2017-18 MEN’S BASKETBALL GoNUmbasketball @GoNUmbasketball GoNUmbasketball GoNUathletics GAME 2017-18 SCHEDULE NORTHEASTERN (8-5, 1-0) vs. HOFSTRA (7-6, 0-1) 14 Tuesday, January 2 • 7 p.m. • Matthews Arena • Boston, Mass. Nov. 10 at Boston University W, 65-59 12 WENTWORTH W, 83-49 THE MaTCHUP PK80 Invitational Northeastern vs. HOFSTRa 17 at Stanford (Pac-12 Network) L, 59-73 19 at Ohio State (BTN Plus) L, 55-80 Head Coach ..................... Bill Coen Head Coach ................Joe Mihalich 24 vs. Utah State & L, 67-71 Alma Mater ................. Hamilton ‘83 Alma Mater .......................... La Salle, ‘78 25 vs. Furman & L, 67-78 Record at NU ...186-181 (12 seasons) Record at Hofstra ........ 76-70 (5th season) Overall Record ....................... Same Overall Record ...... 341-273 (20th season) Coen’s Twitter ....@GoNUCoachCoen Mihalich’s Twitter .............. @JoeMihalich 30 HARVARD (NESN) W, 77-61 Twitter ............. @GoNUmbasketball Twitter ....................... @HofstraMBB Facebook ...........GoNUmbasketball QUICK COMPaRISON Facebook ..................... HofstraMBB Instagram...........GoNUmbasketball 72.0.....................Points Per Game .................. 78.5 Instagram............................HofstraMBB Dec. 2 CORNELL W, 84-66 Website ......................... GoNU.com 68.5..............Points Allowed Per Game ........... 78.4 Website ..................... GoHofstra.com 5 BUCKNELL (NESNPlus) W, 82-64 32.8................Rebounding Per Game .............. 37.2 Points Leader ................. Pusica (16.2) Points Leader ...Wright-Foreman (24.2) 9 VERMONT W, 71-67 31.0................. Rebounding Defense ............... 34.0 Rebounds Leader .........Gresham (4.3) .466...................... Field Goal Pct. .................... .449 Rebounds Leader ........... Gustys (10.2) 18 at Kent State (ESPN3) W, 81-69 Assists Leader .................. Pusica (3.8) .346.........................3-Point Pct. ...................... .478 Assists Leader ...Wright-Forman (2.5) 20 at St. Bonaventure L, 65-84 30 at JMU * W, 81-70 NOTABLES Jan. 2 HOFSTRA * 7 p.m. • The Huskies are looking to go 2-0 • This is the 98th season of North- • Northeastern and Hofstra meet in the CAA season against Hofstra eastern men’s basketball for the 42nd time in program histo- 5 ELON * (CollegeSportsLive) 7 p.m. after defeating JMU on Saturday • Northeastern has an all-time record ry while Tuesday’s game marks the 7 JMU * (CollegeSportsLive) 2 p.m. • Hofstra has gained the advantage of 1,192-1,096 (.521) in 2,288 games earliest meeting with the Pride since 11 at Charleston * 2 p.m. in the series history, 21-20, and has • The Huskies are 377-253 (.598) all- a Dec. 10 contest in 1994, a 74-54 13 at UNCW * 7 p.m. won the last four meetings with time in conference play including a victory for the Huskies (more on the 18 at William & Mary * 7 p.m. Northeastern (more on page 2) 119-83 (.589) record since joining series on page 2) • However, the Huskies have won six the CAA in the 2005-06 season • The Huskies have an individual 20 DELAWARE * (NESNPlus) 2 p.m. of its last seven games, only falling • Northeastern amassed 12 regular leading the CAA in thefts as sopho- 25 at Hofstra * 7 p.m. in the non-conference finale at SBU season conference championships more Shawn Occeus currently holds 27 at Drexel * 2 p.m. • The Huskies return to Matthews and eight tournament titles including that position with 1.8 steals per Arena where they are 5-0 on the a 2015 CAA title which sent NU to game (more on page 3) Feb. 1 CHARLESTON * 7 p.m. season and have beaten their op- the NCAA Tournament for the first • Anthony Green is shooting a re- ponents by an average of 18 points time in 24 years markable 69.2 percent from the field 3 UNCW * (NESNPlus) 4 p.m. (more on page 3) • Bill Coen is in his 12th season as in 2017-18 a mark that should rank 8 at Delaware * 7 p.m. • Vasa Pusica recorded his first ca- the leader of the Huskies and since first in the CAA and in a tie for fifth 10 at Towson * 4 p.m. reer 30-point effort last time out Coen has taken the reins, North- nationally (more on page 3) 15 DREXEL * 7 p.m. against James Madison, and the eastern has accomplished the best • Under Coen, the Huskies are 83- 17 WILLIAM & MARY * 4 p.m. Huskies have now had at least one win percentage amongst current 21 when holding their opponents to 30-point effort in the last three sea- CAA teams in conference and CAA under-60 points, a feat they have 22 TOWSON * (NESN) 7 p.m. sons (more on page 3) tournament play