Northeastern 2020-21 Men’S Basketball
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NORTHEASTERN 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY INFORMATION GAME NORTHEASTERN (5-5, 4-0 CAA) at CHARLESTON (5-6, 3-1 CAA) TV/STREAM FloHoops 11 JAN. 16, 2021 // 1 p.m. // FLOHOOPS // CHARLESTON, S.C. (TD ARENA) TALENT Everett German (PxP), Danny Johnson (analyst) OPENING TIP OFFICIALS Trey Styons, Anthony Franklin, Jeff Pon HUSKIES MATCHUP COUGARS • The Huskies played the 17th-toughest schedule RADIO WRBB 104.9 FM 128 NET 221 during the non-conference season (per ESPN’s LIVE STATS NUHuskies.com/Stats Bill Coen (15th) COACH Earl Grant (7th) College Basketball Power Index); Northeastern faced 246-218 (.530) RECORD 123-85 (.591) BE SOCIAL @GoNUmbasketball three Power 5 opponents for the first time since the Same OVERALL RECORD Same MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT 2018-19 season when the Huskies faced four Power 5 opponents (1-3), including an NCAA tournament loss to LEADERS (Conference Rank) Associate AD for Communications .... Scott MacDonald No. 17 Kansas Cell ........................................................... 919-619-4137 PTS Tyson Walker, 16.4 (8th) / Payton Willis, 14.2 (13th) E-mail ......................... [email protected] • Northeastern played just two games on its original REB Shaquille Walters, 6.4 (9th) / Osinachi Smart, 6.6 (5th) GENERAL INFORMATION 2020-21 schedule, UMass at home (12/13) and at AST Tyson Walker, 5.6 (1st) / Payton Willis, 2.5 (12th) Georgia (12/22); NU added road games at Syracuse Northeastern University ........................Founded in 1898 INSIDE THE SERIES Location ....................................................Boston, Mass. (12/16), Old Dominion (12/20) and No. 9/8 West Virginia OVERALL: 17th meeting, NU leads 9-7 Enrollment .........................................19,055 (undergrad) (12/29) STREAK: NU has won 3 Nickname ........................................................... Huskies • The Huskies are 4-0 in CAA play for just the fourth AT TD ARENA: 4-3 (.571) Colors ...................................................... Red and Black time in program history and looking to start 5-0 for the IN CABOT CENTER: 0-0 Conference .............. Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) first time since 2016-17 IN BOSTON: 4-3 (.571) Arena .............................. Cabot Center (Solomon Court) NEUTRAL: 1-1 (.500) Year Opened ............................................................1910 • Northeastern has seven players born outside the COEN vs. CofC: 9-7 (.563) President ...............................Dr. Joseph Aoun (MIT, ‘81) United States, third-most in the country behind Maine’s GRANT vs. NU: 7-9 (.438) Director of Athletics ...............Jeff Konya (Princeton, ‘95) 11 and Cal Baptist’s eight OT: 0-3 BASKETBALL HISTORY • The Huskies are one of the youngest teams in the ALL-TIME MEETINGS First Year / Record .......................1919-20 / 1,255-1,143 country with just three upper classmen and no seniors; 02/25/20 W 65-51 H Matthews Arena NCAA Tournament ............... 9 Appearances (3-9 record) This is the first time in head coachBill Coen’s 15 years 01/16/20 W 79-76 A TD Arena CAA Titles (joined in 2005) ............................................5 that he has coached a team without a senior (Last team 03/11/19 W 70-67 N Charleston Coliseum Tournament Titles ........................................ 2 (2015, ‘19) to not have a senior was 2002-03) 02/16/19 L 88-79 (OT) A TD Arena CAA Champ. Game App: ....... 5 (2013, ‘15, ‘18, ‘19, ‘20) 01/17/19 W 69-60 H Matthews Arena • Coach Coen’s 246 wins at Northeastern is four shy 03/06/18 L 83-76 (OT) N Charleston Coliseum 2020-21 SCHEDULE of the all-time record of 250, set by Jim Calhoun from 02/01/18 L 69-64 H Matthews Arena NOVEMBER EST (TV) 1972-86; He is second all-time in CAA history with 167 01/11/18 L 82-66 A TD Arena 26 vs. George Mason - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) wins in league regular season and postseason play 02/18/17 L 85-71 H Matthews Arena 27 vs. Howard - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) 02/09/17 W 73-72 A TD Arena 28 vs. Belmont - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) • The Huskies are the winningest program in CAA 02/25/16 W 58-57 H Matthews Arena DECEMBER play since Coach Coen’s arrival in 2006 