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BOSTON – Down 17 points at halftime, the Northeastern men's basketball team fought back and came away with a 73-70 victory over Kent State Sunday afternoon at Matthews Arena in their non-conference home finale.
 
Led by a career night from Devon Begley highlighted by 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists, the Huskies overturned Kent State's 17-point halftime advantage using a 13-0 run over a four-minute span early in the second half. Begley made the most of his shot attempts and was 4-for-7 on the day from the field, 3-of-5 from deep and a clutch 7-for-8 from the free throw line.
 
Begley was aided by T.J. Williams who finished with 17 points on the day to go along with five assists and four rebounds. Maxime Boursiquot, who jumpstarted the Huskies second half run, finished with a career-high 12 points, while Jeremy Miller added 11 and Shawn Occeus notched 10 for Northeastern.
 
Kent State was led by Jimmy Hall who had a game-high 25 points for the Golden Flashes.
 
After making just seven shots in the first half, Northeastern shot 59.3 percent from the field in the second half, outscoring Kent State by 20 and holding the Golden Flashes to just 28 second half points.
 
Northeastern jumped out to a fast 5-0 start behind a three from Williams and a fastbreak layup fed from Williams to Miller. But the Golden Flashes responded quickly, evening the score and taking a 10-7 lead via back-to-back threes.
 
The Huskies made it a 12-12 game at the under-12 media, but coming out of the break, Kent State went on a 14-3 run spurred by five points by Jerrelle DeBerry eventually making it a 42-25 game at the half.
 
Coming out of the locker rooms, the Huskies forced three straight misses, while Miller hit a three to begin things, followed by a Occeus layup to make it a 12-point game. But as soon as the Huskies cut the lead down, Kent State countered with three-straight baskets and regained a 16-point edge.
 
With 15 minutes left in the half, Northeastern broke out on a 13-0 run, including an important six points from freshman Maxime Boursiquot and a pair of free throws from Williams after Kent State's second technical foul of the ball game to make it just a three-point game.
 
After the run, Kent State answered with three baskets of their own to regain a nine-point edge. But the Huskies were not done.
 
Northeastern chipped away once again and eventually a Devon Begley three, his third of the game, with just over two minutes remaining in play gave the Huskies their first lead since the 9:20 mark of the first half.
 
Begley hit a pair of clutch free throws down the stretch and Northeastern held Kent State without a field goal for the final 3:13 of play en route to the victory.
 
The Huskies have finalized their non-conference home schedule and head out on the road for six games that will take them 2,789 miles and to three different states beginning with a contest on Wednesday, November 30 at Cornell at 7 p.m.

Postgame Notes

• The Huskies are now 2-0 all-time over Kent State
• Northeastern is now 5-4 all-time against teams from the state of Ohio
• Northeastern is 2-0 at Matthews Arena this season
• Devon Begley set new career-highs in points and rebounds with his 18 point, 7 rebound effort against the Golden Flashes
• Maxime Boursiquot had a career-high 12 points, nine of them coming in the second half
• Jeremy Miller marked his third-straight game in double-digits with 11 points on the night
• T.J. Williams has tallied 15 points in each and every game of the season, after his 17-point effort tonight, he now has 15 career 15-point games