Gameday Information: Northeastern (6-5) at Oakland (9-1)
When	Tuesday, December 20  |  Rochester, Mich. | The O'Rena  | 7 p.m.
Television	ESPN3
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Game Notes	Northeastern (PDF) | Oakland (PDF)
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ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Northeastern men's basketball team will conclude its six-game road trip on Tuesday night when it makes its first appearance at the Athletics Center O'rena against Oakland University at 7 p.m. on ESPN 3.
 
The Huskies are coming off of an 81-73 victory at Michigan State on Sunday, its first ever win over the Spartans.
 
The game will be aired live on ESPN3 with Neal Ruhl and Matt Dery on the call. Lauren Jbara is on the sidelines while Cortney Scott will be in the huddle
 
QUICK HITS
• This is the 97th season of Northeastern men's basketball. Northeastern has an all-time record of 1,178-1,090 (.519) in 2,268 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
• The Huskies and Oakland will meet for just the second time in program history, the first meeting coming at the Colonial Classic Tournament on Nov. 18, 2006 a 67-52 victory for the Golden Grizzlies in Bill Coen's first season as the head coach of the Huskies
• Bennet Davis put up 21 points for the Huskies while Bobby Kelly added 18 in the Huskies loss
• After picking up their first win in the state of Michigan at Michigan State on Sunday, the Huskies are looking to keep that streak going against Oakland
• With a win, Northeastern will extend its win-streak to three games and finish out its six game road trip with a 3-3 record
• Northeastern snapped a three-game losing streak with a comeback victory at Vermont last Saturday coming back from being down 13 at the half to come away with a 59-57 win
• Northeastern's five losses have come by a combined 17 points this season with its first four losses coming within four-points or fewer
• Following his 20-point performance against Harvard, T.J. Williams has now notched at least 20 points in seven of 11 games this season and is averaging a CAA leading 21.9 ppg (24th nationally) to go along with 5.8 assist per game, second in the CAA and 32nd nationally
 
THIS WEEK IN NU BASKETBALL
• The Huskies started their week off with their fifth straight road game at Michigan State on Sunday night
• Alex Murphy (18), T.J. Williams (17) and Devon Begley (16) combined for 51 of Northeastern's 81 points in the 81-73 victory over the Spartans
• Three of Murphy's points came via a clutch trey from the corner in the final minutes of action to give the Huskies an eight-point buffer and help seal the victory
• Williams finished the game with the 17 points to go along with nine rebounds and four assists
• In addition to dishing out six assists, Begley was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line, becoming just the 11th Huskies to ever be perfect from the free throw line with 10 or more attempts in a single game
• Sajon Ford came off the bench for Northeastern providing some quality minutes where he sent a put back in for his first basket of the year and reeled in a clutch offensive board that helped set a Murphy trey with time winding down in the first half to give the Huskies a 36-32 halftime lead
• The win was the first over a Big Ten opponent for Northeastern since a Bill Coen-led win at Indiana on Dec. 22, 2008
 
WEEKLY HONORS FOR MURPHY
• After 18 points, six rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block against Michigan State, Northeastern grad student Alex Murphy has earned a bevvy of weekly honors
• Murphy was tabbed the CAA Co-Player of the week, his first career weekly honor for the grad student
• In addition he was named as the College Sports Madness High-Major National Player of the Week and the CS Madness CAA Player of the Week
• Murphy was instrumental in the win hitting clutch treys and making key steals in the upset over Michigan State
 
GIANT KILLERS
• In the last four seasons, Northeastern men's basketball has headed out on the road and taken down a handful of high-major conference opponents on their home or neutral turf
• The Huskies are 5-5 overall in the last four seasons against High-Major opponents
 

Date	Opponent	Location	Score
11/21/13	vs. Georgetown	San Juan, P.R.	W, 63-56
11/18/14	at Florida State	Tallahassee	W, 76-73
11/27/15	at #15 Miami	Miami	W, 78-77
11/14/16	at UConn	Storrs	W, 64-61
12/18/16	at RV Michigan State	East Lansing	W, 81-73

PERFECTION FROM THE LINE
• On Sunday night against Michigan State, Devon Begley was a perfect 10-of-10 from the charity stripe, including 6-of-6 down the stretch to help seal the victory
• With his perfect performance at the line, Begley became just the 11th ever Huskies to finish perfect from the charity stripe with 10-plus tries in a single game
• The last Husky to do so was David Walker who was 12-of-12 against Drexel on Feb. 21, 2015
 

