HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Jahmyl Telfort and Chris Doherty scored 22 points apiece to pace a Northeastern men's basketball team (7-19, 1-14) that led by eight with less than two minutes left, but Hofstra (19-9, 11-4) closed the game on an 11-0 run to stun the Huskies on Saturday afternoon at the Mack Sports Complex, 76-73.
 
It was a career day for Doherty, who finished one rebound shy of his fourth double-double in the last five games, while Telfort recorded a season-best performance on 10-of-17 shooting from the field to go along with five assists. Jason Strong, meanwhile, added 17 points off the bench on 6-of-10 (5-of-8 from three) to finish one point shy of a career-high.
 
The Huskies were 27-of-56 overall (48%), 8-of-21 from three and outrebounded Hofstra 37-28, while the Pride went 29-of-61 from the field and 8-of-24 from deep, with six of its eight made threes coming in the second half.
 
Aaron Estrada led four Hofstra players in double figures with 21 points (8-of-18) as the Pride turned the ball over just seven times on the afternoon.
 
• Despite shooting 38% (11-of-29) in the opening half, Northeastern brought the energy in the opening 20 minutes, holding Hofstra to a 2-of-14 showing from deep to take a three-point lead at the break, 32-29.
 
• The Huskies used a 13-2 lead over nearly four minutes midway through the half, highlighted by a pair of threes from Strong and another from Walters to give the visitors a 23-16 edge with nine minutes left in the half.
 
• Hofstra hung in with a 13-2 run of its own to retake the lead with 4:08 remaining before Northeastern closed the first half on a 7-0 run, with five points coming from Doherty. 
 
• Doherty and Telfort kept battling in the second half, scoring 15 and 11 points respectively over the final 20 minutes to lead a 59% shooting performance from the Huskies during the second half. 
 
• NU went up by as many as 11 thanks to a 15-2 run over more than five minutes, capped by a jumper from Quirin Emanga to give Northeastern a 54-43 lead with 9:46 to go.
 
• It was back and forth from there until a three from Strong, his fifth of the day, put the Huskies up by eight with 1:31 to play (73-65) before the tides turned. Hofstra would close the game on an 11-0 run, forcing three Northeastern turnovers along the way, to erase the deficit, retake the lead and give the Pride the victory.
 
The Huskies will return home for the final three games of the regular season, beginning on Tuesday against the College of Charleston at 7 p.m. on NESN+. Tickets are available by visiting NUHuskies.com/tickets.