CHARLESTON, S.C.– The Northeastern men's basketball team will round out its time at the Gildan Charleston Classic vying for third place on Sunday night when they square off with Davidson at 6 p.m. on ESPNU.
The contest with the Wildcats will be the first of two-straight against Davidson, and will be the first ever meeting between the two schools in the 99 year Northeastern program history.
Heading into tomorrow's game, here are a few things to look for.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW:
- Getting to know the Wildcats
- The Wildcats are led by Bob McKillop, who is in his 30th season guiding the program
- Davidson is making its third appearance in the Charleston Classic, also appearing in 2009 and 2013
- The Wildcats are led this season by Jon Gudmundsson (20.0 ppg) and Kellan Grady (16.8) through the first four games
THIS SEASON
- Davidson is off to a 3-1 start to the 2018-19 season, falling for the first time to Purdue the last time out in the Gildan Charleston Classic
- In addition to his 20.0 ppg, Gudmundsson has pulled down 6.0 rpg and dished out 16 assists
- Grady adds 4.3 rpg as well as five steals and a .446 FG%
ALL-TIME SERIES
- This is the first meeting between the two teams in program history
- The A10 & The Huskies
• The Huskies will check another Atlantic 10 opponent off of the list on Sunday afternoon when they face Davidson for the first time in program history
• The meeting will be the first of two-straight for the two teams, who will see each other again on Nov. 24, but this time in North Carolina
• Northeastern has faced regional foe Rhode Island the most of any Atlantic 10 opponent (78) followed by Bay State competition, Massachusetts (55)
• The Huskies are also pretty familiar with former Colonial Athletic Association members, George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth
• Davidson will mark the first and second of three games against Atlantic 10 competitors this season as Northeastern will later face St. Bonaventure at Matthews Arena on Dec. 21
| Team |
Record |
Last Meeting, Location |
| Davidson |
First Meeting |
|
| Dayton |
N/A |
|
| Duquesne |
1-1 |
11/23/99, Pittsburgh |
| Fordham |
1-2 |
12/7/03, Bronx |
| George Mason |
12-10 |
3/10/13, Richmond, Va. |
| George Washington |
1-2 |
12/29/72, Springfield, Mass. |
| La Salle |
1-3 |
12/8/12, Boston |
| Massachusetts |
18-37 |
11/26/14, Amherst |
| Rhode Island |
9-69 |
12/8/10, Boston |
| Richmond |
1-1 |
12/31/14, Richmond |
| St. Bonaventure |
1-2 |
12/20/17, Olean |
| Saint Joseph's |
1-1 |
12/18/82, Atlantic City |
| Saint Louis |
0-1 |
12/22/10, Cancun, Mexico |
| VCU |
6-9 |
11/29/13, Richmond |
| TOTAL |
52-138 |
(190 Meetings) |
2018-19 Meetings against A10 Opponents
| Nov. 18 |
Davidson |
Charleston |
| Nov. 24 |
Davidson |
Davidson |
| Dec. 21 |
St. Bonaventure |
Boston |
- Going for 400-straight
- In 399-straight games, dating back to a Jan. 28, 2006 contest at UNCW, Northeastern has had at least one player register double-digit scoring
- During that 46-44 loss to the Seahawks, Adrian Martinez led the Huskies with nine points
- The Huskies will look to extend that streak 400-straight games on Sunday against Davidson
- The streak came close to being snapped on Friday against Virginia Tech, but Tomas Murphy and Jordan Roland's strong play down the stretch helped to keep it alive as the duo finished with 11 and 10 points respectively
- In addition to that streak, Northeastern has also notched at least one 3-point field goal in 156-straight games dating back to the 2013-14 season
- The last time the Huskies went without a trey was in an 0-for-11 effort against Fairfield on Dec. 15, 2013
