BOSTON – The Northeastern men's basketball team will finish out the regular season at UNCW on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
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The Huskies are 3-5 all-time at Trask Coliseum, but won last season's meeting at UNCW on a last second layup by
Jeremy Miller on a pass in the lane from
Caleb Donnelly. Â
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The game can be found on UNCWSports.com or CAA.TV.
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QUICK HITS
• This is the 97th season of Northeastern men's basketball. Northeastern has an all-time record of 1,187-1,099 (.519) in 2,286 games
• The Huskies are 379-262 (.591) all-time in conference play including a 121-92 (.568) 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 UNCW will meet for the 22nd time in program history, with UNCW leading the way with an 11-10 series record
• Northeastern is 3-5 all-time at Trask Coliseum against the Seahawks, though they won last season's outing
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Bolden Brace has been hot as of late putting up 40 points at Elon, just the third Husky to ever hit the 40-point mark, with the other two being Reggie Lewis and J.J. Barea
• The majority of Brace's points came from deep as he hit for a school record 10 threes in the game, putting seven up in the first half alone. By halftime he had a career-high 28 points
• Following his 26-point performance against Elon,
T.J. Williams has now notched at least 20 points in 17 of 29 games this season and is averaging a CAA leading 21.5 ppg (12th nationally) to go along with 5.4 assists per game, 2nd in the CAA and 38th nationally
• Additionally, Williams recorded the first Husky triple-double in 11 years with a 26p, 12a, 10r outing against the Phoenix
• The Huskies have recorded a double-double nine times this season, including a pair against Elon
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Anthony Green became 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 61st most nationally
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FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE
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T.J. Williams has made 185 free throws this season, the most in CAA play and fifth most nationally this season.
• With his 10-for-10 outing at the charity stripe last time out, Williams moved into first on the Northeastern single season free throws made chart
• Williams moved past Reggie Lewis' 184 free throw effort in 1985-86
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Free Throws Made Single Season
| 1.    |
T.J. Williams    |
185 |
| 2.    |
Reggie Lewis (1985-86) |
184 |
| 3. |
Dave Caligaris (1977-78)Â Â Â Â |
168 |
| 4. |
Pete Harris (1980-81) |
164 |
| 5. |
Reggie Lewis (1984-85) |
159 |
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SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS
• UNCW is 25-5 on the season, and 14-3 in conference play heading into the final game of the year.
• The Seahawks are 12-1 at home this season with their only home loss coming in conference action to the College of Charleston
• UNCW lost to just Middle Tennesse and Clemson during non-conference action accumulating win streaks of eight and nine games this season
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LEADING THE WAY
• UNCW has four different players averaging double-digit scoring led by C.J. Bryce who has tallied 17.3 ppg this season aided by Chris Flemmings (15.6), Denzel Ingram (14.2) and Devontae Cacok (12.3 ppg, 9.9 rpg)
• Cacok leads the conference with a .787 FG% while also pulling down 296 rebounds
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ALL-TIME SERIES
• This will be the 22nd meeting between the two teams and UNCW just barely took the series lead, 11-10, after a 66-65 victory over the Huskies the last time out
• The Huskies are 3-5 all-time at Trask
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LAST TIME VS. UNCW
• In a game that came down to the final seconds,
T.J. Williams sent a last second 3-point try through the net at the buzzer, but UNCW was able to outlast Northeastern 66-65 at Matthews Arena
• Williams, who notched 27 of his career-high 33 points in the second half, tied the entire second-half effort by UNCW (27 points)
• An
Anthony Green slam with just over 15 minutes left in the second half jumpstarted a 16-1 run over a 4:49 span to make it a six-point ball game with ten-and-a-half minutes to go in the second stanza
• Northeastern later went on a 6-0 run over a 2:46 span to make it a one-point game with 52.6 seconds left. Williams started things off with a layup, followed by a Green slam, his fourth of the night. A pair of Williams free throws cut the lead to just one, but after a Husky turnover UNCW was able to get enough of a lead from the charity stripe to hang on for the win
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OH WHAT A NIGHT
• Northeastern's double-overtime effort at Elon on Feb. 23 saw some school records fall and some outstanding efforts across the board by just the seven Huskies dressed for the game
• The 105 points put up by the Huskies were the most during the
Bill Coen era, the first 100-point game of Coen's tenure, and the most against a Division-I program since Northeastern beat George Mason 108-87 on Dec. 4, 1993
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SCHOOL RECORDS
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Bolden Brace set a new school record with 10 3-pointers in the game, breaking the previous record of eight set by both Marcus Barnes vs. Vermont (1/7/04) and Demetrius Pollard vs. CCSU (11/16/13)
