Boston, Mass. - The William and Mary men's basketball team fell on the road at Northeastern on Saturday afternoon. The Tribe led for the majority of the opening half, but the Huskies used a run spanning the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half to pull out the victory. W&M fell to 4-14 overall and 2-4 in CAA play, while NU won for the fifth time in its last six games to improve to 8-8 on the year and 4-2 in league action.

Senior forward Quinn McDowell led the Green and Gold with 13 points, while knocking down a pair of 3-pointers. Sophomore guard Brandon Britt finished with 10 points for the Tribe, while fellow classmate Tim Rusthoven had nine points and a career-high three blocked shots.

The Tribe led 27-19 following a 3-pointer from McDowell with three minutes remaining in the opening half, before Northeastern embarked on its game-changing run. The Huskies scored on its final four possessions of the opening half to close the frame on an 8-0 run. Joel Smith pulled NU even at 27 on a free throw line jumper off an offensive rebound at the halftime horn.

Northeastern continued its spurt to start the second half, scoring 12 of the opening 15 minutes of the stanza. A Jonathan Lee 3-pointer from the right corner at the 16:09, extended the Husky lead to 39-30. In total, NU was perfect shooting the ball through the opening 8:30 of the second half. The Huskies hit their first seven attempts from the field, including four 3-pointers, and each of their first six free throws to push the advantage to 49-36 with 11:29 remaining.

The Tribe held NU scoreless for the four minutes, but could only close the deficit to seven points, 49-42, following a pair of free throws from sophomore Julian Boatner with 8:30 left. The Husky lead again reached double digits following a Quincy Ford jumper, and the Tribe could get no closer than eight the rest of the way.

W&M shot 36.4 percent (16-of-44) from the floor, 35.3 percent (6-of-17) from 3-pointers range and 75 percent (12-of-16) from the free throw line. Northeastern finished the contest at 41.3 percent (19-of-46) from the floor, but connected on 53.3 percent from the field in the decisive second half. The Huskies also finished 21-of-26 from the free throw line (80.8), including 17-of-21 (81 percent) in the second half.

With the game tied at five in the early going, the Tribe used a 9-2 run to gain the advantage in the opening half. Boatner knocked down a triple, before Brown drove the left side of the baseline and finished at the rim, while drawing the foul. After he completed the conventional 3-point play, Britt knocked down his first 3-pointer of the opening half to extend the Green and Gold lead to 14-7 with 12:15 left in the opening half.

The lead reached as many as nine, 22-13, following a 3-point play in the post from Rusthoven at the 6:46 mark. Six straight NU point closed the gap to 22-19, before the College pushed it back to eight following McDowell's 3-pointer from the top of the key with 3:09 remaining in the opening half. The Huskies, though, pulled even at the halftime horn thanks to an 8-point spurt.

Smith led Northeastern with 14 points, while Ford added his first career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Lee rounded out the double-digit scorers for NU with 12 points to go along with four assists.

The Tribe will wrap up its three-game road trip at VCU on Thursday, Jan. 19, in a nationally televised contest. The game, which is slated for an 8 p.m. tip, will be shown on ESNPU. Fans can also catch the action over the Tribe Radio Network with Jay Colley, Bill McDonald and Charlie Woollum on the call. The Tide 92.3 FM in Williamsburg is the flagship station of the Tribe Radio Network and the broadcast can be heard over the Web at TribeAthletics.com.