Gameday Information: Northeastern at College of Charleston
When	Thursday, January 28  |  Charleston, S.C. | TD Arena  | 7:30 p.m.
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BOSTON – The Northeastern men's basketball team is headed to South Carolina for a meeting with the College of Charleston on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.
 
Thursday's game will be broadcast locally on WMMP in Charleston and online via CofCSports.com
 
The Huskies and Charleston will meet for the first time this season as Northeastern looks to extend a three-game win streak over the Cougars.
                                                                  
Northeastern enters the game with a 12-9 record, 4-4 in CAA play after falling 79-72 to Towson Saturday night.   
 
Charleston enters the game with a 12-7 overall record, and are also 4-4 in conference action.
 
QUICK HITS
• This is the 96th season of Northeastern men's basketball. NU has an all-time record of 1,167-1,079 (.520) in 2,245 games.
• This will be the fifth meeting between the two teams in program history
• Northeastern holds a 3-1 lead against College of Charleston in the series history
• The Huskies are 2-0 all-time in Charleston and have won the last two in S.C.
• The Huskies are coming off of a tough 79-72 loss to Towson on Saturday
• David Walker notched his third, 30-point game of the season with a 32 point effort against Towson going 13-for-14 from the free throw line
• With the win at Delaware (Jan. 16), head coach Bill Coen is now holds the title of most conference victories by a Northeastern coach, passing Jim Calhoun (more on page 5)
• 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 366-248 (.596) all-time in conference play including a 108-78 (.581) 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 13-9 on the season
• Improve Northeastern to 5-4 in CAA play
• Give Northeastern a 4-1 all-time record against Charleston
• Mark the Huskies fourth straight win over the Cougars
• Improve Northeastern's road record to 6-5 in 2015-16 and mark the second straight road win
 
SCOUTING THE COUGARS
• The Cougars enter their game with the Huskies with a 12-7 record on the season and 4-4 in conference play.
• College of Charleston's leading scorer, Canyon Barry (19.7 ppg) is out for the rest of the season after injuring his shoulder against William & Mary.
• Charleston is now led by Cameron Johnson who is averaging 11.7 points per game. Four different Tigers are averaging double figures on the season including Barry, Johnson, Marquise Pointer (10.7 ppg) and Jarrell Brantley (10.5 ppg)
• Charleston has started the seven players through the first 19 games of action this season.
• Brantley is leading Towson with 6.3 rebounds per game while Payton Husey has dished out a team-high 66 assists on the year.  
 
THIS SEASON
• College of Charleston is off to a 12-7 start to the season, 4-4 in conference play, in a tie for sixth with the Huskies entering Thursday's game.
• The Cougars finished non-conference play with an 8-3 record including a win over LSU at home in the midst of a five-game win streak.
• The Tigers have defeated JMU, Hofstra, Towson, and Delaware in conference play, while falling to William and Mary twice, Drexel and Elon.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
• Northeastern and CofC have met just four times in the past with the Huskies holding a 3-1 series advantage.
• The Huskies have won the last three games in the series with the Cougars, sweeping last season's series with CofC.
 
LAST WEEK IN HUSKY BASKETBALL
• Northeastern began the week in historic fashion with a triple overtime thriller at Matthews Arena against Hofstra on Thursday night
• The triple OT game was just the second in Northeastern history (1982 NCAA Tournament vs. Villanova)
• Five different Huskies scored in double digits, while two Huskies tallied double-doubles in the game
• Zach Stahl notched his second double-double of the season (fourth career) via 19 points and 11 boards
• David Walker also tallied his second career double-double, however this was of the points/assists variety via 18 points and 13 assists.
• Walker marked just the third CAA player to tally a 10+ assist game this season and was the first Husky to do so since Jon Lee had 11 assits agianst Bradley on Dec. 6, 2011.
• The 13 assists were two shy of the school record (6th most in school history) and were the most since Jamaar Walker had 13 vs. Vermont on Feb. 15, 2003
• Walker played all 55 minutes of the game, the most time any Husky men's basketball player has every played in a game in school history.
• Northeastern also connected on a school record 17 3-pointers in the game, the second school record the Huskies have broken this season.
• On Saturday, Northeastern pushed Towson to the wire, but fell 72-79 at home following a quick turnaround from Thursday night's historic game
• David Walker notched his third 30-point game of the season dropping a career-high 32 against Towson with 13 of those points coming from the free throw line, also a career best
• T.J. Williams finished with 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting
 
