Colonial Athletic foes will lock horns when the Drexel Dragons (5-23) challenge the Northeastern Huskies (16-14) at John A Daskalakis Center. Action begins at 4:00 pm ET on Saturday, Feb. 27.
The Dragons enter this game hoping for similar success after topping Delaware 74-64 on Thursday. Terrell Allen was the team’s leading scorer with 19 points on 4-for-5 shooting. The Huskies, meanwhile, are coming off a 58-57 win against Charleston on Thursday. Zach Stahl led the team in scoring by registering 15 points on 5-for-9 shooting.
This is the second game of the season between these two teams, with the Huskies winning the first matchup 70-60. David Walker had a stellar game with 21 points, three rebounds, five assists, one steal, and five three-pointers.
The Dragons come into this game 5-23 Straight Up (SU) and 12-14-1 Against The Spread (ATS). Over their last 10 games, they have only managed a record of 3-7 ATS. Not making mistakes with the ball is a staple of the Drexel offense, which averages just 11.2 turnovers per game.
Over on the other bench, the Huskies have 16-14 SU and 12-15 ATS records. Offensively, the Huskies have really sputtered in the last 10 games. Their season average has fallen to 72.5 points per game after averaging only 64.3 during that stretch. One advantage for the Huskies could be Drexel’s high fouls per game average of 22.0.
With the Huskies’ last win against Drexel, their SU record is now 6-4 over Drexel in their most recent meetings. Furthermore, Northeastern holds the advantage ATS with a record of 6-4. Drexel held the edge in field goals, rebounds, and three-pointers one time, while Northeastern was never able to do so in their most recent five games.
Predictions: SU Winner – NE, ATS Winner – NE
Notes
“Drexel is 2-11 SU in its last 13 games “.
“The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Drexel’s last 24 games “.
“Drexel is 4-8-1 ATS in its last 13 games at home”.
“Drexel is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games at home”.
“The total has gone OVER in 5 of Drexel’s last 6 games at home”.
“Drexel is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Northeastern”.
“Drexel is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Northeastern”.
“Drexel is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Northeastern”.
Drexel scores just 64.9 points per home game (ranked 254th). Northeastern ranks 88th in points allowed on the road, giving up 72.1 points.
With 65.4 possessions and .969 points per possession, the Drexel Dragons perform worse on both metrics than the Northeastern Huskies. Northeastern averages 68.4 possessions and 1.059 points per possession.
The Northeastern Huskies average an effective field goal percentage of 51.4% this season. The Drexel Dragons are a winless 0-13 when opponents have an eFG% of 51.4% or greater.
On average, Drexel attempts 16.0 three pointers and Northeastern attempts 23.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, the Drexel Dragons are winless at 0-5 while the Northeastern Huskies are even at 11-11.
Northeastern ranks 99th in the nation with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.19. Drexel is ranked lower at 154th with an A/TO of 1.10.
Northeastern has forced an average turnover percentage of 18.0% this season. Drexel has an underachieving 3-9 record when its TO% is 18.0% or higher.
