2017-18 MEN’S BASKETBALL GoNUmbasketball @GoNUmbasketball GoNUmbasketball GoNUathletics GAME 2017-18 SCHEDULE NORTHEASTERN (14-9, 7-4) vs. UNCW (7-16, 4-7) 24 Saturday, February 3 • 4 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. UNCW 17 at Stanford (Pac-12 Network) L, 59-73 19 at Ohio State (BTN Plus) L, 55-80 Head Coach ..................... Bill Coen Head Coach ...............C.B. McGrath 24 vs. Utah State & L, 67-71 Alma Mater ................. Hamilton ‘83 Alma Mater ......................... Kansas ‘98 25 vs. Furman & L, 67-78 Record at NU ...192-184 (12 seasons) Record at UNCW ........................... 7-16 Overall Record ....................... Same Overall Record ................................ Same Coen’s Twitter ....@GoNUCoachCoen McGrath’s Twitter ..........@CBMcGrath24 30 HARVARD (NESN) W, 77-61 Twitter ............. @GoNUmbasketball Twitter ............. @UNCWMensHoops Facebook ...........GoNUmbasketball QUICK COMPaRISON Facebook .....UNCWMensBasketball Instagram...........GoNUmbasketball 73.2.....................Points Per Game .................. 79.1 Instagram.................... UNCWBasketball Dec. 2 CORNELL W, 84-66 Website ......................... GoNU.com 69.0..............Points Allowed Per Game ........... 84.0 Website .................UNCWSports.com 5 BUCKNELL (NESNPlus) W, 82-64 32.3................Rebounding Per Game .............. 40.5 Points Leader ................. Pusica (15.7) Points Leader ...................Cacok (17.1) 9 VERMONT W, 71-67 30.6................. Rebounding Defense ............... 35.5 Rebounds Leader ............. Brace (4.7) .478...................... Field Goal Pct. .................... .439 Rebounds Leader .............Cacok (13.1) 18 at Kent State (ESPN3) W, 81-69 Assists Leader .................. Pusica (5.0) .367.........................3-Point Pct. ...................... .346 Assists Leader ..................Talley (5.6) 20 at St. Bonaventure L, 65-84 30 at JMU * W, 81-70 NOTABLES Jan. 2 HOFSTRA * L, 70-71 • The Huskies will continue their • The Huskies are 383-257 (.598) all- cluding a career-best 10 assist effort weekend homestand against UNCW time in conference play including a against Hofstra, because of him the 5 ELON * (CollegeSportsLive) W, 72-60 on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. 125-87 (.590) record since joining Huskies have their fifth 100-assist 7 JMU * (CollegeSportsLive) W, 80-67 • The Huskies will try to sweep the the CAA in the 2005-06 season player in the last four seasons (more 11 at Charleston * L, 66-82 season series with the Seahawks for • Northeastern amassed 12 regular on page 3) 13 at UNCW * W, 81-77 OT the first time since 2010-11 season conference championships • The Huskies named a new direc- 18 at William & Mary * W, 90-70 • Northeastern is coming off of a and eight tournament titles including tor of athletics and recreation last couple tough back-to-back losses a 2015 CAA title which sent NU to Wednesday morning as Jeff Konya 20 DELAWARE * (NESNPlus) W, 76-64 dropping a 68-67 contest at Drexel the NCAA Tournament for the first will take over for Peter Roby on Feb- 25 at Hofstra * W, 81-67 on Saturday afternoon, followed by time in 24 years ruary 1 (more info on page 4) 27 at Drexel * L, 67-68 a 69-64 home loss to Charleston on • Bill Coen is in his 12th season as • Shawn Occeus currently leads the Thursday night (more on page 3) the leader of the Huskies and since CAA in thefts this season with 2.04 Feb. 1 CHARLESTON * L, 64-69 • Saturday is Community day at Coen has taken the reins, North- steals per game, a mark that also Matthews Arena where the Huskies eastern has accomplished the best ranks in the top of the NCAA (more 3 UNCW * (NESNPlus) 4 p.m. will be honoring some very special win percentage amongst current on page 3) 8 at Delaware * 7 p.m. first responders at halftime CAA teams in conference and CAA • The Huskies have recorded nine 10 at Towson * 2 p.m. • This is the 98th season of North- tournament play with a 126-101 all- 80-point efforts this season, the 15 DREXEL * 7 p.m. eastern men’s basketball time mark (more on page 5) most in a single season during the 17 WILLIAM & MARY * 4 p.m. • Northeastern has an all-time record • Vasa Pusica has been dishing them Bill Coen era (more on page 4) 22 TOWSON * (NESN) 7 p.m. of 1,198-1,100 (.521) in 2,298 games out for the Huskies this season in- 24 at Elon * 7 p.m. 