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Brittany Wilson scored a career-high 23 points and pulled down seven rebounds as Northeastern defeated Massachusetts 73-64 on Wednesday afternoon. The Huskies held off a late run from UMass to improve to 4-2 on the season, their best start since the 2003-04 season.

The Huskies scored the first five points of the game and would jump out to a 7-3 lead before the Minutewomen clawed back to knot the score at 8-8 at 13:41. Northeastern pushed the lead to seven after a lay up from Kashaia Cannon and would expand the lead to as many as 11 in the first half, not letting Massachusetts within less than five points to take a 30-22 lead into the locker room.

Wilson led all scorers in the first half with 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting while Cannon added seven points. UMass was led by Megan Zullo with six first half points. Massachusetts shot better than the Huskies in the first half, but had 13 turnovers with Northeastern picking the Minutewomen's pockets five times in the opening frame.

UMass opened the game scoring off two Northeastern turnovers to cut the lead to 30-27. Massachusetts would stay within striking distance after a lay up from Kristina Danella at 17:06 closed the Huskies lead to 35-32, but Kendra Walton responded with a three-pointer to put Northeastern back up six points. UMass would draw to within four, but the Huskies three-point offense pushed away a Minutewomen rally as Deanna Kerkhof and Walton hit back-to-back three pointers and Rachael Pecota put in a basket to give Northeastern a 12 point lead at 48-36 with 13:26 remaining.

UMass' Nicole Jones and Dee Montgomery helped keep the Minutewomen in the game scoring 11 points between them over 9:16 to bring Massachusetts to within four, 59-55 with 4:34 left in the game. The Huskies' free throw shooting allowed them to stave off a late rally as the team went 12-of-14 from the line in the remaining two minutes of the game to secure a 73-64 victory.

Walton finished with 15 points on 4-of-9 shooting while Cannon added 13 points and a career-high seven rebounds. Kim Carr added seven points and a game high eight rebounds. Kerkhof's five points were her first career points.

Massachusetts was led by Jones who finished with 15, 13 coming in the second half while Danella had 12 points and Montgomery had 10.

Northeastern returns to action on Saturday, December 5 as it travels to take on Holy Cross at 12:30 p.m.