Tribe Leave Huskies Looking For Answers

Northeastern suffered their second loss in conference Wednesday night at the hands of the William & Mary Tribe.

This loss marks the second road loss in the past four road games for the Huskies. Luckily, Virginia Commonwealth also suffered a loss tonight, so the Huskies still hold first place in the CAA by 1 full game. The Huskies still have never won at William & Mary.

After trailing by 2 at halftime, the Tribe came out firing in the second half, hitting three of their first four three-pointers. The lead was built up to as many as 13 points with 11:58 to play.

But Allen Aragbaye and Baptiste Bataille came in and sparked the Huskies comeback. Northeastern came within 3 points, but could not get any closer. The Tribe shot 47.5 percent from the floor, while holding the Huskies to 39.6 percent and therefore won the game 68-63.

Coach Coen told his team that losing to the last place team in the conference was not an upset. There are no upsets in this league. The same team that played against VCU has not returned from that game, which is what Coen and his staff are most angry about.

Chaisson Allen led the Huskies with 12 points before fouling out, while Matt Janning and Manny Adako scored 10 each. But the Huskies just were not there tonight. Janning took 7 of his 12 shots late in the second half when the Huskies need to score quickly and foul. It was a game where someone needed to take over and rally the troops, yet nobody did. Nkem Ojougboh was again absent, scoring 3 points and only grabbing 1 board.

For the Huskies it will be a 5 a.m. bus ride to Richmond where they will fly back to Boston and return to classes. But it will be hard to sleep tonight after this tough loss. The Huskies will host UNC-Wilmington Saturday at 1 p.m. at Matthews Arena. The Seahawks are coming off of a huge 10 point win tonight over VCU at home. With the Huskies struggling and the Seahawks riding high off of a big win, it should be an interesting game.