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Northeastern-Drexel preview: Dragons try to take down conference leader

The Huskies have won four straight and sit atop the Colonial Athletic Association.

Drexel’s Tramaine Isabell splitting Elon defenders Sheldon Eberhardt (left) and Karolis Kundrotas on Thursday night.
Drexel’s Tramaine Isabell splitting Elon defenders Sheldon Eberhardt (left) and Karolis Kundrotas on Thursday night.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer

Northeastern at Drexel

Saturday, 2 p.m. at Daskalakis Center

Livestream: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/drexel/

Coaches: Zach Spiker, second season at Drexel (17-37); Bill Coen, 12th season at Northeastern (192-183).

Series: Drexel leads,  38-21.

Last meeting: Maxime Boursiquot came off the bench with a career game of 17 points and 11 rebounds as the Huskies won, 92-75, last season in Boston. Guard Sammy Mojica scored 18 for Drexel.

The latest: The Dragons (8-14, 2-7) ended a five-game losing streak Thursday with an 83-79 victory over Elon.  Junior Tramaine Isabell became the first Drexel player in nearly three decades to score 40 points. He had seven three-pointers and six rebounds.  The Dragons hit a season-high 12 three-pointers and, more importantly, committed just six turnovers – their second-lowest total of the season and half their average. Isabell ranks second in the Colonial Athletic Association in scoring at 19.8 ppg. Northeastern (14-7, 7-2) has won four straight to take sole possession of first place in the Colonial Athletic Association. Bolden Brace, Vasa Pusica and Anthony Green had double-doubles to lead the Huskies to an 81-67 win at Hofstra on Thursday.  Northeastern committed 22 turnovers but limited Hofstra to 39.9 percent shooting. Pusica leads the Huskies with averages of 15.8 points and 4.8 assists.