Hempstead, NY - The Hofstra men's basketball program earned its third Colonial Athletic Association regular season title in the past five seasons and captured its 11th consecutive win with an 84-52 victory over Northeastern on Saturday afternoon at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Tyler Thomas led Hofstra with 23 points, while Warren Williams added 19 points and nine rebounds. 

As mentioned it is the Pride's third CAA regular season title in the last five years as Hofstra was the regular season champion in 2019-20 and 2018-19 as well. In addition, it is the program's fourth regular season title since 2015-16. 

The 11-game win streak is tied for the sixth-longest in program history, tied with similar streaks in 1962-63, 1951-52, and 1947-48 to 1948-49. It is one of only nine streaks in program history of 11 games or more. In addition, it is the longest win streak at Hofstra since a 16-game streak during the 2018-19 campaign. 

It was another fast start for Hofstra as the Pride led 5-0 after nearly two minutes of action courtesy of a Aaron Estrada layup and a three-pointer from Darlinstone Dubar. The lead would reach seven, 17-10, with 12:20 showing on the first half clock before Northeastern used an 11-3 run to earn a 21-20 advantage with 6:36 left in the opening stanza. 

It would be all Hofstra the remainder of the first half and into the second half, though, as the Pride closed the first 20 minutes on an 18-4 run to lead 38-25 at the break. 

The Pride would then score the first nine points of the second half to make it a 27-4 run in total as they opened up a 47-25 lead with 16:32 left in regulation. The lead reached 30 on a jumper from Thomas with 5:53 left that made it 73-42 and the Pride took its largest lead of the contest (78-44) with 4:23 left on another basket from Thomas. 

Estrada finished with 16 points, five assists, and three rebounds in the game, while Jaquan Carlos had eight assists for the Pride. Nelson Boachie-Yiadom tied Williams for game-high honors with nine rebounds and also added four points and a game-high three blocked shots. German Plotnikov had nine points, three rebounds, and three steals for the Pride. Petey Galgano played the final two minutes on "Senior Day" and scored four points. 

Chase Cormier had 12 points to lead Northeastern. Coleman Stucke added five points and six rebounds. 

Hofstra will be the one seed in the upcoming CAA Championship and will first be in action on Sunday, March 5 at 12 p.m. 

NOTES
- Hofstra is now 30-25 all-time against Northeastern. The Pride has won three straight, seven of the last nine, and 13 of the last 18 meetings in the series. 
- Prior to the game, Hofstra honored its five "seniors" as Petey Galgano, Nelson Boachie-Yiadom, Warren Williams, Tyler Thomas, and Aaron Estrada were recognized in a pregame ceremony. 
- The Pride finished the season with a stellar 11-1 mark at the Mack Sports Complex, improving to 64-15 at home over the past six seasons. 
- Hofstra is now 100-19 over the past nine seasons when holding its opponent under 70 points and 15-2 this season in that scenario. In addition, the Pride is 48-1 over the past nine seasons when holding its opponent under 60 points and has won 44 consecutive games in that scenario. 
- Estrada moved into 30th place all-time at Hofstra in scoring with his 16 points in the contest. He now has 1,141 in his two years and passed Mike Moore (1,128 from 2010-12), Wandy Williams (1,132 from 1966-69), and Nathaniel Lester (1,139 from 2007-12) today.