Box Score

KINGSTON, R.I. –Led by junior captain A'lece Mark's third 20-point game this season, the Northeastern women's basketball team defeated regional rival Rhode Island on Wednesday night in Kingston, R.I. With the win, the Huskies improve to 3-1 on the season while URI remains winless at 0-4.

Mark led the Huskies with 22 total points as Samantha DeFreese joined her in double figures with a season-high 10 points. Lone-senior Jewel Tunstull totaled nine points and added a game-best 12 rebounds with a trio of steals while rookie Francesca Sally notched a career-high six points and two rebounds over twelve minutes of play.

Kazzidy Stewart, who went 2-for-2 from behind the arc, contributed eight points and three steals while Tiffany Montagne and Amencie Mericer tallied nine points, collectively, to round out the scoring for the Huskies.

A Mercier layup put the Huskies on the board first, but the Rams immediately responded with a 3-pointer to prevent an early NU lead. Stewart and Mercier teamed up for two shots from the floor and a trey to go ahead, 10-5, after five minutes of play.

Following the first media timeout, Rhody posted a 7-2 run to come within one, but the Huskies extended their lead, 18-13, after back-to-back layups from Tunstull and DeFreese.

Rhode Island recorded a 4-0 surge, topped with a layup from the left side, to take its first lead of the night, 19-18. NU would not back down as Mercier landed her first shot from behind the arc before two consecutive layups to take its largest spread of the game, 27-21.

With 30 seconds left in the first half, URI evened the contest for the fourth time after adding two free throws, but a driving layup from Sally closed the half with NU ahead, 29-27.

Neither team budged in the early goings of the second half as the frame was tied three times in the first five minutes. With the score even at 36-36, Mark landed a layup and a 3-pointer to push the Huskies up, 41-36, but Rhody fought back to knot it up once again, 45-45.

URI used a 9-2 run to gain its largest advantage of the contest, 54-48. Trailing by six, NU strung together a free throw and a 3-pointer to invade the Ram's cushion and eventually regain its final lead after a layup from Tunstull, 60-57. The Huskies held URI to just one shot for the remainder of the game, defeating the Rams 64-59.

For the game, Northeastern shot 47.2 percent (25-53) from the floor, 27.8 percent (5-18) from 3-point range, and 64.3 percent (9-14) from the free-throw line. The Huskies held the Rams to 42.3 percent (22-52) shooting, including 14.3 percent (2-14) from the arc and 54.2 percent (13-24) from the charity stripe.

The Huskies return to action on Saturday, Nov. 23, when they head home to Cabot Center to take on NJIT at 2 p.m.

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