Long leads Vermont against Northeastern after 23-point showing

Updated Dec. 6, 2023 3:43 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Vermont Catamounts (7-2) at Northeastern Huskies (4-5)

Boston; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Catamounts -2.5; over/under is 138.5

BOTTOM LINE: Vermont visits the Northeastern Huskies after TJ Long scored 23 points in Vermont's 66-65 win over the Yale Bulldogs.

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The Huskies have gone 2-0 in home games. Northeastern is 2-3 in games decided by 10 or more points.

The Catamounts are 0-1 in road games. Vermont is 1-0 in one-possession games.

Northeastern averages 74.6 points, 13.2 more per game than the 61.4 Vermont gives up. Vermont has shot at a 48.2% clip from the field this season, 0.2 percentage points higher than the 48.0% shooting opponents of Northeastern have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Luka Sakota is scoring 12.0 points per game with 2.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists for the Huskies. Chris Doherty is averaging 10.9 points and 7.6 rebounds while shooting 53.5% for Northeastern.

Long is averaging 13.1 points for the Catamounts. Matt Veretto is averaging 13 points for Vermont.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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