BOSTON – With final exams in the rear view mirror, the Northeastern men's basketball team returns to the court on Sunday when the Huskies travel to Old Dominion. Tip-off at Chartway Arena is set for 1 p.m. on ESPN+.
 
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
 
1. SERIES HISTORY VS. OLD DOMINION
Northeastern and Old Dominion are meeting for the 17th time in series history, and second time in as many seasons. The Huskies lead the series against its former CAA foe, 10-6, including an 81-68 victory last season at Matthews Arena.
 
In that game in Boston last season, Northeastern broke the school record for free throws made (40), a record that had stood since March 7, 1985, as well as the school record for free throw attempts (51).
 
2. RED HOT START
The Huskies are off to their best start to the season since 2015-16. In the last 50 seasons, Northeastern has started 7-3 or better eight times
 

Year	Start	Final Record
2024-25	7-3	- -
2015-16	7-3	18-15
2014-15	7-3	23-12 (CAA Champions)
1985-86	8-2	26-5 (America East Champions)
1983-84	8-2	27-5 (America East Champions)
1981-82	8-2	23-7 (America East Champions)
1980-81	9-1	24-6 (America East Champions)
1979-80	7-3	19-8 (America East RS Champions)

 
3. KING NAMED CAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Rashad King has gotten off to a fast start this season with 42 assists in 10 games, including 13 against Princeton on Nov. 10. That is tied for the sixth most in single-game history and the most for a Husky since David Walker vs. Hofstra on Jan. 21, 2016.
 
He's reached 20+ points three times this season, and was named the CAA Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 19.5 in a pair of Huskies victories. He is currently second in the conference in assists per game (4.2) and third in field goal percentage (54.2%).