NORTHEASTERN 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY INFORMATION TV NESN GAME NORTHEASTERN (0-1, 0-0 CAA) vs. UMASS (1-0, 0-0 A-10) TALENT Alex Vispoli (PxP), Adam Giardino (analyst) 2 DEC. 13, 2020 // 12 p.m. // NESN // BOSTON (CABOT CENTER) OFFICIALS Jeff Clark, Pat Driscoll, Tony Chiazza RADIO WRBB-FM OPENING TIP CAA freshmen in scoring. Walker scored a team-best 29 LIVE STATS NUHuskies.com/Stats • The Huskies return to playing inside the Cabot Center points in the opener at UMass on Friday and posted a BE SOCIAL @GoNUmbasketball on Solomon Court for the first time since the 2004- career-best five steals and 13-for-14 performance from 05 season as long as fans are not permitted at home the free-throw line. MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT games, which will be at least through the end of 2020. Associate AD for Communications .... Scott MacDonald Northeastern is a perfect 4-0 in Cabot in the Bill Coen era DOHERTY AND TELFORT SHINE IN DEBUTS Cell ........................................................... 919-619-4137 and have won 11 of its last 12 games on Solomon Court. • Making their Northeastern debuts, redshirt sophomore E-mail ......................... [email protected] Chris Doherty and freshman Jahmyl Telfort had strong GENERAL INFORMATION HOME OPENERS performances for the Huskies. Doherty, a transfer from Northeastern University ........................Founded in 1898 • The Huskies are 12-2 under Coach Coen in home Notre Dame and native of Marlborough, Mass., finished Location ....................................................Boston, Mass. openers. This will be just the third time NU has hosted with eight points and five rebounds in a career-high 21 Enrollment .........................................19,055 (undergrad) UMass in a home opener, with each team winning once minutes. Telfort, a native of Boucherville, Ontario, posted Nickname ........................................................... Huskies (W, 62-56 on Dec. 6, 1952 / L, 70-63 on Dec. 4, 1954). 13 points and a perfect 2-for-2 performance from behind Colors ...................................................... Red and Black the arc. Conference .............. Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) COEN CHASING HISTORY Arena .............................. Cabot Center (Solomon Court) • Coach Coen enters his 15th season at Northeastern A WIN ON SUNDAY WOULD ... Year Opened ............................................................1910 and is just nine wins shy of matching the all-time record • Snap a six-game losing streak to UMass President ...............................Dr. Joseph Aoun (MIT, ‘81) of 250, held by Jim Calhoun from 1972-86. Coen ranks • Be the fifth straight win inside the Cabot Center Director of Athletics ...............Jeff Konya (Princeton, ‘95) BASKETBALL HISTORY second all-time in CAA history with 163 regular season • Improve Northeastern’s record to 13-2 in home openers during the Bill Coen era First Year / Record ............. 1919-20 / 1,250-1,139 (.523) and postseason wins, trailing Miami (FL) coach Jim Larranaga, former George Mason coach. • Give the Huskies their 12th win in season openers over NCAA Tournament ............... 