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📹 | "I think our boundaries are limitless. We're working every day to get better to break through every ceiling we can."

Gabby Giacone (13 PTS, 12 REB) comments on the #HowlinHuskies' potential in her postgame conversation with NESN's @_JohnAvino. pic.twitter.com/tMedLhRHeG

— Northeastern WBB (@GoNUwbasketball) January 6, 2019

BOSTON – Led by Jess Genco's game high, 30 points, and Gabby Giacone's fourth double-double of the season (13 points, 12 rebounds), the Northeastern women's basketball team cruised past William & Mary, 88-74, on Sunday afternoon, winning its eighth straight game at Cabot Center.
 
Genco scored 12 of her 30 points at the free throw line and buried four 3-pointers to lead Northeastern (12-1, 2-0 CAA), which exited the opening weekend of CAA play in a three-way tie for first place. The NU point guard also finished with five rebounds, seven assists and two steals.
 
Giacone registered the fourth double-double during her seven career games against William & Mary (8-5, 1-1 CAA), helping the Huskies sport the +12 edge in rebounding and +10 margin in points in the paint.
 
Shannon Todd contributed 17 points to Northeastern's cause while Katie May and Ayanna Dublin tallied eight points apiece. Freshman forward Alexis Hill brought down a season and career high, nine rebounds, in addition to powering seven points off the bench.
 
Genco's buzzer-beating 2-point jumper capped a back-and-forth first quarter between the Huskies and the Tribe while simultaneously providing NU with the 22-20 lead.
 
Giacone tacked on two more interior finishes at the start of the second quarter to push Northeastern's lead to 26-20, which the Huskies widened to as large as eight points before taking the 38-33 edge into the locker room.
 
Bianca Boggs helped keep William & Mary close during the third quarter, where she scored 12 of her team high, 21 points, and shot three-for-three from the perimeter. Despite the Tribe trimming the Huskies' lead to 47-43 less than three minutes into the second half, Northeastern responded with the 11-3 scoring run to control a double-digit advantage midway through the period.
 
The Huskies offloaded 25 points during the fourth quarter and totaled 50 points during the second half, where they shot 62 percent from the field.

Eva Hodgson and Harper Birdsong logged 16 points each for William & Mary.