Who's Playing

Hofstra @ Northeastern

Current Records: Hofstra 11-7; Northeastern 6-11

What to Know

The Northeastern Huskies won both of their matches against the Hofstra Pride last season (81-78 and 67-56) and are aiming for the same result Saturday. Northeastern has the luxury of staying home another game and will welcome Hofstra at noon ET Jan. 22 at Matthews Arena. The Pride will be strutting in after a victory while the Huskies will be stumbling in from a loss.

Northeastern was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Monday as they fell 82-76 to the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens. Northeastern's defeat came about despite a quality game from guard Shaquille Walters, who had 23 points.

Meanwhile, it was a close one, but on Monday Hofstra sidestepped the Drexel Dragons for a 71-68 win. Hofstra's guard Aaron Estrada did his thing and had 26 points and eight assists along with five boards.

The Huskies are expected to lose this next one by 3.5. They have failed bettors playing the spread in their past three games, so buyers beware.

Northeastern is now 6-11 while the Pride sit at 11-7. A couple stats to keep in the back of your head while watching: Northeastern is 17th worst in college basketball in takeaways, with only 10.6 on average. To make matters even worse for Northeastern, Hofstra enters the contest with only 9.9 turnovers per game on average, good for 12th best in college basketball. So the cards are definitely stacked in Hofstra's favor.

How To Watch

  • When: Saturday at 12 p.m. ET
  • Where: Matthews Arena -- Boston, Massachusetts
  • Follow: CBS Sports App

Odds

The Pride are a 3.5-point favorite against the Huskies, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Pride as a 2.5-point favorite.

Over/Under: -110

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Series History

Hofstra have won nine out of their last 14 games against Northeastern.

  • Jan 09, 2021 - Northeastern 67 vs. Hofstra 56
  • Jan 07, 2021 - Northeastern 81 vs. Hofstra 78
  • Mar 10, 2020 - Hofstra 70 vs. Northeastern 61
  • Feb 08, 2020 - Hofstra 75 vs. Northeastern 71
  • Jan 09, 2020 - Hofstra 74 vs. Northeastern 72
  • Mar 12, 2019 - Northeastern 82 vs. Hofstra 74
  • Feb 02, 2019 - Northeastern 75 vs. Hofstra 61
  • Jan 05, 2019 - Hofstra 75 vs. Northeastern 72
  • Jan 25, 2018 - Northeastern 81 vs. Hofstra 67
  • Jan 02, 2018 - Hofstra 71 vs. Northeastern 70
  • Feb 11, 2017 - Hofstra 74 vs. Northeastern 64
  • Jan 21, 2017 - Hofstra 78 vs. Northeastern 73
  • Feb 21, 2016 - Hofstra 65 vs. Northeastern 60
  • Jan 21, 2016 - Hofstra 96 vs. Northeastern 92

Injury Report for Northeastern

  • Chris Doherty: Game-Time Decision (Undisclosed)
  • Tyreek Scott-Grayson: Game-Time Decision (Undisclosed)
  • Joe Pridgen: Out (Not Injury Related)

Injury Report for Hofstra

No Injury Information