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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

Northeastern is on a four-game winning streak  after capturing a win against Hofstra Sunday afternoon.

Huskies tie team three-point record in win against Hofstra, 68-39

Niyati Parikh, news staff February 28, 2021

The Northeastern women’s basketball team has been on a hot streak, winning their last three games. They extended that streak with a win Sunday, 68-39, against Hofstra University in their second home-and-home series against them this season. This series replaced the previously...

The Huskies are on a roll, winners of their last three. Theyll face Hofstra at home next weekend in their regular-season finale.

Women’s basketball completes sweep against UNCW, wins 78-58

Niyati Parikh, news staff February 22, 2021

The Northeastern women’s basketball team had a picture-perfect weekend against UNC Wilmington, completing the sweep Sunday 78-58 and winning three straight games. This game also marked the second Play4Kay game that Northeastern has competed in this season.  “It was a...

Queen of triples Maddie Vizza led Huskies to second straight win

Queen of triples Maddie Vizza led Huskies to second straight win

Niyati Parikh, news staff February 20, 2021

Freshman guard and CAA Rookie of the Week Maddie Vizza took the spotlight again today in the second straight CAA win for the Northeastern women’s basketball team, this time against UNC Wilmington, putting up 16 points to lead the pack in their 63-52 win. “UNCW has some...

Stella Clark finished Senior Day with her 1000th point en route to a win over Towson.

Senior guard Stella Clark hits 1000 points, leads Huskies to a Senior Day win

Niyati Parikh, news staff February 14, 2021

Although friends and family couldn’t attend Senior Day, it was a memorable one as senior guard Stella Clark made her 100th appearance, 57th start and 1000th career point. Although graduate student Ayanna Dublin didn’t put up many points offensively, she grabbed eight boards...

It was a rough afternoon for the Huskies, who couldnt contain Towson after halftime.

Women’s basketball adds to the five-game losing streak, losing 90-69 to Towson

Niyati Parikh, news staff February 14, 2021

Although they had the lead at the half, the Huskies found themselves with a five-game losing streak after a Saturday loss to Towson University, 90-69. Towson (11-3, 6-1 CAA) was the team that NU (3-11, 2-9 CAA) was supposed to compete against in the 2020 CAA quarterfinals when...

Northeastern drops all four games to Delaware this season

Northeastern drops all four games to Delaware this season

Niyati Parikh, news staff February 9, 2021

After playing and losing to Delaware at the start of the season, Northeastern was back on the road at Newark to play them twice more. This series marked the first for program history where they played against the same CAA opponent four times in a single season. Unfortunately,...

In final seconds, the Huskies fail to comeback against Drexel in second game of the weekend

NU gets swept by Drexel after buzzer-beater layup

Niyati Parikh, news staff February 1, 2021

With a tough loss against Drexel yesterday, the Huskies were on the search for revenge. On paper, it seemed like NU won in all the categories, keeping Drexel at 31% for field goals and having 35 rebounds to the 24 of the Dragons. However, despite the large lead in the opening...

NU, unable to beat the heat, falls to Drexel in their first game of the weekend.

NU unable to handle the heat of the Dragons, lose 79-64

Niyati Parikh, news staff January 31, 2021

Despite the great effort against James Madison last Tuesday, the Northeastern Huskies went on to take a loss against the other preseason CAA favorites, Drexel University. With the continued effort to raise awareness of Black Lives Matter, this weekend’s games were dedicated...

Huskies make history and  win for the first time against JMU since their 2011-2012 season.

Huskies make history with first-ever road win against JMU, splitting series 1-1

Niyati Parikh, news staff January 26, 2021

After Friday’s announcement that the Northeastern and James Madison University series set for this past weekend was canceled, it was unsure when the Huskies would play next. Thankfully, since no player or personnel tested positive, the games were quickly rescheduled for Jan....

The womens basketball team was scheduled to play James Madison this weekend.

Women’s basketball weekend against James Madison University canceled due to COVID-19 protocols

Niyati Parikh, news staff January 24, 2021

On Friday, the CAA announced that the away series between Northeastern and James Madison University will be postponed and rescheduled for a later date.  The women’s basketball 2020-2021 schedule has been peppered with numerous COVID-19 postponements, usually due to other...

NU sweeps Manhattan College 62-50 in non-conference match up Tuesday afternoon.

Women’s basketball nabs second straight road win with the unstoppable offense of Oriyomi and Clark

Niyati Parikh, news staff January 19, 2021

After 10 days off from CAA play due to COVID-19 scheduling changes, all eyes were back on sophomore forward Mide Oriyomi Tuesday afternoon. And boy did she step up to the challenge against non-conference opponent, Manhattan College. Not only did she score the first layup of...

Despite a strong start, the Huskies fall to Hofstra in the third game this week.

Huskies fall to Hofstra and unable to complete comeback, 68-57

Niyati Parikh, news staff January 7, 2021

Playing their third game in six days, the women’s basketball team is still looking for their first win as they lost another final-quarter comeback attempt to Hofstra, 68-57.  Junior guard Kendall Currence opened the scoring for NU with an easy layup assisted by senior guard...