Box Score BOSTON – Northeastern University went on a 33-12 run in the second half to overcome a 20-point Colgate lead and held on for a 74-69 win over the Raiders at Matthews Arena.

Colgate led 48-28 with just over 16 minutes remaining in the contest following a three-point shot by Jack Ferguson. Northeastern slowly chipped away at the lead cutting the deficit to 10 with 8:17 left in the contest. A 13-2 streak by the Huskies gave Northeastern a 61-60 lead with 3:59 remaining. It was a lead the Huskies would not relinquish.

Colgate used a strong three-point shooting effort and a stifling first half defense to build a 37-23 halftime edge. The Raiders shot 50% from beyond the arc in the first half drilling seven of 14 trifectas, including three of three from Oliver Lynch-Daniels. Colgate forced eight Huskies turnovers resulting in 10 points and had five steals in the first stanza.

The game started slowly with neither team taking control through the first four minutes and was tied at 2 going into the 16-minute media timeout. Colgate lit up the scoreboard with 8 straight points out of the stoppage keyed by a corner three-pointer by Ryan Moffatt to begin the run. Northeastern pulled to within 12-10 before Colgate went on a 14-5 streak. The Raiders extended the lead to 37-20 with 2:17 remaining in the half before the Huskies drilled a three with just under a minute remaining. The Raider lead was the first by a Northeastern opponent at the half all season.

Nelly Cummings led three Raiders in double figures and tied for a game high 18 points. Lynch-Daniels finished with 11 and Tucker Richardson added 10.

FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Matt Langel

"Every game has its own identity. When you have a significant lead against good teams, they are not going to lay down, but they are going to fight hard with their backs against the wall. Tonight, they had some success driving us to the basket, hit some big shots from the perimeter and got some big offensive rebounds. In those moments, we have not done a good enough job of slowing down their run and part of that is our offense too. We weren't able to make some of the good shots we got and that allowed Northeastern some transition opportunities as well.

"I know this group will get back to work tomorrow for the opportunity to play at home and hopefully play as close to 40 minutes of Colgate basketball as we can."

UP NEXT
Colgate will host Columbia University Monday, December 6, at 7:00PM in the last home game of the semester.