• Box Score

After being down 15 points in the first half, Northeastern used a 28-5 run over 12:56 to come from behind to defeat UNC Wilmington 62-62 on Sunday afternoon. Kendra Walton led Northeastern with 14 points, hitting four three pointers, while Kim Carr each scored 13 points to lead the Huskies who pick up their second win in CAA play and improve to 7-11 overall.

Northeastern held UNC Wilmington to 24 percent shooting in the second half while shooting 47.6 percent from the floor and 5-of-9 from three to outscore the Seahawks 43-23 in the final frame.

UNC Wilmington stormed out to score 15 points right off the bat while holding the Huskies scoreless for the first 8:40 of the game until Brittany Wilson hit a three for Northeastern's first basket of the game. The Huskies ratcheted up the defensive effort after the initial UNCW run, keeping the Seahawks off the board for 7:11, but could only muster Wilson's three during that span.

The offense improved for Northeastern later in the half, as it used the three ball to cut into the UNC Wilmington lead. The Huskies connected on four three pointers in the final eight minutes of the half to bring the score to 29-19 in favor of the Seahawks at halftime.

Kendra Walton led Northeastern with six points in the first half while Rachael Pecota grabbed a career-high seven rebounds alone in the first half.

Northeastern game out guns blazing in the second as Walton hit a three to cut the lead to single digits at 17:12, and an Afreyea Tolbert put back cut it to four at 31-27. Walton then hit a three to knot it at 31-all with 13:08 left in the game. Nearly 30 seconds later, Deanna Kerkhof gave Northeastern its first lead of the game, hitting one of her three from long distance and the Huskies never looked back expanding the lead to 10 points at the 7:33 mark and kept up the defensive intensity and knocked down 78.3 percent of its free throws to hold off UNC Wilmington for the win.

All eight Huskies who played in the game scored, with Kerkhof matching a career-high of nine points. Pecota finished with a career-high 11 rebounds.

Brittany Blackwell led UNC Wilmington with 14 points. The Seahawks fell to 6-12 overall and 1-6 in CAA play.

Northeastern returns to action on Thursday, January 28 taking on Drexel at Solomon Court at 7 p.m.