BOSTON – Coming off a thrilling victory on Thursday night, the Northeastern men's basketball team will look to build on that momentum when the Huskies travel to Monmouth on Monday morning. Tip-off is set for 11 a.m. on the CBS Sports Network.
 
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
 
1. SERIES HISTORY VS. MONMOUTH
Northeastern and Monmouth will be meeting for the eighth time, with the Hawks holding a 4-3 edge in the series. The teams have traded wins over the last four meetings, with Monmouth earning a 78-73 victory last season in West Long Branch.
 
2. FILLING IT UP
William Kermoury finished his career night against Elon on Thursday 11-of-18 from the field, becoming the fourth Husky this season to make at least 10 field goals in a game. Northeastern and Campbell are the only CAA schools to have four different players record 10+ makes this season.
 
• William Kermoury vs. Elon (Jan. 15) – 11-of-18 for 31 points
• Mike Loughnane at Campbell (Jan. 3) – 10-of-15 for 23 points
• Xavier Abreu vs. Duquesne (Nov. 22) – 11-of-17 for 32 points
• LA Pratt vs. Boston University (Nov. 3) – 10-of-19 for 26 points
 
3. GETTING COMFORTABLE
Freshman guard Xavier Abreu is second on the team in scoring averaging 13.3ppg and shooting 47% overall in league action coming off the bench. 
 
Most of his damage has been done in the second half, where he's scored 64% of his points (116-of -181) including 18 points in the final 20 minutes against both North Carolina A&T (Dec. 31) and Elon (Jan. 15).
 
Earlier this season, he averaged 24.5 ppg in two games off the bench to earn CAA Player of the Week honors on Nov. 24. Abreu registered his first career double-digit scoring effort with 17 points on 7-of-15 shooting while logging three steals at Princeton and followed it up by notching 32 points on 11-of-17 shooting vs. Duquesne. He also added five rebounds, three steals, two assists and a block in the final minute of the game.