Hempstead, NY - Justin Wright-Foreman's 34-foot three-pointer at the buzzer capped off a 14-2 run over the final 5:11 and gave Hofstra a 75-72 victory over Northeastern Saturday evening at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. The basket gave Wright-Foreman a career-high 42 points, which is also a Mack Sports Complex record.

Hofstra extended its win streak to 10 games and improved to 13-3 overall and 3-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association. Northeastern, the CAA preseason favorite, slipped to 7-8 on the season and 1-2 in league action.

Wright-Foreman shot 15-30 from the field and was 8-9 from the line. He also added six rebounds. Jacquil Taylor was the only other Hofstra player in double figures with 10 points. He also added seven rebounds. Tareq Coburn tied for team-high honors with seven rebounds, while Desure Buie had seven points and five assists. Eli Pemberton chipped in with eight points.

Hofstra led at the half, 40-34, after a first half that saw the Pride shoot 52-percent from the floor. With the score tied at seven, Hofstra used a 16-9 run to take a 23-16 lead with 10:11 remaining in the opening stanza on Wright-Foreman's jumper. Northeastern outscored the Pride, 8-5, over the next 2:25 to get within four, 28-24, with 7:46 on the clock following a three-pointer from Jordan Roland. But the Pride went on a 6-0 run to go up by 10, 34-24, after a jumper from Pemberton with 3:51 on the clock. The Huskies would close out the half with a 10-6 spurt including two free throws with 0.3 seconds to go to make it a six-point game at intermission.

Northeastern came out strong in the second half, outscoring the Pride, 11-4, over the first 5:07 to take a 45-44 lead on a Roland three-pointer. But Wright-Foreman answered with back-to-back buckets to put the Pride back up, 48-45, with 13:55 on the clock. The lead would change hands once again with Roland and Tomas Murphy each hitting a pair of free throws for a 51-48 Northeastern advantage. Hofstra would take the lead back, 54-53, on Buie's three-pointer with 11:19 on the clock but the Huskies would answer with a 7-0 run to go up 60-54 with 9:17 remaining. The lead would grow to nine, 70-61, with 5:11 to go after a three-pointer from Vasa Pusica. Wright-Foreman's three-pointer and two free throws got Hofstra to within four, 70-66, with 2:58 to go. The senior guard added two more from the foul line to make it a two-point game with 2:43 on the clock. Taylor tied the score for the Pride with a pair for free throws with 2:00 to go and Wright-Foreman added another two from the stripe to give Hofstra a 72-70 lead with 1:28 remaining. Anthony Green tied the game for the Huskies with 1:22 to go with two free throws of his own. The Huskies missed a potential game-winning shot with four second left. Wright-Foreman grabbed the rebound after it was tapped back by Taylor and raced up the left side of the court before sinking the game-winner as time expired.

Bolden Brace led four Huskies in double figures with 17 points. Roland had 14 points while Shawn Occeus had 14 points and Pusica added 11. Green had a game-high nine rebounds.

Hofstra will return to action Thursday, January 10, at William & Mary. Tip-off from Williamsburg, Virginia, is set for 7 p.m.

Notes:
-Justin Wright-Foreman extended his double-scoring streak to 69 games, the second-longest active streak in the nation. The 69 games tied a streak that Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul Jabbar) had at UCLA from 1967-69.
-Wright-Foreman's 42 points marked his first 40-point performance of his career and is a Mack Sports Complex record, surpassing the previous high of 40 points scored by Speedy Claxton against Hartford on January 16, 2000.
-Wright-Foreman is the first Hofstra player to score 40 points in a game since Charles Jenkins (40) in overtime at Binghamton on December 8, 2010 and the first to accomplish the feat in regulation since Claxton (40) at Maine on January 21, 2000.
-The 42 points is tied for seventh on Hofstra's single game scoring list.
-Wright-Foreman is the 20th player in CAA history to record a 40-point game and is the seventh-most in CAA history.
-Hofstra is 23-21 all-time versus Northeastern.
-The 10-game win streak is tied for the sixth-longest in program history and is the Pride's longest in the CAA era (since 2001-02).
-Hofstra has also won 13 games in a row at home dating back to last season and is 10-0 in Hempstead in 2018-19.
-Hofstra's 3-0 start in CAA play is its best since beginning 4-0 in 2014-15 and its 13-3 record overall is the best after 16 games in the CAA-era.