Gameday Information: Northeastern vs. Charleston
When	Thursday, February 25  |  Boston, Mass. | Matthews Arena  | 7 p.m.
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BOSTON – The Northeastern basketball team will close out its home schedule on Thursday night at Matthews Arena when the Huskies take on the College of Charleston at 7 p.m.
 
Make sure to get to the game early, as Northeastern will honor its senior class in a pregame ceremony beginning at 6:45 p.m. For those not able to make it to Matthews, the senior night ceremony will air on GoNUXStream beginning at 6:45 p.m. 
 
Northeastern (7-9), currently in seventh place in the CAA, will square off with sixth-place Charleston (8-8) looking to avenge an earlier overtime loss to the Cougars on their home turf at the end of January.
                                                                                                                                                                       
Northeastern enters the game with a 15-14 record, 7-9 in CAA play and has won its last three of its last four games.
 
Charleston is 16-11 overall, and are 8-8 in conference action. The Cougars have lost their last two, including a 59-55 overtime loss to UNCW on Senior Night.
 
QUICK HITS
• This is the 96th season of Northeastern men's basketball. NU has an all-time record of 1,170-1,083 (.520) in 2,252 games.
• This will be just the sixth meeting between the two teams in program history
• Northeastern leads the series 3-2
• The Huskies are 1-1 all-time in Boston
• Northeastern went 1-1 last week defeating JMU in triple overtime and falling to Hofstra
• David Walker is playing in his 130th career game extending his school record mark for games played & consecutive games played
• Against Hofstra, Walker set the school record for 3s in a season with 87 (29 games)
• Quincy Ford moved into the top-10 on the Northeastern scoring charts and now has 1,560 career points in Red and Black
• Zach Stahl has recorded 986 career points, after tallying a 294 this season, a season-high for the senior
• With Northeastern's win at Delaware, head coach Bill Coen now holds the title of most conference victories by a Northeastern coach, passing Jim Calhoun (more on page 6)
• Coen currently has 99 career CAA regular season victories during his 10-year tenure at Northeastern
• 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 369-252 (.594) all-time in conference play including a 111-82 (.575) 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 to 16-14 and 8-9 in CAA play
• Give the Huskies a season split with Charleston and move them into a tie for sixth place with the Cougars in the CAA standings
• Make Northeastern 7-7 at home on the year, the third straight season of having a .500 or better record at Matthews Arena
 
SENIOR DAY
• On Thursday, Northeastern will honor five seniors in a pregame ceremony, the Huskies' four seniors on the team as well as student manager Kyle Mochnacz
• The Huskies four seniors have combined for 83 wins, two CAA regular season titles, a CAA tournament title and helped Northeastern get back to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 24 years
 
Northeastern Senior Class
• Kyle Mochnacz, Head Manager
• Caleb Donnelly, G
• Quincy Ford, G/F
• Zach Stahl, F
• David Walker, G
 
LAST TIME VS. CHARLESTON
• Northeastern began their week with an overtime game at the College of Charleston
• The Huskies took a 20-point lead in the second half, but were held scoreless over a 10 minute span in the second half as the Cougars chipped away at the lead and forced overtime
• In the overtime period, neither team scored in the first 2:42, but the College quickly added five points to the total and went on to a 68-61 victory
• Jeremy Miller led all Husky scorers with 17 points and added nine rebounds
• T.J. Williams tacked on 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting while David Walker added 13 and Zach Stahl finished with eight points and a career-high tying 12 rebounds and six assists
 
LAST WEEK IN HUSKY BASKETBALL
• The Huskies began the week off, once again in historic fashion, when they played in their second triple OT game of the season, this time at James Madison
• Unlike their last 3OT game, this time the Huskies came off the court the winner after 55 minutes, 95-94
• Quincy Ford tallied a career-high 36 points in the victory, the highest point total of any Husky against a CAA opponent
• The 36 points were the most since J.J. Barea tallied a school record-tying 41 points against Stony Brook on March 5, 2005
• Also in the game, David Walker recorded 19 points, moving into ninth place on the Northeastern career scoring chart (1,554) passing Chaisson Allen (1,550 - 2007-11)
• Jeremy Miller finished with 18 points on the night, and Donnell Gresham recorded a career-best 10 rebounds
• Miller forced OT hitting a three from the corner near the end of regulation, and forced a second OT with a layup off a feed from Gresham with 7 seconds left.
• Quincy Ford was fouled shooting a three at the beginning of triple OT, and sank all three field goals giving the Huskies a lead that JMU could never overcome
• On Sunday, the Huskies returned to the court against Hofstra, falling in a hard fought 65-60 loss
• Late in the first half, Walker set the school record the 3FGs in a season with his 84th of the year
• Down 33-22 at halftime, the Huskies fought back in the second half using a string of buckets by Ford to bring the game to within two.
• Hofstra regained a strong lead, but Northeastern had a chance to tie with less than a minute remaining but a turnover helped the Pride seal the win.
• Ford finished with 15 points and 14 boards, his fifth double-double of the season
 
