BOSTON -- Four players scored in double figures and Northeastern shot better than 50 percent from the field as the Huskies' women's basketball team (1-1) used a 15-0 run in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Boston University Terriers (0-2), 71-61, on Friday night at Case Gym. The win snapped a three-game losing streak in the series for the Huskies, who had not beaten BU since a 66-65 victory at Case Gym on Nov. 7, 2022.
The Huskies had four players score 10 or more, led by Camryn Collins, who scored 16 points for the second straight game and added five rebounds and two steals. Justice Tramble followed with 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting, Morgan Matthews chipped in with 11 points and two assists, and Summer Bostock scored 10 points off the bench, including two three-pointers.
Maya Summerville dished out a career-high six assists to go with four rebounds and a steal, and Northeastern outscored BU 40-17 in her 17 minutes on the floor. Kailee Beaudion-Foliaki tied her career high with six rebounds, three of them offensive, and added eight points. Yirsy Quéliz finished with eight points, four assists and a block.
Northeastern shot 51.8 percent (29-of-56) from the field, a sharp improvement on the 32.3 percent it shot in Monday's season-opening loss to UAlbany, and assisted on 16 of its 29 baskets. The Huskies out-rebounded the Terriers 34-21, including a 13-6 edge on the offensive glass, and scored 14 second-chance points to BU's 10. Northeastern also won the battle in the paint, 34-30, and got 20 points from its bench to BU's 17. The Northeastern defense forced 14 Boston University turnovers, converting them into 18 points, and held the Terriers to 45.8 percent shooting, including 6-of-23 from three-point range.
Northeastern led for 36 minutes, 35 seconds of the game, while BU was in front for 1:49. Collins opened the scoring with a three-pointer off a Quéliz assist. After BU's Rose Azmoudeh hit two threes in a 27-second span to take an 8-7 lead, the Huskies answered with a 6-0 run, capped by a Bostock jumper off a Summerville assist, to go up 13-8. Bostock added a three-pointer off another Summerville assist with 3:43 to play in the quarter, and Northeastern took an 18-16 lead into the second.
The Huskies outscored the Terriers 23-14 in the second quarter, shooting 64.3 percent from the field while holding BU to 0-of-4 from three-point range. After the Terriers tied the game at 20-20, Northeastern went on a 5-0 run, finished by a Quéliz three-pointer, and later pushed the lead to nine on back-to-back Tramble layups. Tramble scored 10 of her 12 points in the first half on 5-of-6 shooting. The Huskies closed the half on a 5-0 run, with two Matthews free throws and a Quéliz three-pointer with three seconds left, to take a 41-30 lead into the break. They shot 58.6 percent (17-of-29) in the half.
Boston University outscored Northeastern 23-15 in the third quarter, shooting 53.8 percent and going 4-of-7 from three-point range. The Huskies led 54-46 on a Matthews jumper with 2:05 remaining, but BU answered with a 7-0 run, five of the points from Sophia Georgiades, to trim the deficit to 54-53 with 36 seconds left. Beaudion-Foliaki scored on an offensive rebound with one second left to send Northeastern into the fourth ahead 56-53.
Boston University took its only second-half lead at 57-56 on a Hildur Gunnsteinsdóttir layup with 7:51 to play, but Northeastern responded with a 15-0 run that accounted for all of its fourth-quarter points. Collins' layup, assisted by Bostock, put the Huskies back in front 58-57, and two Collins free throws made it 60-57. A Matthews layup and a Matthews three-pointer off a Summerville assist stretched the lead to 65-57, and Anja Bukvic followed with back-to-back layups to make it 69-57. Collins' layup with 1:18 remaining gave Northeastern its largest lead of the night at 71-57. BU shot 3-of-14 from the field and 0-of-9 from three-point range in the quarter and went 7:07 without a point.
Up next, the Huskies travel to Sacred Heart on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m.
