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STORRS, Conn.  – T.J. Williams put up a game-high 20 points as the Northeastern men's basketball team earned its first win over Connecticut since Dec. 28, 1985 in a 64-61 victory Monday night at Gampel Pavilion.
 
The win was the first ever at Gampel for Northeastern.
 
Alex Murphy nearly doubled his career high for rebounds pulling down 15 on the nightand was just one point away from his first career double-double, netting nine points. Murphy also dished out three assists and made three steals on the night.
 
Donnell Gresham notched back-to-back double-digit games with his 13-point effort, putting a game-high 10 points on the board at the half, while his only basket of the second half, a three, proved to be the game-winner for Northeastern.
 
Terry Larrier led the way for UConn with 17 points while Jalen Adams had 15 to go along with five rebounds.
 
Northeastern jumped out to a fast 6-0 lead behind threes from Jeremy Miller and Shawn Occeus eventually making it a 12-4 ballgame at the first media break. They would hold UConn to just four points through the first seven minutes of action.
 
Coming out of the under-12 break, UConn netted back-to-back-to-back buckets to even the score at 15-all behind five points from Jalen Adams alone, and took a 20-19 lead, UConn's first of the ballgame over 11 minutes into action.
 
But as soon as the Connecticut Huskies took the lead, Miller took it back hitting a three of his own down the other end of the court. Both teams exchanged baskets over the next five minutes and after UConn took a 31-29 lead, Northeastern rallied off three straight baskets, while UConn had six straight misses to end the half with Northeastern holding a 35-31 lead.
 
UConn evened things out with the first two baskets of the second half and held the Huskies without a field goal for nearly the first five minutes of play, but Northeastern would not back down regaining a five-point lead with 12:49 left in the second half thanks to a put back by Anthony Green.
 
UConn would whittle the score back down to just a one-point game with 6:48 remaining but Northeastern battled back, and, with 2:16 remaining Gresham silenced the Gampel crowd with the decisive three-pointer to seal the victory.
 
The Huskies will return to action next weekend when they head across town for the Steve Wright Classic on the campus of Boston University. The weekend will begin with a rematch against the Terriers, Friday night at 6 p.m. at Case Gym followed by a game on Saturday at 6 p.m. against LIU Brooklyn and wrapping up on Sunday against Maine at 2 p.m.

Postgame Notes

• Northeastern earns just its FIFTH victory over UConn in the 40^th meeting between the two teams
• The victory was Northeastern's first at Gampel Pavilion and snapped an eight game losing streak to the Huskies that dated back to Dec. 28, 1985
• Reigning CAA Player of the Week T.J. Williams becomes the first Husky to have a 30-point game followed by a 20-point game since David Walker did so against Libscomb (11/21/15, 30 points) then Miami OH (11/22/15, 21 points)
• Alex Murphy's 15 rebounds were a career high and are the most since Quincy Ford had 19 against Lipscomb (11/21/15)
• Donnell Gresham reset his career-high with a 13-point effort on Monday, marking back-to-back double-digit games for the sophomore
• Northeastern had 19 second chance points to UConn's eight, and outrebounded the other Huskies 47-38 on the night