Gameday Information: Northeastern (11-5, 4-0 CAA) vs. Drexel (6-10, 0-3)
When	Thursday, January 12  |  Boston, Mass. | Matthews Arena  | 7 p.m.
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Game Notes	Northeastern (PDF) | Drexel (PDF)
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Promotions	Club Sports Night The Northeastern club team with the highest percentage of team attendance at the game will receive $1000 towards their budget

BOSTON – On Club Sports night at Matthews Arena, the Northeastern men's basketball team will round out its three-game homestand with the series finale against Drexel Thursday night at 7 p.m.
 
The Huskies enter the contest on a seven-game win streak, the longest current win streak in the CAA and the longest Northeastern win streak since winning eight straight in January of 2013.
 
The Huskies seven victories heading into Thursday night's game already include one win against Drexel, a 75-70 overtime victory in Philadelphia last Monday afternoon.
                                                                                                                                                                                
The game can be found on GoNUXStream.com, as all Northeastern home games are, free of charge with Alex Vispoli and Pat McHugh on the call.  
 
QUICK HITS
• This is the 97th season of Northeastern men's basketball. Northeastern has an all-time record of 1,183-1,090 (.520) in 2,273 games
• The Huskies are 375-253 (.597) all-time in conference play including a 117-83 (.585) 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 Drexel will meet for the 61st time in program history, and though Drexel holds a 38-22 series lead, the Huskies have won four straight over the Dragons entering Thursday's game
• The Huskies enter Thursday's game on a seven-game win streak after notching victories at Vermont (59-57), Michigan State (81-73), Oakland (61-59), an 84-64 win over William & Mary in the conference opener, a 75-70 overtime win over Drexel, a 90-54 thrashing of Delaware and a gritty 64-54 win over James Madison on Saturday
• With a win, Northeastern will extend its win-streak to eight games
• A Huskies win also means a 5-0 start to the conference season since the start of 2012-13
• 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 21-point performance against James Madison, T.J. Williams has now notched at least 20 points in 10 of 16 games this season and is averaging a CAA leading 21.1 ppg (24th nationally) to go along with 6.0 assists per game, 1st in the CAA and 17th nationally
• Williams is the only player in the nation to have tallied at least 16 points in every game he has played in this season
 
SCOUTING THE DRAGONS
• Drexel is 6-10 on the season and enter its game with Northeastern having lost its first three conference games, including a 75-70 overtime game to the Huskies last Monday.
• The Dragons are 4-6 on the season on the road this year with their wins coming at North Texas, Lafayette, High Point, and Quinnipiac
• Drexel is on a four-game losing streak entering Thursday night's game
 
LEADING THE WAY
• Drexel is led by Rodney Williams who is averaging 16.8 points and 7.1 rebounds a game while adding 17 blocks on the season
• Kurk Lee has dished out 81 assists on the year or 5.1 per game while also adding 24 steals
• Austin Williams leads the Dragons with 61.5 percent from the field (48-of-78)
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
• This will be the 61st meeting between the two teams with the Dragons holding the series lead 38-22
• However, NU heads into Thursday's game on a four-game winstreak over the Dragons
 
LAST TIME VS. DREXEL
• A clutch three to tie the ball game and send the game to overtime, along with four important free throws in the extra stanza by freshman Bolden Brace helped Northeastern to a 75-70 overtime victory
•  Brace finished with nine points, all of which came with under five minutes remaining in regulation and in the overtime period
• Brace hit the biggest three of his career, with the Huskies down 61-58, with 33.1 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the ball game and force overtime
• He continued his clutch play finding Alex Murphy under the basket for a dunk that put Northeastern up 71-68 in overtime after Maxime Boursiquot scrapped for his 13th rebound of the game, then finished out the game sinking four-straight free throws to help the Huskies to the 75-70 win
 
LAST WEEK IN NU BASKETBALL
• The Huskies added to their win streak on Monday afternoon with a hard-fought road win at Drexel
• In their first overtime game of the season, Northeastern erased a nine-point, second-half deficit to force overtime behind a clutch 3-pointer by Bolden Brace with just over 30 seconds remaining
• The Huskies gained a five-point edge in the OT period starting things off with a dunk by Murphy followed by a Williams three-point play
• Brace went 4-of-4 from the line down the stretch in the OT stanza to solidify the Huskies' 75-70 victory
• The Huskies added to their win streak on Thursday night with a 90-54 thrashing of Delaware that set some records (for more info see the note below)
• The Huskies wrapped up the 3-0 week with a gritty 64-54 victory over James Madison on a snowy Saturday afternoon
• Williams tallied his 10th 20-point effort of the season with a 21 point, 7 rebound, 5 assist night
• The Huskies forced JMU into a season-high 19 turnovers, while allowing a season-low two 3-pointers
 
