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NEWARK, Del. – Despite a 28-point effort by T.J. Williams, the Northeastern men's basketball team fell 69-62 Thursday night, on the road, to Delaware at the Bob Carpenter Center.
 
Williams' 28-point game marked his 12^th 20-point effort of the season, tying the most through 19 games since J.J. Barea had 12 in 19 games during his senior year in 2005-06. Williams added five rebounds on the night and had a pair of steals.
 
Ryan Daly led the Blue Hens with 27 points, 4-of-5 from behind the arc and a perfect 7-for-7 from the charity stripe while pulling down six boards and adding three helpers.
 
Like the last time out against Delaware, Northeastern started off with a big run. Last game the Huskies had a 16-point advantage before Delaware got on the board, Thursday Northeastern held Delaware scoreless for the first 7:32 of play en route to an 8-0 lead.
 
Unlike the last time out, Delaware responded to the Huskies run with a 23-6 run of their own, including a 13-0 run over a 3:52 span before T.J. Williams ended that with a jumper at the 4:54 mark.
 
Williams followed that basket with another with 3:11 left, sparking a 9-1 run over the next two minutes to make it a one-point game with just over a minute left in the half. Delaware got a couple points back on a Ryan Daly layup to head to the locker rooms with a three-point lead at the half.
 
Northeastern jumped out quickly at the half, erasing the Delaware lead and building up a six-point edge of their own using a 13-4 run in the first four minutes of play.
 
But once again the Blue Hens countered that run with a 10-0 run of their own to make it a 46-41 ball game in favor of Delaware.
 
After being held without a basket for nearly three minutes, Max Boursiquot ended Delaware's streak with a layup, followed by a Williams trey to even the score at 46-all.
 
Eric Carter drew, and completed, an and-one to give Delaware another three-point lead, but Alex Murphy ended that with a three to retie the score at 49-all.
 
However, Delaware used 10 free throws and a pair of threes with time winding down on the shot clock by Daly to take a 63-51 lead with just over two minutes to play as they would hang on to earn their first CAA victory of the season.  
 
The Huskies will look to round out the road trip Saturday afternoon with a win when they take on Hofstra at the Mack Sports Complex at 4 p.m.