   • Brace finished with 40 points just one shy of the school record 41 set by both Reggie Lewis (Feb. 19, 1986) and J.J. Barea (March 5, 2005)
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T.J. Williams was 10-for-10 from the charity stripe on the night, and has made his last 18 free throws, and in doing so recorded his 185th made FT of the season
    • Williams' 185 free throws pass Reggie Lewis' 184 made free throws set during the 1985-86 season for the most by any Husky in a single season in school history
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• In addition, Williams notched the Huskies' first triple-double since the 2005-06 season with his 26 point, 12 assist, 11 rebound effort. The last Husky triple-double came from Shawn James on a 17 points, 14 rebounds and 11 blocks against JMU on Feb. 15, 2006
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Anthony Green recorded his second double-double of the season with an 11 point, 11 rebound, five block effort, including a few key blocks down the stretch
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Jimmy Marshall added a career-high 15 points in the game
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DOUBLE-DOUBLE (x9 x5)
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Anthony Green became the fifth different Husky to record a double-double this season when he tallied a 15 point, 10 rebound effort against the College of Charleston (Feb. 9), both career highs for the sophomore
• Since then the Huskies have added another couple efforts against Elon (Feb. 23)
• The five different Huskies to record a double-double in the same season are the most since five different Huskies achieved the feat in the 2002-03 season
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2016-17 Double-Doubles
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2002-03 Double-Doubles
| Name |
Total |
| Sylbrin Robinson        |
10 (all P/R) |
| J.J. Barea |
1 (P/A) |
| Jamaar Walker |
1 (P/A) |
| Javorie Wilson |
1 (P/R) |
| Cornellius Wright    |
1 (P/R) |
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• In the Steve Wright Classic finale,
T.J. Williams and
Bolden Brace tallied double-doubles, the first Husky duo to accomplish the feat since
Zach Stahl (19 points, 11 rebounds) and
David Walker (18 points, 13 assists) did so in a triple overtime game last season vs. Hofstra (Jan. 21, 2016)
• 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 and Green combined to become the first Huskies to record a triple-double and double-double in the same game since James (15p, 17r, 11b) and Barea (24p 10a) teamed up to do so against Albany (Feb. 27, 2005)
• Last season, NU, as a squad, registered 10 double-doubles on the year 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
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Quincy Ford led the way with five double-doubles last season, a career-high for the redshirt senior
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GET THAT OUTTA HERE
• This season, the Huskies have tallied 106 blocks on the season which ranks second in the CAA (3.7 per game) and are led by
Anthony Green who has registered 37 of those blocks
• The 37 blocks rank third in the CAA
• Green finished his rookie season with just eight blocks
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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 five blocks against Elon on Feb. 23, the first Husky with five blocks in a game since
Quincy Ford had five against Stony Brook (Dec. 12, 2015)
• Green's 37 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 (37) |
| 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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1K FOR TJ
• Recording 603 points this season through the first 29 games,
T.J. Williams now has 1,338 points in his Northeastern career
• The 603 points are the most by a Husky since J.J. Barea had 610 points in the 2005-06 season
• 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 15th all-time on the NU scoring charts passing
Joel Smith (1,328) at Elon
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CAREER SCORING
| No. |
Player    |
Years    |
Points |
| 14.    |
Derrick Lewis    |
1986-89Â Â Â Â |
1,394 |
| 15. |
T.J. Williams |
2013-pres.    |
1,338 |
| 16. |
Joel Smith |
2009-13 |
1,328 |
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PERFECTION FROM THE LINE
• At Michigan State,
Devon Begley was a perfect 10-of-10 from the charity stripe, including 6-of-6 down the stretch to help seal the victory
• With his perfect performance at the line, Begley became just the 11th ever Huskies to finish perfect from the charity stripe with 10-plus tries in a single game
• The last Husky to do so was
David Walker who was 12-of-12 against Drexel on Feb. 21, 2015
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T.J. Williams added the Huskies' second perfect 10-for-10 performance of the year from the charity stripe against Elon (Feb. 23)
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| Attempts    |
Player (Opponent)Â Â Â Â |
Date    |
| 16-16 |
Reggie Lewis vs. Hartford |
2/4/86 |
| 14-14 |
Pete Harris vs. Boston Univ. |
2/8/80 |
| 13-13 |
Reggie Lewis vs. Siena |
2/19/86 |
| 12-12 |
David Walker vs. Drexel |
2/21/15 |
| 11-11 |
Dave Caligaris vs. Boston Univ. |
1/10/78 |
| 10-10Â Â Â Â |
T.J. Williams at Elon |
2/23/17 |
| 10-10 |
Devon Begley at Michigan State    |
12/18/16 |
| 10-10 |
David Walker vs. Hofstra |
1/14/15 |
| 10-10 |
Quincy Ford at Drexel  |
1/21/12 |
| 10-10 |
Joel Smith at Boston Univ.  |
11/11/11 |
| 10-10 |
Shawn James vs. Holy Cross |
12/27/04 |
| 10-10 |
Dave Caligaris vs. Springfield      |
2/10/77 |
| 10-10 |
Perry Moss vs. Maine |
1/12/80 |
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