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Northeastern Northeastern 74, Harvard 67 Game Summary

2000-01 Schedule/Results
2000-01 Statistics

Northeastern 74, Harvard 67
Dec. 16, 2000
Lavietes Pavilion (Allston, MA)

Team
1st
2nd
Final
Northeastern (3-3)  
29
45
74
Harvard (1-8)  
34
33
67

Husky photo
Melissa Kowalski
  Husky Photo
Aisha Williams guards Harvard's Jennifer Monti. Williams had 14 points in the NU win.
Northeastern shot 61.9 percent (16-21) in the second half and came from behind to win at Harvard 74-67 on Saturday.

It was another great performance by NU’s newcomers. Freshmen Melissa Kowalski (17 points) and Aisha Williams (14 points) led the way. Sophomore Lori Newsome added a career-high 12 points and rookie Kiarsha Curtis netted a season-high 12 points.

Harvard (1-8) led 55-47 with 11:46 left, but NU (3-3) came surging back. A Newsome layup started a 12-0 run that put the Huskies up 59-55 with 7:34 remaining. With NU down 55-51, Kowalski hit back-to-back three-pointers to give the Huskies the lead. The Crimson came back with seven straight points for a 62-59 lead with 6:11 left.

Williams made consecutive layups for the the Huskies to put them ahead to stay. After Harvard got within one, down 65-64, Kowalski hit a key pair of free throws to make it 67-64 with 3:02 left. The Huskies extended the lead to 71-64 with 1:13 to go.

The teams traded baskets throughout the first half. The Crimson built a 20-14 lead with 9:43 left, before the Huskies scored nine straight points to stake a 23-20 edge with 6:50 remaining before intermission. The Crimson outscored NU 14-6 the rest of the half and led 34-29 at the break.

The Huskies are now 3-0 when trailing at the half this season, 0-3 when having the lead at intermission.

Next up, NU will host Holy Cross on Monday at 7 p.m.

VISITORS: Northeastern 3-3                                                      
                          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      *  7-12   0-2    0-0    1  0  1   0  14   4  5  0  4  35
15 Kowalski, Melissa    *  5-11   2-7    5-7    1  5  6   3  17   0  3  0  0  25
21 Caruso, Genny        *  2-8    2-6    2-2    0  3  3   1   8   1  2  0  2  35
24 Harris, Laurie       *  0-3    0-2    0-0    0  1  1   0   0   0  2  0  1  11
45 Lawrence, Lani       *  2-6    0-0    3-4    4  5  9   4   7   2  2  1  0  37
12 Kenny, Meghan           0-1    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0   0  0  0  0   1
20 DiMaria, Jessica        0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0   0  0  0  0   8
23 Newsome, Lori           5-5    0-0    2-2    1  0  1   2  12   0  3  0  0  11
32 Curtis, Kiarsha         3-4    2-3    4-5    1  2  3   0  12   2  2  0  2  19
33 Jefferson, Joi          2-3    0-0    0-0    1  2  3   0   4   2  5  0  0  18
TEAM ........................................   1  3  4                         
TOTALS                    26-53   6-20  16-20  10 23 33  10  74  11 24  1  9 200
                                                                                
TOT-FG 1stH:  0-0  00.0%  2ndH: 26-53 49.1%  OT:  0-0  00.0%  Game: 49.1% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH:  0-0  00.0%  2ndH:  6-20 30.0%  OT:  0-0  00.0%  Game: 30.0%  Rebs 
FThrow 1stH:  0-0  00.0%  2ndH: 16-20 80.0%  OT:  0-0  00.0%  Game: 80.0%   2   
                                                                                
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HOME TEAM: Harvard 1-8                                                          
                          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
03 Kowal, Lisa          *  3-7    1-5    0-0    3  0  3   2   7   5  1  0  3  33
12 Monti, Jennfifer     *  4-13   2-9    0-0    0  5  5   2  10   5  7  0  1  34
13 Tubridy, Tricia      *  8-12   0-2    1-3    5  4  9   4  17   4  4  0  5  34
25 Gates, Katie         *  3-10   1-4    2-3    2  3  5   3   9   0  5  1  2  26
30 Johnson, Melissa     *  4-13   0-0    0-1    4  2  6   1   8   4  2  0  0  25
04 Ides, Kate              1-2    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   3   2   0  0  0  1   6
15 Lee, Jennifer           0-1    0-0    0-0    1  0  1   1   0   2  0  0  0   4
21 Barnard, Laura          0-3    0-3    0-0    0  1  1   0   0   0  0  0  0   5
23 Peljto, Hana            3-6    0-0    4-4    2  3  5   0  10   1  2  2  0  16
31 Johnson, Sarah          1-3    0-0    2-2    1  0  1   2   4   0  1  1  1  12
32 Kelley, Bree            0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0   0  2  0  0   3
33 Nunamaker, Sharon       0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   2
TEAM ........................................   4  1  5                         
TOTALS                    27-70   4-23   9-13  22 19 41  19  67  21 24  4 13 200
                                                                                
TOT-FG 1stH:  0-0  00.0%  2ndH: 27-70 38.6%  OT:  0-0  00.0%  Game: 38.6% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH:  0-0  00.0%  2ndH:  4-23 17.4%  OT:  0-0  00.0%  Game: 17.4%  Rebs 
FThrow 1stH:  0-0  00.0%  2ndH:  9-13 69.2%  OT:  0-0  00.0%  Game: 69.2%   2   
                                                                                
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OFFICIALS:   Patty Fernandes, Kon Nosek, Joe Cronin                             
TECHNICAL FOULS:                                                                
Northeastern                  -  none                                           
Harvard                       -  none                                           
ATTENDANCE:  200                                                                
SCORE BY PERIODS:                  1st  2nd  OT1  OT2  OT3  OT4   TOTAL         
Northeastern                        29   45                          74         
Harvard                             34   33                          67         


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