BOSTON – The Northeastern men's basketball team will round out its home season on Saturday afternoon against the College of Charleston at 1 p.m. at Matthews Arena on Senior Day.
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The Huskies will honor their three seniors,
Jimmy Marshall,
Alex Murphy and
T.J. Williams, in a pregame ceremony so make sure you get to the game early. Â
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The Huskies hold a 5-2 series lead against the Cougars and have won the last two contests, including a senior day victory the last time out at Matthews.
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The game can be found on GoNUXStream.com, as all Northeastern home games are, free of charge with Bill Spaulding and Pat McHugh on the call and Gordon Weigers on the sidelines. Â
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QUICK HITS
• This is the 97th season of Northeastern men's basketball. Northeastern has an all-time record of 1,186-1,098 (.519) in 2,284 games
• The Huskies are 378-261 (.592) all-time in conference play including a 120-91 (.567) 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 Charleston will meet for the eighth time in program history, with the Huskies leading the way with a 5-2 record
• Northeastern is 2-1 all-time at Matthews Arena against the Cougars winning their last two contests at home, including last year's senior day victory
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Bolden Brace followed his CAA Rookie of the Week performance up with a game-winning, buzzer-beating, falling down on the baseline shot that gave the Huskies a 73-72 over first place Charleston on the road last Thursday night
• The play was featured as the No. 1 play on SportsCenter's top-10 plays, the second time this year a Husky has earned that honor
• Following his 33-point performance against Hofstra,
T.J. Williams has now notched at least 20 points in 16 of 27 games this season and is averaging a CAA leading 21.5 ppg (15th nationally) to go along with 5.2 assists per game, 3rd in the CAA and 46th nationally
• The Huskies have recorded a double-double seven times this season, with
Anthony Green notching the most recent one, his first career double-double
• Green is the fifth different Husky to tally a double-double on the year, the first time five different Huskies have notched a double-double in the same season since the 2002-03 season
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Devon Begley has been stingy this season making 48 steals on the season, the most in the CAA and 47th most nationally
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FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE
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T.J. Williams has made 168 free throws this season, the most in CAA play and fifth most nationally this season.
• Williams' 68 made free throws (27 games) this season rank in a tie for second all-time in a single-season in Northeastern history
• The only Husky with more is Reggie Lewis who had 184 in 1985-86
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Free Throws Made Single Season
1.    |
Reggie Lewis (1985-86) |
184 |
2. |
T.J. Williams (2016-17) |
168 |
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Dave Caligaris (1977-78)Â Â Â Â |
168 |
3. |
Pete Harris (1980-81) |
164 |
4. |
Reggie Lewis (1984-85) |
159 |
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THIS WEEK IN NU BASKETBALL
• The Huskies started the week off with a Thursday night meeting against first place UNCW at Matthews Arena
• The Huskies could not get their offense going in the first half and saw themselves down by 20 at halftime, 39-19 to the Seahawks
• However, Northeastern was undeterred and instead went on a 16-1 run after the half to make it a six-point game thanks to a slam by
Anthony Green that jumpstarted the streak
• During the stretch, Green,
T.J. Williams and
Alex Murphy accounted for all 16 of Northeastern's points
• Later in the second half, Williams and Green cut the Seahawks lead to just one with 52.6 seconds left, but UNCW came away with a steal and sealed the win with four free throws down the stretch
• Williams finished with a career-high 33 points on the night, tallying 27 of those in the second half matching UNCW's entire second half output
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GET THAT OUTTA HERE
• This season, the Huskies have tallied 100 blocks on the season which ranks third in the CAA and are led by
Anthony Green who has registered 32 of those blocks
• The 32 blocks rank fifth in the CAA
• Green finished his rookie season with just eight blocks
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Alex Murphy's 18 blocks ranks 13th in CAA play
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Jeremy Miller also added 16 blocks through the first 12 games before missing the next 11 with an injury
• Against William & Mary (Feb. 2), six different players, including four guards, each had a block on the night led by
Devon Begley and
Bolden Brace's pair of blocks
• After his three-block effort against Towson, Green moved over 20 blocks on the season, extending the Huskies' streak of having a player with 20 blocks in a single season to six seasons
• Green set a new career high with four blocks against Hofstra on Saturday (Feb. 11), matching that total against UNCW (Feb. 16)
• The four blocks were the most since
Quincy Ford blocked five against Stony Brook (Dec. 12) last season
• Green's 32 blocks this season are the most since
Quincy Ford had 37 and Scott Eatherton had 43 in 2014-15
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Year    |
Players |
2016-17Â Â Â Â |
A. Green (32) |
2015-16 |
J. Miller (27), Q. Ford (25) |
2014-15 |
S. Eatherton (43), Q. Ford (37) |
2013-14 |
S. Eatherton (57) |
2012-13 |
R. Spencer (22), Q. Ford (20) |
2011-12 |
Q. Ford (31), R. Spencer (25), K. Black (21) |
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