with a 120-96 all- achieved twice this season 24 at Elon * 7 p.m. time mark (more on page 4) probable starters CAA Tournament March 3 vs. CAA Opening Round ! TBA Northeastern 4 vs. CAA Quarterfinals ! TBA Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School) PPG RPG Other 5 vs. CAA Semifinals ! TBA G 4 Vasa Pusica 6-5 210 RJr. Belgrade, Serbia (San Diego) 16.2 2.7 49 assists G 22 Donnell Gresham 6-1 203 RSo. St. Paul, Minn. (Cretin-Durham Hall) 9.5 4.3 .419 3FG% 6 vs. CAA Finals ! TBA G/F 1 Shawn Occeus 6-4 208 So. Boynton Beach, Fla. (Grandview Prep) 9.8 2.5 23 steals F 14 Maxime Boursiquot 6-5 211 So. Ottawa, Ontario (Kent School) 4.5 3.8 19.5 mpg Home games in BOLD CAPS (Dedham Field) F 30 Anthony Green 6-10 252 Jr. N. Quincy, Mass. (Tilton School) 6.0 3.8 .692 FG% All times EST and subject to change * CAA game HOFSTRa & - Nashville, Tenn. Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School) PPG RPG Other ! - North Charleston Coliseum (N. Charleston, S.C.) G 3 Justin Wright-Foreman 6-1 185 Jr. Queens, N.Y. (High School of Construction) 24.2 3.2 33 assists G 2 Kenny Wormley 6-4 180 Jr. Landover, Md. (Indian Hills CC) 4.9 1.8 21.8 ppg G 5 Eli Pemberton 6-5 197 So. Middletown, Conn. (Cheshire Acad.) 15.7 5.1 10 steals F 12 Joel Angus III 6-6 240 GS Brooklyn, N.Y. (SE Missouri State) 7.3 5.2 .826 FT% C 11 Rokas Gustys 6-9 260 Sr. Kaunas, Lithuania (Oak Hill (Va.)) 9.1 10.2 .565 FG% game information ONLINE VIDEO ONLINE AUDIO RADIO LIVE STATS • GoNUXStream • GoNUXStream • WRBB • GoNU.com Athletic Communications | 111 Matthews Arena | 238 St. Botolph St. | Boston, Mass. 02115 | Phone: (617) 373-5715 | Fax: (617) 373-3152 Men's Basketball Contact: Betsy Devine | Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @BetsyDevine | Web: GoNU.com Northeastern men’s basketball | Hofstra | jan. 2 | 7 p.m. | game 14 HUSKIES vs. HOFSTRA INSIDE THE SERIES SCOUTING THE PRIDE LaST TIME OUT Overall .................................Hofstra leads, 21-20 • Heading into the game with Northeastern, Hof- Hofstra 74, Northeastern 64 At Northeastern .......................................... 10-10 stra is 7-6 on the season after falling in their first Boston, Mass • Matthews Arena At Hofstra .................................................... 8-11 CAA came against William & Mary Feb. 11, 2017 Neutral .......................................................... 2-0 • Hofstra began the season 7-3 with victories In Overtime .................................................... 1-1 over Army, Kennesaw State, and Dayton, but VISITORS: Hofstra (13-14,5-9) Current streak ............................................Lost 4 have lost its last three games heading into the FG 3FG FT REBS PF TP First meeting ...................Feb. 4, 1950 (W, 55-53) contest with the Huskies 3 J. Wright-Foreman * 7-11 3-4 8-10 5 1 25 Last meeting ..................Feb. 11, 2017 (L, 64-74) • Hofstra headed to No. 1 Villanova to take on 14 B. Bernardi * 5-13 3-5 4-4 3 2 17 5 E. Pemberton * 4-8 3-6 2-6 8 2 13 Last Northeastern win ....Feb. 12, 2015 (W, 79-68) Jay Wright (a former head coach at Hofstra), pri- Last Hofstra win .................Feb. 11, 2017 (64-74) 2 D. Powers * 1-7 0-1 6-7 2 4 8 or to the conference opener, falling 95-71 11 R. Gustys * 1-6 0-0 0-1 12 3 2 Coen vs. Hofstra ......................................... 13-10 • The Pride are 3-2 on the road this season with 33 H. Sabety 2-2 0-0 2-6 1 4 6 their wins coming at Monmouth, Rider and Stony 24 J. Robinson 1-4 1-3 0-0 3 1 3 Brook 0 T. Greer 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 1 0 Date Location Result TOTALS - 21-51 10-19 22-35 43 18 74 2/4/50 Boston W, 55-53 12/10/94 Boston W, 74-54 LEADING THE WAY TOTAL FG%: 1st Half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd Half: 11-26 42.3% Final: 21-51 41.2% 1/3/95 Hempstead W, 70-68 • Hofstra is led, once again, by Justin TOTAL 3FG%: 1st Half: 6-11 54.6% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% Final: 10-19 52.6% 1/16/96 Boston L, 65-70 Free Throw%: 1st Half: 7-16 43.8% 2nd Half: 15-19 79.0% Final: 22-35 62.9% 1/26/96 Hempstead W, 71-68 Wright-Foreman who is averaging 24.2 points 3/1/96 Newark, Del.% W, 71-61 while adding 3.2 rebounds per game and a team 1/12/97 Boston L, 56-58 leading 33 assists HOME: Northeastern (14-12, 7-7) 2/9/97 Hempstead L, 69-87 • Also compiling more than 10 ppg is Eli Pem- G 3FG FT REBS PF TP 1/18/98 Boston W, 89-74 10 TJ Williams * 7-16 0-3 7-10 6 3 21 1/29/98 Hempstead L, 69-85 berton who is averaging 15.7 ppg in 12 contests 0 A.