BOSTON – The La Salle men's basketball team fell on the road to the Northeastern Huskies, 82-68 on Tuesday night in Boston. Daeshon Shepherd set a season-high in scoring with 18 points, five short of his career-high of 23.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED
First Half

• Northeastern started fast, scoring the first 10 points of the game to go up 10-0. Jahlil White broke the drought with a driving layup.
• La Salle began to climb back into the game, trimming the Husky advantage down to six points, 12-6 off another layup from White. Northeastern scored the next four points to push the lead back to double digits, 16-6 with 11:42 remaining on the board.
• The Huskies extended their lead to 20-6, of the Explorers scored 10 of the next 12 to cut the lead to eight, 22-16. Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi came off the bench to add five key points.
• The sides traded baskets, with Vahlberg Fasasi adding another basket to his total.
• Northeastern got hot again, scoring the next few points to build their lead back to 11 points, 31-20.
• The Explorers scored the last seven points of the half, including McKeithan getting a friendly bounce from deep, to take a 31-27 deficit into the half.

Second Half

• The second half began at a frantic clip. The team traded baskets fast and furious. McKeithan scored the first seven points for the Explorers, 36-34, Northeastern.
• Following a hookshot from Demetrius Lilley, the Huskies scored seven points in under a minute to stretch the lead back to nine, 45-36.
• Northeastern knocked down another three, put the Explorers did not stay down. La Salle exploded for an 11-0 run to cut the lead to one point, 48-47. McKeithan splashed back-to-back threes to end the run.
• The second frame proved to be a half of runs. The Huskies scored the next eight to put the advantage back at eight points, 56-47, with nine minutes remaining.
• After the teams traded baskets for a couple of minutes, La Salle found its footing on offense again, cutting the lead back to four points, 61-57 thanks to buckets from McKeithan and Daeshon Shepherd.
• Northeastern outscored the Explorers, 17-7 in the final 4:30, leading by as many as 13 at one point. The Huskies took the contest by a score of 82-68.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• McKeithan scored 20-plus points for the third consecutive game, and fourth time in five games.
• Lilley led the team in rebounds with nine.
• Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi tied his season-high with 11 points.

 
UP NEXT

• La Salle will face the Saint Joseph's Hawks in the Big 5 Classic Championship on Saturday at 7p at the Wells Fargo Center. Tickets are available for purchase at GoExplorers.com and via the Wells Fargo Center ticket office. The game will be broadcast on NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus.