Game Information: Northeastern (8-8, 3-2 CAA) vs. Drexel (12-5, 4-1 CAA)
When	Friday, Jan. 19  |  7 p.m.
Where	Boston, Mass.  |  Cabot Center  |  Directions  |  Tickets
Broadcast & Statistics	Stats  |  Video
Game Notes	Northeastern (PDF)
2017-18 Media Guide	2017-18 Northeastern Women's Basketball Media Guide
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BOSTON – Looking to build on its 22-point home victory against College of Charleston, the Northeastern women's basketball team will play the middle game of its three-game home stand on Friday, Jan. 19, when the Huskies host Drexel during a rematch of the 2017 CAA quarterfinals.
 
PROMOTIONS
 
• Club Sports Night: The Northeastern women's basketball team is inviting all Northeastern club sports to attend Friday night's game at Cabot Center, during which $1,000 will be awarded to the operating budget of the club sport that displays the most school spirit.
 
• Northeastern Pop Socket Giveaway: All fans in attendance during Friday night's game will receive a free Northeastern pop socket, while supplies last.
 
STREAM THE HUSKIES
 
Friday's game between Northeastern and Drexel will air live on GoNUxstream with pregame coverage beginning at 6:45 p.m.
 
ALL-TIME AGAINST DREXEL
 
Northeastern and Drexel's series history witnessed a shift in dominance following the conclusion of the 1999-2000 season. The Huskies successfully won 16 of the first 20 series meetings, stretching from the two team's Jan. 24, 1992, inaugural meeting at Cabot Center to Northeastern's regular-season sweep of the Dragons during the first month of the new millennium. Since then, Drexel has posted a 24-4 record against the Huskies, with three of Northeastern's four series wins taking place at Cabot Center. NU has also needed at least one overtime period to claim each of its two most recent series victories (2014, 2016).
 
TALE OF TWO CONFERENCES
 
Between the 1991-92 and 2000-01 seasons, Northeastern attained a 16-7 record against Drexel during their joint tenure in the America East conference (and its predecessor, North Atlantic Conference). The Huskies went 2-1 during the postseason, defeating the Dragons during the 1995 North Atlantic semifinals and the 1999 America East semifinals, but coming up short during the 2001 America East quarterfinals.
 
Since both programs had reunited in the CAA prior to the 2005-06 season, Northeastern has gone 4-21 against Drexel and received two postseason exits during the 2016 CAA semifinals and the 2017 CAA quarterfinals.
 
STREAK STOPPERS
 
Northeastern and Drexel share five distinct head-to-head winning streaks of five games or longer during their series history, including the Dragons' active five-game streak. Each of the four previous streaks have ended with a victory on the streak-stopper's home floor: 
 

Team	Streak	Dates	Streak-ending Site	Result
Northeastern	Won 9	Jan. 22, 1993 - Jan. 27, 1996	Philadelphia	Drexel, 62-51
Northeastern	Won 6	Jan. 31, 1998 - Jan. 28, 2000	Philadelphia	Drexel, 81-78
Drexel	Won 5	Dec. 21, 2000 - Feb. 17, 2006	Boston	NU, 64-53
Drexel	Won 10	Jan. 22, 2009 - Jan. 26, 2014	Boston	NU, 78-73 (2OT)
Drexel	Won 5	Jan. 25, 2016 - present	--	--

SCOUTING DREXEL
 
Drexel pulls into Cabot Center leading the CAA in scoring defense (57.5 points per game), having kept 11 of its first 17 opponents under the 60-point threshold, including each of its last seven and all five of its CAA foes so far. Contrastingly, Northeastern ranks fourth in the conference in scoring offense (66.1 points per game) and has totaled 65 points or more during eight occasions this season, including six games with 70 or more points. The Dragons can be lethal from the foul line as Drexel owns the second best free throw shooting mark within the league (70.7 percent), trailing only William & Mary (72.3 percent).
 
Sophomore forward Bailey Greenberg is the Dragons' lone player to be averaging her scoring in double figures (11.5 points per game), while senior forward Kelsi Lidge – one of the league's two CAA Player of the Week selections on Monday – paces the squad in rebounding (6.4 per game) and ranks second in offense (9.9 points per game). Sophomore guard Aubree Brown is also averaging a team high, 4.2 assists per game, to go with her 9.8 points per contest and 36.1-percent shooting from downtown.
 
