NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Vasa Pusica had 21 points, all on 3-pointers, and Northeastern regrouped after blowing a double-digit lead to defeat top-seeded Hofstra 82-74 and win the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament on Tuesday night.
The second-seeded Huskies (23-10) won the league's automatic NCAA Tournament berth for the second time in five seasons — and perhaps exorcised a bad memory from last year's finals.
Then, Northeastern held a 17-point second half lead over College of Charleston in the finals, but wound up losing in overtime. It appeared the same thing might happen this year, too. Hofstra used a 28-12 run over the first 10 minutes after halftime to erase a 16-point deficit and tie the game 54-all.