Delaware Outlasts Northeastern, 82-80, in Double Overtime For Huge CAA Road Win

Sunday, December 30

Boston, MA

5:00 PM

University of Delaware

9-6, 1-1CAA

Northeastern

7-7, 1-1CAA

OT 1

OT 2

Delaware

Northeastern

Delaware Outlasts Northeastern, 82-80, in Double Overtime For Huge CAA Road Win

12/30/2018 8:28:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BOSTON – Ithiel Horton scored a career-high 27 points and the Blue Hens got several key stops late in regulation and both overtime periods as Delaware posted an impressive 82-80 double overtime win over Northeastern Sunday night at Matthews Arena.

Ryan Allen added 19 points while Eric Carter recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Hens, who improved to 9-6 overall and 1-1 in the CAA. Northeastern, the league preseason favorite, dropped to 7-7 overall and 1-1 in conference play.

Darian Bryant had six points for Delaware, Kevin Anderson added five, and Collin Goss chipped in five points and eight boards. Bolden Brace finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for the Huskies, who put five players in double figures.

Delaware fell behind by three in double overtime, but Allen drained a three-pointer and following a Northeastern free throw, the Blue Hens scored five straight points to go up four. It was a two-point game when the Huskies' Donnell Gresham went to the line and hit the first free throw but missed the second with 15 seconds to play.

Northeastern grabbed the offensive rebound, but Gresham missed inside and Goss collected the board. Allen when then fouled and hit one of two foul shots, before the Huskies' half court heave was off the mark.

Delaware also was up four points early in the first overtime period, but the Huskies battled back to take a one-point lead before Carter hit a tying foul shot with 1:10 on the clock. Both teams missed three-point attempts from there to force the second extra session.

The Blue Hens trailed 34-29 at the break but then scored the first five points of the second half to pull even, while a Horton three-pointer from the top of the key gave Delaware a 49-45 edge with 10 minutes remaining.

However the Huskies answered with eight straight points to go back in front. Northeastern was up four late but Anderson hit a three-pointer, and following one free throw by Vasa Pusica, Carter hit a jumphook and Pusica missed at the buzzer to force overtime.

Head Coach Martin Ingelsby
"This was a terrific team effort, everybody contributed tonight. We challenged our guys, and they responded. I loved our fight and toughness. We continued to believe in our guys, and I couldn't be prouder of our defensive effort."

Ithiel Horton
"It's a big confidence builder for us. Friday night wasn't us, we know we're better than that and it showed out there on the court tonight. I was just trusting Coach Ingelsby and my teammates. They were finding me, and I was moving without the ball and incorporating that into the game."

Game Notes:
• Delaware snapped a three-game losing streak
• Northeastern had its two-game winning streak and it four-game home winning streak halted
• Horton's 27 points are tied for the fifth most by a UD freshman in school history
• Carter moved into 11th place on the UD rebounding chart
• Delaware improved to 6-0 in overtime games under Ingelsby, and won its second double overtime game of the year
• Goss tied his season-high in rebounds for the second game in a row
• The Blue Hens snapped a three-game losing streak to NU and a three-game losing skid in Boston