 from three-point range.
• Miller was the first Husky to earn Rookie of the Week honors since T.J. Williams, Feb. 20, 2013
 
SEEING DOUBLE-DOUBLE
• Quincy Ford has three double-doubles this season through the first ten games of the year, a career-high for the redshirt senior
• Ford had two double-doubles in his freshman (2011-12) and sophomore (2012-13) campaigns
• The three double-doubles are the most since Scott Eatherton had five last season
 
RAINING THREES
•The Huskies have made 89 field goals from behind the arc in 2015-16. The 89 made 3s ranks fourth in the CAA and 73rd nationally
• Eight different Huskies have hit a three this season led by David Walker's 33 and Quincy Ford's 23.
• Walker's 33 3FGs ranks second in the conference and 37th nationally, while Ford's ranks 8th in the CAA
• Walker makes an average of 3.0 3FG a game, fourth in the CAA and 39th nationally. He ranks fourth all-time in the Northeastern record books with 186 career 3s
• Six different Huskies hit a three-point shot against Western Michigan, the first time since Feb. 20, 2013 that six different Northeastern players connected from behind the arc in a single game.
 
IN THE STARTING LINEUP
• Northeastern freshman Jeremy Miller made his first career start at Western Michigan (Dec. 7)
• He was the first freshman to start a game since T.J. Williams made his starting line up debut on Nov. 22, 2013 against Charlotte in the Puerto Rico Tip-off
• Miller has since started vs. Stony Brook (Dec. 12)
 
EXTRA TIME
• Through the first nine games of the season, the Huskies forced overtime twice.
• Northeastern earned a victory in the first OT game of the year, an 87-84 season-opening win over Boston University
• The Huskies fell 87-86 in overtime to Western Michigan Monday Dec. 2.
• Northeastern is 39-29 all-time in overtime periods
 
30-POINT GAMES
• Through his first 11 games of the season, David Walker has recorded two 30-point efforts
• Walker tallied his first career 30-point game against Lipscomb (Nov. 21), the first Husky with a 30-point game since Matt Janning had 34 at URI on Nov. 28, 2007
• He improved upon his career-high with a 31 point day at Western Michigan
• With that effort, Walker became the first Husky since J.J. Barea to notch multiple 30-point efforts in the same season. Barea finished the 2004-05 season with six 30-point games. 
 
ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY
• Although Northeastern is located in Boston, Mass. in the northeastern part of the United States, the Huskies, and the starting lineup in particular, come from all around the country.
• The Northeastern roster is represented by eight different states, two of which are found in the northeast.
• Northeastern's starting lineup for the first eight games hails from five different states, Ohio, Texas, Florida, Minnesota and Georgia. 
• After Jeremy Miller joined the starting lineup in Game 9, Northeastern had some local talent represented in the starting lineup (Miilton, Mass.)
 
MOVING ON UP
• Quincy Ford has improved from 23rd, where he began the season on the Northeastern all-time scoring chart, to 14th place with 1,313 career points.
• Ford has tallied 156 points this season. Up next for Ford is Joel Smith's 1,328 points.
• Walker began the year in 29th, and with his 228 points this year, has moved into the Top-15 with 1,268 points.
• The duo also finds themselves on the career 3-point field goals list while Ford can be found on the career blocks chart.
 
CAREER SCORING

No.	Player	Years	Points
12	Derrick Lewis	1986-89	1,394
13	Joel Smith	2009-13	1,328
14	Quincy Ford	2011-pres.	1,313
15	David Walker	2012-pres.	1,268

CAREER 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE

No.	Player	Years	3FG
3	Matt Janning	2006-10	223
4	David Walker	2012-pres.	186
5	Chaisson Allen	2007-11	180
6	Aaron Davis	2001-06	165
7	Quincy Ford	2011-pres.	162

 
CAREER BLOCKS

No.	Player	Years	Blocks
4	Nkem Ojoughboh	2007-10	121
5	Scott Eatherton	2013-15	100
6	Quincy Ford	2011-Pres.	99

