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The Northeastern women's basketball team overcame an early deficit and won its third-straight victory for the first time since the 2009-10 season after dispatching Old Dominion on Thursday night, 78-66, at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.

Junior guard Deanna Kerkhof drained a career-high six 3-pointers and finished with a game-best 24 points, helping the Huskies to just their second victory over the Lady Monarchs in 12 tries.

The last time Northeastern won three-consecutive tilts occurred from Feb. 14 to Feb. 21, 2010 with three straight home wins over Hofstra, UNCW and Georgia State, respectively.

Third-year forward Christine Huber tied a career-high with 14 boards, matching her total from the Vermont contest on Dec. 1, 2011. Huber's 14 boards accompanied three blocks and nine points. Sophomore Jewel Tunstull accounted for 16 points, 10 boards, three blocks and two swipes while senior guard Jamie Conroy ran the point with 14 points, nine assists and two steals.

Old Dominion's leading scorer was Myeisha Hall with 20 points.

The Huskies dominated in the paint, outscoring ODU 28-18. NU's largest lead of the game fell at 7:12 of the first half when the Huskies were ahead by 13. Old Dominion's starters performed under normal standards as its bench scored 42 of the Lady Monarchs' 66 points.

Old Dominion opened the contest with back-to-back 3-pointers from Ashley Betz-White and Jackie Cook, but Kerkhof responded from downtown at 17:58, triggering a 17-point run for the Huskies.

Northeastern claimed a 17-6 advantage with 12:25 to go in the first half with another basket by Kerkhof followed by an Iervolino trey. The Huskies continued to pile it on early with an easy lay-in by Tunstull and Iervolino's second 3-pointer of the night. Kerkhof and Conroy capped the 17-point spurt before ODU ended it at 11:47.

Myeisha Hall cut it to within eight points for the Lady Monarchs with a deep ball at 10:32, but Conroy and Tunstull made it a double-digit affair with consecutive lay-ins to make it 23-11 at the 9:00-minute mark of the first half.

Becca Allison's two free throws were offset by another Tunstull bucket to keep the Huskies ahead by 13, 29-16, with 6:26 remaining. Iervolino connected on her third field goal from beyond the arc to make it 32-19. Both teams traded possessions before Tiffany Minor made it a seven-point game with a 3-pointer at 2:53, but Kerkhof erased ODU's comeback with a deep ball of her own to make it 35-25.

The first half concluded with Northeastern ahead by 10, 40-30. Mark sank a pair of free throws combined with another 3-pointer by Kerkhof to close out the first half for the Huskies.

Tia Lewis kickstarted the Lady Monarchs' comeback in the second half with the opening field goal at 19:21, igniting an 11-5 run to the first media timeout at 15:46. Old Dominion trailed by only four, 45-41. Hall's 3-ball at 14:29 inched the Lady Monarchs to within one, 45-44, but Mark returned the favor from downtown to keep Northeastern ahead four, 48-44.

Kerkhof swished one of her six 3-pointers with assistance from Conroy at 12:15, but Cook's rainbow from deep just before the second media timeout kept ODU within striking distance, 53-51.

Shakeva Richards finally drew the Lady Monarchs even for the first time since early in the first half with a mid-range jumper at 9:03 to make it 53-53, but Huber carved through the lane on the next possession and scored. The two clubs would draw even twice more, with the final time occurring after a pair of free tosses by Hall at 6:44, but after a Tunstull layup to push ahead, 59-57, Northeastern never looked back in throughout the duration of the contest.

Tunstull's bucket triggered a 10-point spurt that gave the Huskies a sizable advantage, 67-57, before Hall stopped the bleeding at 3:16. Kerkhof and Huber both fired from deep to help separate Northeastern from ODU during the run.

Old Dominion trimmed the lead to eight twice, but went 7-of-8 from the charity stripe with 50 seconds left to seal the 78-66 triumph.

Northeastern looks for its first four-game winning streak since the 2007-08 season in its final regular-season road test. The Huskies travel to Delaware to take on the No. 8-ranked Delaware Blue Hens on Sunday, Feb. 26. Delaware leads the CAA with just one loss the season, posting a 24-1 mark thus far. Game time is scheduled for 2 p.m.