Gameday Information: Northeastern at The Steve Wright Classic
When	Friday, November 18  |  Boston, Mass. | Case Gym  | 6 p.m. Saturday, November 19  |  Boston, Mass. | Case Gym  | 6 p.m. Sunday, November 20  |  Boston, Mass. | Case Gym  | 2 p.m.
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BOSTON – Coming off of a 64-61 victory at Connecticut on Monday night, the Northeastern men's basketball team will head across town to Case Gymnasium for the Steve Wright Classic this Friday, November 18 to Sunday, November 20.
 
The three-day tournament will begin with a Friday night rematch at 6 p.m. against the host-Terriers after defeating them 87-77 last Friday night.
 
On Saturday, Northeastern will face off against LIU Brooklyn for the first time since the 1988-89 season at 6 p.m. and will round out the weekend with a 2 p.m. game against former America East-foe Maine on Sunday afternoon.
 
Online Video will only be available for Northeastern's Friday night game against the Terriers. To see the Huskies in action come on out to Case Gym this weekend.
 
QUICK HITS
• This is the 97th season of Northeastern men's basketball. Northeastern has an all-time record of 1,174-1,085 (.520) in 2,259 games
• The Huskies are 371-253 (.595) all-time in conference play including a 113-83 (.577) record since joining the CAA in the 2005-06 season.
• The Huskies have amassed 12 regular season conference championships and eight tournament titles including a 2015 title which sent the Huskies to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 24 years.
• After a the victory at UConn, NU begins its season 2-0 for the third straight year
• Northeastern has began the year 4-1 the last two seasons
• The Steve Wright Classic features three programs that the Huskies are well versed in
• Northeastern holds a 73-72 record against host team BU, 7-5 all-time record against LIU Brooklyn and a 64-46 all-time record over Maine
• Northeastern will square off against BU for the second time in a week, the first time the two teams have met twice in a season since Northeastern's last year in the America East Conference (2004-05)
• The Huskies and LIU Brooklyn meet for the first time since the 1988-89 season
• Northeastern and Maine will face each other for the first time since the 2012-13 season  when video coordinator Joel Smith was a senior on Northeastern's varsity squad
• Northeastern returns seven letterwinners, including a pair of starters in Jeremy Miller and T.J. Williams from last year's team that reached the CAA Semifinals for the fourth straight season. 
• Northeastern lost four seniors, Caleb Donnelly, Quincy Ford, Zach Stahl and David Walker, three of which are playing professionally.
• Ford signed as a free agent with the Utah Jazz while Walker currently plays for BC Andorra of the Liga ACB and Stahl is in Finland.
• The Huskies have also added five new faces to the squad this year in graduate student Alex Murphy (Duke/Florida), transfer Vasa Pusica (San Diego) and a trio of freshmen in Maxime Boursiquot, Bolden Brace, and Shawn Occeus.
• Brace (Santa Barbara) and Occeus (Boynton Beach) both helped their high school teams to state championships last season
 
MAINE TIES
•Northeastern Associate Head Coach Chris Markwood, a native of South Portland, Maine, graduated from the University of Maine in 2005
•Markwood, the 2000 Maine Gatorade Player of the Year, began his playing career before transferring back to his home state where he played in 45 games for the Black Bears averaging 6.7 ppg and 3.0 apg and was named team captain in 2004-05
• He capped his senior campaign by hitting a 3-pointer with three seconds left to lift Maine to a 46-45 upset victory over BU in the 2005 America East tournament quarterfinals.
•Following graduation, Markwood spent five years along the Maine sidelines as an assistant coach at his alma mater
 
LAST TIME OUT VS. THE COMPETITION
 
THE TERRIERS
• Just one week ago, in the season opener for both teams, T.J. Williams and Alex Murphy combined for 50 points as the Huskies rolled over Boston University 87-77 Friday night in front of a crowd of 2,287 at Matthews Arena
• Williams tallied a career-best 30 points, marking the first 30-point game of his career. His 30 points were the most in a Northeastern season opener since Reggie Lewis had 32 against No. 2 Louisville in an 88-84 victory at the Great Alaska Shootout on Nov. 28, 1986
• In his first game in the red and black, Murphy notched a career-best 20 points on 3-of-4 shooting from behind the arc, while also dishing out four assists and hauling in four rebounds. The four assists marked the first multi-assist outing of Murphy's career, while his three treys were also a career best
• Donnell Gresham added 12 for Northeastern, going 2-for-2 from behind the arc and most importantly 6-of-7 from the charity stripe
• Also making their Northeastern debuts were Maxime Boursiquot, Bolden Brace and Shawn Occeus who combined for 16 points in the win
 