CLOCKING IN
 
Junior point guard Jess Genco enters Friday's game ranked fourth among active NCAA Division I women's basketball student-athletes in career minutes played (3,028). As a sophomore, Genco led the nation in minutes per game (38.71) during the 2016-17 season – one year after ranking second in the same category (38.94) during her freshman campaign. This season, she leads the CAA and ranks fifth nationally (38.81).
 
AROUND THE PERIMETER
 
Northeastern's 3-point shooting game ranks among the best in the CAA, as well as in the country. The Huskies lead the conference and rank 23^rd among NCAA Division I programs in 3-point field goals per game (8.9), while NU also paces the CAA in 3-point field goal percentage (34.9) – two positions ahead of third-place Drexel (33.1 percent).
 
Offensively, 36.9 percent of Northeastern's made field goals take place behind the 3-point line, which ranks as the highest percentage among CAA programs by a landslide:
 

Rk	School	% Offense 3FG	Rk	School	% Offense 3FG
1.	Northeastern	36.9	6.	James Madison	19.8
2.	UNCW	28.3	7.	College of Charleston	18.0
3.	Drexel	27.9	8.	Elon	16.6
4.	Hofstra	24.4	9.	Delaware	16.6
5.	William & Mary	19.8	10.	Towson	14.6

ORTIZ DROPS 31
 
Senior guard Claudia Ortiz recorded the Huskies' third 30-point scoring game during the last five seasons when she dropped a career high, 31 points, courtesy of her career high, seven 3-point field goals, on Jan. 7 against Elon. Ortiz shot 50 percent from the field (10-for-20) and was rewarded with a little luck during the Huskies' final possession, draining a 3-point buzzer beater at the end of regulation from the right side to achieve her two career highs after Northeastern's defeat (78-71) had been decided. She joined NU alums Tiffany Montagne (34 points, Dec. 2013) and Francesca Sally (30 points, Feb. 2017) in reaching the 30-point threshold since the start of the 2013-14 season. Sally's 30-point effort took place during the Huskies' most recent game against College of Charleston (Feb. 24, 2017).
 
HOME SWEET HOME
 
Northeastern turned in a 5-4 record while enduring a brutal stretch of its schedule that featured nine of 11 games away from Cabot Center. The Huskies split games at each of their two non-conference tournaments, finishing runner-up at the 2017 Beach Classic (hosted by Long Beach State) before the holidays. As of Jan. 18, Northeastern's five victories away from home this season are locked in a three-way tie for third most in the CAA behind William & Mary and Delaware's six.

#CAAHoops PLAYERS OF THE NIGHT
 
NU co-leads the CAA with Delaware with two #CAAHoops Player of the Night selections. Gabby Giacone won the league's inaugural title on Dec. 29, receiving 46 percent of the Twitter fan vote (hosted by @CAABasketball) after her 15-point, 10-rebound effort against Towson. One week later, Jess Genco landed in the winner's circle with 44 percent of the vote, having scored a season high, 21 points, and registered a career high, six steals against UNCW. Fans are encouraged to visit @CAABasketball on Twitter following each CAA game day and cast their vote in favor of the Huskies.
 
CLARK WINS FOURTH CAA ROOKIE HONOR
 
Freshman guard Stella Clark collected her fourth CAA Rookie of the Week honor of the 2017-18 season on Jan. 8, becoming the fourth Northeastern women's basketball player to win four or more conference Rookie of the Week honors (first during the program's CAA tenure). Clark averaged 8.5 points and 4.5 rebounds during the Huskies' 1-1 CAA road trip through North Carolina, pacing the NU bench with 11 points on Jan. 5 against UNCW.
 

MOST ROOKIE OF THE WEEK AWARDS, NORTHEASTERN HISTORY
Rank	Player	Conference	Season	Rookie of the Week Awards
1.	Shaleyse Smallwood	America East	2004-05	7
2.	Betsy Palacek	North Atlantic *	1995-96	5
	Natasha Artis	North Atlantic *	1992-93	5
4.	Stella Clark	CAA	2017-18	4

* The North Atlantic Conference was renamed the America East prior to the 1996-97 season

UP NEXT
 
Northeastern will end its three-game home stand on Sunday, Jan. 21, by welcoming William & Mary to Cabot Center at 2 p.m. The Huskies will be hosting their second annual We Back Pat Game (third annual Alzheimer's Awareness Game), with all proceeds going to support The Pat Summitt Foundation. We Back Pat T-shirts will be handed out to all who make a donation.