HUSKIES IN CAA PLAY
• 10 years ago, Bill Coen took the reins of the Northeastern men's basketball program
• In the last 10 seasons, Northeastern has accomplished the best win percentage amongst current CAA teams in conference and CAA tournament play
• Coen has helped the Huskies to 99 conference wins during the regular season and is looking for win No. 100 Thursday vs. Charleston
• In the CAA tournament, the Huskies are 9-8, winning the tournament title last season and advancing to the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 1991 season
                                                                   

Current CAA Teams	Years	W	L	Win%
Northeastern	10	108	85	55.96%
Drexel	10	98	91	51.85%
Hofstra	10	96	94	50.53%
William & Mary	10	92	103	47.18%
Delaware	10	86	105	45.03%
James Madison	10	83	108	43.46%
Towson	10	73	116	38.62%
UNC Wilmington	10	75	122	38.07%
Elon	2	13	23	36.11%
Charleston	3	18	35	33.96%

HUSKIES FROM DEEP
• The Huskies have made a school record 259 3-point field goals in 2015-16
• Against Hofstra, the Huskies broke the 12-year old school record of 256 threes in a single season set during the 2003-04 season
• The 259 made 3s ranks second in the CAA and 26th nationally
• The Huskies 3-point shooting percentage, .371, is second in the CAA, and ranks 66th nationally
• Northeastern has hit for at least 10 treys in 16 of its 29 games this season
• Ten different Huskies have hit a three this season led by David Walker's school record 87 and Quincy Ford's 59
• Walker's 87 3FGs ranks first in the CAA and 13th nationally, Ford's 59 rank seventh in the CAA and 192nd nationally
 
DOUBLE-DIGITS BEHIND THE ARC
• Northeastern has recorded double-digit 3-point field goal games 16 times this season through 29 games of action
• The 16 games rank in the top-10 in the country in that category, in sixth place
• North Florida, who leads the country with 373 3FG, also leads with 25 games this season in double-digit field goals.
• Northeastern combined for a school record 17 treys against Delaware
• The 17 threes rank as the 22nd most in a single game this season
 

Rank	3FG (single game)	School
1	25	Montana State
2	20	Eastern Washington, North Florida, IPFW, Wyoming, Denver
7	19	North Florida, The Citadel, Lipscomb, Indiana, Iona, St. Mary's, Weber State, Idaho
15	18	The Citadel (2), Elon, Purdue, UNLV, Montana, Marshall, Boise State
22	17	NORTHEASTERN

 
RECORD SETTING WALKER
• David Walker has a school-record 87 threes set 29 games into 2015-16 for the Huskies.
• The senior leads the team, the CAA and ranks 13th nationally in made 3FG in 2015-16
• Walker used 29 games to hit the school record, the fastest to 87 3FGs in school history
• Walker has notched at least one 3-pointer in each of the first 27 games of the, and in 31-straight games dating back to last season, a streak that ended at JMU (Feb. 18).
• Walker has tallied 5+ 3-pointers in seven games this season, the most in school history
• In addition, Walker has connected on 240 career 3-pointers, which ranks third place on the Northeastern all-time chart, four shy of second
• His career 3-point shooting percentage of .383 currently ranks fourth all-time among all Huskies
• Despite missing three games on the season, Quincy Ford ranks fifth all-time with 197 career treys and his career 3-point shooting percentage is just outside the top-10 at Northeastern (.353)

Northeastern 3-point Field Goals Made Single Season

No.	Player	Season	3FG Made	Thru 25 Games
1	David Walker	2015-16	87	87 3FG
2	Joel Smith	2012-13	83	77 3FG
3	Marcus Barnes	2003-04	81	81 3FG (28 games)
4	Marcus Barnes	2004-05	79	78 3FG
5	Joel Smith	2010-11	77	71 3FG
6	Jose Juan Barea	2003-04	73	73 3FG (26 games)
7	Joel Smith	2011-12	72	68 3FG
8	David Walker	2014-15	69	55 3FG
	Chaisson Allen	2009-10	69	67 3FG

 
IN THE RECORD BOOK
• Quincy Ford has improved from 23rd, where he began the season on the Northeastern all-time scoring chart, to 10th place with 1,560 career points.
• Ford has tallied 420 points this season, and with his 15-point day at Hofstra (Feb. 21), he jumped into the top-10 on the Northeastern career scoring chart
• Walker began the year in 29th, and with his 529 points this year, has moved into the Top-10 with 1,569 points.
• Walker jumped into ninth place after a 19-point night at James Madison (Feb. 18) passing Chaisson Allen (1,550)
• 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
8	John Clark	1972-76	1,617
9	David Walker	2012-pres.	1,569
10	Quincy Ford	2011-pres.	1,560
11	Chaisson Allen	2007-11	1,550
12	Marcus Blossom	1997-01	1,475

