Game 15: Northeastern (6-8, 2-0 CAA) vs. Drexel (10-3, 1-1 CAA)
When	Sunday, Jan. 8  |  2 p.m.
Where	Boston, Mass.  |  Cabot Center
Broadcast and stats	Stats  |  Video
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BOSTON – One of three remaining unbeaten teams in the CAA, the Northeastern women's basketball team will look to string together its fifth consecutive win on Sunday, Jan. 8, as NU welcomes Drexel to Cabot Center for a 2 p.m., travel-day matinee. The two programs will be meeting for the first time since the 2016 CAA semifinals, when the Huskies were handed a 58-45 defeat by the Dragons.
 
GO, DOG. GO!
 
Northeastern has been surging of late and enters Sunday's contest as the winners of four straight games, two straight league games, and two straight home games. Since Feb. 5, 2016, the Huskies have fared particularly well against the CAA, winning nine of their last 11 regular-season conference games. Including the postseason, Northeastern is 10-3 during its last 13 competitions against CAA opponents.
 
FANTASTIC FOUR
 
The Huskies' active four-game winning streak is the fifth multi-game streak NU has undergone under head coach Kelly Cole and also ranks as the second longest. During February 2016, Northeastern rattled off wins during six consecutive league games to swoop into the conference tournament's No. 6 seed.
 
ALL-TIME AGAINST DREXEL
 
Northeastern and Drexel have only played each other as members of the same conference, crossing paths in the America East (and its predecessor, North Atlantic Conference) between 1992 and 2001, as well as annually in the CAA since 2006. Although NU owned a 16-7 advantage against the Dragons during both programs' stay in the America East, Drexel has since turned the all-time series in its favor and heads into Sunday's game with a 25-20 lead.
 
HUSKIES AT HOME
 
Northeastern is 3-2 this season in home games played at Cabot Center and 1-0 in home conference games following its 72-64 victory against Towson on Jan. 6. The Huskies have also won two straight home games.
 
DRAGONS ON THE ROAD
 
Two of Drexel's three losses during the 2016-17 campaign have come away from the Dragons' home floor in Philadelphia: at Vanderbilt (L, 63-73) on Nov. 16 and at Bucknell (L, 66-78) on Nov. 27. Since then, Drexel has won two consecutive true road games, in addition to sweeping a pair of non-conference games against George Mason and Massachusetts at the 2016 FIU Holiday Tournament (hosted by Florida International).
 
SCOUTING DREXEL
 
• After beginning the conference season with a 10-point victory against Towson (58-48), Drexel (10-3, 1-1 CAA) lost a competitive home game against Elon on Jan. 6 by a score of 48-45.
• The Dragons' 10 wins this season are tied with Elon for the second most among CAA teams. James Madison leads the league with 11 victories.
• Upon defeating Northeastern in the 2016 CAA semifinals, Drexel advanced to the league title game, where the Dragons finished runner-up to James Madison, 60-46. Drexel accepted an invitation to the WNIT and hosted Temple in the all-Philadelphia, first-round matchup, despite falling to the Owls, 74-66.
• Three Drexel players are averaging more than 10 points per game: Sarah Curran (15.3), Jessica Pellechio (11.7), and Meghan Creighton (10.9).
• As of Jan. 7, the Dragons' team 3-point field goal percentage (35.2) ranks as the second best among CAA programs. However, Drexel leads the conference in made 3-point field goals with 115 through 13 games (8.8 per game).
 
UP NEXT
 
Northeastern will travel next to the state of Virginia, where the Huskies will run into William & Mary on Friday, Jan. 13, and James Madison on Sunday, Jan. 15.