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Northeastern's late rally in the second half fell short as Delaware held off the Huskies 61-53 at Solomon Court on Sunday afternoon. Elena Delle Donne of Delaware posted a double-double with 19 points and 16 rebounds, but the nation's third leading scorer was held to just 4-of-13 from the field by Northeastern. Brittany Wilson led the Huskies with 16 points and seven rebounds.

Delaware started the game on a 12-0 run as the Huskies offense struggled to find the net for the first 7:55 of the game until a Kendra Walton jumper got Northeastern on the board. The Huskies then used an 8-0 run of their own, capped by a three-pointer from Taryn Christian at the 7:23 mark. The Blue Hens responded and pushed the lead up to 10 off a three from Tesia Harris, and Delaware would maintain that lead, with the score standing at 26-16 at the half.

The Huskies shot just 20.7 percent from the floor, while Delaware converted 8-of-20 shots for 40 percent.

Delaware looked as if it would put the Huskies away as it built a 13-point cushion with 9:51 remaining in the contest, but with 5:53 left and Delaware up 12 points, Afreyea Tolbert hit a lay up that sparked a 9-0 run by Northeastern to make it a three-point game with just over four and a half minutes left. Wilson's jumper with 87 ticks on the clock brought the Huskies to within one point, but Della Donne stepped up, scoring six points in the remaining 55 seconds, including a key offensive rebound put back off a Delaware free throw miss with 27 seconds left in the game to keep it a two possession game. The Blue Hens then used free throw shooting to ice the eight point win.

Northeastern's offense came alive in the second to stage the rally, shooting 51.9 percent in the second half while the defense held Delaware to 35.3 percent. Northeastern held Della Donne to her lowest field goal percentage of the season. The Huskies also had 21 points off turnovers, but shot only 47.1 from the free throw line, well below their average of 75.8 percent.

Walton and Tolbert each finished with 10 points for Northeastern who fall to 6-8 overall and 1-2 in league play. Harris had 13 points and nine rebounds for Delaware, who improves to 10-4 and 2-1 in CAA play.

The Huskies return to action on the road, taking on William & Mary on Thursday, January 14 at 4 p.m.