The Northeastern women’s basketball team (1-15, 0-7 CAA) lost two consecutive away games against the Stony Brook Seawolves (10-9, 5-3 CAA) and the Monmouth Hawks (10-9, 5-3 CAA) on Jan. 24 and Jan. 26, respectively.
The game against Stony Brook kicked off with three minutes of no scoring for either team until the streak was finally broken with a jumper from Stony Brook. Sophomore guard Yirsy Quéliz scored all five points for the Huskies in the first quarter while the Seawolves’ notched 14, seven of which came off of Northeastern turnovers.
The Huskies appeared undisciplined leading to eight turnovers compared to Stony Brook’s two. With the Seawolves already up 14-5 by the end of the first quarter, the Huskies needed to improve to remain in the game.
In the second quarter, Northeastern came out playing far better, and shots began to fall. Their field goal percentage improved from 18% in the first quarter to 45% in the second. Conversely, Stony Brook’s field goal percentage fell from 46.15% to 33.33%. This rise and fall for both teams’ shooting gave Northeastern the advantage and allowed it to outscore the Seawolves 14-11 in the quarter.
With the score 25-19 moving into the second half, the game was still in reach for the Huskies.
Northeastern managed to cut Stony Brook’s lead down to one in the beginning of the quarter. Unfortunately, the familiar shooting woes of the Huskies struck again as the Seawolves were on fire. The Seawolves’ shooting percentage rose to 60% in the quarter, while Northeastern’s fell to 38%.
Stony Brook had more points off turnovers, bench points and points in the paint than the Huskies. The third quarter ended with the Huskies outscored 21-11 and a total score of 46-30.
Down by 16, the Huskies were getting farther from securing their second win of the season. For the first quarter of the game, Northeastern had less turnovers than Stony Brook and dominated scoring in the paint, scoring 14 points compared to Stony Brook’s six. The Huskies managed to go point-for-point with the Seawolves, but it was too late to reverse the earlier damage. The Huskies lost to the Seawolves 62-46.
Unfortunately for the Huskies, their second game of their road trip against the Monmouth Hawks Jan. 26 ended very similarly to the first.
Monmouth managed to score 30 bench points with 13 players cycling in for them, compared to Northeastern’s eight player bench, including graduate student guard and previous starter Bailey Williams, who only played six minutes during her first game back since Jan. 5.
Redshirt sophomore guard Abby Jegede was the star for the Huskies, scoring 19 points and going 7-8 from the free throw line.
Unlike the game against Stony Brook, Northeastern had less turnovers than Monmouth, but they struggled to capitalize on open shots. Northeastern’s shooting percentage throughout the game was 29%, compared to Monmouth’s 40%.
However, the Huskies were much stronger from the foul line, shooting 90% to Monmouth’s 65%. The Hawks also outscored the Huskies on points off turnovers, second chance points and fast break points.
The only quarter the Huskies outscored the Hawks was the third, with a score of 14-10. The Hawks dominated in the first, third and fourth quarters with scores of 15-7, 27-12 and 17-13 respectively, landing them the decisive victory 69-46.
The Huskies are still looking to pick up their first conference and home wins of the season. Their next game is at home Jan. 31 against the Drexel Dragons (9-8, 5-2 CAA),their second matchup of the season.
