Northeastern women’s basketball (1-19, 0-11 CAA) suffered back-to-back losses against the Campbell University Camels (14-9, 7-4 CAA), 81-41, and the College of Charleston Cougars (16-6, 7-4 CAA), 89-41.
The Feb. 7 game was the first meetup between the Camels and Huskies this season, and the Huskies fell short in every area of the game.
The first quarter was the Huskies’ best defensive performance of the game by far, ending only one point short of the Camels, 12-11. Despite having a shooting percentage 16% higher, the Huskies were behind because of a lack of discipline. They had seven turnovers in the quarter, and five of the Camels’ points were off them.
In the second quarter, the Camels began to open up their lead more. Despite scoring more points off turnovers 8-6, Northeastern’s weakness was giving Campbell second chances as Campbell scored six second-chance points, compared to Northeastern’s zero.
Northeastern’s shooting percentage was also slightly higher, but Campbell took advantage of the opportunities they were given. By the end of the quarter, the Camels were up 35-24.
At the beginning of the second half, the Camels opened up with a six-point streak to increase their lead on the Huskies. Again, Campbell capitalized on mistakes that the Huskies just couldn’t. Campbell scored two off second-chance points and nine off turnovers. The Huskies also had five turnovers, compared to Camels’ one. The Huskies were outrebounded, 11-6.
In the fourth quarter, the Huskies were dominated. They made one lone shot, compared to the Camels’ 11. Campbell scored seven fast break points and 24 of the Camels’ points of the quarter came off the bench. After being outscored 26-4 in the fourth quarter, the Huskies suffered the loss 81-41.
The Huskies’ second game of the weekend was an even harder hit, losing by a 48-point deficit to the Cougars. Together, redshirt sophomore guard Abby Jegede and sophomore guard Yirsy Quéliz had 33 of Northeastern’s 41 points with 17 and 16 points, respectively.
Unlike the face-off against the Camels, the tone of the game against Charleston was set from the jump, immediately diminishing the Huskies’ hopes. Charleston opened up the game with an eight-point streak and outscored the Huskies 28-13 in the first quarter. The Huskies’ had their best shooting percentage of the game at 41.67%, but the Cougars still shot significantly better at 66.67%.
Despite Charleston only making seven shots in the second quarter, its success continued defensively as the Huskies only made three. Seven of Charleston’s points came off Northeastern turnovers, and they scored six second-choice points. After outscoring Northeastern 21-8 in the second quarter, Charleston increased their lead to 49-21 into halftime.
In the second half, the Huskies only scored off seven total shots, to Charleston’s 15. Charleston scored 11 second-chance points and nine points off turnovers, while Northeastern scored three and three points in comparison. Northeastern also had six more turnovers between the quarters than the Cougars. The Huskies took the loss 89-41, marking their 15th straight loss of the season, coming up short of their first conference win of the season.
The Huskies’ next matchup is against the conference-leading North Carolina A&T Aggies (13-9, 9-2 CAA) Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.
