WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Senior Marlena Tremba scored a team-high 17 points as the William & Mary women's basketball team cruised to a 68-54 wire-to-wire road victory at Northeastern.  The win, snaps the Tribe's four-game skid and improves W&M to 14-6, 4-5 in Colonial Athletic Association play. The Huskies fall to 7-15, 3-7 in league action.
 
Tremba scored her 17 points on 6-of-13 from the field and 5-of-10 from behind the arc. The senior added five assists, two rebounds, and a steal. Classmate Alexandra Masaquel added her sixth double-double of the season and second in a row with 10 points, 12 rebounds, a block, and a steal. Senior Latrice Hunter, junior Abby Rendle, and sophomore Bianca Boggs each finished with eight points apiece.
 
W&M exploded out the gates on a 19-2 run taking the lead by the same score, and never looked back. Tremba opened the game with a triple, before she found senior Kasey Curtis for a lay-up. After a Huskie basket, the Tribe scored 14 in a row. Masaquel started with a jumper, before Tremba added five more in a row. Junior Jenna Green got to the cup for a lay-up, sophomore Bianca Boggs canned a 3-pointer, and Curtis ended the rally with a put-back.
 
The Tribe finished the first 10 minutes with a 31-8 advantage. The 31-points were the most W&M has scored in a quarter this season. W&M shot 12-of-18 (66.7-percent) from the floor in the quarter.
 
In the second quarter, W&M was able to extend to its largest lead of the half at 38-7. Masaquel and Rendle knocked down jumpers to account for the first four points of the quarter.
 
Northeastern was able to slow down the high-paced Tribe offense for nearly the final five minutes of the second quarter. The Huskies went on a 6-0 run started by a free throw from Claudia Ortiz and five points from Francesca Sally. The spurt cut the lead to 39-21 at halftime.
 
Leading 54-31, W&M used a 9-2 run to take its largest lead of the game at 28 points. Tremba opened the spurt with a triple, but Northeastern responded with a bucket. Masaquel and Rendle scored the final four points of the third quarter, before Rendle added a bucket to start the fourth, making it 63-35 with 9:17 left in regulation.
 
With the game in check, Northeastern used a 12-0 run over the final 3:25 the game to bring the final deficit to 68-54. Ortiz scored seven points to lead the Huskies over the spurt.
 
The Tribe got back to sharing the basketball and had 19 assists on 27 made baskets. Green, Boggs, and Tremba each had five helpers to pace the Green and Gold.
 
W&M also won the rebounding battle, 40-36. That moved the Tribe's record to 8-0 this season when they win the battle of the glass.
Ortiz paced the Huskies with a game-high 24 points. She added a rebound, two assists, and a steal. Sally just missed a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds.
 
The Green and Gold open a home and home series with Hofstra as part of a make-up for game originally scheduled for Jan. 8. The regular scheduled game in Hempstead, N.Y. will take place on Sunday, Feb. 3, before the make-up game in Williamsburg on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Tip times are scheduled for 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively.