NORTHEASTERN 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY INFORMATION GAME NORTHEASTERN (3-5, 2-0 CAA) at HOFSTRA (6-3, 2-0 CAA) TV/STREAM FloHoops 9 JAN. 7, 2021 // 5 p.m. // FLOHOOPS // HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (THE MACK) TALENT Andrew Murdolo (PxP), Jermaine Howerton (analyst) OPENING TIP OFFICIALS Jeff Clark, Matt Potter, Ed Corliss HUSKIES MATCHUP PRIDE • The Huskies played the 17th-toughest schedule RADIO WRBB 104.9 FM 167 NET 114 during the non-conference season (per ESPN’s College LIVE STATS NUHuskies.com/Stats Bill Coen (15th) COACH Mike Farrelly (1st*/8th) Basketball Power Index); Northeastern faced three 244-218 (.528) RECORD 6-3 (.667) BE SOCIAL @GoNUmbasketball Power 5 opponents for the first time since the 2018-19 Same OVERALL RECORD *Acting Head Coach MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT season when the Huskies went 1-3, including an NCAA tournament loss to No. 17 Kansas Associate AD for Communications .... Scott MacDonald LEADERS (Conference Rank) Cell ........................................................... 919-619-4137 • Northeastern played just two games on its original PTS Tyson Walker, 16.3 (9th) / Jalen Ray, 17.9 (5th) E-mail ......................... [email protected] 2020-21 schedule, UMass at home (12/13) and at REB Shaquille Walters, 6.8 (6th) / Isaac Kante, 11.4 (1st) GENERAL INFORMATION Georgia (12/22); NU added road games at Syracuse AST Tyson Walker, 5.3 (1st) / Caleb Burgess, 4.8 (2nd) (12/16), Old Dominion (12/20) and No. 9/8 West Virginia Northeastern University ........................Founded in 1898 INSIDE THE SERIES Location ....................................................Boston, Mass. (12/29) OVERALL: 50th meeting, Hofstra leads 26-23 Enrollment .........................................19,055 (undergrad) • This is the second straight season the Huskies have STREAK: Hofstra has won 3 straight Nickname ........................................................... Huskies started 2-0 in CAA play; NU is looking to start 3-0 in AT THE MACK: 7-10 (.412) Colors ...................................................... Red and Black league play for the first time since the 2016-17 season IN BOSTON: 11-12 (.478) Conference .............. Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) IN CABOT CENTER: 1-4 (.200) Arena .............................. Cabot Center (Solomon Court) • Northeastern has seven players born outside the NEUTRAL: 3-1 (.750) Year Opened ............................................................1910 United States, third-most in the country behind Maine’s COEN vs. HOFSTRA: 16-13 (.552) President ...............................Dr. Joseph Aoun (MIT, ‘81) 11 and Cal Baptist’s eight FARRELLY vs. NU: 0-0 Director of Athletics ...............Jeff Konya (Princeton, ‘95) OT: 1-1 (.500) BASKETBALL HISTORY • The Huskies are one of the youngest teams in the country with just three upper classmen and no seniors; LAST 15 MEETINGS (6-9) First Year / Record .......................1919-20 / 1,253-1,143 This is the first time in head coachBill Coen’s 15 years 03/10/20 L 70-61 N Washington, D.C. NCAA Tournament ............... 9 Appearances (3-9 record) that he has coached a team without a senior (Last team 02/08/20 L 75-71 A The Mack CAA Titles (joined in 2005) ............................................5 to not have a senior was 2002-03) 01/09/20 L 74-72 H Matthews Arena Tournament Titles ........................................ 2 (2015, ‘19) 03/12/19 W 82-74 N Charleston, S.C. CAA Champ. Game App: ....... 