 
WALKER ON FIRE
• Senior David Walker is currently second the conference and is 23rd in the country with his 20.7 ppg average while his 228 total points top the conference and rank 19th nationally.
• His 70 field goals made, ranks first in the conference and ranks 58th in the nation.
• Walker has helped himself, and his team, picking off his opponents 20 times this season, second in the conference and 74th in the nation.
• Walker's free throw shooting is also impressive as his 84.6 FT% is 2nd in the CAA and 92nd in the country
• Walker began the season setting a new career high with 27 points against Boston University in a season opening, overtime victory over the crosstown rivals.
• Walker averaged 23.3 points over the course of the Men Against Breast Cancer Challenge also collecting 11 rebounds, 11 assists and nine steals while shooting .561 from the field and .450 from behind the arc.
• Walker set a new career high against Lipscomb tallying 30-points, his first 30-point effort and the first for a Husky in nearly eight seasons.
• Walker notched another 30-point game with a 31-point effort at Western Michigan (Dec. 7) becoming the first Husky with multiple 30-point games in a single season since J.J. Barea in 2004-05. Barea finished with six 30-point games that season.
• The senior tallied at least 20-points in three straight games (Nov. 21-27) after securing 21 points against No. 15/19 Miami using 11-of-12 free throw shooting.
 
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CHARITY
• David Walker is 55-65 on the season from the free-throw line, with an 84.6 FT percentage which ranks second the conference and 92nd in the country.
• Zach Stahl has also been consistent at the charity stripe for Northeastern and is 27-of-31 on the year for a 87.1 FT%, second in the conference
• The Huskies, as a team, have taken 249 free throws, fourth in the conference and have capitalized on 175 of them (second in the CAA).
• Northeastern has held its opponents to just 173 free throw attempts this year (29 coming against Miami OH alone).
 
GET THAT OUTTA HERE
• With his career-high, five block performance against Stony Brook, Quincy Ford now has 11 blocks on the year, eighth in the CAA this season
• Zach Stahl has notched nine on the season, which ranks 13th in the conference and recorded at least one block in four consecutive games (Nov. 20-27)
• Rookie Anthony Green has tallied eight blocks on the season, and was the team leader prior to Ford's career day. He ranks 14th in the conference.
 
APPLYING PRESSURE
• The Huskies top in the CAA in thefts and rank 80th nationally, stealing the ball away from their opponent already 80 times on the season, or 7.3 per game.
• David Walker leads the way ranking second in the conference and 74th nationally with 20 steals.
• Quincy Ford is second on the team, and third in the conference with 18 thefts on the year.
• The steals come from added pressure and Northeastern has forced 13.9 turnovers per game which ranks fourth in the CAA
 
HUSKIES VS. RANKED TEAMS
• Northeastern faced an AP ranked team during the regular season for the first time since the 2006-07 season when it took on No. 15 Miami on Nov. 27.
• The Huskies then faced off against a No. 1 ranked opponent for the second time in school history after taking on No. 1 Michigan State on Dec. 19.
• Northeastern faced two AP ranked teams for the first time since the 2006-07 season when the Huskies took on No. 4 Pittsburgh and No. 19 Connecticut
• Prior to Miami, the last AP ranked team Northeastern faced during the regular season was at No. 19 Connecticut on Dec. 6, 2006, the third ranked team Northeastern faced that season.
• Northeastern did face a ranked team last season when they took on AP No. 11 Notre Dame in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, a 65-69 loss on March 19, 2015. 
• The Huskies snapped a 19-game losing streak to AP ranked teams dating back to the 1986 season with their 78-77 win over No. 15 Miami on Friday.
• The last win prior to Northeastern's win over Miami came against the reigning national champions No. 2 Louisville in the Great Alaska Shootout (Nov. 28, 1986), before falling to No. 10 Iowa in the tournament championship.
• The win propelled the Huskies to No. 19 in the AP rankings, the last time Northeastern was ranked in the AP poll.