BOSTON – Elon University men's basketball closes its two-game northern road swing on Saturday, Feb. 9, when it takes on CAA preseason favorite Northeastern inside Matthews Arena. The rematch and second meeting of the season between the Phoenix and the Huskies will tip-off at 4 p.m. and will be aired on the New England Sports Network (NESN).
 
COVERAGE
Watch the game live on the New England Sports Network (NESN). Click here to check NESN local listings. The game will also be streamed online on CAA.tv. You can listen to the coverage on the Elon Sports Network from Learfield/IMG College through TuneIn, elonphoenix.com/live, or on CAA.tv and the CAA.tv app. The Phoenix All-Access and Elon IMG Sports Network coverage will be provided by Taylor Durham and Brian Morris starting with the pregame show 3:30 p.m.

SATURDAY'S GAME IS...
• The 10th meeting all-time between the Elon Phoenix and the Delaware Blue Hens.
• The 2,724th game in Elon's program history.

AN ELON WIN WOULD...
• Be the 1,410th win in program history and Elon's 260th Division I win.
• Be the 149th win for Elon head men's basketball coach Matt Matheny.

THE MATCHUP
• Saturday will be the 10th all-time meeting between Elon and Northeastern and the second time the two have met this season. The Huskies lead 6-3 in the all-time series.
• Earlier this season, Elon battled back from a 16-point deficit to force overtime, but fell 81-70 to the Huskies on Jan. 10, 2019, inside Schar Center.
• Northeastern swept the 2017-18 season series last year. The Huskies spoiled Elon's Senior Day on Feb. 24, 2018 inside Elon's old venue Alumni Gym with an 81-59 win. Northeastern also took the home victory, 72-60, on Jan. 5, 2018 inside Matthews Arena.
• During the 2016-17 season, Elon and Northeastern split the season series with the road team winning each contest.
• Elon's last win against the Huskies came on Jan. 26, 2017 in Boston when the Phoenix earned a 51-49 victory.
• Prior to the last three meetings, the previous three matchups between Elon and Northeastern had been decided by four points or less from January 2016 until February 2017.

SCOUTING NORTHEASTERN
• Northeastern (14-9, 8-3 CAA) has won seven of its last eight games and comes into Saturday's contest on a three-game game winning streak after its 72-60 victory over William & Mary on Thursday night. Six of the Huskies' seven wins have come by double-digits and Northeastern is averaging a 13.3 margin of victory during the stretch.
• The Huskies have three averaging double figures in scoring, led by Vasa Pusica's 16.6 points per game and 4.3 assists. Pusica missed the first six games of the season due to injury. Jordan Roland has a team-high 343 total points this season and is averaging 14.9 points per contest. Donnell Gresham is the third Husky in double figures with 10.4 points per game. Two others are averaging just under 10 points a game in Shawn Occeus (9.9) and Bolden Brace (9.4). Brace and Gresham lead the team in rebounding averaging 5.0 per game.
• As a team, Northeastern ranks in the top-3 in the CAA for multiple statistical categories, which includes 2nd in three-point field goal percentage (.382), overall field goal percentage (.476) and in three-pointers made (9.3). In conference games only, the Huskies rank 1st in three-point field goal percentage defense (.316) and in three-pointers made per game (9.6).
• Against a very challenging non-conference schedule, Northeastern finished with a 6-6 record. The Huskies picked up strong wins against Alabama, who was receiving votes at the time, St. Bonaventure, Bucknell, Harvard, Oakland and Eastern Michigan. The team's losses came against No. 16 Virginia Tech, Syracuse (also receiving votes at the time), Vermont, Davidson twice, and Boston University.

ABOUT ELON
• The Phoenix has a 8-17 record overall and is 4-8 in CAA action in 2018-19 following its loss at Hofstra on Thursday.
• Elon has two players scoring in double figures. Seibring is Elon's leading scorer at 16.9 points and is also grabbing 5.5 boards per game. Steven Santa Ana is second on the team in scoring as he is tallying 14.9 points and leads the team in rebounding at 6.4 per game.
• The Phoenix ranks first in the CAA in three-pointers made with 9.9 per game, which also ranks 20th in the nation. Elon's 237 total three-pointers this season ranks 14th nationally.
• Seibring is currently 6th in the CAA in scoring (16.9), while Santa Ana ranks 13th (14.9) in the league. Santa Ana's 6.4 rebounds ranks 11th and Seibring's 5.5 ranks 13th in the CAA.
• Sheldon Eberhardt leads the team with 80 total assists, which is an average of 3.5 per contest and ranks 7th in the CAA. He is also the team's third-leading scorer with 9.3 points per game and has the second-highest free throw shooting percentage (.822) on the team.
• In conference play only, Elon continues to improve defensively as it ranks 4th in the league in field goal percentage defense (.448). The Phoenix is also ranked 4th defensive rebounding averaging 24.9 per game.
• Seibring is once again is playing his best during conference play. The senior is bettering his season scoring average with 18.1 points per game in 12 conference games, good enough for 6th in the league.
• The maroon and gold has played 12 times at home inside its brand-new Schar Center this season, including seven times in non-conference games.
• Elon and gold returns 11 total players and three of its five starters from a year ago. One of its three returning starters, Dainan Swoope, is out for the year after having season-ending foot surgery.
• The Phoenix returns four of its top six scorers, including its 2017-18 leading scorer and rebounder in Seibring (15.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg).
• The program's senior class is made up of five players (Seibring, Swoope, Santa Ana, Eberhardt and Karolis Kundrotas). Heading into the season, the five players had combined to play in a total of 437 games and make 209 starts.
• Elon made four new additions to the squad for 2018-19 in first-year players Chuck Hannah, Andy Pack, Federico Poser and Kris Wooten.
• The Phoenix has been predicted to finish eighth in the league as the CAA released its preseason men's basketball poll on Oct. 17, during the conference's digital media day. Tyler Seibring collected preseason All-CAA honors as he was named to the second team.

