Men’s basketball (6-20, 2-13 CAA) lost to the Drexel University’s Dragons (14-14, 8-7 CAA) 70-61 Feb. 19 and Hofstra University’s Pride (19-10, 10-6 CAA) 82-68 Feb. 21 to record its eighth and ninth consecutive losses in the 2025-26 season. 

The Dragons and Huskies wrestled for the lead in the opening minutes of the game, tying at 8 and 18. The Dragons went on a 9-0 run, which saw the Huskies scoreless for five minutes. With the score 27-18 with 18 minutes to go, sophomore guard Luca Soroa Schaller and junior guard William Kermoury each knocked down a 3-pointer to bring the gap to five points, 29-24, at the half. 

The Huskies shot 39% from the field in the matchup against Drexel but were smart in defense, committing no shooting fouls. 

The Huskies stayed close to the Dragons in the first five minutes of the second half, trailing by as little as one point at 33-32 after an 8-0 run. The Dragons then went 10-3 to extend their lead to eight points at 43-35. But the Huskies were in form, with freshman guard Xavier Abreu scoring seven points to make it a one point game again for the Dragons with 10 minutes to go, 45-44.

Drexel pulled away in the final three minutes, scoring eight free throws to take the game away from the Huskies. 

Abreu, who is averaging 12.4 points per game, led scoring for the Huskies with 19 points. He was joined by Kermoury, who is the Huskies’ scoring leader with 14 points, and junior guard JB Frankel with 11. 

The Huskies then took on the Hofstra University Pride Feb. 21 at the Cabot Center, where they also celebrated senior day, honoring graduating seniors including team managers Josh Miller and Vinh Lam and forward Youri Fritz. 

“He’s an unbelievable young man … he’s all about the right things,” Northeastern head coach Bill Coen said of Fritz. 

Hofstra won the jumpball and opened scoring with a jumper after 15 seconds. 

Northeastern got the rebound off a missed Hofstra 3-point attempt and combined for a jumper by freshman center Petar Pinter. Hostra claimed the rebound after some scuffing at the net and scored a 3-pointer to take the early lead ,5-2, after the opening three minutes. 

Abreu netted from just inside the 3-point line to cut the deficit to three points. Sophomore forward Joshua DeCady then sank a 3-pointer from the far side to take the Pride to double figures. The Huskies held the Pride in the paint but sent the ball out of bounds before a timeout. 

Pinter ended the Huskies’ two-and-a-half minute drought with a jumper in the paint, but the Pride responded with a slam dunk to make it a three-possession game at 15-6. 

After a miss and a rebound, Frankel scored a 3-pointer to take the Huskies into the double digits. Fritz then netted his first points of the senior day game to leave the Huskies trailing 19-13 with 11 and a half minutes to go. He completed his three-point play with a free throw after a timeout.

Fritz claimed a high ball and sent the Huskies on the hunt. The team danced around Hofstra’s defense, and graduate student forward Haris Elezovic netted a three to bring the Huskies back into the fight. Fritz claimed the defensive rebound and added a layup, bringing the score to 21-19. 

The Huskies claimed another defensive rebound, and Kermoury sank another 3-pointer to give the Huskies the lead for the first time in the game with eight minutes left in the half. 

The Pride quickly bounced back, tying the score at 24 points before a three from DeCady restored their advantage. The Huskies were scattered in defense as junior guard Cruz Davis netted a layup to take the game to 29-24. 

Hofstra stretched its legs, scoring a 3-pointer to take the gap to six points at 32-26 before junior guard Mike Loughnane scored a jumper to cut the deficit to four points. 

The game returned from a timeout with the Huskies in possession. The team worked hard to keep the ball and capped passing with a layup by Abreu in the paint.

The Pride closed out the first half with a jumper to make the score 39-30. 

The Huskies opened the second half with a dunk from Pinter after the Pride failed to swat away the ball. Hofstra’s freshman guard Preston Edmead completed a four-point play to take the gap to 13 points at 45-32 with 17 minutes on the clock. 

A foul sent the Pride to the line, shooting and scoring one to reach the 50-point marker. Hofstra added to its tally with a 3-pointer from Edmead. A Hofstra jumper and three pointer sent the team on an 11-0 run as the Huskies went scoreless for three minutes. The score was 58-36 until, with just over 12 minutes to go, Elezovic ended the drought with a jumper from just inside the line. 

The Pride collected the rebound off a missed Fritz free throw and finished with a 3-pointer as they ran away with the game, 62-43, with nine minutes remaining. 

The teams traded shots as the Huskies tried to close the gap. Despite Hofstra’s elevated defense, the Huskies found a way through, and Fritz found the net to put the gap at 19 points with six and a half minutes to go, 68-49. Loughnane then scored a second-chance 3-pointer to push the Huskies over the 50-point mark. 

A Hofstra foul sent Fritz to the line, where he scored one. Another foul sent Kermoury to the line, where his two free throws helped the Huskies over the 60-point marker with three minutes left to play. Kermoury went 4-4 free throws inside a minute and a half. 

A Kermoury 3-pointer closed the gap to 10 points at 76-66 with just over one minute in the game. A Husky foul sent junior guard Cruz Davis to the line, where he sank both and made it a four-possession game. 

The physical nature of the contest saw the Pride draw another foul and sink their final free throws before winding the clock down to end the game at 82-68. 

Despite the tough loss, Abreu and Fritz both earned double-doubles: Abreu with 10 points and 10 rebounds and Fritz with 14 points and 11 rebounds. 

Pinter tallied a new career-high 12 points, and Kermoury led the scoring for the Huskies with 17 points. 

“I don’t think there’s another team in the league that’s playing a freshman big … he’s become a pretty good player in a short period of time,” Coen said of Pinter. ”How many of us would travel halfway around the world, move to a different country where the food is different, the language is different, to chase your dream? … He wants to be as good as he possibly could.”  

Coen said he felt “mixed emotions” after honoring the graduating seniors but said “we met up with a really good team in Hofstra. I think they probably have the best back court in the league … we made a couple runs at them, but obviously not enough.” 

With only three league games remaining in the 2025-26 season, Coen said his message to the team is “to just keep getting better.” 

The Huskies will take on the William &Mary Tribe (16-11, 7-8 CAA) Feb. 26 at the Kaplan Arena at 7 p.m.