National Basketball Association
Northeastern 68, Alabama 52
When: 2:00 PM ET, Thursday, November 15, 2018
Where: TD Arena, Charleston, South Carolina
Officials:
# Mark Schur, # John Hampton, # Ray Natili
Attendance:
2648
By Field Level Media
Vasa Pusica scored 20 points to lead Northeastern to a 68-52 victory over Alabama on Thursday in an opening-round game in the Charleston Classic in Charleston, S.C.
The fifth-year senior guard from Serbia was joined by Jeremy Miller (11) and Bolden Brace (11) in double figures for the Huskies (2-1), who shot 52.4 percent from the field and hit 9-of-17 shots from 3-point range.
The Crimson Tide (2-1) fell behind by double digits early, and cold shooting kept them from mounting a serious threat. The Tide shot 37.3 percent from the field and hit only 3-of-19 3-point attempts.
John Petty was the only double-figure scorer for Alabama with 17 points.
Picked to win the Colonial Athletic Association, the Huskies never let the Tide get closer than seven points after building a 33-22 halftime lead. Their biggest lead was 17 points at 62-45.
The Huskies scored the first eight points of the game on their way to an early 19-7 lead. The Crimson Tide missed their first six shots before Petty broke the ice with a short jumper coming out of the under-16 media timeout.
Alabama whittled the gap to seven points on four occasions, the last at 27-20. The Tide missed all nine of their first-half attempts from behind the 3-point arc.
Northeastern will play No. 16 Virginia Tech in a semifinal game on Friday. Alabama will meet Ball State in a loser bracket's game Friday afternoon.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Alabama |
|
Northeastern |
|
John Petty 17 |
Scoring |
Vasa Pusica 20 |
|
Donta Hall 2 |
Assists |
Vasa Pusica 5 |
|
Dazon Ingram 5 |
Rebounds |
Jordan Roland 6 |
|
Herbert Jones 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Vasa Pusica 4 |
|
Avery Johnson Jr. 1 |
Steals |
Vasa Pusica 3 |
|
Donta Hall 2 |
Blocks |
Jeremy Miller 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Alabama
|
52 |
37.3 |
3-19 |
11-15 |
10 |
24 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
| Northeastern
|
68 |
52.4 |
9-17 |
15-17 |
14 |
23 |
1 |
7 |
13 |