BREAKING SCHOOL RECORDS
• The 2015-16 men's basketball team has broken a couple of school records this season
• Just two games into the season the Huskies broke a school record after forcing 24 Wentworth turnovers, the Huskies stole the ball away from the Leopards a school record 20 times
• The mark bests the previous record of 19 steals set against Vermont on Dec. 5, 1985.
• After tying the school record for 3-pointers in a game with 14 against Delaware (Jan. 7), as eight different players connected from deep on the night, the Huskies broke the school record in a triple overtime thriller vs. Hofstra (Jan. 21)
• Northeastern connected on 17 threes in the game led by Caleb Donnelly's 5, Quincy Ford and David Walker's 4, Jimmy Marshall's 3, and one from T.J. Williams.
 
JUST LIKE J.J.
• Senior David Walker is having a career year for the Huskies
• With 32 points against Towson, Walker notched his third, 30-point game of the season, the first Husky to do so since J.J. Barea finished the 2004-05 season with six 30-point games.
• Walker also notched 30-point efforts at Western Michigan (Dec. 7) and Lipscomb (Nov. 21)
• This season, Walker has also notched his first career double-doubles
•  Walker's first double-double came on 26 points and a career-high 12 rebounds at Elon (Dec. 31)
• His second came in Northeastern's triple OT game against Hofstra (Feb. 21) via 18 points and a career best 13 assists
• Walker became the first Husky player to record a double-double via the points/rebounds and points/assists fashion in the same season since J.J. Barea in 2003-04
• That season Barea had three double-doubles (one P/R, two P/A)
 
EXTRA TIME
• Northeastern has played three overtime games in 2015-16, including a triple overtime thriller vs. Hofstra (Jan. 21)
• The three overtime games this season are the most since the Huskies played in five overtime games during the 2012-13 season
• 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.
• For the second time in school history, Northeastern went to three overtimes (1982 NCAA Tournament vs. Villanova) this time with Hofstra (Jan. 21)
• The Huskies fell in a 96-92 battle with the Pride as two different Huskies notched a double-double in the loss
• Northeastern is 39-30 all-time in overtime periods
 
HUSKIES FROM DEEP
• The Huskies have made 187 field goals from behind the arc in 2015-16. The 187 made 3s ranks third in the CAA and 27th nationally
• The Huskies 3-point shooting percentage, .373, also is in the top of the conference in third, and 65th nationally
• Northeastern has hit for at least 10 treys in 10 of its 21 games this season
• Nine different Huskies have hit a three this season led by David Walker's 60 and Quincy Ford's 51
• Walker's 60 3FGs ranks second in the CAA and 25th nationally, Ford's 51 rank fourth in the CAA and 82nd nationally
• Northeastern connected on 17 threes in the game led by Caleb Donnelly's 5, Quincy Ford and David Walker's 4, Jimmy Marshall's 3, and one from T.J. Williams.
• Northeastern connected on a then-school record-tying 14 3-pointers against Delaware (Jan. 7) as a school record eight different Huskies connected from deep during the game, one shy of the NCAA record (9).
• Against Vermont (Dec. 22), Northeastern combined for 13 threes on the day led by Quincy Ford (23 points, 7-of-12 3fg) and Caleb Donnelly (career-high 15 points, 5-of-7 3fg)
• The seven 3s for Ford and five for Donnelly were a career-best mark
• 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.
 
