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Northeastern Northeastern 77, Albany 70

2003-04 Schedule/Results
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Northeastern 77, Albany 70
Jan. 11, 2004
Solomon Court (Boston, MA)

Team
1st
2nd
Final
Albany (3-10, 1-3 America East)
31
39
70
Northeastern (9-6, 3-1 America East)
33
44
77

Sophomore guard Jose Juan Barea scored 20 points and Northeastern made all 11 of its free throws in the last 3:55 to hold off Albany, 77-70, Sunday afternoon in front of 802 at Solomon Court.

The Great Danes (3-10, 1-3 AE) led 57-52 with 5:21 to play, but the Huskies scored eight straight points -- four by Barea, two each by freshman forward Bennet Davis and senior forward Javorie Wilson -- to grab a 60-57 advantage with 3:55 left.

From there, the Huskies, who came into the game making 62 percent of their free throws, went 11-for-11 from the stripe. Barea started it with a foul shot following a made three-pointer, and he went 8-for-8 from the line after that. Wilson, who finished with 18 points and a career-high six assists, also converted a pair of free throws.

Barea's 9-for-9 from the line ties him with Dave Caligaris and Ty Mack for the seventh-best single-game performance in school history.

Davis, making his first-ever start, punctuated the win with an emphatic reverse dunk with five seconds left. He scored a career-high 16 points on 7-for-8 shooting.

Albany scored the first six points of the game, but Northeastern (9-6, 3-1 AE) responded with a 13-2 run over the next 5:28 to go up 13-8. A Barea layup with 6:41 left gave the Huskies their largest first-half lead, at 24-18. The Great Danes then rattled off eight straight points, capped by Aquawasi St. Hillaire's three-point play, to grab a 26-24 lead. Hillaire led UA with 19.

The Huskies led 33-31 at the break, and got it up to seven, at 38-31, a little over a minute into the second half after a basket by Sylbrin Robinson. Robinson fell one point short of recording his second double-double of the season, finishing wth nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

Albany chipped away, regaining the lead, at 46-44, on a Jon Iati three with 11:49 on the clock. Jesse Dunn's free throw at the 7:54 mark gave NU a 52-51 advantage, but Albany scored the next six points.

The Huskies prevailed despite being out-shot 56 percent (28-for-50) to 40 percent (25-for-63). They forced 25 turnovers and out-rebounded the Great Danes, 34-28.

The team is back in action Wednesday, Jan. 14 when it hosts Hartford at 7 p.m.

VISITORS: Albany 3-10, 1-3 AE
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
02 Johnson, Courtney... *  4-6    0-1    4-7    0  4  4   3  12  5  3  0  2  40
11 Levine, Levi........ *  5-9    2-3    0-0    0  3  3   5  12  2  2  0  1  23
14 Iati, Jon........... *  6-16   2-6    4-4    0  0  0   3  18  5  7  0  1  40
21 Wyatt, Chris........ *  2-2    0-0    0-0    0  4  4   4   4  1  5  3  1  18
44 St. Hillaire, A..... *  9-12   0-0    1-1    0  7  7   1  19  2  3  3  1  40
01 Martin, Todd........    2-3    1-2    0-0    2  4  6   2   5  1  2  0  0  17
22 Cheese, Marvin......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
23 Knotts, Jerrad......    0-2    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   3   0  2  1  0  1  22
   TEAM................                         2  1  3             2
   Totals..............   28-50   5-12   9-12   4 24 28  21  70 18 25  6  7 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-24 54.2%   2nd Half: 15-26 57.7%   Game: 56.0%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-5  40.0%   2nd Half:  3-7  42.9%   Game: 41.7%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  3-3  100 %   2nd Half:  6-9  66.7%   Game: 75.0%    3

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HOME TEAM: Northeastern 9-6, 3-1 AE
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 Barnes, Marcus...... *  2-10   2-8    2-2    1  4  5   2   8  4  5  0  1  37
04 Wilson, Javorie..... *  7-16   1-7    3-3    1  2  3   2  18  6  2  0  0  36
05 Barea, Jose Juan.... *  4-12   3-6    9-9    2  3  5   3  20  3  3  0  0  36
14 Davis, Bennet....... *  7-8    1-1    1-3    2  1  3   3  16  0  3  2  2  31
33 Robinson, Sylbrin... *  3-10   0-1    3-6    5  7 12   2   9  2  4  1  3  34
02 Youmans, D'wan......    0-2    0-1    0-0    2  0  2   0   0  1  0  1  2  10
22 Kelly, Bobby........    1-1    1-1    0-0    0  0  0   2   3  0  0  0  0   6
32 Dunn, Jesse.........    1-4    0-0    1-2    3  1  4   1   3  0  0  0  0  10
   TEAM................
   Totals..............   25-63   8-25  19-25  16 18 34  15  77 16 17  4  8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-30 40.0%   2nd Half: 13-33 39.4%   Game: 39.7%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  5-15 33.3%   2nd Half:  3-10 30.0%   Game: 32.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  4-9  44.4%   2nd Half: 15-16 93.8%   Game: 76.0%    4

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Officials: Jeff Plunkett, Stephen Uno, Richard Antonelli
Technical fouls: Albany-None. Northeastern-None.
Attendance: 802
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Albany........................   31   39  -   70
Northeastern..................   33   44  -   77

Points in the paint-UA 32,NU 32. Points off turnovers-UA 14,NU 17.
2nd chance points-UA 2,NU 13. Fast break points-UA 6,NU 15.
Bench points-UA 5,NU 6. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-9 times.
Last FG-UA 2nd-00:30, NU 2nd-00:05.


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