BOSTON – Coming off a thrilling victory on Tuesday night, the Northeastern men's basketball team is back in the Cabot Center for Homecoming Weekend to host Yale on Friday night at 7 p.m.
 
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
 
1. THE MATCHUP WITH YALE
Northeastern and Yale are meeting for the first time in series history and features two of the most tenured coaches in college basketball in Bill Coen (21 years at NU; 11th longest tenured in the NCAA) and James Jones (28 years at Yale; 4th longest).
 
The two have combined for 750 victories (Jones 443, Coen 307) and are both the winningest coaches at their respective institutions. They are also two of just 11 active coaches in Division I men's basketball to have only coached at one school and reached at least 300 career wins.
 
Coen and the Huskies went up against James' younger brother, Joe, and Boston University earlier this season. Northeastern is one of five teams (Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard) with both Jones brothers on the schedule this season.
 
2. LOUIS BOND, 0023
Sophomore Louis Bond has wasted no time getting comfortable in the red and black, averaging 17.3 points per game and shooting 56% from the floor, including back-to-back 20+ point efforts at No. 9/10 Virginia and vs. Harvard.
 
In the Virginia game, the Idaho State transfer went for a career-high 23 points on 9-of-16 from the floor (3-of-7 3FG) along with three steals. He followed it up with a game-high 22 points against the Crimson with a career-high three assists and two blocks while playing 41 minutes.
 
3. FROM THE STRIPE
Northeastern is second in the CAA and 28th in the nation in free throw percentage early in the season (79.7%), highlighted by a 12-of-14 (85.7%) effort against Harvard on Tuesday. 
 
Rashad King is fourth in program history in career free throw percentage (84.2%; 213-of-253), and was 9-of-9 from the line on Nov. 6 at No. 9/10 Virginia. He is one of just three players in team history to have three or more perfect nights from the free throw line with a minimum of nine attempts during their career (Dave Caligaris and David Walker).