Gameday Information: Northeastern (12-5, 5-0 CAA) at Towson (9-9, 1-4)
When	Saturday, January 14  |  Towson, Md. | SECU Arena  | 2 p.m.
Television	Comcast SportsNet
Game Links	Watch Live |  Live Stats | WRBB
Game Notes	Northeastern (PDF) | Towson (PDF)
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BOSTON – Northeastern men's basketball will take to the road for three games beginning with a Saturday afternoon contest at Towson that will be televised on Comcast SportsNet at 2 p.m.
 
The Huskies enter the contest on an eight-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 eight victories heading into Thursday night's game included five-straight CAA wins to open up the season.  
                                                                                                                                                                                
The game can be found on television on Comcast SportsNet, check your local listings, or CAA.TV with Al Koken and Glenn Consor on the call.
 
QUICK HITS
• This is the 97th season of Northeastern men's basketball. Northeastern has an all-time record of 1,184-1,090 (.521) in 2,274 games
• The Huskies are 376-253 (.598) all-time in conference play including a 118-83 (.587) 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 Towson will meet for the 34th time in program history, and the Huskies are holding on to a 20-13 series lead winning the last two meetings and 10 of the last 12
• The Huskies enter Saturday's game on an eight-game win-streak, tied for the 10th longest in school history, matching Northeastern's eight game-win streak to begin CAA play in the 2012-13 season
• With a win, Northeastern will extend its win-streak to nine games, the longest win streak since the 1985-86 season (see page 3)
• A Huskies win also means a 6-0 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 30-point performance against Drexel, T.J. Williams has now notched at least 20 points in 11 of 17 games this season and is averaging a CAA leading 21.6 ppg (16th nationally) to go along with 6.1 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 have played in this season
• Two Husky freshmen have now recorded double-doubles on the year after Max Boursiquot's 17-point, 11 rebound double-double against Drexel Thursday night (Bolden Brace - 10 points, 10 rebounds vs. Maine (Nov. 20)
 
THIS WEEK IN NU BASKETBALL
• Northeastern added to its win-streak Thursday night with a 92-75 victory over Drexel at Matthews Arena
• Five different Huskies scored in double figures, led by T.J. Williams who tallied his second 30-point game of the season
• With the 30 points, Williams has now notched at least 20 points in 11 games this season and extends his streak of netting at least 16 points in every game this season to 17 games, the only player in the country to do so
• Williams was aided by freshman Max Boursiquot who recorded his first career double-double with a 17 point, 11 rebound effort against the Dragons
• Also aiding the effort was Devon Begley, who finished with 16 points and a career-high nine assists on the day
• The Huskies extended their win-streak to eight games with the victory, tying an eight-game win streak to start the CAA campaign in the 2012-13 season
 
SWEET 16!
• In each game this season, senior T.J. Williams has notched at least 16 points en route to his 21.6 points per game average
• Williams is the ONLY player in the country to have achieved that feat this season
• Playing all 40 minutes of action against Drexel (Jan. 12), T.J. Williams recorded his second 30-point game of the season with a 30 point, 8 rebound, 7 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 21.6 points per game, a 14.8 point increase or 318% increase from last season
• Williams' 14.8 ppg increase is the largest PPG increase of any player in Division-I men's basketball
 

Name	Increase	School
T.J. Williams	+14.8	Northeastern
Jonathan Wade	+12.9	Norfolk State
Chris Reyes	+12.6	Pepperdine
Shavar Newkirk	+12.3	Saint Joseph's

 
ON A ROLL
• Northeastern is currently on an eight-game win streak dating back to a 13-point comeback victory over Vermont on Dec. 10
• The eight-game win streak ties for the 10th longest in school history
• 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
 
Northeastern's Longest Win-Streaks

Rank	Games	Dates
1.	13	Dec. 5, 1985 - Jan. 30, 1986
2.	12	Feb. 5, 1985 - March 9, 1985
3.	11	Dec. 25, 2009 - Jan. 23, 2010
	11	Feb. 7, 1987 - March 7, 1987
	11	Jan. 2, 1987 - Jan. 31, 1987
6.	10	Dec. 8, 1970 - Jan. 21, 1981
7.	9	Feb. 17, 1986 - March 8, 1986
	9	Feb. 12, 1981 - March 13, 1981
	9	Feb. 2, 1966 - Feb. 26, 1966
10.	8 (8x)	last Dec. 10, 2016 - pres.