RECORD BREAKING VICTORY
• Thursday's 90-54 victory over Delaware (Jan. 5) broke a Husky record in a big way
• Northeastern destroyed its three-point record (17) set last year against Hofstra in a triple overtime game on Jan. 21, 2016 with 21 treys in 40 minutes against the Blue Hens
• The Huskies had 14 threes in the first half alone en route to a 58-18 halftime lead
• The 58 points were the most in a half this season, the most in the Bill Coen era, and the most in a half against a Division-I opponent since putting up 58 in the second half of a 90-76 win over Delaware on Jan. 16, 2000 game at Matthews Arena
• The 36-point victory was the biggest of the Bill Coen era, besting a 34-point, 79-45 win over Drexel on Jan. 9, 2008 and was the largest win ever over Delaware as Northeastern has beaten the Blue Hens by at least 30-points in consecutive seasons
• The win was also the largest win since a 105-57 victory over Lasell on Nov. 22, 2005 and the biggest over a Division-I opponent since a 96-58 victory over Boston University on March 2, 1993.
• The 40-point halftime lead is also likely a school record for the Huskies as no box score dating back to the 1978 season showed a larger halftime lead
• The 29 assists tonight by the Huskies were the most since notching 31 assists on Dec. 4, 1993 against George Mason
 
SWEET 16!
• In each game this season, senior T.J. Williams has notched at least 16 points en route to his 21.1 points per game average
• Williams is the ONLY player in the country to have achieved that feat this season
• In just 24 minutes of action against Delaware (Jan. 5), T.J. Williams recorded his third double-double of the season with an 18 points, 11 assist effort
• For a game-by-game of each of Williams' efforts, head to page 22
 
T.J. (TO THE) MAXX
• After averaging 6.8 points per game, which ranked fifth on the Northeastern men's basketball team last season, T.J. Williams has drastically improved upon his season average in his senior season
• The senior is currently averaging a CAA leading 21.1 points per game, a 14.3 point increase or 310% increase from last season
• Williams' 14.3 ppg increase is the largest PPG increase of any player in Division-I men's basketball
 

Name	Increase	School
T.J. Williams	+14.3	Northeastern
Jonathan Wade	+13.4	Norfolk State
Chris Reyes	+12.3	Pepperdine
Shavar Newkirk	+12.3	Saint Joseph's

 
ON A ROLL
• Northeastern is currently on a seven-game win streak dating back to a 13-point comeback victory over Vermont on Dec. 10
• The win streak is the longest since an eight-game win streak during CAA play from Jan. 3, 2013 until Jan. 27, 2013 beginning and ending with wins over George Mason and including a couple of overtime victories
• That win streak helped the Huskies to a 14-4 CAA record and the Huskies first CAA Regular Season Championship
 
1K FOR TJ
• Already recording 337 points this season through the first 15 games, T.J. Williams now has 1,070 points in his Northeastern career
• Williams, crossed the 1,000-point mark in the first half against William & Mary driving to the basket for a layup
• With that basket he became the 37th player to hit the milestone in Northeastern's program history
• Currently Williams ranks 27th all-time on the Northeastern scoring charts passing Wes Fuller (1,069), Harold Miller (1,064) and Inga Walsh (1,060) with his 21-point effort against James Madison
 
CAREER SCORING

No.	Player	Years	Points
25.	Bill Colby	1955-58	1,125
26.	Harry Barnes	1965-68	1,114
27.	T.J. Williams	2013-pres.	1,070
28.	Wes Fuller	1983-87	1,069

HUSKIES FROM DEEP
• Northeastern has tallied a 3-point field goal in 106 straight games after the Huskies' 9-of-29 performance Saturday against James Madison
• 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 728 3-pointers for an average of 6.9 per game during that stretch
 
GETTING DEFENSIVE
• NU is 28-3 since the start of the 2012-13 season, and 37-5 since 2011-12, when holding an opponent to 59 or fewer points, including a perfect 4-0 in 2016-17
• Under Coen, the Huskies are 81-20 (.802) when keeping opponents under 60 points
• Northeastern has won 20-straight games when holding its opponent to under 60 points dating back to Feb. 15, 2014
 
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 (.666)
2014-15	9-0 (1.000)
2015-16	5-0 (1.000)
2016-17	4-0 (1.000)
Total	81-20 (.802)