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Northeastern-William & Mary Postgame Notes - CAA Quarterfinals

[2] Northeastern 63, [7] William & Mary 47
Atlantic Union Bank Center
Hercules Tires CAA Men's Basketball Championship
Quarterfinals
Harrisonburg, Va.
 
NORTHEASTERN (10-8)
  • Bill Coen surpassed Jim Calhoun (1972-86) with 251 wins at Northeastern
    • Coach Coen tied Jim Larrañaga's 18 CAA tournament wins at George Mason from 1998-2011 for the most in league history
    • Coen is No. 2 all-time in CAA history with 172 regular season and postseason wins, trailing Larrañaga's 183
  • The Huskies have won their last four quarterfinal matchups
  • NU improves to 7-1 over its last eight quarterfinal games
    • Northeastern is 9-6 all-time in quarterfinal games; Had a bye into the semifinals as the No. 1 seed in 2013
  • After trailing 28-25 at halftime, the Huskies outscored William & Mary 22-4 over the first 7:48 of the second half
    • Northeastern is 2-2 against CAA opponents when trailing at the half
  • The Huskies shot 50% (5-for-10) from behind the arc in the second half
  • After committing 10 turnovers in the opening half, the Huskies had just four in the final 20 minutes
  • NU has made three straight CAA Championship Games (2018-20)
    • Trying to become the fourth team in CAA history to make four straight CAA title games
  • The Red and Black are 20-13 all-time at the CAA tournament in their 16th appearance
  • Northeastern has made a CAA-best five CAA Championship Games since 2013
    • The Huskies are 8-2 (.800) over their last four CAA tournaments
    • NU is 12-4 (.750) since 2015 and 13-5 (.722) since 2013
  • Northeastern is 7-2 all-time at the tournament as the No. 2 seed
  • Northeastern won its fourth CAA regular-season championship at 8-2
  • This marks the 101st season of basketball at Northeastern
  • The Huskies are 1,260-1,146 all-time
  • With a 3-pointer tonight, the Huskies extend their streak to 237 straight games with at least one triple
    • Last game without a 3-pointer was at Fairfield (0-for-11) on Dec. 15, 2013
 
NU-W&M SERIES NOTES
  • The Huskies lead the series 3-1 at the CAA tournament
  • Northeastern leads the all-time series 16-15
  • Northeastern is 2-0 against the Tribe as the No. 2 seed
  • Last meeting between the two schools before tonight at the CAA tournament was in the championship game with Northeastern winning 72-61 to advance to the 2015 NCAA tournament
 
PLAYER NOTES
 
Freshman Connor Braun
  • Saw his first action at Northeastern
  • Scored his first basket and grabbed his first rebound
  • Redshirted in 2019-20 and was hurt the entire regular season this year
 
Sophomore Chris Doherty
  • Grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds (8 offensive)
  • Finished with 9 points
  • First player to grab 18 or more rebounds since the 2015-16 season
 
Freshman Coleman Stucke
  • Reached double figures in consecutive games for the first time this year
  • Scored 13 points on 3-of-7 shooting from behind the arc
  • Matched his career high with 5 rebounds
  • Scored double-digits for the 4th time this season
 
Freshman Jahmyl Telfort
  • Scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half
  • Reached double figures in 10-of-17 games this season
  • Grabbed 5 rebounds and blocked 1 shot
  • Named CAA Sixth Man of the Year
 
Sophomore Tyson Walker
  • Tallied 12 of his game-high 19 points in the second half
  • Matched his career high with 5 steals
  • Went 6-for-16 from the floor and handed out 5 assists
  • Reached double figures for the 15th straight game and 35th time in his career
  • Named CAA Defensive Player of the Year
  • Led the league with 19.3 points per game in league play
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