Boston, Mass. – Returning to the court for the first time in 29 days following several COVID-19 cancellations and postponements, the Hofstra women's basketball team finally returned to the court and opened up Colonial Athletic Association at Northeastern University, but ultimately fell to the Huskies, 64-51.
 
Redshirt-freshman Selma Markisic, in her first collegiate start, had a the best outing of her career, notching a game- and career-high 15 points tripling her previous career-high of five. Markisic finished her performance with a trio of three pointers on six made field goals while also adding two steals. Hofstra also had a solid performance by redshirt-senior Jaala Henry who packed the stat sheet with seven points, eight rebounds, four assists, and four steals. Sophomore Zyheima Swint also contributed all over the floor with seven points, eight rebounds, and three blocks. Redshirt-sophomore Sorelle Ineza finished as Hofstra's second-leading scorer with nine points on a 4-of-9 effort from the field to go along with three steals.
 
Hofstra was well balanced in the first quarter with five different Pride players finding the bottom of the net, shooting a game-best 42-percent from the field to open up the contest. Ineza opened up the scoring with a three-pointer, but Northeastern scored 10 of the game's next 12 points, earning a five-point advantage over the Pride. Hofstra answered with a trey by Markisic before Henry leveled the score at 12 with a layup, but Northeastern responded with the same to take a 17-12 lead into the second quarter.
 
Though Hofstra was limited to just nine points in the second frame, the Pride closed the half with a good amount of momentum as Knight dribbled up the court with 4.3 seconds on the clock and hit an impressive off-balance three-point bank shot buzzer beater with her non-dominant hand, cutting the Hofstra deficit to eight points, 29-21 at the break.
 
Ineza and Henry hit two-straight baskets for Hofstra to bring things within four points, 29-25 just over a minute into the third quarter, but the Huskies managed to extend the lead back out to 10 with a 6-0 run. Markisic brought it back within five with five-straight points by herself, but Northeastern used a 12-5 run to close the quarter to begin to pull away from Hofstra.
 
The Huskies pulled out to a 58-39 lead at the 6:43 mark in the fourth, but Hofstra didn't go away as the Pride scored six of the next eight points. The Pride stayed in it with a 7-0 run under the final two minutes of play, but time expired, giving the Huskies its second conference win of the season.
 
Hofstra dropped to 3-6 overall and 0-1 in conference play, while Northeastern improved to 8-4 overall and 2-0 in the CAA.
 
The Pride is set to continue its league road trip on Friday, January 14 at the University of Delaware. Tip-off at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark is set for 7 p.m.
 
NOTES:
-Northeastern extends its series lead to 28-24 over Hofstra
-All seven of Hofstra's available players contributed with at least five points on the day
-Swint's three blocks were both an individual and team season-high for Hofstra
-Hofstra posted its fifth game with at least 10 steals.
-The Pride held Northeastern to just three three-pointers (3-of-17)