BOSTON – The Northeastern men's basketball team rounds out its homestand against the No. 1 team in the CAA on Saturday night at 7 p.m. at Matthews Arena when UNCW comes to Boston.
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Saturday's game will feature a Snapback giveaway courtesy of Double Husky Scholarship Program.
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The Huskies and UNCW will meet for the second time this season as Northeastern looks for the season sweep over the Seahawks. Last time out
Jeremy Miller won the game for the Huskies with a layup with 0.8 seconds left in the second half to begin the new year with a victory
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Northeastern enters the game with a 12-12 record, 4-7 in CAA play after falling 77-86 to William & Mary Thursday night. Â Â
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UNCW enters the game with a 17-5 overall record, and are 9-2, in first place, in conference action.
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QUICK HITS• This is the 96th season of Northeastern men's basketball. NU has an all-time record of 1,167-1,081 (.519) in 2,247 games.
• This will be the 19th meeting between the two teams in program history
• Northeastern leads the series between the two teams 10-8 and has won the last two meetings
• The Huskies are 6-2 all-time in Boston against UNCW
• The Huskies are coming off of a tough loss to William & Mary 71-67 on Thursday, their fifth straight loss
• UNCW enters the game on an eight game win streak, the last one comeback style over Hofstra to take over control of first place in the CAAA
• Last time out,
Jeremy Miller tallied a career best 23 points, while
David Walker moved into the top-10 on the NU career scoring chart with 1,484 points.
• Walker also tallied four 3FG on the night to move into third place all-time on the career 3FG chart with 226 career threes.
• With Northeaster's win at Delaware, head coach
Bill Coen is now holds the title of most conference victories by a Northeastern coach, passing Jim Calhoun (more on page 6)
• 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 366-250 (.594) all-time in conference play including a 108-80 (.574) 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.
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A WIN WOULD.... • Improve the Huskies' record to 13-12 on the season
• Improve Northeastern to 5-7 in CAA play
• Give Northeastern a 11-8 all-time record against UNCW
• Mark the Huskies third straight win over UNCW, and snap its 5-game losing streak
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SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS• The Seahawks enter their game with the Huskies with a 17-5 record on the season and 9-2 in conference play.
• UNCW is led by Chris Flemmings who is averaging 16.6 points per game. Four different players are averaging double figures on the season including Flemmings, Denzel Ingrm (12.7 ppg), C.J. Bryce (11.5 ppg) and Craig Ponder (10.5 ppg)
• UNCW has had 10 different players earn a start on the season.
• Flemmings is leading UNCW with 6.5 rebounds per game while Jordon Talley has dished out a team-high 92 assists on the year. Â
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THIS SEASON• UNCW is 17-5 on the season and 9-2 in conference play, atop the CAA after a comeback victory at Hofstra on Thursday night.
• After falling to the Huskies on a last second buzzer beater by
Jeremy Miller to begin the month of January, UNCW dropped back-to-back games with a loss at Towson.
• Since then, UNCW has rallied off eight straight victories entering its game with Northeastern on Saturday.
• The Seahawks finished non-conference play with an 8-3 record.
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ALL-TIME SERIES• Northeastern and UNCW have met 18 times in the past.
• The Huskies hold a 10-8 series advantage and have won the last two meetings between the two teams, first in the CAA tournament last season, followed by the Huskies first win since 2011 in Wilmington earlier this season, just one of UNCW's two conference losses this year.
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LAST TIME VS. UNCW• Northeastern rounded out its three game road trip to North Carolina with a clean sweep in CAA play with a buzzer beating, 65-63 victory at UNCW on Saturday
• The Seahawks, who entered the game with a 16-3 record at home under Kevin Keatts, were handed their first home loss of the season
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Jeremy Miller layed in the game-winning bucket with 0.8 seconds remaining off of a feed from
Caleb Donnelly. Miller finished the game with 15 points.
• Ford led with 18 points and 14 rebounds, his fourth double-double of the season
• The win was Northeastern's first in Wilmington since Jan. 26, 2011
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HUSKIES FROM DEEP• The Huskies have made 220 field goals from behind the arc in 2015-16. The 220 made 3s ranks second in the CAA and 17th nationally
• The Huskies 3-point shooting percentage, .381, tops the conference, and ranks 36th nationally
• Northeastern has hit for at least 10 treys in 13 of its 24 games this season
• Ten different Huskies have hit a three this season led by
David Walker's 73 and
Quincy Ford's 51
• Walker's 73 3FGs ranks first in the CAA and 11th nationally, Ford's 51 rank fifth in the CAA and 150th nationally
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WALKER FROM DEEP•
David Walker has 73 threes through 24 games this season for the Huskies.