NEARING ELON HISTORY
• Senior forward Tyler Seibring is closing in on history that no player in program history at the NCAA Division I level has ever done.
• He is now in the top-10 in scoring and has 1,689 career points and is the program's all-time scoring leader during the program's NCAA Division I ear. He is 8 rebounds (Career Total: 727) away from entering the top-10 in program history for rebounding.
• Seibring would be the first player in Elon's NCAA Division I era (since 1999) to achieve that feat.

THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
• During Elon's three-game road trip from Jan. 19-26, the Phoenix posted a 2-1 mark, which included victories at William & Mary and UNCW.
• The Phoenix claimed its first-ever victory in Williamsburg and first win in Kaplan Arena on Jan. 19 with a 76-71 victory over the Tribe.
• Elon then bounced back from a loss at Charleston to earn its first-ever win inside Trask Coliseum with a 89-82 victory over UNCW. It was the program's first win in Wilmington in 43 years with the previous victory coming on Jan. 24, 1976 at Hanover Hall.

DYNAMIC SENIOR DUO
• Seniors Tyler Seibring and Steven Santa Ana have combined for 780 of Elon's 1,729 points this season, which is 45.1 percent of the team's scoring in 2018-19.
• Seibring is having his best scoring season of his career at 16.9 points per game and ranks 7th on Elon's all-time scoring list with 1,689 career points. Santa Ana is also having the best season of his Elon career averaging 14.9 points and a team-best 6.4 rebounds per contest. His 1,271 career points currently ranks 21st in program history.

WOOTEN TABBED CAA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
• Wooten averaged 11.5 points while shooting 60 percent from the floor (9-15) and 55.6 percent from three-point range (5-9) as Elon split a pair of road games Nov. 18-22 during the final week of the Phoenix's non-conference slate.
• He is Elon's first player to earn a weekly accolade from the conference this season. He is also Elon's first CAA Rookie of the Week selection since Tyler Seibring earned the honor for the third time his freshman campaign on Jan. 18, 2016.

SEIBRING NAMED SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATE
• Tyler Seibring has been named one of the 30 NCAA Division men's basketball candidates for the 2018-18 Senior CLASS Award®
• The Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
• Seibring carries a 3.91 grade-point average as a double major in English and Economics.
• The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2019 NCAA Men's Final Four® this spring.

JOINING THE 1,000-POINT CLUB
• Senior guard Steven Santa Ana became the 43rd player in program history to reach 1,000-career points against Central Penn on Nov. 27.
• Elon currently has three 1,000-point scorers on the team in Tyler Seibring, Dainan Swoope  and Steven Santa Ana. Swoope and Seibring each joined the 1,000-point club as juniors.
• Seibring was the first to join, becoming the 40th player overall and the 11th junior to reach the mark. Dainan Swoope became the 42nd player overall, the 12th junior.

RECORD-SETTING PERFORMANCES
• The Phoenix have twice set a program record with 19 three-pointers made in a game this season.
• Elon set the record of 19 triples in its 98-71 victory over Milligan College on Nov. 15, 2018, the program's first-ever win in Schar Center.
• The team then matched the mark on Nov. 27, 2018 inside Schar Center during its 92-59 win over Central Penn.

SCHAR CENTER
• Elon University men's basketball will play its games inside its new facility, Schar Center, this season after calling Alumni Gym its home since since 1950.
• Schar Center officially opened its doors in July of 2018 and was dedicated on October, 19, 2018. The 161,000-square-foot convocation center has a current capacity of  5,100-seats.
• Not only does it serve as the home for Phoenix basketball and volleyball programs, but it also serves as an event venue that will provide a large gathering space for a wide variety of major campus events such as convocations and concerts.
• The facility is named for Dwight and Martha Schar, of Palm Beach, Fla., parents of Stuart Schar '16 and Spencer Schar '19.
• Among Elon's most generous donors for the project, the Schars have contributed $13 million to the university to provide lead funding for the convocation center and the expanded School of Communications facilities, which features Dwight C. Schar Hall as the centerpiece.
 
HOW 2018-19 BEGAN
• Elon's 110th season of basketball opened with a marquee matchup as the Phoenix hosted the No. 8-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels on ESPNU in the program's first regular season basketball game inside Schar Center on Friday, Nov. 9.
• Prior to that contest, the Phoenix opened the 2018-19 season on Nov. 6 on the road at Manhattan. Elon then competed in the Tiger Thanksgiving Classic, Nov. 22-24, at Pacific University on Thanksgiving week.
• During its non-conference slate, the Phoenix scheduled a total of seven home contests, which have included North Carolina, Boston University, No. 25 Furman, UNCG and Canisius. The Phoenix then concluded non-conference action on the road at Kennesaw State and UMKC.

UP NEXT
The Phoenix returns to Schar Center next week on Saturday, Feb. 16, to face off against William & Mary at 7 p.m. The game between the Phoenix and the Tribe is the second of two single-week meetings between the two teams this season with the Colonial Athletic Association's move to travel partners this year.