Who’s Playing
Colgate Raiders @ Northeastern Huskies
Current Records: Colgate 2-7, Northeastern 6-3
How To Watch
- When: Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 2 p.m. ET
- Where: Matthews Arena — Boston, Massachusetts
- TV: FloSports
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket Cost: $10.30
What to Know
The Colgate Raiders will face off against the Northeastern Huskies at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at Matthews Arena. The Raiders are limping into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Colgate will head out to face Northeastern after giving up their first home loss of the season on Wednesday. Colgate was dealt a punishing 84-57 loss at the hands of Cornell. The Raiders were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 54-32.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northeastern). They came out on top against La Salle by a score of 82-68 on Tuesday. The Huskies’ season wasn’t pretty last year but it’s starting to look like struggles are in the rearview.
Northeastern’s success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Rashad King led the charge by almost dropping a double-double on 16 points and nine rebounds. What’s more, King also posted a 75% field goal percentage, which is the highest he’s posted since back in February. Harold Woods was another key player, dropping a double-double on 17 points and ten rebounds.
Northeastern was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as La Salle only posted nine.
Colgate’s defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-7. As for Northeastern, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
Keep an eye on the arc in Sunday’s game: Colgate has made nailing deep shots look easy this year this season, having averaged 8.8 threes per game. It’s a different story for Northeastern, though, as they’ve been averaging only 6.1. Given Colgate’s sizable advantage in that area, Northeastern will need to find a way to close that gap.
Colgate is hoping to beat the odds on Sunday, as the experts think they’re headed for a loss. Currently 7-2 against the spread, Northeastern has been a solid investment this season; on the other hand, Colgate is only 2-7 ATS.
Odds
Northeastern is a big 7.5-point favorite against Colgate, 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 Huskies as a 8-point favorite.
The over/under is 135.5 points.
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Series History
Northeastern and Colgate both have 1 win in their last 2 games.
- Dec 03, 2021 – Northeastern 74 vs. Colgate 69
- Nov 09, 2021 – Colgate 65 vs. Northeastern 58