• The senior leads the team, the CAA and ranks 11th nationally in made 3FG in 2015-16
• His 73 threes best his total last season and ranks fifth all-time on the Northeastern 3FG Made Single Season chart
• His 73 threes are also the most through 24 games in school history
• Walker has notched at least one 3-pointer in each game this season and has tallied 5+ 3-pointers in six games this season, the most in school history
• Jose Juan Barea, who had 73 treys in 2003-04, notched 69 3FGs through 24 games that season
• In addition, Walker has connected on 226 career 3-pointers, which ranks third place on the Northeastern all-time chart
• His career 3-point shooting percentage of .384 currently ranks fourth all-time among all Huskies
• Despite missing three games on the season,
Quincy Ford ranks fifth all-time with 186 career treys and his career 3-point shooting percentage is just outside the top-10 at Northeastern (.355)
Northeastern 3-point Field Goals Made Single Season| No. | Player | Season | 3FG Made |
| 1 | Joel Smith | 2012-13 | 83 |
| 2  | Marcus Barnes   | 2003-04 | 81 |
| 3 | Marcus Barnes | 2004-05 | 79 |
| 4 | Joel Smith | 2010-11Â | 77 |
| 5 | David Walker | 2015-16 | 73 |
| 6 | Jose Juan Barea    | 2003-04 | 73 |
| 7 | Joel Smith | 2011-12Â Â | 72 |
| 8 | David Walker | 2014-15 | 69 |
| Chaisson Allen | 2009-10 | 69 |
IN THE RECORD BOOK•
Quincy Ford has improved from 23rd, where he began the season on the Northeastern all-time scoring chart, to 11th place with 1,474 career points.
• Ford has tallied 334 points this season, and with his 18-point day at Delaware, he passed John Williams' 1,443 career points earned from 1984-88.
• Walker began the year in 29th, and with his 44 points this year, has moved into the Top-10 with 1,484 points.
• Walker jumped into 10th place after a 19-point night against William & Mary (Feb. 4) passing Ford and Marcus Blossom (1,475)
• 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
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CAREER SCORING| No.  | Player | Years | Points |
| 9 | Chaisson Allen | 2007-11 | 1,550 |
| 10 | David Walker | 2012-pres. | 1,484 |
| 11 | Marcus Blossom    | 1997-01 | 1,475 |
| 12 | Quincy Ford | 2011-pres. | 1,474 |
| 13 | John Williams | 1984-88 | 1,443 |
CAREER 3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE| No. | Player | Years | 3FG |
| 2  | Joel Smith    | 2009-13 | 243 |
| 3 | David Walker | 2012-pres. | 226 |
| 3 | Matt Janning | 2006-10 | 223 |
| 5 | Quincy Ford | 2011-pres. | 190 |
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKY BASKETBALL• The Huskies began the week at Matthews Arena on Thursday night vs. William & Mary
• After falling behind early, Northeastern regained the lead and headed into halftime with a 37-31 lead.
• In the second half, William & Mary shot 64.5 percent from the field and tallied 55 points (a season-high for a Husky opponent) en route to the comeback victory
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Jeremy Miller notched a career-high 23 points in the game while
David Walker tallied 19 points which boosted him into the top-10 on the Northeastern career scoring chart with 1,484 career points
• Walker also connected for four 3-pointers on the night on the night as he moved into third place all-time on the NU charts (226) past Matt Janning (222).
• Walker now has 73 treys this season, fifth all-time in a single season at Northeastern
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TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CHARITY• Northeastern senior
David Walker ranks 1st in the CAA for his free throw shooting percentage thus far in 2015-16
• Walker is 107-123 on the season from the free-throw line, with an 87.0 FT percentage which tops the conference and ranks 29th in the country.
• His 107 free throws made rank third in the conference and 57th in the country
• The Huskies, as a team, have taken 501 free throws, sixth in the conference and have capitalized on 357 of them (fifth in the CAA) for a free throw percentage of 71.3%, first in the conference and 110th nationally
• Northeastern has held its opponents to 411 free throw attempts this year (which, would rank 290th in the nation in free throw attempts as a single team)
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