CAREER 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE

No.	Player	Years	3FG
2	Joel Smith	2009-13	243
3	David Walker	2012-pres.	240
3	Matt Janning	2006-10	223
5	Quincy Ford	2011-pres.	198

 
CAREER BLOCKS

No.	Player	Years	Blocks
4	Nkem Ojoughboh	2007-10	121
5	Quincy Ford	2011-Pres.	111
6	Scott Eatherton	2013-15	100

ELITE COMPANY
• Quincy Ford notched his first career 30-point game at Elon joining teammate David Walker on the list of current Huskies with 30-point games
• Northeastern is the lone CAA school to have two players with multiple 30-point games on the season
• Walker has already tallied two 30-point games on the season (30 vs. Lipscomb, Nov. 21 and 31 at Western Michigan, Dec. 7)
• Walker and Ford mark the first duo to each have a 30-point game in the same season since Jose Juan Barea and Marcus Barnes did so in the 2003-04 season. Both Barnes and Barea finished with three 30-point games that season
• Against Elon, Ford's 30 points, combined with Walker's 26 marked the first time two players had 30 & 20 points in a game since Nov. 20, 2004 when Jose Juan Barea had 35 and Marcus Barnes had 23 against Cornell
• In addition, Ford dropped 36 points on JMU, the most any Husky had ever recorded on a CAA opponent and the most since Barea had a school-record tying 41 points against Stony Brook on March 5, 2005
 
THE LONGEVITY FACTOR
• On Thursday night against Charleston, David Walker will play in his 130th game as a Husky, extending his Northeastern record for career games played
• Walker set the school record with his 129th appearance against Hofstra on Feb. 21
• Walker becomes the fourth overall Husky to play in at least 128 games and the first to do so since Matt Janning did in the 2009-10 season
• Walker has started the last 121 games of his career dating back to the 2012-13 season
 

Games	Name	Years
130	David Walker	2012-pres.*
128	Andre LaFleur	1983-87*
128	Wes Fuller	1983-87*
128	Matt Janning	2006-10*
126	Quincy Ford	2011-pres.

*- consecutive games
 
PUTTING UP NUMBERS
• On Thursday, Feb. 18 at James Madison, redshirt senior Quincy Ford rattled off a career-high 36 points
• The 36 points were the most in nearly 11 years, since J.J. Barea tied the school record with 41 points against Stony Brook on March 5, 2005
• The 36 points were also the most any Husky had recorded against a CAA opponent, the most in the Bill Coen era & ranked in a tie for 9th most in school history
 
POW! POW! POW! POW!
• For the fourth time this season, after his career performance against JMU and Hofstra, Quincy Ford was named CAA Player of the Week (Feb. 22)
• Ford becomes the first Husky to earn the CAA weekly honor four times in a season
• This week, Ford put up 36 points in a 3OT win at James Madison and followed that up with a 15 point, 14 rebound effort at Hofstra
• The redshirt senior also earned the honor in back-to-back weeks after a 77-65 win over Vermont (Dec. 22) highlighted by a career-high seven 3FGs and after averaging a double-double against three North Carolina teams with 21.0 ppg and 10.0 rpg
• Ford's first honor of the seasoncame after hitting the game-winner in an upset over No. 15 Miami
 
LOOKING FOR 100
• Head Coach Bill Coen is close to win No. 100 in CAA action, he currently has 99 conference victories
• The 10th year coach is currently the third-winningest coach in NU history with 160 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
 
NU ALL-TIME CONFERENCE WIN RECORD

Coach	Record	Conference
1. Bill Coen	99-76 (.563)	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

 
HITTING MARKS
• Last week, both David Walker and Quincy Ford crossed the 1,500 career point mark
• Walker hit the mark first with an 18-point effort at Towson, using his first trey of the day to tally his 1,499, 1,500 and 1,501 career points.
• On Saturday vs. Drexel, Ford also crossed the plateau on a three in the first half of play. Ford finished the day with 16 points.
• The next player looking to hit a career mark is Zach Stahl who is closing in on 1,000 career points.
• Stahl currently has 986 career points, which ranks 38th all-time on the Northeastern scoring chart
• Stahl would become the 36th Husky to hit the 1,000 career point mark
 
SEEING DOUBLE-DOUBLE
• Northeastern, as a squad, has registered 10 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 five double-doubles this season, a career-high for the redshirt senior
• The five double-doubles rank fifth in the CAA and 175th in the nation.
• Leading the CAA is Rokus Gustys of Hofstra who has 17 on the year.
• Ford had two double-doubles in his freshman (2011-12) and sophomore (2012-13) campaigns
• The five 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.
 
GET THAT OUTTA HERE
• Freshman Jeremy Miller leads the Huskies with 25 blocks on the year, ranking ninth in the CAA this season
• Quincy Ford has 23 on the season which ranks 10th and has rejected 111 shots during his career
• Zach Stahl has notched 16 on the season, and recorded at least one block in four straight games (Nov. 20-27)
• Rookie Anthony Green started out strong tallying eight blocks on the season.