NU Tops Holy Cross

The Huskies exacted their revenge on Holy Cross Saturday night in their home opener at Matthew’s Arena.

All week the mood had been very serious in practice and in the locker room. Last year, the Crusaders hosted the Huskies for a game on ESPN’s BracketBusters Saturday. The Huskies were defeated 61-47 in Worcester last year, but this year was a much different story.

It was payback time for the Huskies. Northeastern led from start to finish, and jumped out to a 14-0 lead. Holy Cross did not score their first basket until 12:47 in the first half. Despite their slow start, the Crusaders made a run and cut the lead to 24-21 with 5:57 left to play in the first half. But the Huskies, led by Matt Janning’s 27 points, entered the half up 33-25.

The Huskies continued to have their way with the Crusaders in the second half. Janning hit one of his 4 threes to make the lead 53-35 with under 10:00 to play. Nkem Ojougboh added 12 points and Manny Adako scored 9.

Now the Huskies will look to improve to 4-1 when they take on Boston University on Tuesday night at Matthew’s Arena.