BOSTON – After erasing a 14-point deficit to lead by four with 36 seconds remaining, the Northeastern men's basketball team (8-14, 4-7) saw Elon (5-19, 3-8) score the game's final five points to stun the Huskies on Saturday afternoon at Matthews Arena, 74-73.
 
Following a three-pointer from Jerald Gillens-Butler to make it 73-72 Huskies with 16 seconds to play, the Phoenix forced a turnover on the inbounds pass to get the ball back under the Northeastern basket with 14 seconds left. That setup a go-ahead layup from Gillens-Butler with nine seconds to go before a shot from Coleman Stucke at the buzzer was blocked by Sam Sherry to give Elon the win.
 
Chris Doherty led all scorers with 22 points (16 in the first half) on 8-of-11 shooting and a team-high five assists. He was joined in double figures by Jahmyl Telfort (20 points on 7-of-8) and Stucke (16 points; 4-of-10 from three) for a Huskies team that was 24-of-47 overall and 9-of-13 from three.
 
Gillens-Butler was one of three Phoenix in double figures with 18 points along with Max Mackinnon (20 points; game-high eight assists) and Sean Halloran (12 points). Elon was 30-of-60 overall and 6-of-25 from three in a game that saw 10 ties and six lead changes.
 
• Doherty was a workhorse for the Huskies in the opening half, dropping 16 points in 18 minutes on 6-of-7 from the floor to keep Northeastern level through the first 10 minutes of the game. as a team, the Huskies shot 45% (10-of-22) from the field and just 2-of-11 from three, with both long-range conversions coming from Jared Turner. 
 
• Elon, though, would use a 13-2 run over four minutes to take a double-digit lead into the break, 39-28. The Phoenix were 17-of-31 (55%) overall and received 11 first half points from Mackinnon. 
 
• Stucke got hot at the start of the second half, spearheading a 12-1 Northeastern run to erase the deficit and give the Huskies their first lead since 11:33 of the first half with 10:54 to play, 56-53.
 
• Then it was Telfort's time to turn it on, scoring Northeastern's next seven points over the next 2:28 to make it 66-63 Huskies with 4:41 to go.
 
• It was punch for punch from there before a Glen McClintock three followed by a pair of free throws by McClintock gave the hosts a two-possession lead with 36 seconds left. But a three from Gillens-Butler followed by another layup after a Northeastern turnover gave Elon the 74-73 lead with nine seconds left before Sherry's block on Stucke at the buzzer.
 
The Huskies will be back home on Wednesday when Northeastern hosts Hofstra at Matthews Arena. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. and the game will be televised nationally on CBSSN.