BOSTON, Massachusetts - The University of Maine men's basketball program hits the road for their seventh straight game away from their home court at the Cross Insurance Center, heading south to take on the Northeastern University Huskies.
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FULL GAME NOTES (PDF)
Date: Wednesday, December 4
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Time: 7:00 PM
Site: Matthews Arena,
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Series Record: 47-65
Streak: Lost 1
Last 4 meetings:1-3
First Meeting: 1920-21, Maine W, 29-13
Last Meeting: 2016-17, Northeastern W, 80-72
Last Maine Win: 2012-13, 76-73 at Northeastern
Most points scored: 100, 02/04/1999 at home, W, 100-79
Most points allowed: 104, 01/24/1987, at Northeastern, L, 104-78
Largest Margin of Victory: +24, 02/07/1979 at Northeastern, W,80-56
MAINE GAME NOTES
- The University of Maine men's basketball team fell in yet another road contest on Sunday afternoon, as the Huskies of the University of Connecticut handed the Black Bears a 64-40 final score at the XL Center in Hartford.
- Redshirt freshman Stephane Ingo put together his best defensive effort of the season, recording a game- and career-high five blocked shots on the day. He's the first Black Bear to reach the five-block mark since Mike Allison did it in January of 2013. He now sits third in the America East conference in both total blocks (10) and blocks per game (1.7).
- Andrew Fleming characteristically filled up the box score with a team-high 19 points and nine boards, along with three blocks and two steals.
- Nedeljko Prijovic pulled down eight more rebounds, he's averaging a team-high 7.1 boards a game this year. Agah Kizilkaya recorded a pair of steals and an assist in his first career start.
- Maine swatted nine shots as a team, their highest total since matching the number in a February 24th contest against UAlbany during the 2017-18 season.
- A key to Maine's demise on Sunday was the turnover battle, with Maine recording 28 on the day that the Huskies utilized directly for 28 points. That's the most in a game for Maine since they had 27 during the 2015-16 season.
- The Black Bears enter this week ranked 10th in the nation by ESPN and 8th by KenPom.com in strength of schedule across all of Division I men's basketball. Vermont is the next highest-ranked America East team in each ranking, coming in at 42nd on ESPN and 86th on KenPom.com.
A LOOK AT THE HUSKIES
- Northeastern enters the action at an even 4-4 on the season so far, including an 84-79 victory over common-opponent Harvard on November 8th. Maine fell to Harvard by a 67-46 final score two days later.
- The Huskies lead the Colonial Athletic Association in all three shooting percentages, posting a 51.1/44.5/80.6 line so far.
- Redshirt senior Jordan Roland is the end-all, be-all for the Huskies offense, leading the team and the conference with 24.8 points per game, the only member of the Northeastern roster averaging double-digit scoring so far. He's posting a blistering 55.3/46.7/89.5 line, third in the conference in all three marks.
- Senior Bolden Brace leads the team in rebounding at 6.0 per, and Tyson Walker has 3.1 assists per game to lead the distributors.
- Reigning CAA Coach of the Year Bill Coen enters his 14th season as head coach of the Northeastern basketball program in 2019-20. Coen had amassed 224 career wins in 13 seasons at Northeastern and ranks third on the CAA's list of all-time winningest coaches with 152 wins in conference regular season and tournament play. He is the lone current CAA coach to have cracked the top 10.
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