Cougars Fall To Huskies As Comeback Attempt Fell Short

Friday, January 31

Boston, Mass.

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

10-9, 3-5CAA

Northeastern

9-10, 5-3CAA

Charleston

Northeastern

Photo by: AlSamuels.com

Cougars Fall To Huskies As Comeback Attempt Fell Short

1/31/2020 10:48:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Final Score: Northeastern 72, College of Charleston 68
Location: Boston, Mass. (Cabot Center)
Records: CofC (10-9, 3-5 CAA) NU (9-10, 5-3 CAA)
The Short Story: After falling behind by 17 points in the fourth quarter, The College stormed back to bring it within two, but couldn't get over the hump as the Cougars fall to 3-5 in CAA play.

QUICK FACTS

Sophomore Tyler Collins led the Cougars in scoring with 18 points while she also dished out two assists and grabbed two rebounds.
Sophomore Latrice Perkins poured in 13 points on 6-9 shooting from the field and grabbed five rebounds and dished out four assists.
Northeastern outrebounded Charleston 38-28, including 14 offensive rebounds.
The Cougars forced 21 turnovers while committing 20 themselves. CofC also scored 20 points off of turnovers compared to NU's 16.
CofC's bench outscored Northeastern's bench 23-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Northeastern started the game on a 4-0 run before Perkins knocked down a triple to make it 4-3.
The Huskies finished the first quarter on a 9-2 run to give them an eight-point lead.
Senior Baileigh Larson sparked a 10-2 run with back-to-back buckets on the low block and tied the game at 19-19 at the 5:34 mark of the second quarter.
Dorsey sunk a three pointer at the 4:22 mark of the second to give the Cougars their first lead of the game (22-21).
An 8-0 run by Northeastern to start the third was halted by a Collins three-point play at the 7:24 mark.
Northeastern took its largest lead of the night, 17 points, at the 8:46 mark of the fourth, but CofC stormed back with a 24-6 run to cut the lead to just two points with just a minute to left to play.
The last minute of play saw back-and-forth buckets by both teams, including four made free throws by the Huskies.

WHAT'S NEXT
The College finishes off its two-game road stint as it takes on Hofstra on Sunday, Feb. 2 with tip-off scheduled for 1 p.m.