Towson, MD – The Hofstra Men's Basketball team will end it short two-game road trip with a Colonial Athletic Association game at Northeastern on Saturday evening.
Tip-off from Matthews Arena is slated for 7 p.m.
There will be Pride Productions live video/audio of the game with links available on this page and via the men's basketball schedule page at GoHofstra.com. The Pride Productions audio only broadcast can be heard via the portal, on the WRHU mobile app and on WRHU.org.
Hofstra (12-14, 4-9 CAA) is coming off a tough 69-65 loss at Towson on Thursday evening. The Pride got a tremendous game from sophomore
Justin Wright-Foreman as he poured in 29 points and added seven rebounds and four assists in the narrow defeat.
Northeastern, which will bring a 14-11 overall record and a 7-6 conference mark into Saturday's game, got a last second game-winner from Bolden Brace to defeat Charleston 73-72 on the road.
T.J. Williams leads the Huskies with 21 points per game.
Wright-Foreman upped his scoring average to 16.4 points per game, while senior
Deron Powers (13.2), freshman
Eli Pemberton (13.1) and senior
Brian Bernardi (12.2) are also averaging in double figures. Powers leads the team with 5.2 assists per outing.
Saturday's game marks the 41st all-time meeting between Hofstra and Northeastern in a series that began during the 1949-50 season. The all-time series is tied at 20 and Hofstra has won three straight meetings. In last season's games – Hofstra won, 65-60, in Hempstead, and captured a 96-92 triple overtime victory in Boston. The first-ever meeting was a close one with Northeastern winning, 55-53.