BOSTON - Northeastern (11-12, 5-6 CAA) travels to New York for a CAA battle with preseason favorite Hofstra (17-7, 8-3 CAA) on Saturday inside The Mack at 4 p.m. The game will be streamed on FloHoops.com.
THE SERIES
The Huskies and Pride have been almost dead even in the all-time series with Hofstra holding a 24-23 lead with its victory inside Matthews Arena earlier this season. Jordan Roland completed a 16-point rally for the Huskies in the second half to tie the game on a 3-pointer with 13 seconds left, but the Pride's Eli Pemberton hit the game-winning shot with less than 1 second left and hand NU a 74-72 defeat at home. Roland scored 25 of his game-high 28 points in the second half, while Pemberton finished with 24 for Hofstra.
COACH COEN CLIMBS CAA RECORD BOOK
Head Coach Bill Coen is in his 14th season at Northeastern and ranks third all-time in CAA history with 157 victories (CAA regular season and postseason). He trails former Drexel coach Bruiser Flint (158 wins) by one for second in the all-time record book. Former George Mason coach Jim Larranaga leads the way with 183 victories.
PREMIER GUARD PLAY
The Huskies and Pride boast some of the most talented guards in the country. NU's Roland leads the league and is fifth in the NCAA in scoring (23.0), while Bolden Brace ranks third in the league in three-point field goal percentage (.442) and point guard Tyson Walker leads all freshman in the conference as a four-time CAA Rookie of the Week honoree and in scoring (11.3), assists (81), steals (38) and assist/turnover ratio (1.7).
Leading Hofstra in the backcourt is Desure Buie, Pemberton and Jalen Ray. Buie leads the CAA in assists (135) and is sixth in scoring (18.5), Pemberton is ninth in scoring (15.7) and Ray is 17th in scoring (11.9). The Pride lead the conference in scoring offense (76.7), four points ahead of No. 4 Northeastern (72.4).
UP NEXT
The Huskies will return to Matthews Arena for a two-game homestand against UNCW (Thursday, Feb. 13) and College of Charleston (Saturday, Feb. 15). The Huskies and Seahawks will battle on Thursday night at 7 p.m. and the game will be televised on NESN.
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