Hempstead, N.Y. – Hofstra will hit the road again when the Pride travels to Northeastern to face the Huskies on Saturday at noon in a Colonial Athletic Association matchup. The game will be televised locally on MSG+ and the audio broadcast can be heard through Pride Zone on GoHofstra.com.

The Pride (7-15, 1-9) is coming off one of its best defensive performances of the season in their previous game against George Mason. Hofstra held Mason to just 31.9 percent shooting—including 17.4 percent on field goals in the opening half—and held a lead inside of two minutes before the Patriots rallied for a 55-50 win.

Hofstra will be looking to split the two-game season series against Northeastern (10-10, 6-4) and extract revenge after the Huskies squeaked out a 64-62 victory at the Mack Sports Complex on Jan. 11.

Hofstra holds a 17-13 all-time lead in the series between the schools. Northeastern junior guard Jonathan Lee lifted the Huskies to the win in the series opener earlier this month when he scored a game-high 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting.

The Huskies are coming off a one-point win against Delaware and have won their last three games at home. Lee continues to drive Northeastern's offense, averaging 14.7 points and hitting 33 three-pointers. Junior guard Joel Smith is another threat in the NU guard-heavy offense. Smith is averaging 11.9 points and has racked up 50 assists to complement Lee's 64 helpers. Freshman swingman Quincy Ford is the third NU player to average double figures, entering Saturday with a 10.4 scoring average and 4.9 rebounds.

Like Northeastern, Hofstra is also led by its veteran guards. Senior Mike Moore is averaging 19.4 points for the league's top mark. Against a Mason team with just one CAA loss, Moore scored a game-high 18 points and racked up six assists, marking the most assists he's had in a single game since transferring from Fordham after the 2008-09 season.

Saturday could mark a historic day for Nathaniel Lester. The senior forward enters the Northeastern game with 984 career points. With just 16 more, Lester will become just the 30th player in program history to crack the 1,000 point mark for Hofstra. Moore also has more than 1,000 career points, though 513 came during Moore's two seasons at Fordham.

Head coach Mo Cassara's team will be looking to duplicate its defensive intensity last game after forcing 18 Mason turnovers. Hofstra held the Patriots to 17.4 percent shooting from the field in allowing just 19 points heading into halftime.

The Pride forced Mason to miss 17 of their first 20 field goal attempts. The 19 points marked the lowest single-half output for a Hofstra opponent this season and the fewest points since the Pride held Northeastern to 24 opening-half points. It was the lowest combined scoring half for any Hofstra game this season.

Junior guard Stevie Mejia also is coming off his first five-assist  game since joining Hofstra from Rhode Island. Mejia has nine assists combined in the last two games against the CAA's elite in VCU and Mason.