| Match Information: Northeastern (12-9, 6-3 CAA) vs. Hofstra (19-3, 9-0 CAA) |
| When |
Saturday, Feb. 2 | 4:30 p.m. |
| Where |
Boston, Mass. | Matthews Arena |
| Television |
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| Broadcast & Statistics |
Watch | Live Stats |
| Game Notes |
Northeastern (PDF) | Hofstra (PDF) |
| Promotions |
- Three gift Bookstore gift cards will be given away to students only!
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BOSTON– The Northeastern men's basketball team will kick off a three-game homestand with a key game on Saturday afternoon when the Huskies face off against Hofstra at 4:30 p.m. at Matthews Arena.
The preseason No. 1 (Northeastern) will take on the CAA's current No. 1 seed (Hofstra) on NESNPlus.
Here is what you need to know about Saturday's game:
THREE THINGS TO KNOW:
- Dogs vs. Cats
- Hofstra enters Saturday's game with the Huskies on the nation's longest winning streak, 16 games
- The Pride have yet to lose since a 69-67 OT victory at Virginia Commonwealth back on Nov. 24
- Hofstra's three losses this season have all come on the road where they have posted a 7-3 record
- Currently the Pride lead the CAA with a 9-0 record, with the Huskies sitting in a tie for second place
LEADING THE WAY
- Hofstra senior guard Justin Wright-Foreman continues his stellar senior season and the team with a 26.0 ppg average, which ranks third in the nation, while also dishing out 72 assists
- Coupling with Wright-Foreman to provide one of the top scoring duos in the country is Eli Pemberton who is putting up 15.8 ppg this year
- Desure Buie is averaging 9.6 ppg in 2018-19 while dishing out a team-high 115 assists this season
ALL-TIME SERIES
- This will be the 45th meeting between the two teams in a series that is tied at 22-all
- Hofstra won five-straight before the Huskies pulled away with a 81-67 victory last season at the Mack Complex
- Prior to that, Northeastern won eight-straight against the Pride from 2011-12 until the 2014-15 season
- Hofstra took the first meeting between the two teams earlier this season on a buzzer beater that Justin Wright-Foreman threw up with a prayer as time expired
- Seeing Double-Double
- For the third time since the 2002-03 season, five different Huskies have each recorded a double-double in the same season
- Vasa Pusica became the fifth Husky with a double-double this season following his 10-point, 10-rebound double-double at James Madison
- This year, like 2016-17, a pair of Huskies achieved the feat in the same game, two different times
- In 2002-03, two double-double efforts in a single game occured on three different occasions
- Donnell Gresham's three double-doubles this season are the most since T.J. Williams put together four in 2016-17
2018-19 Double-Doubles (8)
2016-17 Double-Doubles (9)
2002-03 Double-Doubles (14)
| 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) |
- They See Me Roland….
- Last Saturday against James Madison, Jordan Roland went off, finishing with a career-high eight 3-pointers against the Dukes
- That game marked the FIFTH time this season he has connected on a 5+ threes in a game and the THIRD time he has knocked down 6+ treys
- With the outing, Roland becomes just one of three Northeastern players to have three 6+ trey games in a single season joining J.J. Barea and Marcus Barnes, who both did so during the 2003-04 season
- Barnes became the first to ever do it, completing the task by Jan. 2, 2004 (12 games into the season), Roland did so by Jan. 26 (21 games in)
- Roland is the lone Husky to do it all on the road
| Player |
No. |
Opponent, Date |
| Jordan Roland |
8 |
at James Madison (1/26/19) |
|
6 |
at Davidson (11/24/18) |
|
7 |
at Harvard (11/9/18) |
| J.J. Barea |
7 |
vs. Maine (2/26/04) |
|
7 |
vs. Maine (1/28/04) |
|
6 |
vs. UNH (1/4/04) |
| Marcus Barnes |
8* |
vs. Vermont (1/7/04) |
|
6 |
vs. Stony Brook (1/2/04) |
|
7 |
vs. West Virginia (11/29/03) |
* - Was a school record before Brace's 10 3FG night
- Roland truly kicked off his Northeastern career against Harvard (Nov. 9) when he had a night against the Crimson, finishing with 35 points, including seven treys
- Against Davidson (Nov. 24), Roland found himself on fire against the Wildcats, with a 23-point, six 3FG game
