Hempstead, NY – The Hofstra Men's Basketball team will host Northeastern on Thursday as the conference standings begin to heat up. 

Tip-off from the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex is scheduled for 7 p.m. 

Tickets can be purchased at HofstraTickets.com, by calling (516) HOF-TIXX or by visiting the Hofstra Athletics Box Office in the lobby of the Mack Sports Complex. 
There will be Pride Productions live video/audio of the game, as well as live statistics. Links to all can be found on this page or on the men's basketball schedule page at GoHofstra.com. The game will also air locally on WRHU (88.7 FM). 

Hofstra (12-8, 5-3 CAA) will look to get back on track after seeing its three-game win streak come to an end in a narrow road loss, 76-70, to Colonial Athletic Association preseason favorite Charleston on Saturday. Junior Justin Wright-Foreman led the way with 26 points for the Pride, while junior Desure Buie added seven points, five assists and five rebounds and senior Rokas Gustys tallied 10 points and eight rebounds. 

Three players average in double figures for Hofstra right now as Wright-Foreman leads the team with 25.1 points per game, sophomore Eli Pemberton is second with 15.2 points per contest and Gustys is averaging a double-double with 10.1 points and 11.5 rebounds per outing. 

Northeastern is 13-7 and sits in first place in the CAA with a 6-2 league mark. The Huskies enter Thursday having won three straight, including a 76-64 win over Delaware on Saturday. Vasa Pusica is first on the team with 15.8 points per game and Shawn Occeus is second with 10.9 points per outing. 

Thursday's game will mark the 43rd between Hofstra and Northeastern with the Pride holding a narrow 22-20 lead in the all-time meetings courtesy of five straight wins in the series, including a 71-70 victory in Boston on January 2. Hofstra won both meetings a season ago as they captured a 78-73 win at home before completing the season sweep with a 74-64 win in Boston. The first-ever meeting occurred during the 1949-50 season with the Huskies earning a close 55-53 victory.