• Box Score

Rachele Fitz's 22 points led three Red Foxes with 20 or more points as Marist defeated Northeastern 76-69 on Tuesday night. Brittany Wilson led Northeastern with 18 points and Kendra Walton added 16 as the Huskies fall to 5-5 on the season.

The Huskies scored the first five points of the game until Marist's Corielle Yard converted a three-point play and hit a field goal to even the score at 5-5. Northeastern pushed ahead, grabbing a 12-9 lead, but the Red Foxes hit back-to-back threes as part of an 8-0 run taking a 17-12 lead. The Huskies responded by hitting two threes of their own from Walton and Rachael Pecota, giving the Huskies a 20-19 lead with 6:53 remaining. Fitz completed a three-point play to give the Red Foxes a 24-20 lead with 4:48 left. The Huskies would tie the game at 26 apiece off a three from Pecota, and recaptured the lead when Kashaia Cannon nailed a three with 1:05 left, giving the Huskies a one-point advantage. The Huskies played solid defense in the final two minutes, causing four turnovers, holding Marist without a field goal to take a 31-28 lead at halftime.

Pecota's eight points led Northeastern, while Walton, Wilson and Kashaia Cannon each had six points for the Huskies. Fitz led Marist with 11 first half points. Northeastern shot just 29.7 percent from the floor, while holding Marist to 33.3 percent from the field.

The Huskies and Red Foxes opened the second half with a three-point display, each connecting on three from long distance, with Walton hitting three-straight for the Huskies. Erica Allenspach cut the Northeastern lead to one with her first of three from three. Walton hit back to make it 35-31, but Marist connected once again for two more from beyond the arc. Walton drained her final two for Northeastern after each Marist basket, making it a one-point game at 43-42 at the first media timeout.

Northeastern would push ahead by six, but back-to-back three's from Allenspach and Elise Caron knotted the game at 48-48 with 11:27 left in the ball game. The game would be tied up on two more occasions, but a Fitz three gave Marist the lead for good, putting it up 55-52 with 8:27 remaining. Over the next five minutes, the Red Foxes stretched the lead to as many as 12 and never let Northeastern get within seven points in for the rest of the game to take the win.

Marist shot 60.7 percent in the second half and held Northeastern to just 38.2 percent. Allenspach and Yarde had 21 and 20 points respectively.

Walton had nine rebounds to go along with her 16 points while Cannon finished with nine points for the Huskies, who had 13 steals in the contest.

Northeastern returns to action on Tuesday December 28 taking on St. John's at Solomon Court at 2 p.m.