Northeastern is on a nine-game streak of home wins, while Whiteville is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Northeastern Eagles will take on the Whiteville Wolfpack at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Northeastern's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the field this season.
Northeastern had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They walked away with a 62-53 win over Princeton on Thursday. Yes, you read that score correctly, and yes, they were playing football.
Northeastern relied on the efforts of Trevaris Jones, who threw for 387 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and Tyselle Spencer, who rushed for 255 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 15.0 yards per carry. Jones has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Tyquan Harney, who picked up 169 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Whiteville can now show off 11 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Friday. They blew past SouthWest Edgecombe 44-8 on the road. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Whiteville had established a 22 point advantage.
Northeastern's win bumped their record up to 13-0. As for Whiteville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season.