SEEING DOUBLE-DOUBLE
• Northeastern, as a squad, has registered nine double-doubles on the season from four different players, the first time since the 2011-12 season that four different Huskies have notched a double-double in the same season
• During that season, Joel Smith (2), Reggie Spencer (2), Quincy Ford (1) and Jonathan Lee (1) accomplished the feat.
• Quincy Ford leads the way with four double-doubles this season through the first 21 games of the year, a career-high for the redshirt senior
• The four double-doubles rank third in the CAA and 147th in the nation.
• Leading the CAA are Rokus Gustys of Hofstra and Marvin King-Davis of Delaware with 10 on the year.
• Ford had two double-doubles in his freshman (2011-12) and sophomore (2012-13) campaigns
• The four double-doubles are the most since Scott Eatherton had five last season
• Zach Stahl and David Walker each have recorded two double-doubles on the year while Jeremy Miller has notched one
• Stahl and Walker recorded their second double-doubles of the season in a triple OT game vs. Hofstra (Jan. 21). Stahl's was of the points/rebounds variety (19 points, 11 boards) while Walker tallied his via 18 points and a career-high 13 assists
• Stahl registered his on Nov. 20 vs. FAU with a career-high 20 points and 11 rebounds.
• Walker earned his first career double-double at Elon on Dec. 31 notching 26 points and a career-best 12 rebounds
• Miller became the fourth Husky with a double-double against Delaware (Jan. 7) when he achieved the feat for the first time in his career behind 15 points and 11 boards.
 
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CHARITY
• Northeastern senior David Walker ranks 1st in the CAA for his free throw shooting percentage thus far in 2015-16
• Walker is 97-113 on the season from the free-throw line, with an 85.8 FT percentage which tops the conference and ranks 48th in the country.
• His 97 free throws made rank third in the conference and 48th in the country
• The Huskies, as a team, have taken 455 free throws, fifth in the conference and have capitalized on 329 of them (third in the CAA) for a free throw percentage of  72.3%, first in the conference and 75th nationally
• Northeastern has held its opponents to just 348 free throw attempts this year (which, would rank 306th in the nation in free throw attempts as a single team)
 
LOOKING FOR 100
• Bill Coen is currently the third-winningest coach in Northeastern history with 157 career wins (Jim Calhoun, 250 wins in 14 seasons; Dick Dukeshire, 204 wins in 13 seasons)
• Coen, who tallied his 150th career win in style with a buzzer beating victory over No. 15 Miami, is also closing
in on another milestone in his coaching career
• The 10th year coach is close to win No. 100 in CAA action, he currently has 96 conference victories
 
NU ALL-TIME CONFERENCE WIN RECORD
 

Coach	Record	Conference
1. Bill Coen	95-68 (.571)	CAA
2. Jim Calhoun	95-24 (.798)	America East
3. Karl Fogel	80-47 (.630)	America East
4. Ron Everhart	53-33 (.616)	America East/CAA
5. Rudy Keeling	34-56 (.378)	America East
6. Dave Leitao	12-22 (.353)	America East

 
APPLYING PRESSURE
• The Huskies rank second in the CAA in thefts and rank 84th nationally, stealing the ball away from their opponent already 140 times on the season, or 6.7 per game.
• David Walker and Quincy Ford lead the way for the Huskies ranking fourth and fifth in the conference and 62nd (35) and 97th (32) nationally.
• The steals come from added pressure and Northeastern has forced 12.5 turnovers per game
 
IN THE RECORD BOOK
• Quincy Ford has improved from 23rd, where he began the season on the Northeastern all-time scoring chart, to 11th place with 1,474 career points.
• Ford has tallied 334 points this season, and with his 18-point day at Delaware, he passed John Williams' 1,443 career points earned from 1984-88.
• Walker began the year in 29th, and with his 387 points this year, has moved into the Top-15 with 1,427 points.
• Walker jumped into 13th place after an 18-point night against Hofstra (Jan. 21) passing Derrick Lewis (1,394 - 1986-89)
• The duo also finds themselves on the career 3-point field goals list
• Ford can be found on the career blocks chart where he just moved into fifth place all-time
 
CAREER SCORING

No.	Player	Years	Points
9	Chaisson Allen	2007-11	1,550
10	Marcus Blossom	1997-01	1,475
11	Quincy Ford	2011-pres.	1,474
12	John Williams	1984-88	1,443
13	David Walker	2012-pres.	1,427
14	Derrick Lewis	1986-89	1,394

CAREER 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE

No.	Player	Years	3FG
3	Matt Janning	2006-10	223
4	David Walker	2012-pres.	213
5	Quincy Ford	2011-pres.	190

 
CAREER BLOCKS

No.	Player	Years	Blocks
4	Nkem Ojoughboh	2007-10	121
5	Quincy Ford	2011-Pres.	108
6	Scott Eatherton	2013-15	100