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) 15.7 3.3 115 assists G 22 Donnell Gresham 6-1 203 RSo. St. Paul, Minn. (Cretin-Durham Hall) 9.3 3.9 .453 3FG% 6 vs. CAA Finals ! TBA G/F 1 Shawn Occeus 6-4 208 So. Boynton Beach, Fla. (Grandview Prep) 10.8 2.3 47 steals F 14 Maxime Boursiquot 6-5 211 So. Ottawa, Ontario (Kent School) 5.5 3.7 19.0 mpg Home games in BOLD CAPS (Dedham Field) F 30 Anthony Green 6-10 252 Jr. N. Quincy, Mass. (Tilton School) 6.0 3.5 .713 FG% All times EST and subject to change * CAA game UNCW & - Nashville, Tenn. Pos No. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School) PPG RPG Other ! - North Charleston Coliseum (N. Charleston, S.C.) G 4 Jordon Talley 6-1 180 Sr. Richmond, Va. (Fishburne Military Acad.) 16.6 2.5 123 assists G 21 Ty Taylor 6-3 160 RSo. Grandview, Mo. (Wichita State) 13.0 3.9 18 steals G 1 Jaylen Fornes 6-3 205 So. Pamlico County, N.C. (Word of God) 11.9 4.0 .398 3FG% F 15 Devontae Cacok 6-7 240 Jr. Riverdale, Ga. (Alpharetta) 17.1 13.1 .588 FG% F 30 Marcus Bryan 6-7 242 RSr. Raleigh, N.C. (UNC 5.2 7.1 12 blocks game information TELEVISION ONLINE VIDEO/AUDIO RADIO LIVE STATS • NESN Plus • GoNUXStream • WRBB • GoNU.com • Patrick McHugh • Patrick McHugh • Justin Littman • Alex Vispoli • Alex Vispoli • Matt MacCormack • Ben Horner • Ben Horner • Michael Petillo 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 | UNCW | FEB. 3 | 4 p.m. | game 24 | NESN PLUS HUSKIES vs. UNCW INSIDE THE SERIES SCOUTING THE SEaHaWKS LaST TIME OUT Overall ................................. UNCW leads, 12-11 • Since facing the Huskies the last time out, Northeastern 81, UNCW 77 At Northeastern .............................................. 6-4 UNCW has won a pair of games, but has also Wilmington, N.C. • Trask Coliseum At UNCW ........................................................ 4-6 fallen a trio of times Neutral .......................................................... 1-2 • After losing the majority of their starting lineup VISITORS: Northeastern (11-7, 4-2) In Overtime .................................................... 2-0 from last year’s CAA Tournament Championship FG 3FG FT REBS PF TP Current streak ............................................Won 1 team, UNCW is 7-16 on the year and are 4-7 in 1 S. Occeus * 6-11 0-3 3-4 1 3 15 First meeting .................. Jan. 28, 2006 (L, 44-46) conference play 4 V. Pusica * 3-7 2-6 4-8 6 3 12 14 M. Boursiquot * 4-6 0-0 3-3 3 2 11 Last meeting .................Jan. 13, 2018 (W, 81-77) • The Seahawks saw a stretch of eight losses in Last Northeastern win .........Jan. 13, 2018 (81-77) 22 D. Gresham * 2-3 1-2 2-2 0 0 7 the midst of their season 30 A. Green * 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 3 0 Last UNCW win ...................Feb. 25, 2017 (65-74) • Of the team’s seven wins, UNCW has defeat- 33 T. Murphy 6-8 0-0 5-6 4 4 17 Coen vs. UNCW ........................................... 11-10 ed two DIII schools as well as Campbell, Drexel, 2 B. Brace 3-6 3-6 0-0 2 1 9 Elon and Towson in overtime and James Mad- 20 D. Begley 3-9 1-5 0-0 9 3 7 ison 11 J. Miller 1-2 1-2 0-0 2 2 3 Date Location Result TOTALS - 28-53 8-24 17-23 33 21 81 1/28/2006 Wilmington L, 44-46 3/5/2006 Richmond, Va.^ L, 54-69 LEADING THE WAY TOTAL FG%: 1st Half: 14-29 48.3% 2nd Half: 11-19 57.9% Final: 28-53 52.8% 12/2/2006 Boston W, 58-51 • Devontae Cacok is atop the Seahawks, the TOTAL 3FG%: 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% Final: 8-24 33.3% 1/23/2008 Wilmington L, 69-77 CAA and the country with his 17.1 points and Free Throw%: 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 9-11 81.8% Final: 17-23 73.9% 2/7/2009 Boston W, 77-65 1/16/2010 Boston W, 79-56 13.1 rebounds per game this season • After finishing last season with an NCAA record HOME: UNCW (5-13, 2-4) 2/16/2010 Wilmington W, 65-56 FG 3FG FT REBS PF TP 1/26/2011 Wilmington W, 70-66 .800 FG%, Cacok is shooting .588 from the field 1 J. Fornes * 10-13 4-5 0-0 8 2 24 2/26/2011 Boston W, 78-68 this year 4 J. Talley * 6-12 0-4 5-6 4 5 17 1/4/2012 Boston L, 62-70 • Aiding Cacok on the offensive front are Jordon 30 M. Bryan * 4-8 0-0 1-2 6 5 9 1/5/2013 Boston W, 68-64 21 T.