Sept. 1, 2008
Montreal acted as a second home for the Huskies, showing huge improvements in just one day in the great city.
Upon arriving at the hotel yesterday, the team went out and had, by far, the best meal during this trip as of yet. “Reuben’s” served the players and coaches a delicious steak dinner, which may be the food of choice if they keep playing they way they did tonight.
Once dinner ended, the team walked around the city and enjoyed the sights a bit, and then it was time to get rested up for a tough McGill team. Fresh off a seven-point loss to Kansas, McGill went out and beat the University of Virginia on Sunday.
The Redmen meant business, and the Huskies knew it. In fact, they would not even let Northeastern into the gym to shoot around on Monday. Even that might not have slowed the Huskies down, who won 87-73.
In the first quarter, playing FIBA rules again, things did not look promising for the Huskies, trailing 25-20. Although five points is not a large deficit, McGill’s Moustafa El Zanaty scored 20 of those 25. But head coach Bill Coen told his players to keep playing hard and keep playing together on defense, and they did.
The Huskies opened the second quarter with a 14-1 run with six minutes to play in the half. They then promptly finished it up with a 7-0 run to take a 45-38 lead into halftime.
Northeastern started the third quarter with all the momentum and continued to push throughout the quarter. Eugene Spates nailed a step-back three-pointer, one of his four from behind the arc, at the buzzer to make it 67-54 after three. Things then got a little chippy from there, including an intentional foul against the Redmen, as Matt Janning was grabbed around the shoulders and head as he attempted a breakaway dunk. But the Huskies did not lose their composure and coasted to the double-digit victory.
El Zanaty would only score 11 more points from the end of the first, finishing with a game-high 31. Matt Janning scored 30 of his own, including a posterizing dunk plus the foul on an unfortunate Redmen player. Manny Adako scored 23 points on 10 of 10 shooting in 26 minutes. And as Chaisson Allen goes, so go the Huskies; the sophomore had nine points, five assists, five steals and no turnovers.
From there it was time to shower and get on the bus, where Adako continued his perfect night. This time it was a great movie selection; Casino Royale was his choice for the almost three hour bus ride to Quebec City, where the Huskies will play Laval University tomorrow night.
Montreal acted as a second home for the Huskies, showing huge improvements in just one day in the great city.
Upon arriving at the hotel yesterday, the team went out and had, by far, the best meal during this trip as of yet. “Reuben’s” served the players and coaches a delicious steak dinner, which may be the food of choice if they keep playing they way they did tonight.
Once dinner ended, the team walked around the city and enjoyed the sights a bit, and then it was time to get rested up for a tough McGill team. Fresh off a seven-point loss to Kansas, McGill went out and beat the University of Virginia on Sunday.
The Redmen meant business, and the Huskies knew it. In fact, they would not even let Northeastern into the gym to shoot around on Monday. Even that might not have slowed the Huskies down, who won 87-73.
In the first quarter, playing FIBA rules again, things did not look promising for the Huskies, trailing 25-20. Although five points is not a large deficit, McGill’s Moustafa El Zanaty scored 20 of those 25. But head coach Bill Coen told his players to keep playing hard and keep playing together on defense, and they did.
The Huskies opened the second quarter with a 14-1 run with six minutes to play in the half. They then promptly finished it up with a 7-0 run to take a 45-38 lead into halftime.
Northeastern started the third quarter with all the momentum and continued to push throughout the quarter. Eugene Spates nailed a step-back three-pointer, one of his four from behind the arc, at the buzzer to make it 67-54 after three. Things then got a little chippy from there, including an intentional foul against the Redmen, as Matt Janning was grabbed around the shoulders and head as he attempted a breakaway dunk. But the Huskies did not lose their composure and coasted to the double-digit victory.
El Zanaty would only score 11 more points from the end of the first, finishing with a game-high 31. Matt Janning scored 30 of his own, including a posterizing dunk plus the foul on an unfortunate Redmen player. Manny Adako scored 23 points on 10 of 10 shooting in 26 minutes. And as Chaisson Allen goes, so go the Huskies; the sophomore had nine points, five assists, five steals and no turnovers.
From there it was time to shower and get on the bus, where Adako continued his perfect night. This time it was a great movie selection; Casino Royale was his choice for the almost three hour bus ride to Quebec City, where the Huskies will play Laval University tomorrow night.
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