Gameday Information: Northeastern (9-5, 2-0 CAA) vs. Delaware (7-8, 0-2)
When	Thursday, January 5  |  Boston, Mass. | Matthews Arena  | 7 p.m.
Television	American Sports Network
Game Links	Watch Live |  Live Stats | WRBB
Game Notes	Northeastern (PDF) | Delaware (PDF)
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BOSTON – The Northeastern men's basketball team heads into its three-game homestand at Matthews Arena Thursday night, on a five-game win streak.
 
The Huskies will kick off their longest homestand of the season, after playing just two non-conference home games, against Delaware Thursday night at 7 p.m.
 
The Huskies have won five-straight games heading into Thursday's meeting with Delaware earning wins at Vermont, Michigan State, Oakland, in the CAA opener against William & Mary, blowing out the Tribe, and in their first CAA road game of the year at Drexel.
                                                                                                                                                                                
The game will be broadcast live on the American Sports Network, with live streams found at GoNU.com/xstream and CAA.tv.
 
QUICK HITS
• This is the 97th season of Northeastern men's basketball. Northeastern has an all-time record of 1,181-1,090 (.520) in 2,271 games
• The Huskies are 373-253 (.596) all-time in conference play including a 103-78 (.569) record since joining the CAA in the 2006-07 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 Delaware will meet for the 51st time in program history, and though Delaware holds a 27-23 series lead, the Huskies have won three straight over the Blue Hens entering Thursday night's game
• The Huskies enter Thursday's game on a five-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 and a 75-70 overtime road victory over Drexel Monday
• With a win, Northeastern will extend its win-streak to six games
• A Huskies win means a 3-0 start to the conference season for the second straight season
• 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 24-point performance against Drexel, T.J. Williams has now notched at least 20 points in nine of 14 games this season and is averaging a CAA leading 21.3 ppg (28th nationally) to go along with 5.7 assists per game, 2nd in the CAA and 32nd nationally
• Williams is one of just four players nationally to have tallied at least 16 points in every game they have played in this season
• Thursday's game will be the 200th CAA game the Huskies have played in (regular season and conference tournament) since joining the league in the 2006-07 season
 
THREE-GAME HOMESTAND
• Northeastern will return home for the longest homestand of the season
• After playing just two games at home during the non-conference slate, the Huskies are home for three-straight beginning with Delaware (Jan. 5)
• The homestand continues against James Madison (Jan. 7) and will round out with the 2016-17 series finale against Drexel (Jan. 12)
• The Huskies are 3-0 at home this season, notching two of their biggest wins of the year (87-77 vs. BU; 84-64 vs. W&M) while also completing the largest comeback win of the year, after being down 17 at the half to Kent State (Nov. 27)
 
SCOUTING THE BLUE HENS
• Delaware is off to a 7-8 record on the season under first year head coach Martin Ingelsby, however they are 0-2 to begin the conference season after falling to Hofstra and College of Charleston
• The Blue Hens are 2-4 on the season on the road this year with their wins coming over Bradley and Miami (OH)
• Delaware enters Thursday's game with the Huskies on a two-game losing streak
 
LEADING THE WAY
• Delaware is led by Ryan Daly who is averaging 13.1 points and 7.1 rebounds a game while adding 10 steals on the season
• Anthony Mosley has dished out 42 assists on the season, while also adding 25 steals
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
• This will be the 51st meeting between the two teams with the Blue Hens holding the series lead 27-23
• However, NU heads into Monday's game on a three-game winstreak over Delaware
 
LAST TIME VS. DELAWARE
• Behind 24 points from David Walker and 18 from Quincy Ford, Northeastern earned a hard-fought, 69-60, comeback victory at Delaware
• With the win, Northeastern snapped a two-game skid and completed the season sweep of Delaware, winning its third-straight game over the Blue Hens.
• Head Coach Bill Coen now has the most conference victories by a Northeastern head coach (96) besting Jim Calhoun (95) with Saturday's victory.
• Walker finished the game with 24 points, behind five 3-pointers, four rebounds three assists and three steals. Ford tallied 18 points and eight rebounds on the day, while Zach Stahl was a point away from a double-double finishing with nine points and 10 rebounds on the day.
• Marvin King-Davis earned his ninth double-double of the season with 23 points and 15 rebounds for Delaware
 
THIS WEEK IN NU BASKETBALL
• After a 10-day break, the Huskies came out firing with their largest victory ever over William & Mary on Saturday afternoon
• Northeastern won its fourth-straight game with an 84-64 win over the Tribe and captured its fourth straight conference opening win with the victory
• The Huskies shot 62.5 percent from the field in the first half of play, finishing with a 57.1 shooting percentage at the end of the game as four different Huskies tallied double-digit scoring efforts
• Northeastern was led by Alex Murphy who netted a career-high tying 24 points while Devon Begley needed a career-best 21 points as well as seven rebounds and five assists, for his first career 20-point effort
• T.J. Williams added 16 points, six rebounds and six assists and in his first career start, Anthony Green had a career-high 13 points and nine rebounds while making a career-best two steals
• The Huskies added to that 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 n the OT stanza to solidify the Huskies' 75-70 victory
 
IN GOOD COMPANY
• In each game this season, senior T.J. Williams has notched at least 16 points en route to his 21.3 points per game average
• Williams is one of just four people in the country to have achieved that feat this season
 

Name	School	Avg.	Base
Marcus Keene	Central Michigan	30.1 ppg	16+
Jaylen Adams	St. Bonaventure	23.4 ppg	17+
T.J. Williams	Northeastern	21.3 ppg	16+
Erik Thomas	New Orleans	20.5 ppg	17+

 
1K FOR TJ
• Already recording 298 points this season through the first 13 games, T.J. Williams now has 1,031 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 32nd all-time on the Northeastern scoring charts passing former teammates Scott Eatherton (1,021) and Zach Stahl (1,030) with his 24-point effort against Drexel
• Williams will move into the top-30 all-time at Northeastern with just four points against Delaware

CAREER SCORING

No.	Player	Years	Points
29.	Inga Walsh	1944-49	1,060
30.	Fran Ryan	1961-64	1,034
31.	Aaron Davis	2001-05	1,033
32.	T.J. Williams	2013-pres.	1,031
33.	Zach Stahl	2012-16	1030
34.	Scott Eatherton	2013-15	1021

 
HUSKIES FROM DEEP
• Northeastern has tallied a 3-point field goal in 104 straight games after the Huskies' 9-of-26 performance Monday at 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 698 3-pointers for an average of 6.7 per game during that stretch