NEWARK, Del. – The Northeastern men's basketball team (12-18, 7-10) erased an 11-point second half deficit to take the lead with 4:06 to go, but Delaware (18-12, 10-7) answered by hitting four of its final five shots to escape with a 73-67 win over the Huskies on Thursday night at the Bob Carpenter Center.
 
Despite the setback, the Huskies have secured a first-round bye in next week's Jersey Mike's CAA Men's Basketball Championship following North Carolina A&T's loss to Towson.
 
Harold Woods led all scorers with 20 points on 8-of-20 shooting and nine rebounds, one shy of his first career double-double. He was joined in double figures by Chris Doherty (17 points, nine rebounds) and Rashad King (11 points, three steals) as the Huskies shot 40% as a team and went 5-of-20 from three-point range.
 
The Blue Hens were sparked by 19 points and nine boards from Jyare Davis along with 16 points from Niels Lane. Delaware finished the night 23-of-52 overall, 6-of-19 from distance and 21-of-26 from the line.
 
Northeastern came out hot, hitting six of its first 10 shots and leading by as many as nine points in the first half before Delaware used an 11-2 run to take a one-point lead into the break, 37-36.
 
Woods and Doherty did damage for the Huskies, combining for 26 of Northeastern's 36 first half points and going 11-of-19 from the floor for an NU squad that shot 46% overall.
 
Delaware, meanwhile, was paced by 12 points from Lane as the Blue Hens went 15-of-32 overall and 3-of-10 from distance.
 
The Blue Hens opened the second half on a 14-4 run to take its largest lead of the night at 51-40 with 14:55 to go, with Lane and Davis combining for 13 of those points.
 
Northeastern wouldn't go away, though, going on an 11-2 run over more than four minutes to make it a two-point game with less than 10 minutes to go, 53-51, led by six points from Troutman.
 
A three from Masai Troutman (nine points, six rebounds) with 4:06 to go gave Northeastern its first lead since late in the first half, but Delaware would answer with a three of its own from Gerald Drumgoole Jr. (11 points, seven rebounds) as the Blue Hens outscored NU 12-5 the rest of the way and icing the game with free throws.
 
The Huskies will close out the regular season on Saturday afternoon when Northeastern takes on Drexel at 4 p.m. from the Daskalakis Athletic Center.