2000-01 Schedule/Results
2000-01 Statistics
Hofstra 84, Northeastern 65
Jan. 27, 2001
Solomon Court (Boston, MA)
| Team |
1st
|
2nd
|
Final
|
| Hofstra (7-11, 4-6) |
39
|
45
|
84
|
| Northeastern (9-10, 5-5) |
30
|
35
|
65
|
 Kiarsha Curtis 23 points |
 Genny Caruso saves a loose ball in NU's loss to Hofstra. Caruso had 13 points. |
Hofstra freshman Jessica Olszewski added 16 points, all of them coming in the first half on 6-6 field goal shooting, including four three-pointers. Kimberley Coke had her fourth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Stacey Claxton netted 12 points. Kiarsha Curtis led the Huskies with a career-high 23 points, 19 in the second half. Genny Caruso had 13 points for NU.
The Flying Dutchwomen improved to 7-11 overall and 4-6 in America East play. The Huskies fell to 9-10, 5-5, with their third straight loss.
Hofstra led 39-30 at intermission and scored the first 13 points of the second half for a commanding 52-30 edge with 16:29 left. The Flying Dutchwomen were 6-6 from the field during the run. After NU ended its drought on a pair of free throws by Curtis, Brickey took over and scored 17 straight points for Hofstra. She hit a three-pointer with 9:57 remaining to give Hofstra its largest lead of the afternoon, 67-39. After the sophomore guard’s barrage, the Flying Dutchwomen led 69-46 with 7:26 to go. Brickey was 7-9 with four three-pointers during the surge. NU got no closer than 14 the rest of the way.
The Huskies jumped out to an early 8-2 lead highlighted by two three-pointers from Melissa Kowalski (12 points). But NU was scoreless for a span of 6:32 as Hofstra went on a 13-0 run to go ahead 15-8 with 10:28 left in the first half. The Huskies trimmed the lead to one, 17-16, on a pair of free throws by Lani Lawrence (7 points, 14 rebounds) with 7:46 to go. Olszewski then got hot for Hofstra, netting eight straight points, including two three-pointers. The second trey put the Dutchwomen ahead 25-16 with 6:21 to go. Hofstra’s lead dipped to five, but again Olszewski answered, netting a pair of threes in the final 1:27 for a 39-30 edge at the break.
Hofstra, a winner against Boston University on Thursday, completed its first sweep of Boston’s America East teams since the 1996-97 season. NU had won six straight over Hofstra, including a 64-55 decision in Hempstead, N.Y. on Jan. 4.
VISITORS: Hofstra 7-11, 4-6 AE
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
04 Godsey, Billi * 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 3 4 6 0 3 25
15 Brickey, Jen * 11-19 4-6 2-2 1 5 6 0 28 2 3 0 3 39
21 Coke, Kimberley * 5-11 0-0 3-3 0 10 10 4 13 5 2 0 2 37
44 Hall-Gregory, Lauren * 1-2 1-1 4-4 0 2 2 4 7 8 1 0 0 26
45 Pela, Joy * 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 3 2 1 1 1 0 24
12 Claxton, Stacey 3-5 0-2 6-9 0 2 2 4 12 1 1 0 0 20
32 Olszewski, Jessica 6-7 4-4 0-0 1 0 1 1 16 0 1 0 1 19
53 Nimmo, Nicole 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 10
TEAM ........................................ 1 2 3 1
TOTALS 29-52 9-13 17-22 4 26 30 20 84 21 17 1 9 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 14-25 56.0% 2ndH: 15-27 55.6% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 55.8% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 5-7 71.4% 2ndH: 4-6 66.7% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 69.2% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 6-10 60.0% 2ndH: 11-12 91.7% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 77.3% 0
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HOME TEAM: Northeastern 9-10, 5-5 AE
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
13 Williams, Aisha * 2-8 1-5 0-0 2 4 6 2 5 7 4 1 2 33
15 Kowalski, Melissa * 4-13 4-8 0-1 0 1 1 3 12 2 4 1 0 32
21 Caruso, Genny * 3-10 1-5 6-6 2 2 4 4 13 4 2 0 0 40
24 Harris, Laurie * 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 11
45 Lawrence, Lani * 2-5 0-0 3-4 1 13 14 4 7 0 2 0 2 31
12 Kenny, Meghan 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
20 DiMaria, Jessica 2-3 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 12
23 Newsome, Lori 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 10
31 Clapp, Jennifer 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
32 Curtis, Kiarsha 6-10 4-6 7-9 0 2 2 4 23 2 4 1 1 22
TEAM ........................................ 3 2 5
TOTALS 19-51 10-24 17-22 8 24 32 23 65 16 22 4 7 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 9-24 37.5% 2ndH: 10-27 37.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 37.3% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 2-8 25.0% 2ndH: 8-16 50.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 41.7% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 10-14 71.4% 2ndH: 7-8 87.5% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 77.3% 3
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OFFICIALS: Tom Danaher, Larry Savo, Margaret Lynch
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Hofstra - none
Northeastern - none
ATTENDANCE: 375
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Hofstra 39 45 84
Northeastern 30 35 65
