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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Women’s Basketball

Junior guard Halle Idowu knocks the ball in for the Huskies Feb. 3. Northeastern fell to Drexel 67-56.

Huskies fall behind early, get burned by Drexel

Eamonn Ryan, news staff February 5, 2023

The Drexel Dragons (16-5, 8-2 CAA) came into the Cabot Center Friday night with 16 straight wins over the Northeastern women’s basketball team (10-10, 5-4 CAA). There’s no clever way to say it: the Dragons made it 17 with a 67-56 win. It didn’t matter that Huskies...

Rachael Rollins, a former lacrosse player at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, talks with students about her experiences as a collegiate athlete and woman in power. Rollins became the first Black woman to earn the title of United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts last year.

Huskies celebrate, get educated on National Girls and Women in Sports Day

Eamonn Ryan, news staff February 4, 2023

Twenty-six years after graduating from the Northeastern School of Law and now the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael Rollins knows the lessons she learned as a lacrosse player at UMass Amherst have translated to her booming professional career.  “When...

Northeastern’s women’s basketball team huddles during a game. After Sunday’s matchup against Monmouth University, the Huskies’ season record sits at 10-9.

Women’s basketball shows fight, learns from mistakes in gritty win over Monmouth

Eamonn Ryan, news staff January 30, 2023

Insanity can be defined as doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results each time. The Northeastern women’s basketball team proved it was of sound mind in its 75-70 win over the Monmouth Hawks (10-11, 5-5 CAA) in the Cabot Center Sunday afternoon. The...

Northeastern’s women’s basketball team puts another two points on the board. They fell to the Towson Tigers 67-73 Friday night.

Women’s basketball starts slow, can’t keep pace in loss to Towson

Eamonn Ryan, news staff January 29, 2023

The Northeastern women’s basketball team looked like an unstoppable train at the end of its 73-67 loss to the Towson Tigers (12-7, 6-2 CAA) in the Cabot Center Friday night, but the Huskies (9-9, 4-3 CAA) waited far too long to leave the station as they ended the first quarter...

Junior forward Deja Bristol jumps to land a basket in a home game against UNCW Jan. 8. Bristol netted a career-high 16 points in Sunday’s match against Hofstra.

Women’s basketball pulls away, silences Pride’s roar in win over Hofstra

Eamonn Ryan, news staff January 23, 2023

When it rains, it pours. The Northeastern women’s basketball team (9-8, 4-2 CAA) discovered that in its 68-48 win at Hofstra (8-10, 2-5 CAA) in Hempstead, New York, on Sunday afternoon after shooting 10-of-18 (56%) from three-point range and 26-of-48 (54.2%) from the floor. A...

Claudia Soriano celebrates against UNH

Northeastern women’s basketball opens strong on the road

Dustin Birnbaum, news staff November 19, 2021

The Huskies faced their first opponent of the season Nov. 10 when they traveled to Worcester to square off against the Holy Cross Crusaders.  The Huskies, led by first-year head coach Bridgette Mitchell, immediately began firing on all cylinders. Right off the tip, senior...

Bridgette Mitchell will be the seventh head coach in Northeastern Womens Basketball history.

Bridgette Mitchell named NU women’s basketball head coach

Vitoria Poejo, sports editor April 20, 2021

Former Duke University basketball forward Bridgette Mitchell has been named head coach of the Northeastern women’s basketball program, according to an April 17 Northeastern Athletics brief.  The change in leadership comes after the university chose to not renew former head...

Senior guard Stella Clark reached her second 1000th point mark in her basketball career as she ended her final season with the Huskies.

Stella Clark ends her career as a Husky with the ultimate achievement

Niyati Parikh, news staff April 14, 2021

Scoring 1,000 points once is an astonishing accolade but to do it twice during one’s basketball career is monumental, and senior guard Stella Clark ended her Northeastern career with an extra cherry on top. Having accomplished this milestone once in high school, she also became...

The No.7 seed Huskies could not get past No.2 seed JMU, subsequently dropping out of the CAA tournament.

Huskies won’t be dancing this season, lose to JMU 81-65

Niyati Parikh, news staff March 14, 2021

Despite the comeback bid late in the second half, the No. 7 seed Northeastern women’s basketball team couldn’t follow through Thursday evening, dropping to second-seeded James Madison University, 81-65, and in turn, eliminating themselves out of the CAA tournament.  The...

No. 7 seed Northeastern Huskies head into CAA tournament tonight, facing off against JMU in their first round.

Women’s basketball takes on preseason favorites in CAA tournament

Niyati Parikh, news staff March 11, 2021

Even before the 2020-21 basketball season commenced, the CAA’s head coaches voted to predict who would end up on top. The Northeastern women’s basketball team (7-12, 6-10 CAA) placed fourth in the poll, tied with Elon University.  With how unpredictable the 2020-21 season...

Oriyomi is averaging over 11 points a game and leads the Huskies with 7.8 rebounds per game in the 2020-21 season.

Mide Oriyomi: The Red and Black hero

Niyati Parikh, news staff March 4, 2021

In a team riddled with upperclassman injuries, one underclassman has stepped up to the plate to fill in the gaps: sophomore forward Mide Oriyomi.  Last season, then-rookie Oriyomi led the class of 2023 in scoring averages and even earned herself CAA Rookie of the Week Jan....

Even though they fought hard, the Huskies could not come up with a win in their loss to Hofstra Tuesday.

NU loses 63-60, splits home-and-home series with Hofstra again

Niyati Parikh, news staff March 4, 2021

Despite a strong game by junior guard Kendall Currence, the Huskies could not continue their winning streak Tuesday with a 63-60 loss against Hofstra University. This is the second time this season that NU has split the home-and-home series with Hofstra (7-11, 5-7 CAA), going...