Gameday Information: No. 6 Northeastern vs. No. 3 Towson • CAA TOURNAMENT
When	Saturday, March 5  |  Baltimore, Md. | Royal Farms Arena   | 8:30 p.m.
Television	Comcast SportsNet
Game Links	Live Stats  | Live Video | WRBB
Game Notes	Northeastern (PDF) | Towson (PDF)
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BOSTON – The Northeastern basketball team has earned the No. 6 seed and will begin CAA Tournament play on Saturday night against No. 3 Towson at 8:30 p.m. at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Md.

The game will be broadcast live on Comcast SportsNet, however, due to a Celtics game being played at the same time, will not be shown live on CSN-New England, but will tape-delay the game until 11:00 PM on Saturday night and replay it again on Sunday morning at 7:30 AM. LIve streaming of the game will be available at CAA.TV.
                                                                                                                                                                        
Northeastern enters the game with a 17-14 record, finishing CAA play with a 9-9 record and has won five of its last six games entering the tournament.
 
Towson finished the regular season with a 20-11 overall record and was 11-7 in conference play. The Tigers went 3-2 after falling to Northeastern to end the season.
 
QUICK HITS
• This is the 96th season of Northeastern men's basketball. NU has an all-time record of 1,172-1,083 (.520) in 2,254 games.
• This will be the 33rd meeting between the two teams in program history
• Northeastern leads the all-time series 19-13
• The Huskies are 1-2 all-time on neutral ground against the Tigers and have never faced each other in Baltimore
• NU is coming off of a 2-0 week and has won 5 of its last 6 entering the tourney
• David Walker is playing in his 132nd 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 and now has 92
• Quincy Ford moved into the top-10 on the Northeastern scoring charts and now has 1,576 career points in Red and Black
• Zach Stahl became the 36th member of the Northeastern 1,000-point club vs. Charleston on Senior Night
• With Northeastern's win at Delaware, head coach Bill Coen now holds the title of most conference victories by a NU coach, passing Jim Calhoun (more on page 6)
• Coen earned his 100th career CAA regular season victory vs. Charleston on Feb. 25
• 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 371-252 (.596) all-time in conference play including a 113-82 (.579) record since joining the CAA in the 2005-06 season.
 
A WIN WOULD... 
• With a victory the Huskies would improve to 18-14 on the season and advance on to the semifinals of the CAA Tournament
• Northeastern would win its second-straight over Towson and fourth in its last five meetings
• The victory would mark the Huskies fourth straight CAA Tournament victory after going 3-0 and earning a CAA Tourney title last season
• The win would mark the first neutral site victory over the Tigers since Jan. 2, 1981 an 81-80 victory in the first meeting between the two teams at the Fairfield Tournament
 
OF NOTE: David Walker has played in 1,185 minutes of action this season, 32 minutes shy of the school record for most minutes played in a season set by Andre Lafleur (1,217) in the 1986-87 season
 
THIS YEAR VS. TOWSON
• In the first meeting between the two teams this season, Northeastern pushed Towson to the wire, but fell 72-79 at home following a quick turnaround from Thursday night's historic triple overtime game vs. Hofstra
• David Walker notched his third 30-point game of the season dropping a career-high 32 against Towson with 13 of those points coming from the free throw line, also a career best
• T.J. Williams finished with 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting
• The two teams combined for 52 personal fouls and 71 free throw attempts in the contest.
• The second time around, the Huskies held Towson to 44 points, the lowest an opponent has had all season against Northeastern, including 22 second half points, the fewest for a Northeastern opponent this season
• David Walker finished the game with 18 points and on his first three make of the day registered his 1,500th career point as a Husky
• The 18 points marked the 15th game that Walker has had 15+ points this season
• Walker also finished the game with four treys, advancing his season total to 78
 
LAST WEEK IN HUSKY BASKETBALL
• In a game that saw seven ties and 12 lead changes, Northeastern came out on top in a 58-57 barnburner against Charleston on Thursday night
• Fouled with 4.7 seconds left driving to the basket looking for the game winner, Quincy Ford headed to the line and drained both of his free throw attempts, the first to tie the game at 57-all, the second, the ultimate game-winner
• The win pushed the Huskies into a tie for sixth place with Charleston (8-9) in the CAA standings
• Also during the game, senior Zach Stahl became the 36th member of the Northeastern 1,000-point club using a free throw late in the first half to achieve the feat on Senior Night in front of his family and friends
• The Huskies held Charleston to 36.9 percent shooting, including a 25 percent clip in the first half (0-of-12 from long range)
• Northeastern rounded out the week with another close game overcoming a seven-point halftime deficit to earn a two-point, 61-59 victory at Drexel to seal the No 6 seed in the CAA Tournament
• After tallying just four first half points, Walker finished the game with 20, going 6-of-8 from the field and 4-of-6 from deep in the second half.
• Zach Stahl tallied the game-winning layup off of a feed from Caleb Donnelly under the basket to put the Huskies up 60-59 with 29 seconds left
• Stahl finished with 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists on the night
 
