After being sidelined for the start of the 2013 season due to an ankle injury, senior co-captain Jon Lee made his return to Matthews Arena in Tuesday’s 79-73 loss to UNC Asheville.
The Huskies began the season with back-to-back buzzer-beating wins but tonight found out what it’s like to be on the other end as they fell 66-64 to La Salle University at Matthews Arena.
Men’s basketball head coach Bill Coen attributed Tuesday night’s 72-66 loss to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst to a lack of execution as the Huskies lost their third straight game.
The men’s basketball team didn’t come out on top as they fell by three to the University of Maine Black Bears, 76-73, at the buzzer Wednesday night to open a four game home stand.
After an opening 61-52 win against University of California-Riverside and another comeback win against Belmont University, the Huskies nearly had another late rally against University of North Carolina-Charlotte in the Great Alaskan Shootout Championship. They came up just short and finished in second place after losing to the Charlotte 49ers on Saturday, 67-59.
Men’s basketball won one of its hardest non-conference game of the year against the Princeton University Tigers with their second straight last-second game winning play of the season, 67-66, on the road Tuesday night.
Sophomore guard Demetrius Pollard nailed a buzzer-beating three-point shot for a 65-64 Husky win over crosstown rivals Boston University on opening night after making only four three-pointers in 188 minutes his rookie season.
While the fall sports’ teams are knee deep in postseason tournaments and hockey is shifting into the middle stretch of the year, the men’s and women’s basketball teams are using preseason accolades to start the season off on the right foot, as the NCAA basketball season tips off tomorrow.
Video: The News caught up with George Gardner and Chris Marshall from Northeastern Athletics marketing and communications department to talk about the official kick off of the basketball preseason with Midnight Madness at Solomon Court on Oct. 12.
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