Northeastern pulls out 75-70 win over Drexel in OT (Jan 02, 2017)

By AP
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) T.J. Williams scored 24 points, Alex Murphy had 20 points and nine rebounds, and freshman Bolden Brace came up big in overtime as Northeastern beat Drexel 75-70 on Monday.

Brace tied it with 33.1 seconds left in regulation after hitting a 3-pointer.

Northeastern scored the first four points of overtime and Brace found Murphy under the basket for a dunk to put the Huskies up 71-68. Brace sealed it with four straight makes at the free-throw line.

It was the fifth straight win for the Huskies, who opened Colonial Athletic Association play at 2-0 for the second straight season.

Brace finished with nine points - all coming after the five-minute mark of regulation - for Northeastern (9-5, 2-0). Maxime Boursiquot grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds and Murphy had his fifth 20-point game of the season.

Rodney Williams led Drexel (6-9, 0-2) with 20 points and nine rebounds.