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 101 conference wins during the regular season
• 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 %	Rank
Northeastern	10	110	85	56.41%	1
Drexel	10	99	92	51.83%	2
Hofstra	10	98	94	51.04%	3
William & Mary	10	93	104	47.21%	4
Delaware	10	86	107	44.56%	5
James Madison	10	85	108	44.04%	6
Towson	10	74	117	38.74%	7
UNC Wilmington	10	76	123	38.19%	8
Elon	2	14	24	36.84%	9
Charleston	3	18	37	32.73%	10

 
HUSKIES FROM DEEP
• The Huskies have made a school record 272 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, which was set during the 2003-04 season
• The 272 made 3s this season ranks second in the CAA and 26th nationally
• The Huskies 3-point shooting percentage, .369, is first in the CAA, and ranks 72nd nationally
• Northeastern has hit for at least 10 treys in 16 of its 31 games this season
• Ten different Huskies have hit a three this season led by David Walker's school record 92 and Quincy Ford's 61
• Walker's 92 3FGs ranks first in the CAA and 15th nationally, Ford's 61 rank ninth in the CAA and 227th nationally
 
1,000-POINT SCORERS
• With Stahl joining the prestigious 1,000-point club against Charleston (Feb. 27), there are currently three 1,000-point scorers on the Northeastern roster
• Stahl currently has 1,013 career points
• Quincy Ford and David Walker, who joined the club last year have 1,576 and 1,597 points respectively.
• The Huskies have three 1,000-point scorers on the same team for just the fifth time in school history and the second-straight season
• The 2015-16 season also marks the first time that there has been two 1,500-point scorers on the same team in school history
 

Year	No.	Scorers
1987	4	Reggie Lewis, Andre Lafleur, John Williams, Wes Fuller
1981	3	Pete Harris, Perry Moss, Chip Rucker
2010	3	Matt Janning, Chaisson Allen, Manny Adako
2015	3	David Walker, Quincy Ford, Scott Eatherton
2016	3	David Walker, Quincy Ford, Zach Stahl

 
HOLDING TOUGH
• After allowing their opponents 50, 55, and 42 points in the second half from Jan. 30-Feb. 6, the Huskies defense locked down against Towson on Feb. 11
• In 20 minutes of second half action, Towson was held to just 22 points on 7-of-25 shooting, a season low for a Husky opponent
• Northeastern snapped a five-game streak of being outscored in the second half
• In the first go-around with the Tigers, Towson recorded 54 second half points
 
THE LONGEVITY FACTOR
• On Saturday night vs. Towson, David Walker will play in his 132nd 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
• Quincy Ford became the fifth Husky to play in at least 128 games against Drexel (Feb. 27)
• Walker has started the last 123 games of his career dating back to the 2012-13 season
 

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

*- consecutive games
 
GETTING DEFENSIVE
• NU is 24-3 since the start of the 2012-13 season, and 34-5 since 2011-12, when holding an opponent to 59 or fewer points, including a perfect 5-0 last season.
• Under Coen, the Huskies are 75-20 (.794) when keeping opponents under 60 points.

Coen's record when holding an opponent under 60

Year	Record
2006-07	6-0 (1.000)
2007-08	10-3 (.769)
2008-09	13-4 (.765)
2009-10	13-5 (.722)
2010-11	0-3 (.000)
2011-12	9-2 (.818)
2012-13	6-0 (1.000)
2013-14	6-3 (.667)
2014-15	9-0 (1.000)
2015-16	4-0 (1.000)
Total	77-20 (.794)

NERVES OF STEEL
• Northeastern is 3-1 on the season in games decided by one point and 8-2 on the year in games decided by three points or less.
• The Huskies' latest nail-biting victories came over Charleston (Feb. 27), a 58-57 win that came down to a pair of Quincy Ford free throws and Drexel (Feb. 27) coming on a Zach Stahl layup with 27 seconds left
 

Game	Score	Game-Winning Play
at BU	W, 87-84 OT	Caleb Donnelly 3, with 16 secs left in OT
vs. FAU	W, 60-58	David Walker dunk with 0.1 left on the clock in regulation
at #15 Miami	W, 78-77	Quincy Ford buzzer beating jumper in regulation
at UNCW	W, 65-63	Jeremy Miller layup with 0.8 seconds on the clock
at Towson	W, 47-44	Devon Begley 2-for-2 from FT line to ice game
at JMU	W, 95-94	Ford 10-12 FTs in OT
vs. Charleston	W, 58-57	Ford 2-2 FTs with 4.7 secs left to win it
at Drexel	W, 61-59	Zach Stahl layup with 27 secs left for 60-59 lead