Gameday Information: Northeastern vs. Delaware
When	Saturday, January 20  | Boston, Mass. | Matthews Arena  | 2 p.m.
Television	NESN Plus
Game Links	Live Video  |  Live Stats  | WRBB
Game Notes	Northeastern (PDF) | Delaware (PDF)
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Promotions	Suits & Sneakers Game: Join the Northeastern men's basketball team as it participates in Coaches vs. Cancer's Suits & Sneakers Week, a nationwide event in which college basketball head coaches and their staff pair their suits with sneakers to raise awareness and encourage donations to the American Cancer Society. All fans are also encouraged to match the Huskies' coaching staff by wearing suits and sneakers to the game. Nike Sneaker Raffle: All fans in attendance will be eligible to submit their name to win a free pair of Nike sneakers. JAMN 94.5: JAMN 94.5 will be in the building and will be hosting a halftime competition so make sure to stop by their table on the lobby to sign up and enter to win. Social Media Night: All fans in attendance are encouraged to share their suit-and-sneaker looks by tagging GoNUhuskynation throughout the evening on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

BOSTON – The Huskies are stopping by Matthews Arena on Saturday afternoon as they take on Delaware at 2 p.m. on the team's annual Coaches vs. Cancer Day.
 
The home game with the Blue Hens is the lone home game in a six-game stretch that took the Huskies from South to North Carolina, to Virginia, down to New York and wrapping up in Philadelphia.
 
Northeastern is coming off of a huge 90-70 victory over William & Mary in Williamsburg, in just the Huskies' second ever win at Kaplan Arena.
 
The Huskies shot a lights-out 71.4 percent from the field during the game, paced by Vasa Pusica's seventh 20-point effort of the year as the team accumulated 25 assists on 35 (of 49) baskets.
 
NOTABLES
• This is the 98th season of Northeastern men's basketball
• Northeastern has an all-time record of 1,196-1,098 (.521) in 2,294 games
• The Huskies are 381-255 (.598) all-time in conference play including a 123-85 (.589) record since joining the CAA in the 2005-06 season
• Northeastern amassed 12 regular season conference championships and eight tournament titles including a 2015 CAA title which sent NU to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 24 years
• Bill Coen is in his 12th season as the leader of the Huskies and since Coen has taken the reins, Northeastern has accomplished the best win percentage amongst current CAA teams in conference and CAA tournament play with a 124-99 all-time mark
• The Huskies named a new director of athletics and recreation last Wednesday morning as Jeff Konya will take over for Peter Roby on February 1
• Shawn Occeus also currently leads the CAA in thefts this season with 1.95 steals per game, a mark that also ranks in the top of the NCAA
• Tomas Murphy was named CAA Rookie of the Week for the second time this season following a week that saw him lead the Huskies with a 13.5 ppg average and a .647 field goal percentage
• The Huskies have recorded eight 80-point efforts this season, tying the most in a single season during the Bill Coen era
 
SCOUTING THE BLUE HENS
• Delaware is 11-9 on the season and 4-3 in conference action, a dramatic improvement from last season
• The Blue Hens' longest win-streak of the season including a pair of overtime victories and ended with a conference opening victory at UNCW
• The last time out, Delaware fell at Hofstra 90-63 in one of their biggest defeats of the season
 
LEADING THE WAY
• Ryan Daly is once again leading the way for the Blue Hens with 17.2 ppg and 5.7 rpg
• Freshman Ryan Allen has added 14.0 ppg while Anthony Mosely has dished out a team-leading 63 assists and Eric Carter is averaging 8.8 rpg
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
• This will be the 53rd meeting between the two teams in a series that Delaware leads 28-24
• The Huskies won four-straight over Delaware before the Blue Hens earned a five-point victory at home last season to snap the streak
• Northeastern bested Delaware by 36 points in the first meeting between the two teams last season
 
LAST TIME VS. DELAWARE
• 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 12th 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.
 
THE LAST TIME OUT
• The Huskies kicked off the third week of CAA play with a huge conference victory at William & Mary
• The win marked just the second ever victory at Kaplan Arena for the Huskies (2012-13, 68-64), but came by a MUCH wider margin in the 90-70 thrashing
• During the game, the Huskies shot an incredible 71.4 percent from the field, tying the best shooting effort in the nation this season
• The mark ranks fourth all-time in the CAA record book
• The Huskies were led by Vasa Pusica who had his seventh 20-point effort of the season while dishing out a career-high tying nine assists
• Three other Huskies netted double-figures including Shawn Occeus who finished with 12 points, four assists, four steals and three rebounds, Bolden Brace who had 13 points and five rebounds and Anthony Green who netted 10 points and two blocks
• William & Mary, who ranked eighth in the country with a 51.0 field goal percentage as a team entering the game, were held to 46.3 shooting
• In addition, the Tribe finished with just 22 rebounds, despite entering the game averaging nearly 35
 
EN FUEGO
• The Huskies' 71.4 shooting percentage against William & Mary tied the best shooting effort in the nation this season
• The Huskies, who were 35-for-49 on the night, matched Loyola Chicago's 25-of-35 effort against Norfolk State
• The performance ranked as the fourth-best in CAA history and was the best mark in over 30 years since James Madison set a conference record with a 73.8 shooting night vs. American on Jan. 11, 1986
• The shooting effort is also the ninth best such performance in the country the last five seasons and the fifth best against a Division-I opponent during the same stretch
 
CAA Single-Game Field Goal Pct.

