BOSTON – The Northeastern women's basketball team is set for postseason play this week, heading to Washington, D.C. for the 2024 Women's Basketball Championship presented by Primis. The No. 11 Huskies will take on No. 14 UNCW on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the Entertainment & Sports Arena. The game will be streamed on FloHoops.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
- LAST TIME OUT – Senior Derin Erdogan tallied a team-high 25 points, and Deja Bristol tallied clutch free throws to give the Huskies the lead for good as NU got back in the win column with a 64-60 win over the Hampton Lady Pirates. Freshman Sophia Carlisle also headlined the Huskies with a career-high 12 points and nine rebounds.
- MADDIE THREE-ZZA – Needing two threes to reach 100 for her career, senior Maddie Vizza reached the milestone with 45 seconds to go in the second quarter against Hampton. Vizza ranks second on the squad with 53 three-pointers this season and is fifth in program history with a career .362 field-goal percentage from deep.
- POSTSEASON HONORS – Erdogan earned Second Team All-CAA honors, announced by the league on Tuesday afternoon. The team's leading scorer (15.0 points per game) has tallied double-digit points in 21 games this season, and also leads the squad in almost every statistical category including three-pointers with 55, averaging 2.1 per game (fifth in the CAA), 105 total assists (third in the CAA) and steals with 36.
The winner of this game will take on #6 Towson in the second round of the tournament on Thursday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m.
