Northeastern University Athletics

BOSTON – Louis Bond (29) and Rashad King (25) combined for 54 points, and the Northeastern men's basketball team (2-2) hit 15 threes en route to an 84-73 victory over Yale (1-3) on Friday night at the Cabot Center.
 
The Huskies finished 15-of-25 from distance, including 9-of-14 in the first half, the most threes in a game since Jan. 9, 2021 against Hofstra. Bond finished the night 11-of-16 overall and 5-of-7 from three to set a new career high for the second time in the last three games.
 
King, meanwhile, became the 43rd player in team history to reach 1000 career points at Northeastern, finishing the night 8-of-13 overall and adding a game-high six assists.
 
The duo was flanked by Dorian Grosber, who finished with 15 points (5-of-10, 3-of-4 3FG), 12 rebounds and five assists for his first career double-double, while Miles Newton added three points in his first game in nearly 11 months after suffering an Achilles injury.
 
Northeastern finished the night 54% from the field, recording 19 assists on 29 made baskets, while Yale was 32-of-71 overall and got a team-high 20 points from Daniel Ogunyemi.
 
It was raining threes in the first half, with the Huskies shooting 64% (9-of-14) from beyond the arc in the opening 20 minutes, led by 19 points from Bond on 6-of-9 from the floor (5-of-6 3FG).
 
Northeastern couldn't miss early, opening the game 6-of-7 overall to lead 18-5 less than five minutes into the game. The shooting barrage continued throughout, with NU starting 8-of-10 from distance including three straight makes from Bond as the Huskies led by as many as 13.
 
Yale hung tough, though, quietly chipping away to stay in it, shooting 41% overall led by 10 points from Mullin, including a 9-0 run that brought the Bulldogs within four midway through the half.  
 
A 9-0 Bulldogs run over less than two minutes in the second half brought the game back to level at 55 apiece with 12:38 to play before Yake took its first lead of the game with 9:22 to play at 62-61. 
 
That's when King turned it on, going for 18 in the second half on 6-of-9 with Bond and Grosber chipping in 10 each as Northeastern reestablished control of the game down the stretch, hitting four of their last seven shots and its final four free throws to ice the game.
 
The Huskies will head back on the road for their next four games, including three against high-major opponents, beginning on Thursday at Butler on TruTV and HBO Max (7 p.m.).