BOSTON – After collecting its fourth straight season-opening victory with Wednesday's 69-54 win against New Hampshire, the Northeastern women's basketball team will look to log another winning performance on Saturday, Nov. 24, when the Huskies welcome Air Force to Cabot Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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HUSKIES MOVE INTO MID-MAJOR TOP 25 RANKINGS
• Northeastern was ranked No. 25 in collegeinsider.com's Tuesday release of the
Women's Mid-Major Top 25 rankings.
• The Huskies are scheduled to play six games against four teams that were ranked ahead of them in Tuesday's poll: No. 9 Marist, No. 10 James Madison, No. 13 Maine and No. 14 Drexel.
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ALL-TIME SERIES
• Northeastern will be opposing Air Force for the first time during program history.
• NU is 4-1 all-time against the five United States service academies, recording its results exclusively against Army West Point.
• The Huskies' last victory against a U.S. service academy took place on Nov. 29, 2010, when Northeastern defeated Army West Point, 65-56, at Christl Arena.
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LAST TIME OUT
• Northeastern improved its regular season record to 4-0 for the first time since the 1982-83 season upon topping New Hampshire, 69-54, on Wednesday at Cabot Center.
• For the second time this season through the Huskies' first four games, all 12 dressers took the floor and 11 different players scored.
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Jess Genco and
Shannon Todd led Northeastern's starters with 15 and 11 points, respectively.
• Rookie forward
Alexis Hill tallied nine points, three rebounds and three assists for the NU bench, which outscored the New Hampshire bench, 32-11.
• Despite starting slow and trailing, 9-2, during the game's opening three minutes, the Huskies rallied to hit 12 of their next 15 field goal attempts, staging a 27-9 scoring run to take a 11-point lead during the second quarter.
• Northeastern led comfortably by double digits during the final 21:52 of the contest.
• The Huskies' 53.7 field goal percentage against New Hampshire ranks as the team's fourth highest since the beginning of the 2015-16 season.
• Northeastern's +20 rebounding margin against UNH is the largest that the Huskies have sported since Dec. 20, 2017 (+21 against New Mexico State).
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UNDEFEATED STARTS
• Northeastern has started 4-0 for the third time during program history (1968-69, 1982-83).
• With a win against Air Force, the Huskies would tie the program's second best regular season start (5-0, 1982-83). NU won each of its first seven games to begin the 1968-69 season.
• The Huskies are the last remaining unbeaten team in the CAA.
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GENCO AMONG THE NU GREATS
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Scoring:Â With 1,072 career points, Genco is nine points away from tying A'lece Mark (1,081) for 18th place on Northeastern's all-time scoring list and 16 points away from drawing level with Lani Lawrence (1,088) for 17th place.
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Assists: With 419 career assists, Genco ranks second on the Huskies' all-time list – 45 assists shy of tying Tesha Tinsley's program record (464).
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3-point field goals:Â With 215 career 3-point makes, Genco ranks third all-time during program history. She is 25 assists shy of tying Ashlee Feldman (240) for second place and 30 away from matching Melissa Kowalski's program record (245).
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WHAT 2 WATCH 4
• Northeastern leads the CAA in free throw percentage (82.2), assists per game (18.0), assist-turnover ratio (1.3) and defensive rebounds per game (30.8). The Huskies rank second in the conference in scoring margin (+13.5 points), rebounding offense (45.0 per game) and rebounding margin (+11.0).
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Shannon Todd enters Saturday riding a streak of three consecutive double-digit scoring games.
• NU is seeking its first five-game winning streak since Feb. 28, 2016, when the Huskies concluded a six-game winning streak with their victory against Towson.
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UP NEXT
• Northeastern will head to the Sunshine State for a true road game at Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Coverage will air live on the SEC Network+ beginning at 7 p.m.
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