1K FOR TJ
• Already recording 367 points this season through the first 17 games, T.J. Williams now has 1,102 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
24.	Andre LaFleur	1983-87	1,143
25.	Bill Colby	1955-58	1,125
26.	Harry Barnes	1965-68	1,114
27.	T.J. Williams	2013-pres.	1,102

 
HUSKIES FROM DEEP
• Northeastern has tallied a 3-point field goal in 107 straight games after the Huskies' 12-25 performance Thursday against Drexel
• 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 740 3-pointers for an average of 6.9 per game during that stretch
• As a team, the Huskies have been adventagous behind the arc, leading the CAA with a .396 3-point field goal percentage, knocking down 148 threes (5th) on the season in 374 tries
• However, no individual Huskies rank in the top-10 in the CAA in made threes
• The Huskies have distributed the ball evenly from beyond the arc, as nine of Northeastern's 11 players have connected from deep this season, led by Devon Begley's 29 (14th CAA), Alex Murphy's 26, and freshman Shawn Occeus' 25 treys
 
T.J. OR J.J.?
• Through his first 17 games of the season, T.J. Williams has recorded 11 20+ point games on the year, including two 30-point efforts, with the first one coming against Boston University in the season opener followed by a 30-point game against Drexel (Jan. 12)
• The last Husky to record as many 20+ point games through the first 17 games of the season was Jose Juan Barea, who had 12 such games to start the 2005-06 season, also his senior campaign, more than 10 years ago
• During that stretch, Williams has three double-doubles, two via points-assists and one via points-rebounds
• Barea tallied five double-doubles during that stretch all of which game via points-assists
• Through the first 16 games, Williams is averaging a CAA leading 21.6 points per game, 6.1 apg, and 5.1 rebounds per game
• During that same stretch, Barea was averaging 22.6 ppg, 8.8 apg, and 4.7 rpg
• However, Barea was held to just one 30-point game that year on Jan. 7, 2006, when he dropped 32 at Old Dominion
 
LEADING THE CAA
• T.J. Williams has been on fire in the first half of the 2016-17 season posting a 21.6 points per game average, which tops the CAA and ranks 16th in the country
• Not only is Williams scoring, but he is aiding his teammates and has 103 assists on the year or 6.1 per game, which tops the CAA and ranks 17th nationally
• Williams notched the first 30-point game of his career to begin the season against Boston University, adding another one on Thursday against Drexel, and has 20+ point games in 11 of 17 games this season
• Nearly one-third of Williams' points have come from the free throw line (113-of-367), the most free throws made by an individual in the CAA and 6th-most in the country in 2016-17
• His 367 total points also rank first in the CAA and 17th in the nation
• Williams' free-throw percentage of 76.9 percent is unranked in the CAA, but is a 12.3 percent increase from his career free throw percentage heading into the season (.646)
• Williams has personally attempted 147 free throws this season, ranking third in the nation
 
DOUBLE-DOUBLE (x5)
• Against Drexel (Jan. 12), Maxime Boursiquot notched Northeastern's fifth double-double of the season with a career-high 17-point, 11 rebound effort
• He became the second Husky rookie to record a double-double on the season joining Bolden Brace
• In Northeastern's Steve Wright tournament finale against Maine, two Huskies notched double-doubles, both career firsts for those respective student-athletes
• T.J. Williams and Bolden Brace accomplished the feat to become the first duo to have a double-double since Zach Stahl (19 points, 11 rebounds) and David Walker (18 points, 13 assists) achieved the feat in a triple overtime game last season vs. Hofstra (Jan. 21, 2016)
• Though the double-double was not the first of Williams' career, it was the first of the points/assists variety as he tallied 26 points and 10 assists in the effort, a career high for Williams
• Brace, a rookie for the Huskies, earned his double-double in just his fifth career game via 10 points and 10 rebounds
• The last Husky rookie to notch a double-double faster than Brace was Reggie Spencer, who recorded his first career double-double in his first career game, a 16 points, 10 rebound effort in an OT win at BU (11/11/11)
• Williams leads the Huskies with three double-doubles on the year which ranks fifth in the CAA this season
• Last season, Northeastern, as a squad, 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
• Quincy Ford led the way with five double-doubles this season, a career-high for the redshirt senior