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BOSTON – Led by a second half surge, the Northeastern women's basketball team (9-6, 3-2 CAA) got back to its winning ways with a 68-52 victory over Elon (9-5, 1-3 CAA) on Friday night at the Cabot Center.
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Senior guard
Kendall Currence paced Northeastern's offense with 20 points, and senior guard
Katie May, freshman guard
Gemima Motema, and freshman guard
Claudia Soriano each tallied 10 points, respectively.
- The Huskies got off to a quick start with a 9-0 run, highlighted by a May three-pointer and layups by Currence. Elon then proceeded to cut into Northeastern's 11-4 lead with a 6-0 run to cut the deficit to 11-10.
- Each team traded points for most of the second, with neither leading by more than single digits. The Huskies closed the quarter on a 9-0 run, highlighted by a Currence three-pointer and layup to take a 33-25 lead into halftime.
- The Phoenix cut the deficit down to 37-35 at the 7:34 mark of the third, but the Huskies responded back with an and one play by junior guard Century McCartney.
- Elon trailed again by only two at the 1:24 mark of the third (42-40), but an and one play for Currence and a layup at the buzzer by Motema gave the Huskies a 47-40 advantage heading into the fourth.
- Northeastern had a 6-0 run to open the final quarter, highlighted by layups from Currence, Motema, and May to go up 53-40.
- The Huskies led by 18 at the 1:25 mark, and didn't look back in the rest of the game.
- Currence also had three rebounds, and two steals.
- May filled the stat sheet with six rebounds, an assist and two steals.
- Graduate student Emily Calabrese had a team-high nine rebounds.
- Northeastern tallied 34 points in the paint and 16 points off second chances.
The Huskies will host William & Mary on Sunday, January 23. Tip-off is slated for noon, and can be watched on
FloHoops.
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