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N. CHARLESTON, S.C. –
Vasa Pusica finished with a near triple-double,
Maxime Boursiquot tied his career-high with 17 points,
Bolden Brace added 13 second-half points and
Anthony Green finished with his fourth career 10-rebound game as the Northeastern men's basketball team advanced onto the CAA Semifinals with a 74-50 victory over Delaware Sunday night at the North Charleston Coliseum.
The win marked the eight-straight for the Huskies, tying the 10
th longest streak in school history and the sixth longest current win-streak in the nation.
Also with the victory, 2018 CAA Coach of the Year
Bill Coen picked up win No. 200, just the third coach in Northeastern history to hit the milestone (Jim Calhoun, 250; Dick Dukeshire, 204).
Pusica finished with 15 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds in the outing marking his second double-double of the season. Boursiquot added his career-high tying 17 points as well as five rebounds. The duo accounted for 23 of the Huskies 33 first-half points.
Brace, who was held scoreless in the first half, tallied all 13 of his points in the second-half while dishing out three assists while Green finished with six points and 10 rebounds in 25 minutes of action.
Delaware was led by Ryan Daly who finished with nearly half of the Blue Hen points, putting up 23 on the night to go along with eight rebounds. Eric Carter was the only other Delaware player with a double-digit scoring effort finishing with 10. CAA Rookie of the Year Ryan Allen had just five on the day with CAA Defensive Player of the Year
Shawn Occeus (six points, two assists) guarding him.
The Huskies got out to as much as a seven-point lead, 21-14, in the first half, but a short scoring drought and a relentless Delaware crept back into the game to tie things up at 23-all with just over five minutes to go in the first stanza.
Northeastern fought back, spurred by 13 first-half points from Boursiquot, tying his season-high in the first 20 minutes of action, while Pusica chipped in 10 as the two guided the Husky offense to a five-point, 33-28 halftime lead.
The Huskies used an 8-0 run that spanned from the end of the first half into the beginning of the second that helped them build up a comfortable lead over the Blue Hens. The lead extended out to 14-2, giving the Huskies a 17-point cushion early in the second half highlighted by back-to-back treys from Begley and Brace.
From there on, Northeastern rolled right into their fifth CAA semifinal game in the last six years with a 74-50 win over the Blue Hens, their third of the season.
UP NEXT
The Huskies advance to the CAA Tournament Semifinals where they will face the winner of the No. 3 Hofstra/No. 6 UNCW game at 8:30 p.m. Monday night at the North Charleston Coliseum. The game can be found on CBS Sports Network.
