The Terriers surrendered an 18–0 run to Saint Peter's in the first half but came back and found themselves trailing by only five points, 63–58, when a Josiah Harris jump shot cut the deficit to three with 1:34 to play.
A blocked shot by Roy Clarke led to a transition basket by Di'Andre Howell-South, that reduced the Saint Peter's lead to a single point.
[18] On November 21, Josh Cohen of Saint Francis (PA) became the first NEC player to score 40 points against a non-conference Division I opponent since December 2012, in an 82–76 loss to Lehigh.
[21][22] Despite the Skyhawks losing two of their three games at the Tom Konchalski Classic, two Stonehill players, Andrew Sims and Isaiah Burnett, were named to the All-Tournament team.
Grant Singleton and Demetre Roberts each scored a season-high 24 points for the Knights, combining to shoot 15 for 22 from the field, 8 for 12 from three-point range and 10 for 10 from the free-throw line.
[24][25] Josh Mack hit a three-pointer from the left wing at the buzzer off a pass from Cole Bergen to give Stonehill a dramatic 69–66 victory at Binghamton on December 3.
[27][28] On December 11, Fairleigh Dickinson earned its third straight victory, when Sean Moore raced to the basket from the three-point line to grab an offensive rebound and score with two seconds remaining, giving the Knights a 73–71 win over NJIT.
An alley-oop dunk[29] by Fairleigh Dickinson's Jo'el Emanuel in the game was featured as the number 2 play of the day on ESPN's SportsCenter Top Ten.
[31][32] First-year head coach Rod Strickland faced off against his son, Terrell, who had eight points, eight assists and five steals in James Madison's 115–79 win over LIU on December 18.
[31][33] Rob Higgins hit a three-point shot on December 22, against Division III Medgar Evers to reach 1,000 points for his career in St. Francis Brooklyn's 89–66 victory.
Landon Moore scored all 15 of his points in the final 5:28, and Josh Cohen hit a pair of free throws with 4.6 seconds remaining to give Saint Francis a one-point lead.
A strong second half led by Ansley Almonor's career highs in points with 25 and rebounds with nine coming off the bench gave Fairleigh Dickinson a 71–63 victory.
[41] After a 76–57 victory at St. Francis Brooklyn on January 5, led by Ansley Almonor's 20 points and five rebounds,[42] the Knights hit 14 of 28 three-point shots two days later, in a 101–89 win over LIU.
[41][43] On January 7, after a 5–0 run by Wagner had cut Saint Francis (PA)'s seven-point lead with less than eight minutes remaining, Josh Cohen responded with a jump shot that extended the margin back to four.
[41][44] Central Connecticut senior guard Nigel Scantlebury recorded his 250th career assist, becoming the 143rd player in NEC history to reach the milestone in the Blue Devils' 78–59 victory over LIU on January 5.
[41][45] Fairleigh Dickinson won a pair of road games during the third week of conference play and emerged as the NEC's only unbeaten team with a 5–0 record.
[47] Two days later, Fairleigh Dickinson got 21 points from Demetre Roberts, including 18 in the second half, in a 65–57 victory at Stonehill, the sixth straight win for the Knights.
[46] Maxwell Land had 21 points and eight rebounds and became the 26th Saint Francis (PA) player to record 100 career three-point field goals in the Red Flash's 87–68 home win over LIU on January 14.
[46] On January 19, Josh Cohen was one of 50 Division I players named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List by the United States Basketball Writers Association.
Redshirt freshman guard Zion Bethea scored 18 points and added six assists and three steals to earn the Lai-Lynch MVP award for the Terriers.
[62][63] Fairleigh Dickinson' loss opened the door for Stonehill, which won their third straight game, 65–59, at St. Francis Brooklyn to improve their conference record to 8–3 and move into first place in the NEC.
Delancy's jump shot from the elbow at the buzzer missed, and the Knights escaped with an 80–79 victory that gave them an 8–3 conference record and vaulted them back into first place.
However, the Terriers recovered when Di'Andre Howell-South took Roy Clarke's pass in the corner and hit a jump shot that broke a 62–62 tie with two seconds remaining in overtime and gave St. Francis the win.
The Blue Devils got 18 points from Nigel Scantlebury, 17 from Jay Rodgers and 15 from Kellen Amos and hit 26 of their 30 free-throw attempts to earn a 77–73 road win.
[66][73] The Merrimack and Stonehill wins and the Fairleigh Dickinson loss on February 11, left the Warriors and Skyhawks tied for first place with the Knights a half game behind.
[75] Sacred Heart dealt a blow to Fairleigh Dickinson's hopes for an NEC regular-season title by handing the Knights their second straight loss on February 16, 94–86, in overtime in Fairfield.
Nico Galette hit three jump shots in the final minute of regulation, including what appeared to be the game winner with four seconds remaining for the Pioneers.
Central Connecticut broke the Skyhawks' trap and Nigel Scantlebury found Tre Breland for a dunk with two seconds remaining that put the game away for the Blue Devils.
[76][81] Andre Washington had the highest scoring game of the season by an NEC player with 37 points for LIU in the Sharks' 93–82 home loss against Saint Francis (Pa.) on February 18.
Sacred Heart won the tiebreaker by virtue of its superior record (2–2) over Central Connecticut and St. Francis Brooklyn, which finished tied for seventh place in the league.