ELON, N.C. – Elon University men's basketball led wire-to-wire to secure its second straight win on Saturday, Feb. 26, defeating Northeastern, 67-54, at Matthews Arena in Boston, Mass.
 
With the win, the Phoenix completed its first road sweep of the season after defeating Hofstra, 81-55, on Thursday, Feb. 24.
 
THE RUNDOWN
- Elon surged out of the gates, opening the game on a 13-3 run in the first six and a half minutes of action. Zac Ervin got the ball rolling with his first three of the day at the 18:27 mark, before a layup by Darius Burford pushed the early lead to 5-0. After Northeastern answered with a three of their own, back-to-back threes scored by Kris Wooten and Hunter McIntosh made it an 11-3 game with 14 remaining in the first half. Wooten capped the early spurt with a hook shot in the paint to give Elon a 10-point advantage.
- The Huskies battled back, using a 9-0 run to bring the score to 13-12 with 11 minutes to play before halftime. From there, Elon responded with a 13-5 run sparked by a steal and score from Wooten at the 9:21 mark. After two quick layups from Michael Graham and Hunter Woods pushed the lead to 19-14, Northeastern knocked down another three to trim its deficit down to two.
- The Phoenix took control of the game with four minutes to play before the break, as McIntosh scored seven points down the stretch while Woods scored four. McIntosh got things rolling with buckets on back-to-back possessions before four free throws from Hunter Woods gave Elon a 28-20 advantage. In the closing seconds of the half, McIntosh gave the Phoenix a 10-point lead with his layup with 2.7 seconds remaining.
- Elon entered the half leading 30-20.   
- With the score sitting at 35-30 early in the second half, a bucket from Graham followed by another triple for McIntosh extended the Elon advantage back to 10. Moments later, Andrew Junkin threw down a thunderous and-one two-handed slam over two Huskies defenders to push the lead to 43-32. After two quick scores from Woods and Burford extended the lead to 21, Burford capped a 15-6 Elon run with his lone three of the day with just over 10 minutes to play.
- In the final three minutes, Elon closed the game on 10-3 run sparked by five points from Burford and a Michael Graham slam. McIntosh put a cap on the afternoon with his deep triple to put Elon ahead by 15 with 26 seconds remaining.
 
NOTES
- Hunter McIntosh led the charge for the Phoenix, knocking down five threes in route to a 21-point performance for the junior. It was the fifth 20+ point performance for McIntosh this season and marked the 54^th game in his Elon career in which he's posted at least 10 points. His five triples on the afternoon also marked the sixth game this season he's hit at least five threes.
- Darius Burford added 15 points, three assists and two rebounds in 22 minutes of action. Burford has now scored at least 15 points in four consecutive games and in 14 contests overall this season.
- Michael Graham added 10 points, 10 rebounds and two assists, blocking two shots along the way. The performance was the 16^th career double-digit scoring outing for Graham and marked his seventh double-double of the season.
- Hunter Woods chipped in eight points, two rebounds and two dimes, while Kris Wooten finished with seven points and three boards.
- Elon held an edge in points in the paint (28-22), points off turnovers (13-6) and bench points (18-5).
- The Phoenix defensed allowed a season-low 24.1 percent shooting mark in the first half.

UP NEXT
Elon will open the 2021-22 CAA Tournament on Sunday, March 6, against either Towson or UNCW. That contest will take place at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.