9 Appearances (3-9 record) the last 13 years CAA Titles (joined in 2005) ............................................5 YOUTH SERVED Tournament Titles ........................................ 2 (2015, ‘19) A LOSS ON SUNDAY WOULD ... CAA Champ. Game App: ....... 5 (2013, ‘15, ‘18, ‘19, ‘20) • Northeastern is one of the youngest teams in the country with just three upperclassmen out of 12 players. • Improve UMass’ winning streak to seven over the The Huskies lost nearly 70 percent of their scoring from Huskies 2020-21 SCHEDULE • Be the fourth straight loss to an A-10 opponent a season ago, including CAA scoring champion Jordan NOVEMBER EST (TV) • Push Northeastern to 1-2 against UMass in home 26 vs. George Mason - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) Roland, and sophomore Tyson Walker is the only returner openers 27 vs. Howard - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) to average double figures a season ago (10.4 per game). 28 vs. Belmont - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) • Drop the Huskies to 1-9 over their last 10 games vs. A-10 DECEMBER WALKER EARNS CAA PRESEASON opponents (4 vs. UMass) 5 at Maine Canceled RECOGNITION 9 UMASS LOWELL CANCELED • A native of Westbury, N.Y., Walker was named to the 11 at UMass L, 94-79 13 UMASS NOON (NESN) preseason All-CAA second team, voted on by the league 16 BRYANT CANCELED head coaches and media. He finished third in the CAA 20 at Old Dominion 2 p.m. (ODUSports.com) with 1.8 steals per game and finished second among all 22 at Georgia 7 p.m. (SECN+) JANUARY 2 ELON * NOON (FloHoops) 3 ELON * NOON (FloHoops) 7 at Hofstra * 7 p.m. (FloHoops) CAA STANDINGS 9 HOFSTRA * NOON (FloHoops) 16 at College of Charleston * 1 p.m. (FloHoops) 17 at College of Charleston * 1 p.m. (FloHoops) THROUGH DEC. 11, 2020 23 JAMES MADISON * NOON (FloHoops) 24 JAMES MADISON * NOON (FloHoops) CONFERENCE OVERALL 30 at Drexel * TBA W-L PCT Last 5 W-L PCT Last 10 STRK 31 at Drexel * TBA 1. Elon - - - 2-0 1.000 2-0 W2 FEBRUARY 2. Drexel - - - 3-1 .750 3-1 W1 6 DELAWARE * NOON (FloHoops) 7 DELAWARE * NOON (FloHoops) 3. Delaware - - - 2-1 .667 2-1 W1 13 at Towson * 1 p.m. (FloHoops) James Madison - - - 2-1 .667 2-1 W1 14 at Towson * 1 p.m. (FloHoops) 5. UNCW - - - 3-2 .600 3-2 W1 20 UNCW * NOON (FloHoops) 6. Hofstra - - - 2-2 .500 2-2 W1 21 UNCW * NOON (FloHoops) 7. Charleston - - - 2-3 .400 2-3 W1 27 at William & Mary * Noon (FloHoops) 28 at William & Mary * Noon (FloHoops) 8. Northeastern - - - 0-1 .000 0-1 L1 MARCH William & Mary - - - 0-1 .000 0-1 L1 6-9 CAA Hercules Tires Championship, Washington, D.C. Towson - - - 0-3 .000 0-3 L3 1 =DC Paradise Jam in Washington, D.C.; * = CAA contest PLAYER SPOTLIGHT NORTHEASTERN NO. NAME CL POS HT/WT HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL 00 Jason Strong Jr.-R F 6-8/210 Cocunut Creek, Fla. Westminster Academy 01 Vito Cubrilo So. G 6-4/195 Zagreb, Croatia Sports Gymnasium Zagreb 33 02 Tyson Walker So. G 6-0/170 Westbury, N.Y. New Hampton School 03 J’Vonne Hadley Fr. G 6-6/200 St. Paul, Minn. Cretin-Derham Hall chris doherty 10 Greg Eboigbodin Jr.