Northeastern University Athletics

AWARDS AND HONORS

• 2018 Lou Henson All-American
• 2018 1st Team NABC
• 2018 USBWA All-District
• 2018 First Team All-CAA
• CAA Player of the Week (Jan. 2, 2018)

**Pusica played for his national team for the Republic of Serbia during the summer of 2016.

2018-19: Scored 21 points, made a career-high seven 3-pointers against Hofstra, earning the CAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player on his way to punching Northeastern’s ticket into March Madness (March 12)...
Scored 13 points and collected five rebounds in a rematch of last year’s CAA Championship against Charleston, (March 11) his seven assists led the team…Went 4-for-9 shooting for 16 points and also creating seven assists in the CAA quarterfinals against UNCW (March 10) … Tallied 21 points, nine rebounds, and five assists, putting himself over the 1,000 point mark in his two years at Northeastern. He also dished out five assists, marching past Drexel (March 2) …  Scored a team-high 22 points with five 3-pointers, putting the Huskies on top when they visited Delaware (Feb. 28) … Finished with 19 points and five steals to wrap up senior night at Mathews Arena (Feb. 23) … Pusica scored 19 points, dished seven assists and made a pair of steals in a 16 point win against James Madison (Feb. 21) … Scored a team-high 25 points, with the help of a 5-for-10 clip from deep in an overtime loss to the College of Charleston (Feb. 16) … Scored 23 points, four rebounds, two assists, and a steal in a win against Elon (Feb. 9) …Earned CAA player of the week honors with a 19-point game on 54.5%, seven rebounds, and seven assists to push Northeastern past William & Mary (Feb. 7) … Finished with a game high 24 points adding eight rebounds and two steals to help end Hofstra's (nation's longest) 16-game win-streak (Feb. 2) ... Notched his fist double-double of the season and fifth of his career against James Madison (Jan. 26) with 10 points and 10 rebounds ... Finished with a team-high 18 points and added five rebounds and four assists as the Huskies fell just short at Towson (Jan. 24) ... In his first game back from injury, Vasa put up with his 34th career 15 point game to defeat St. Bonaventure (Dec. 21) ... Finished as the team's leading scorer in a win over Alabama (Nov. 15) putting upu 20 points on 4-of-4 shooting from deep while adding five assists ... Started off the season with a career-tying 31-point, six-assist effort against Boston University (Nov. 6) putting him over 1,000 career points between Northeastern and San Diego.

2017-18: Finished his first season with the Huskies as the team's leading scorer with 17.9 ppg, while pulling down 3.6 rpg and dishing out 5.1 apg while playing and starting in all 33 games ... Also added 36 steals while shooting 50.4 percent from the field and 42.7 percent from deep and 80.7 from the free throw line ... Set a career-high with 27 points in victory over Utah State (Nov. 24), including six threes … Added 17 points in win over Furman (Nov. 25) … Recorded 22 points, seven rebounds and four assists against Harvard (Nov. 30) … Had his fourth 20-point game of the year, finishing with 21 points after sinking 12-of-14 free throws and notching five assists at Kent State (Dec. 18) … Posted first career 30-point game at James Madison with 31 points, five rebounds and four assists (Dec. 30) … named CAA co-Player of the Week (Jan. 2) after his outing at James Madison ... Added 20 points to the Huskies' defeat of Elon (Jan. 5) ... collected a career-high nine assists in win over James Madison (Jan. 7) ... Led the Huskies in production with 15 points against Charleston (Jan. 11) ... Added 12 points during victory over UNCW (Jan. 13) ... Had nine assists, one block, a steal, and dropped 20 points in the Huskies' win over William & Mary (Jan. 18) ... Tallied his first double-double at Northeastern with a 16-point, 10 assist effort at Hofstra (Jan. 25)…. Has recorded eight 20-point efforts on the season for the Huskies ... Dropped 20 points, had seven assists and one steal against Drexel (Jan.27) … Earned 24 points and had 9 assists to lead the team to their victory over UNCW (Feb. 3) ... Tied a career-high 27 points in win at Delaware (Feb. 8) ... Earned 23 points, four assists, four rebounds, and went 4-for-6 behind the arch against Towson (Feb. 10) ... Has recorded 12 20-point efforts on the season for the Huskies including four straight capped by a 24 point effort against Drexel (Feb. 15) ... Laid in the game-winning basket at the buzzer to cap off a 19-point, 6 assist, 6 rebound effort against William & Mary (Feb. 17) ...  Matched his career-high with a 31-point effort at Elon (Feb. 24) while adding four assists, four rebounds and a pair of steals ... Flirted with his career-high 10 assists while setting a new season-high eight rebounds and adding 15 points in CAA quarterfinal play against Delaware (March 4) ... Recorded 20 points while taking six rebounds against UNCW in the CAA semifinal round (March 5) ... Led the Huskies with 30 points, hitting 10-of-20 from the field and adding six treys while recording four assists and a steal in the CAA Championship (March 6).

2016-17: Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules.

2015-16 at USD: Appeared in 30 games making 15 starts … Averaged 8.3 points per game to go along with 4.0 rebounds and a team leading 74 assists … Shot 44.1 percent from the field including a .385 clip from behind the arc … Notched 12 double-digit scoring efforts on the season including a couple 19-point efforts first against San Francisco (Jan. 7) where he went 8-for-8 from the free throw line as well as a 19-point, seven rebound effort on 8-of-8 shooting including 3-of-3 from deep vs. Pacific (Feb. 4) … Tallied 13 points in the regular season finale against Portland (Feb. 27) going 10-of-14 from the free throw line … Strung together four double-digit efforts from Dec. 9 to Dec. 31 going 20-of-36 from the field while adding 21 rebounds and 13 assists.
 
2014-15 at USD: Appeared in all 31 games with one start … Averaged 4.6 points per game and 2.1 rebounds... Converted 38.8 percent from the field (47-of-121) and 75.5 percent from the free throw line … Tallied a season-high 16 points in back-to-back games against Santa Clara (Jan. 29) and USF (Jan. 31)... Added double-digit outings at UC Santa Barbara (10), at Portland (10) and vs. Pepperdine (11) in the WCC Tournament... Was a perfect 8-for-8 from free throw line in a 10 point outing at Portland in team's 78-66 road victory in final regular-season game of the year... Season-high five rebounds at Santa Clara (Jan. 3) and totaled six games with at least four rebounds.
 
Before NU: Played his senior season at Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas, one of the top high school programs in the country, for Coach Kyle Lindsted... Finished with a 17-4 record and final ranking of 14th in the country in the USA Today Super 25 Poll... Averaged 9.3 points and 5.0 rebounds in his senior season, including a 22-point outing in a win over Brewster Academy... Also a member of the Serbian Junior National Team, one of the top European teams... won the gold medal in the 2013 U-19 league with the Partizan Belgrade Youth Team where he was named to the All-Tournament Team NIJT Euroleague 2012-13... Played in nine games during the U-18 European Championships where averaging 7.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists... Nearly had a triple-double in an 88-56 win over Slovenia with 11 points, nine rebounds and nine assists... Also scored 19 points in a 74-70 loss to Lithuania.

Personal: Son of Milan Pusica and Milica Martic Terzic and brother to Elena and Filip … Joins the Huskies from the University of San Diego where he spent his first two collegiate seasons … Also plays soccer and tennis and competes in karate … Enjoys playing video games in his spare time … Plans on majoring in business … Hopes to pursue a career in professional basketball … Class of 2018.

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