5 (2013, ‘15, ‘18, ‘19, ‘20) • Coach Coen’s 244 wins at Northeastern is six shy 02/02/19 W 75-61 H Matthews Arena of the all-time record of 250, set by Jim Calhoun from 01/05/19 L 75-72 A The Mack 2020-21 SCHEDULE 1972-86; He moved into second all-time in CAA history 01/25/18 W 81-67 A The Mack NOVEMBER EST (TV) with 165 wins in league regular season and postseason 01/02/18 L 71-70 H Matthews Arena 26 vs. George Mason - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) play 02/11/17 L 74-64 H Matthews Arena 27 vs. Howard - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) 01/21/17 L 78-73 A The Mack 28 vs. Belmont - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) • The Huskies are the winningest program in CAA 02/21/16 L 65-60 A The Mack DECEMBER play since Coach Coen’s arrival in 2006 with 148 01/21/16 L 96-92 (3OT) H Matthews Arena 5 at Maine Canceled conference victories; The Huskies have a CAA-best five 02/12/15 W 79-68 A The Mack 9 UMASS LOWELL CANCELED CAA Championship game appearances since 2013 01/14/15 W 91-83 H Matthews Arena 11 at UMass L, 94-79 02/05/14 W 81-73 H Matthews Arena 13 UMASS W, 78-75 • The Huskies became the fifth program in CAA history 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 * 5 p.m. (FloHoops) Murphy (9.3 ppg), Max Boursiquot (9.0 ppg), Guilien Alexander Nwagha Wah-gah 9 HOFSTRA * NOON (NESN) 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. 8/8 16.3 2.9 Career-high 8 asts at ODU; Leads CAA w/5.3 apg 30 at Drexel * TBA G 11 Jahmyl Telfort 6-7/230 Fr. 7/1 12.6 2.1 2x CAA Rookie of the Week; #6 in CAA in 3FG% (.462) 31 at Drexel * TBA G 24 Shaquille Walters 6-6/200 Jr.-R 8/8 9.3 6.9 #3 in CAA w/6.4 defensive rebs per game FEBRUARY F 15 Coleman Stucke 6-7/215 Fr. 8/8 7.1 2.1 Shooting 55% (6-11) from 3 in last 3 gms 6 DELAWARE * NOON (FloHoops) F 00 Jason Strong 6-8/210 Jr.-R 8/8 9.4 5.1 Season-high 17 pts vs. Elon (1/3) 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. 8/0 2.4 0.8 Matched career-high with 5 pts at Syracuse 20 UNCW * NOON (FloHoops) G 03 J’Vonne Hadley 6-6/200 Fr. 6/0 1.0 1.2 Season-best 4 rebs and 12 mins at ODU 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) F 12 Alexander Nwagha 6-8/225 Fr. 4/0 0.5 2.0 Grabbed season-best 7 rebs at #9/8 West Virginia 28 at William & Mary * Noon (FloHoops) G 22 Quirin Emanga 6-5/220 So. 7/0 2.9 1.6 Career-high 13 pts 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 5/0 5.5 5.0 #3 in CAA w/.647 FG%; DNP vs. Elon, at WVU LAST GAME SUMMARY NORTHEASTERN 66, ELON 58 JASON STRONG, FORWARD | 6-8, 210 | JR-R | COCONUT CREEK, FLA. (WESTMINSTER ACADEMY) MIN PTS REB APG FG% 3FG% FT% Game 8 | Cabot Center | Boston 2020-21 29.3 9.4 5.1 1.0 .439 .333 .833 CAREER 11.4 3.6 1.8 0.4 .449 .330 .659 Jason Strong tallied a season-high 17 points and grabbed seven 2020-21: Finished with season-high 17 pts and 7 rebs vs. Elon (1/3) ... Season- rebounds, while Tyson Walker scored 12 of his 17 points in 00 best 8 boards in CAA opener vs. Elon (1/2) ... Season-high 16 pts in win over the second half to lead Northeastern to a sweep over Elon. The UMass (12/13) in 34 mins ... Made a 3-pointer in every game this season. Huskies led wire-to-wire. VITO CUBRILO, GUARD | 6-4, 195 | SO | ZAGREB, CROATIA (SPORTS GYMNASIUM ZAGREB) MIN PTS REB APG FG% 3FG% FT% Shaquille Walters posted 15 points and grabbed five boards 2020-21 11.8 2.4 0.8 0.4 .217 .214 .750 for the Huskies. Jahmyl Telfort made his first collegiate start, CAREER 6.6 1.2 0.4 0.2 .194 .190 .750 finishing with 10 points and a season-high three steals. 1 2020-21: Matched his career-high 5 pts at Syracuse (12/16), going 1-for-3 from behind the arc ... Tallied 5 pts in opener at UMass (12/11) ... Made 3-of-13 shots Northeastern got off to a fast start with a 19-4 run, making 9-of-12 from behind the arc (23%). shots just under five minutes in to the game. The Huskies would extend that lead all the way up to 18 points with 3:17 left until TYSON WALKER, GUARD | 6-0, 170 | SO | WESTBURY, N.Y.