Northeastern men’s basketball sophomore guard Louis Bond and graduate guard Rashad King both delivered their best Steph Curry imitations as Northeastern defeated Yale, 84-73, at the Cabot Center in Boston Friday night in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
Bond notched a career-high 29 points and King registered 25. Each shot 5-for-7 from long range.
Northeastern (2-2) was 15-for-25 in treys overall.
“We have to be better defensively,” Yale coach James Jones said. “We did a poor job of guarding the arc tonight.”
The Huskies opened up a 12-2 lead off of two Bond three-pointers.
Yale senior guard Jeannot Basima was pressed into early action and put in a layup to cut the lead to 38-32.
Northeastern led 43-34 at the half.
Two junior guard Jordan Brathwaite treys brought Yale (1-3) to within 47-42.
Later, a senior guard Trevor Mullin triple gave Yale a 61-60 lead. The game was a homecoming for Mullin, who hails from Wellesley, Mass.
A King layup put Northeastern up 75-69 at 3:26. Yale had gone 2:55 without scoring.
King hit from long distance to put the Huskies up 80-73 and the game out of reach for Yale.
Sophomore forward Daniel Ogunyemi was a titan inside, snaring a Yale-high 11 rebounds and leading the Bulldogs in scoring with 20 points on 10-for-14 shooting. Mullin added 18 points.
Yale controlled the paint by a 42-16 count.
Yale’s defeat marks its first three-game losing streak since 2021.
Jones’ squad will look to improve Sunday at home against a Division III opponent, Emmanuel.