Attempts	Player (Opponent)	Date
16-16	Reggie Lewis vs. Hartford	2/4/86
14-14	Pete Harris vs. Boston Univ.	2/8/80
13-13	Reggie Lewis vs. Siena	2/19/86
12-12	David Walker vs. Drexel	2/21/15
11-11	Dave Caligaris vs. Boston Univ.	1/10/78
10-10	Devon Begley at Michigan State	12/18/16
10-10	David Walker vs. Hofstra	1/14/15
10-10	Quincy Ford at Drexel	1/21/12
10-10	Joel Smith at Boston Univ.	11/11/11
10-10	Shawn James vs. Holy Cross	12/27/04
10-10	Dave Caligaris vs. Springfield	2/10/77
10-10	Perry Moss vs. Maine	1/12/80

T.J. OR J.J.?
• Through his first 11 games of the season, T.J. Williams has recorded seven 20+ point games on the year, including a 30-point effort, a career first for the senior, against Boston University in the season opener
• The last Husky to record as many 20+ point games through the first 11 games of the season was Jose Juan Barea, who had eight such games to start the 2005-06 season, also his senior campaign, more than 10 years ago
• Through the first 11 games, Williams is averaging a CAA leading 21.5 points per game, 6.0 apg, and 4.3 rebounds per game
• During that same stretch, Barea was averaging 22.7 ppg, 8.8 apg, and 4.4 rpg
• However, Barea was held without a 30-point game that year until Jan. 7, 2006 when he dropped 32 at Old Dominion
• Last season, David Walker began the year with four such 20+ point games, including a 30-point effort vs. Lipscomb (Nov. 21)
 
EN ROUTE TO 1,000
• Already tallying 236 points this season through the first 11 games, T.J. Williams now has 971 points for his Northeastern career
• Williams, now just 29 points shy of 1,000 for his career would become the 37th player to hit the milestone in Northeastern's program history
• Currently Williams ranks 40th all-time on the Northeastern scoring charts passing Steve Carney and Marcus Barnes (966) after the Michigan State game
• If Williams continues to average his conference leading 21.5 ppg he will reach the milestone in two games
 
CAREER SCORING

No.	Player	Years	Points
37.	Reggie Spencer	2011-15	992
38.	Lamont Hough	1989-93	988
39.	Jean Bain	1998-02	974
40.	T.J. Williams	2013-pres.	971
41.	Steve Carney	1987-91	966
	Marcus Barnes	2003-05	966

JOURNEYMEN
• After finishing out their non-conference home slate on vs. Kent State, the Huskies are wrapping up a six-game road swing to close out their non-conference schedule
• The road trip will take them 2,789 miles and to three different states beginning with a midweek contest at Cornell, the first on Cornell's campus since the 1983-84 season
• The road trip also includes contests at Stony Brook, at Harvard, at Vermont, at Michigan State and at Oakland
• The Huskies hit a couple bumps in the road in New York falling to Cornell (80-77), Stony Brook (77-75) and Harvard (86-80), but bounced back last Saturday at Vermont with a 59-57 comeback victory over Vermont on their home turf
 
HUSKIES FROM DEEP
• Northeastern has tallied a 3-point field goal in 101 straight games after the Huskies' 11-of-23 performance Sunday at Michigan State
• The Huskies began their streak on Dec. 21, 2013 with a 5-for-21 effort against UW-Milwaukee after going 0-11 from the field against Fairfield on Dec. 13, 2013
• Since then, Northeastern has combined for 677 3-pointers for an average of 6.7 per game during that stretch
 
POW! POW! POW!
• Four different Huskies have earned Player of the Week accolades including Alex Murphy who earned the honor this week
• After putting up a career-high 12 points and a career-high tying four rebounds against Kent State, Rookie Max Boursiquot was honored as the CAA Rookie of the Week (Nov. 28)
• The freshman scored 10 of his 12 points in the second half to help the Huskies overcome a 17-point deficit at intermission, including six in a decisive 13-0 run
• Also following the Huskies' victory over Kent State, junior Devon Begley earned his first career Player of the Week honor as he was tabbed the College Sports Madness CAA Player of the Week
• Begley had a career night vs. the Golden Flashes putting up a team and career high 18 points and seven rebounds while also adding four assists and two steals
• Seven of Begley's 18 points came from the free throw line as he had a career best 7-for-8 effort, including two clutch free throws down the stretch
• 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