NORTHEASTERN 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY INFORMATION GAME NORTHEASTERN (4-5, 3-0 CAA) vs. HOFSTRA (6-4, 2-1 CAA) TV/STREAM NESN / FloHoops 10 JAN. 9, 2021 // 12 p.m. // NESN // BOSTON (CABOT CENTER) TALENT Bill Spaulding (PxP), Alex Vispoli (analyst) OPENING TIP OFFICIALS Michael Luckie, Mike McCloskey, Anthony Burris HUSKIES MATCHUP PRIDE • The Huskies played the 17th-toughest schedule RADIO WRBB 104.9 FM 146 NET 129 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 245-218 (.529) RECORD 6-4 (.600) 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, 15.7 (9th) / Jalen Ray, 17.6 (5th) E-mail ......................... [email protected] 2020-21 schedule, UMass at home (12/13) and at REB Shaquille Walters, 6.8 (6th) / Isaac Kante, 11.1 (1st) GENERAL INFORMATION Georgia (12/22); NU added road games at Syracuse AST Tyson Walker, 5.7 (1st) / Caleb Burgess, 5.1 (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: 51st meeting, Hofstra leads 26-24 Enrollment .........................................19,055 (undergrad) • This is the second straight season the Huskies have STREAK: NU has won 1 Nickname ........................................................... Huskies started 3-0 in CAA play; NU is looking to start 4-0 in IN CABOT CENTER: 1-4 (.200) 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) where Northeastern began 5-0 AT THE MACK: 8-10 (.444) Arena .............................. Cabot Center (Solomon Court) NEUTRAL: 3-1 (.750) Year Opened ............................................................1910 • Northeastern has seven players born outside the COEN vs. HOFSTRA: 17-13 (.567) President ...............................Dr. Joseph Aoun (MIT, ‘81) United States, third-most in the country behind Maine’s FARRELLY vs. NU: 0-1 Director of Athletics ...............Jeff Konya (Princeton, ‘95) 11 and Cal Baptist’s eight OT: 2-1 (.667) BASKETBALL HISTORY • The Huskies are one of the youngest teams in the LAST 16 MEETINGS (7-9) First Year / Record .......................1919-20 / 1,254-1,143 country with just three upper classmen and no seniors; 01/07/21 W 81-78 (OT) A The Mack NCAA Tournament ............... 9 Appearances (3-9 record) This is the first time in head coachBill Coen’s 15 years 03/10/20 L 70-61 N Washington, D.C. CAA Titles (joined in 2005) ............................................5 that he has coached a team without a senior (Last team 02/08/20 L 75-71 A The Mack Tournament Titles ........................................ 2 (2015, ‘19) to not have a senior was 2002-03) 01/09/20 L 74-72 H Matthews Arena CAA Champ. Game App: ....... 5 (2013, ‘15, ‘18, ‘19, ‘20) 03/12/19 W 82-74 N Charleston, S.C. • Coach Coen’s 245 wins at Northeastern is five shy 02/02/19 W 75-61 H Matthews Arena 2020-21 SCHEDULE of the all-time record of 250, set by Jim Calhoun from 01/05/19 L 75-72 A The Mack NOVEMBER EST (TV) 1972-86; He is second all-time in CAA history with 166 01/25/18 W 81-67 A The Mack 26 vs. George Mason - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) wins in league regular season and postseason play 01/02/18 L 71-70 H Matthews Arena 27 vs. Howard - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) 02/11/17 L 74-64 H Matthews Arena 28 vs. Belmont - 1 Canceled (ESPN3) • The Huskies are the winningest program in CAA 01/21/17 L 78-73 A The Mack DECEMBER play since Coach Coen’s arrival in 2006 with 149 02/21/16 L 65-60 A The Mack 5 at Maine Canceled conference victories; The Huskies have a CAA-best five 01/21/16 L 96-92 (3OT) H Matthews Arena 9 UMASS LOWELL CANCELED CAA Championship game appearances since 2013 02/12/15 W 79-68 A The Mack 11 at UMass L, 94-79 01/14/15 W 91-83 H Matthews Arena 13 UMASS W, 78-75 • The Huskies became the fifth program in CAA history 02/05/14 W 81-73 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 * 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. 9/9 15.7 2.7 Career-high 9 asts at Hofstra; Leads CAA w/5.7 apg 30 at Drexel * 1 p.m. G 11 Jahmyl Telfort 6-7/230 Fr. 8/2 12.1 2.6 2x CAA Rookie of the Week; #14 in CAA in 3FG% (.375) 31 at Drexel * 1 p.m. G 24 Shaquille Walters 6-6/200 Jr.-R 9/9 10.4 6.9 Career-high 20 pts and 3 stls at Hofstra FEBRUARY F 15 Coleman Stucke 6-7/215 Fr. 9/9 7.0 2.0 Shooting 40% (6-15) from 3 in last 4 gms 6 DELAWARE * NOON (FloHoops) F 00 Jason Strong 6-8/210 Jr.-R 9/9 10.3 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. 9/0 2.4 0.7 Career-high 5 pts at SU; 1-for-1 from 3 at Hofstra 20 UNCW * NOON (FloHoops) G 03 J’Vonne Hadley 6-6/200 Fr. 7/0 1.6 1.1 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) 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. 8/0 3.6 2.4 CH 13 pts at #9/8 WVU; 9 pts, 8 rebs at Hofstra 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 .647 FG% ranks #2 in CAA; Missed last 4 games LAST GAME SUMMARY NORTHEASTERN 81, HOFSTRA 78 (OT) JASON STRONG, FORWARD | 6-8, 210 | JR-R | COCONUT CREEK, FLA. (WESTMINSTER ACADEMY) MIN PTS REB APG FG% 3FG% FT% Game 9 | The Mack | Hempstead, N.Y. 2020-21 29.0 10.3 5.2 1.1 .474 .390 .833 CAREER 11.6 3.8 1.9 0.4 .458 .353 .659 Shaquille Walters scored a career-high 20 points, including nine 2020-21: Tallied 35 pts over last 2 games, including career-high 18 (16 in 2nd in overtime, and Jason Strong finished with 16 of his career- 00 half) at Hofstra (1/7), going 4-for-5 from 3 ... 16 pts in win over UMass (12/13) in best 18 points in the second half to lead Northeastern back from 34 mins ... Made a 3-pointer in every game this season. 19-points down in the second half to upend Hofstra, 81-78 (OT), VITO CUBRILO, GUARD | 6-4, 195 | SO | ZAGREB, CROATIA (SPORTS GYMNASIUM ZAGREB) on Thursday. The Huskies (4-5, 3-0 CAA) shot 56 percent (20- MIN PTS REB APG FG% 3FG% FT% for-34) in the final two periods to defeat the Pride (6-4, 2-1 CAA). 2020-21 11.4 2.4 0.7 0.4 .250 .267 .750 CAREER 6.6 1.3 0.4 0.3 .219 .227 .750 Tyson Walker dished out a career-high nine assists to go with 2020-21: Matched his career-high 5 pts at Syracuse (12/16), going 1-for-3 from 11 points, while Quirin Emanga tallied nine points and eight 1 behind the arc ..