1998-99 Northeastern Statistics
Delaware 72, Northeastern 69
Northeastern shut down the nation's second-leading scorer but still lost to Delaware, 72-69, in an America East men's basketball game at Cabot Gym Friday.
Delaware's Tyrone Perry had 16 points, including four three-pointers, to lead the Blue Hens who got a season-low nine points from standout forward Mike Pegues. The league's top scorer, Pegues entered the game averaging 24.2 points per game, but managed just nine against a swarming low-post defense led by the Huskies' Lin Lattimore. Pegues had scored in double figures 40 straight times.
Kestutis Marciulionis added 15 points, while John Bennett and John Gordon had 12 apiece, for Delaware (15-5, 8-3). It was the Blue Hens' third straight win. Guards Marcus Blossom and Terry Kringe led NU with 15 points, and Lattimore had 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds. The Huskies lost for the ninth time in their last 11 games and fell to 6-12, 3-7 in league play.
The game was tight throughout. NU had its largest lead of the night at 57-52 with 7:51 to play when Delaware scored six straight points, including a Perry three-pointer to take a 58-57 edge with 6:41 to go. The Huskies reclaimed the advantage with a Jean Bain layup on their next possession, but Pegues's first points of the half came on a layup with 6:10 left that put the Blue Hens ahead to stay, 60-59.
After a Pegues free throw, Marciulionis hit consecutive three-pointers for a 67-61 lead with 3:33 showing. The Huskies trimmed it to two points twice and had a possession to tie trailing 70-67 and under a minute to play, but Gordon stole the ball from Blossom. Pegues then hit a layup for a 72-67 lead with 13 seconds remaining.
Delaware jumped out to leads of 8-2 and 15-8, their largest of the game, before NU got going. The Huskies used a 9-2 spurt to tie it at 17 and then kept it close before taking their first lead of the night, 32-31, on two Bain free throws. A Bain steal and layup gave the Huskies a 34-33 lead at halftime. Lattimore got double-team help all game and held Pegues to just four points before intermission.
01/29/99 7 p.m. at Cabot Gym (Boston, MA)
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VISITORS: Delaware 15-5, 8-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
05 Pegues, Mike f 4 10 0 0 1 2 0 5 5 4 9 3 4 0 1 38
24 Miller, Greg f 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 17
10 Bennett, John c 5 8 0 0 2 5 1 2 3 2 12 1 2 3 1 29
03 Perry, Tyrone g 6 11 4 7 0 0 2 4 6 2 16 3 2 0 1 33
15 Gordon, John g 4 12 3 6 1 2 1 1 2 2 12 4 2 0 3 39
04 Ndiaye, Ndongo 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
13 Marciulionis, K. 5 10 2 5 3 4 0 2 2 2 15 3 1 0 1 22
23 Diouf, Madou 1 1 0 0 3 4 1 5 6 2 5 2 0 0 1 17
TEAM ........................................ 1 0 1 1
TOTALS 26 56 9 18 11 19 7 24 31 14 72 20 13 3 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-30 .400 2nd Half: 14-26 .538 Game: .464 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3- 7 .429 2nd Half: 6-11 .545 Game: .500 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6- 9 .667 2nd Half: 5-10 .500 Game: .579 1
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HOME TEAM: Northeastern 6-12, 3-7
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
14 Lattimore, Lin f 4 11 0 0 4 4 3 6 9 3 12 1 3 1 0 36
31 Adams, Changa c 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 11
12 Miller, Harold g 5 10 3 6 2 2 0 3 3 2 15 2 5 0 0 26
22 Kringe, Terry g 3 6 1 3 2 2 1 3 4 4 9 5 1 0 2 29
30 Blossom, Marcus g 6 16 1 4 2 3 2 6 8 0 15 2 2 0 1 37
04 West, Tim 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
05 Bain, Jean 3 7 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 3 8 1 2 0 1 23
15 Harris, Kareen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
23 Wright, Marquis 4 6 0 1 0 0 2 5 7 2 8 0 1 2 0 22
44 Green, John 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7
TEAM ........................................ 2 4 6
TOTALS 26 61 5 16 12 14 13 30 43 18 69 12 15 4 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-29 .414 2nd Half: 14-32 .438 Game: .426 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2- 6 .333 2nd Half: 3-10 .300 Game: .313 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8- 9 .889 2nd Half: 4- 5 .800 Game: .857 0
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OFFICIALS: John Sweeney (R), Joe Mingle, Robert Adams
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Delaware - none
Northeastern - none
ATTENDANCE: 869
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Delaware 33 39 72
Northeastern 34 35 69