with 150 01/28/16 L 68-61 (OT) A TD Arena 5 at Maine Canceled conference victories; The Huskies have a CAA-best five 02/28/15 W 65-56 A TD Arena 9 UMASS LOWELL CANCELED CAA Championship game appearances since 2013 01/17/15 W 69-67 H Matthews Arena 11 at UMass L, 94-79 02/15/14 W 60-44 A TD Arena 13 UMASS W, 78-75 • The Huskies became the fifth program in CAA history 01/13/14 L 58-49 H Matthews Arena 16 at RV Syracuse L, 62-56 to make three consecutive CAA Championship Game 20 at Old Dominion L, 66-62 appearances (2018, ‘19, ‘20), earning their ninth NCAA Pronunciation guide 22 at RV Georgia L, 76-58 tournament bid in 2019 Vito Čubrilo VEE-toe chew-BREE-low 29 at #9/8 West Virginia L, 73-51 Greg Eboigbodin ee-BOYG-boh-din • The Huskies lost nearly 70 percent of their scoring JANUARY Quirin Emanga Q-rin ee-MAIN-ga 2 ELON * W, 75-52 from last year, including CAA scoring champion Jordan Jahmyl Telfort Jah-meal Tel-fort 3 ELON * W, 66-58 Roland (21.9 ppg), Bolden Brace (10.5 ppg), Tomas 7 at Hofstra * W, 81-78 (OT) Murphy (9.3 ppg), Max Boursiquot (9.0 ppg), Guilien Alexander Nwagha Wah-gah 9 HOFSTRA * W, 67-56 Smith (3.3 ppg) and Myles Franklin (3.0 ppg) Coleman Stucke Stu-kah 16 at College of Charleston * 1 p.m. (FloHoops) 17 at College of Charleston * 1 p.m. (FloHoops) NORTHEASTERN PROBABLE STARTERS (Based off last game) 23 JAMES MADISON * NOON (FloHoops) Pos. No. Name Ht./Wt. Yr. GP/GS PPG RPG Notes 24 JAMES MADISON * NOON (FloHoops) G 02 Tyson Walker 6-0/170 So. 10/10 16.4 2.7 2x CAA POW; Leads CAA w/5.6 apg 30 at Drexel * 1 p.m. G 22 Quirin Emanga 6-5/220 So. 9/1 4.8 2.4 Career-high 14 pts vs. Hofstra 31 at Drexel * 1 p.m. G 24 Shaquille Walters 6-6/200 Jr.-R 10/10 10.1 6.4 Career-high 20 pts at Hofstra; #4 in CAA in def. rebs (6.0) FEBRUARY F 15 Coleman Stucke 6-7/215 Fr. 10/10 6.6 1.8 15 pts in CAA opener vs. Elon; Made a 3 in 8-of-10 gms 6 DELAWARE * NOON (FloHoops) F 00 Jason Strong 6-8/210 Jr.-R 10/10 10.4 5.2 Career-high 18 pts at Hofstra; 16 in 2nd half, 4-5 3FG-A 7 DELAWARE * NOON (FloHoops) RESERVES 13 at Towson * 1 p.m. (FloHoops) 14 at Towson * 1 p.m. (FloHoops) G 01 Vito Cubrilo 6-4/195 So. 10/0 2.2 0.6 Career-high 5 pts at SU; .667 FG% in CAA play 20 UNCW * NOON (FloHoops) G 03 J’Vonne Hadley 6-6/200 Fr. 8/0 1.4 1.3 Season-best 5 pts at Hofstra 21 UNCW * NOON (FloHoops) C 10 Greg Eboigbodin 6-9/240 Jr.-R 7/7 4.1 4.1 Shoots 87% from FT line in NU career (27-for-31) 27 at William & Mary * Noon (FloHoops) G 11 Jahmyl Telfort 6-7/230 Fr. 9/2 12.1 2.6 2x CAA Rookie of the Week; Leads all CAA FR in scoring 28 at William & Mary * Noon (FloHoops) F 12 Alexander Nwagha 6-8/225 Fr. 5/0 0.4 1.6 Grabbed season-best 7 rebs at #9/8 West Virginia MARCH C 32 Connor Braun 6-9/205 Fr.-R - - - Injured in practice right before the start of season 6-9 CAA Hercules Tires Championship, Washington, D.C. F 33 Chris Doherty 6-7/240 So.-R 6/0 4.5 4.5 No. 2 in CAA with .667 FG% LAST GAME SUMMARY NORTHEASTERN 67, HOFSTRA 56 JASON STRONG, FORWARD | 6-8, 210 | JR-R | COCONUT CREEK, FLA. (WESTMINSTER ACADEMY) MIN PTS REB APG FG% 3FG% FT% Game 10 | Cabot Center | Boston, Mass. 2020-21 29.4 10.4 5.2 1.2 .471 .396 .714 CAREER 11.9 3.9 1.9 0.4 .458 .358 .643 Tyson Walker scored a game-high 23 points, including a career-best 2020-21: Career-high 18 pts (16 in 2nd half) at Hofstra (1/7), going 4-for-5 from 3 7-of-13 from behind the arc, and Quirin Emanga tallied a career-best 00 ... 16 pts in win over UMass (12/13) in 34 mins ... Made a 3-pointer in every game 14 points to lead Northeastern past Hofstra, 67-56, on Saturday inside this season ... 13.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg, .476 3FG% in CAA play. the Cabot Center on Solomon Court. The Huskies made a season-high VITO CUBRILO, GUARD | 6-4, 195 | SO | ZAGREB, CROATIA (SPORTS GYMNASIUM ZAGREB) 15 3-pointers, including 9-of-18 in the second half. MIN PTS REB APG FG% 3FG% FT% 2020-21 10.3 2.2 0.6 0.4 .250 .267 .750 Jason Strong was the final Husky to reach double figures with 11 CAREER 6.3 1.3 0.4 0.3 .219 .227 .750 points. Jahmyl Telfort led NU on the glass with a career-best nine 2020-21: Matched his career-high 5 pts at Syracuse (12/16), going 1-for-3 from boards. 1 behind the arc ... Tallied 5 pts in opener at UMass (12/11) ... Made 4-of-14 shots from behind the arc (29%). The Huskies led for a majority of the first half and built a nine-point lead at halftime, 30-21.