-R F 6-9/240 Benin City, Nigeria U of D Jesuit / Illinois 11 Jahmyl Telfort Fr. G 6-7/230 Boucherville, Quebec New Hampton School SO F 12 Alexander Nwagha Fr. F 6-8/225 Milton, Ontario Orangeville Prep marlborough, mass. 15 Coleman Stucke Fr. F 6-7/215 Oakville, Ontario Orangeville Prep 22 Quirin Emanga So. G 6-5/220 Marbach am Neckar, Germany Otto-Hahn Gymnasium Ludwigsburg • Transferred from Notre Dame after a season-and-a- 24 Shaquille Walters Jr.-R G 6-6/200 London, England Lee Academy/ Santa Clara half with the Irish (2018-20) 32 Connor Braun Fr.-R F 6-9/205 Tempe, Ariz. Valley Christian 33 Chris Doherty So.-R F 6-7/240 Marlborough, Mass. Marlborough / Notre Dame • Played a career-high 21 minutes in Northeastern’s opener at UMass, tallying eight points and five Head Coach: Bill Coen (15th season) rebounds Associate Head Coach: Chris Markwood (7th season) Assistant Coachs: Manny Adako (3rd season), Brian McDonald (11th season) • In 17 games at Notre Dame, shot 70 percent from the Coordinator of Basketball Advancement: Tom Murphy (15th season) floor (7-for-10) Director of Operations: Lauren Tebsherany (1st season) Athletic Trainer: Nate Bocko (3rd season) • Asked for a transfer in December 2019 so that he Performance Health Coach: Katie Brooks (2nd season) could move back home to Massachusetts and help take Associate AD/Sport Administrator: Pronunciation guide care of grandparents Scott MacDonald (2nd season) Vito Čubrilo VEE-toe choo-BREE-low Greg Eboigbodin ee-BOYG-boh-din Quirin Emanga Q-rin ee-MAIN-ga Jahmyl Telfort Jah-meal Tel-fort Alexander Nwagha Wah-gah Coleman Stucke Stu-kah MASSACHUSETTS INSIDE THE SERIES NO. NAME CL POS HT/WT HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL 00 Brady Antonopoulos Sr. G 6-1/165 West Brookfield, Mass. Quaboag Regional OVERALL: 57th meeting, UMass leads 39-17 01 Javohn Garcia Fr. G 6-2/180 Pickerington, Ohio Brewster Academy STREAK: UMass has won 6 straight 02 Preston Santos So. G/F 6-6/185 Providence, R.I. Woodstock Academy CABOT CENTER: 3-10 (.300), Won 2 straight 03 Kolton Mitchell So. G 6-3/185 Fort Myers, Fla. Victory Rock Prep IN BOSTON: 11-16 (.407) 04 Dyondre Dominguez Fr. F 6-8/205 Providence, R.I. Woodstock Academy MULLINS CENTER: 1-4 (.200) 05 Cairo McCrory Fr. G 6-5/190 Hartford, Conn. Woodstock Academy IN AMHERST: 6-23 (.207) 10 Mark Gasperini Gr. C 6-10/255 Moscow, Russia. American University COEN vs. UMASS: 0-6 11 Noah Fernandes So. G 5-11/175 Mattapoisett, Mass. Wichita State McCALL vs. NU: 2-0 (1.000) 12 Carl Pierre Sr. G 6-4/190 Boston, Mass. Boston College HS OT: 0-0 13 Ronnie DeGray III Fr. F 6-7/220 Parker, Colo. Woodstock Academy LAST 15 MEETINGS: 6-9 (.400) 20 Ryan Marcus Fr. G 6-3/185 Wakefield, Mass. Wakefield Memorial HS LAST 15 MEETINGS 23 T.J. Weeks Jr. Fr.-R G 6-4/185 Warwick R.I. Woodstock Academy 12/09/81 W 66-60 A Amherst, Mass. 24 Dibaji Walker Jr. F 6-9/200 Columbus, Ohio Cleveland State 02/17/83 W 81-67 H Cabot Center 33 Tre Mitchell So. C 6-9/240 Pittsburgh, Pa. Woodstock Academy 12/15/84 L 67-66 A Amherst, Mass. 12/14/85 W 71-68 H Matthews Arena Head Coach: Matt McCall (4th season) 12/13/86 W 78-70 A Amherst, Mass. Assistant Coach: Tony Bergeron (2nd season) 12/12/87 L 75-74 H Matthews Arena Assistant Coach: Tyson Wheeler (2nd season) 12/10/88 L 76-69 A Amherst, Mass.