THE BLACKBIRDS
• The last time the Huskies and Blackbirds faced off was during the 1988-89 season at the Lapchick Tournament in Queens, N.Y.
• The two teams were tied at the half, but the Huskies went off in the second half and held the Blackbirds without a three en route to an 83-68 victory
• Ron Lacey led all scorers with 21 points while George Yuille added 16 for the Huskies and Steve Carney added an 11 point, 10 rebound double-double
• Fred Burton also had 21 for Long Island to go along with eight rebounds while Timothy Pounds notched a 15 point, 10 rebound double-double
 
THE BLACK BEARS
• The last time Northeastern and Maine met was at the beginning of the 2012-13 season, a 76-73 victory for the Black Bears
• Justin Edwards put up 30 points for Maine on 11-of-12 shooting while Alasdair Fraser added 20
• Joel Smith, now Northeastern's video coordinator, went off for 19 points while Reggie Spencer added 16 points and 10 rebounds for his third career double-double
• Trailing by 11 with under five minutes to play, NU charged back to within one in the final minute of play, but could not close the gap
•  The Huskies, who led by seven early in the second half, and by five with 12:16 remaining, could not withstand an 18-4 run by the visiting Black Bears
 
THIS WEEK IN NU BASKETBALL
• After starting out with a 10-point victory against Boston University last Friday, the Huskies continued their season at UConn on Monday night
• In their first game against UConn since the 2009-10 season, the Huskies defeated their Connecticut counterparts for the first time since Dec. 28, 1985
• T.J. Williams followed up his 30-point performance against BU with a 20-point, 6 assist show helping the Huskies to the 64-61 victory
• Alex Murphy pulled down 15 rebounds, more than doubling his previous career high, while also adding nine points and Donnell Gresham finished with 13 points, including the game-winning three down the stretch
 
WILLIAMS SHINES
• T.J. Williams had a career night in Northeastern's season debut, Friday
• The senior captain tallied a career-high 30 points to go along with a career-high tying eight assists helping the Huskies to the 87-77 victory
• The 30 points marked William's first 30-point game of his career and the first 30-point game since Quincy Ford had 37 at James Madison on Feb. 18 of last season
• His 30 points were the most in a Northeastern season opener since Reggie Lewis had 32 against No. 2 Louisville in an 88-84 victory at the Great Alaska Shootout on Nov. 28, 1986
 
30-Point Games in NU Season Openers

Total	Player	Game
32	Reggie Lewis	vs. #2 Louisville (Nov. 28, 1986)
30	T.J. Williams	vs. Boston Univ. (Nov. 11, 2016)
30	Reggie Lewis	at #19 Maryland (Nov. 23, 1985)
30	Dave Caligaris	vs. Rider (Nov. 27, 1976)

POW! POW! POW!
• For his efforts against Boston University on Nov. 11, T.J. Williams received multiple weekly honors
                  • Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Week
                  • College Sports Madness High-Major Player of the Week
                  • College Sports Madness CAA Player of the Week
• The honor was the second CAA POW honor of Williams' career with the last coming Jan. 5, 2014
 
CAREER HIGHS FOR MURPHY
• Alex Murphy had a career night in his Husky debut against Boston University
• Murphy netted 20 points, four rebounds and four assists helping Northeastern to the victory
• His 20 points, a career high, came on 7-of-10 shooting, both career bests for the Duke and Florida transfer
• His four assists marked the first time in his career that he tallied a multi-assist game
• Murphy's numbers from the season opener, were more than his three combined efforts last season at Florida
• He added to his career bests on Monday at UConn when he pulled down 15 rebounds, doubling his previous career best (7)
 
DOUBLE-DIGITS FOR GRESHAM
• For the first time in his Husky career, Donnell Gresham played in a season opener and hit the double-digit scoring mark
• Sitting out the first half of the season last year after recovering from surgery, Gresham made his debut at NC State at the end of December where he tallied nine points in his debut
• In this season's debut, in the season opener, Gresham went 2-for-2 from behind the arc and 6-for-7 from the charity stripe to record 12 points, the first double-digit effort of his career
• Gresham followed up his season opening act with a 13-point effort at UConn hitting three treys, including what would be the game-winner down the stretch
 
COMPETING AGAINST THE BEST
• Nine teams on Northeastern's schedule participated in postseason action during the 2015-16 season.
• Four teams found themselves in the NCAA Tournament.
                  • Michigan State                 NCAA First Round
                  • Stony Brook                     NCAA First Round
                  • UConn                             NCAA Second Round
                  • UNCW                             NCAA First Round
• Hofstra found itself in the NIT after finishing as the runner-up of the CAA Tournament
• Two other teams participated in the CBI and CIT
                  • Boston University           CIT Second Round
                  • Vermont                          CBI Semifinals
• While a pair of teams participated in the newly created Vegas 16
                  • Oakland              Vegas 16 Championship
                  • Towson               Vegas 16 Quarterfinal