	Pct.	Team vs. Opponent	Date
1.	73.8 (31-42)	JMU vs. American	1/11/86
2.	73.7 (28-38)	Navy vs. Lafayette	1/18/84
3.	72.5 (37-51)	Navy vs. Fairfield	2/6/85
4.	71.4 (35-49)	NU vs. William & Mary	1/18/18
5.	70.5 (31-44)	Navy vs. William & Mary	3/8/85
6.	70.3 (45-64)	UNCW vs. Saint Andrews	12/3/14

 
NCAA Single-Game Field Goal Pct. (Last 5 seasons)

	Pct.	Team vs. Opponent	Date
1.	74.5 (38-51)	Campbell vs. Allen*	2/16/16
2.	72.5 (37-51)	E. Washington vs. Walla Walla*	11/19/14
3.	72.5 (37-51)	Morehead St. vs. Chattanooga	11/28/13
4.	72.2 (39-54)	SFA vs. Abilene Christian	1/16/16
	72.2 (52-72)	Ft. Wayne vs. Purdue-N. Central*	1/2/16
6.	72.1 (31-43)	UAB vs. SFA	12/7/16
7.	71.9 (41-57)	Butler vs. Maine	11/15/14
	71.9 (41-57)	Elon vs. Washington & Lee*	11/8/13
9.	71.4 (35-49)	NU vs. William & Mary	1/18/18
	71.4 (25-35)	Loyola Chicago vs. Norfolk St.	12/9/17
	71.4 (35-49)	Villanova vs. Oklahoma	4/2/16
	71.4 (30-42)	American vs. BU	1/22/14
	71.4 (25-35)	Pepperdine vs. Denver	11/29/13

*-took place against a DIII school
 
TAKING ADVANTAGE
• One of the most notable things about this Northeastern basketball team is their ability to create and-one opportunities
• This season, through 19 games, 10 different Huskies have created 27 such situations
• Northeastern has also connected on the free throw in 22 of the 27 opportunities
• The leader of the pack is Shawn Occeus who has not only created eight and-one opportunities, and has completed the three-point play on six of the eight chances
• Devon Begley and Tomas Murphy have each headed to the charity stripe for the free throw four times, while Anthony Green has done so thrice, Vasa Pusica and Max Boursiquot have twice, and Bolden Brace, Donnell Gresham, Derrick Cook, and Myles Franklin have once
• The Huskies had four such plays against Kent State, adding the free throw in each of them, the most in a single game this season, while doing so three times last time out
 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
• For the second time this season, Tomas Murphy has been named CAA Rookie of the Week
• This honor comes after Murphy led the Huskies with 13.5 ppg and a .647 shooting effort last week in a 1-1 week that saw a setback in Charleston followed by a win at UNCW
• Murphy's first honor came after the first week of action this season when he led all scorers on the weekend averaging 11.5 points per game as well as 4.0 rebounds per game as he helped the Huskies begin their season 2-0 for the fourth-straight year
• That honor marked the fourth-straight season that the Huskies have earned conference honors following the first weekend of action
• The Wakefield, R.I. native became the first Husky to earn conference Rookie of the Week honors after his first weekend of action since Reggie Spencer achieved the feat Nov. 15, 2011
• With Murphy's second honor, the Huskies have now had multiple CAA Rookie of the Week honorees in consecutive seasons
 
STEALS ON STEALS ON STEALS
• Through 19 games, the Huskies have robbed their opponents 131 times or 6.9 times per game
• The 131 steals rank 2nd in the CAA and 110th nationally
• 10 of Northeastern's 12 roster players have recorded a steal on the year, led by Shawn Occeus' 37 and Vasa Pusica's 24
• Occeus, in fact, leads the CAA in steals with 1.95 per game, a mark that also ranks 57th nationally, and his 37 total steals rank 43rd, while Pusica's mark ranks 10th (1.3 spg) in the conference
• Occeus has led the Huskies in steals in 11 of the 18 games on the season
• While, in seven of 18 games this season, Occeus has tallied at least three steals, a mark that he only achieved twice last season
• Last season, Devon Begley led the conference in thefts en route to CAA All-Defensive Team honors
 
RACKING UP THE POINTS
• Through the first 19 games of the season, the Huskies have already recorded eight 80-point games and a 90-point effort and are averaging 73.5 points a contest
• To put things into perspective, it took the first six combined seasons of Bill Coen era to achieve that feat
• While the scoring mark ranks near the bottom of the CAA, this season, that isn't out of the norm for the Huskies who have always ranked near the top of the conference in scoring defense
• The 73.5 ppg mark this season is the highest mark of the Bill Coen era (2016-17; 72.1)
• This year's scoring defense ranks third in the conference (69.4 ppg) while the team's 3FG defense ranks first in the CAA and 39th nationally holding their opponents to .313 shooting from behind the arc
• The previous two seasons, the Huskies finished with eight such games each year, while adding three 90-point finishes and last season recorded the first 100-point effort of the Coen era... using two overtime periods
 
COEN ERA POINT TOTALS

Year	80-points	90-points	100-points
2006-07	3	0	0
2007-08	0	0	0
2008-09	0	0	0
2009-10	0	0	0
2010-11	4	1	0
2011-12	2	0	0
2012-13	0	0	0
2013-14	4	1	0
2014-15	5	1	0
2015-16	8	3	0
2016-17	8	3	1
2017-18	8	1	0
Total	42	10	1