BALTIMORE – The Northeastern basketball team has advanced to the CAA Semifinal game for the fourth straight season and will face the No. 2 seed UNCW at 3:30 p.m. at Royal Farms Arena.
Northeastern fans in Baltimore are encouraged to attend the pregame pep rally at the Pratt Street Ale House beginning at 1 p.m.
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The game will be streamed live on NBC Sports Network and can be found online on NBCSports.com with Mike Corey and Ron Thompson on the call.
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Northeastern enters the game with a 18-14 record, and is coming off of a 71-60 upset of Towson in the quarterfinal round game. Northeastern has won six of its last seven games.
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UNCW finished the regular season with a is currently 23-7 on the year and was able to outlast Charleston in the quarters, 66-64 as a Jerrell Brantley jumper in the paint did not fall as time expired.
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QUICK HITS• This is the 96th season of Northeastern men's basketball. NU has an all-time record of 1,173-1,083 (.520) in 2,255 games.
• This will be the 20th meeting between the two teams in program history
• Northeastern leads the all-time series 10-9
• The Huskies are 1-1 all-time on neutral ground against the Seahawks and are 1-0 in Baltimore
• NU is coming off of a 71-60 win in the quarterfinals and has won 6 of its last 7 and four-straight tourney games
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David Walker is playing in his 133rd 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 95
• Walker currently has 248 career threes, seven shy of the Northeastern school record
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Quincy Ford moved into the top-10 on the Northeastern scoring charts and now has 1,596 career points in Red and Black
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Zach Stahl became the 36th member of the Northeastern 1,000-point club vs. Charleston on Senior Night
• After playing 17 minutes last time out, the Huskies improved to 18-5 on the season when
Kwesi Abakah plays 10+ minutes. They are 0-9 when he plays less than 10.
• 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.
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A WIN WOULD... • With a victory the Huskies would improve to 19-14 on the season and advance on to the finals of the CAA Tournament for the second straight season
• Be Northeastern's third in the last four meetings with UNCW and second straight in the CAA Tournament
• The victory would mark the Huskies fifth straight CAA Tournament victory after going 3-0 and earning a CAA Tourney title last season
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OF NOTE:
David Walker has played in 1,224 minutes of action this season, besting the school record for most minutes played in a season originally set by Andre Lafleur (1,217) in the 1986-87 season in his last game out vs. Towson
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THIS YEAR 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
• UNCW came out firing, but the Huskies pulled within one at halftime
• In the second half, the Seahawks raced out to a quick 10 point lead and never looked back earning the 90-73 win
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T.J. Williams went 8-for-11 from the charity stripe, career-highs for the junior
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Zach Stahl led the Huskies with 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting while
Quincy Ford returned and finished with 15 points on the night
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THIS WEEK IN HUSKY BASKETBALL• No. 6 Northeastern upset No. 3 Towson 71-60 in the quarterfinal round game of the CAA Tournament to advance on to the semifinal round for the fourth straight season
• The Huskies overcame a three-point halftime deficit and outscored Towson 42-28 in the second half en route to the victory
• The Huskies were led by seniors
Quincy Ford (20 points, seven rebounds) and
David Walker (18 points, 6 assists)
• Ford rallied off 11 straight points for the Huskies from the 9:08 mark of the second half until 2:10 remained in play to help Northeastern to a 64-55 lead and the eventual win.
• The Huskies will now face UNCW in a rematch of the 2015 CAA Semifinal round game, one that the Huskies won 78-71
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TRIO OF HUSKIES HONORED• The trio of seniors,
Caleb Donnelly,
Quincy Ford and
David Walker were all honored by the CAA for at least the second time in their careers
• Walker was named to the All-CAA First Team, for the first time in his career after earning second team honors last season
• Ford found his way onto the All-CAA Second Team, his first second team honor after being named to the Third team in his sophomore season
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Caleb Donnelly was honored with the prestigious Dean Ehlers Leadership Award for the second straight season
• Donnelly, who owns a 3.995 GPA and will graduate in May with a bachelor's and master's in chemical engineering with a minor in mathematics, is just the second player to earn back-to-back Dean Ehlers Award nods
• He is also the third Husky to win the Ehlers Award in the last four years; Jon Lee won in 2012-13
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