Photos Courtesy of Bob Burleigh & Mark Campbell

NEWARK, DE -- Senior guard Kyle DeHaven (top right at right/by Bob Burleigh) led four scorers in double figures with 17 points and tied her own school record with nine steals as the University of Delaware got a balanced effort and downed Northeastern 67-54 in a Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball game Sunday afternoon at the Bob Carpenter Center.

The Hens (3-14, 2-3 CAA), who snapped a three-game losing streak this season and a seven-game home losing streak that was the team’s longest in over a decade, also got a career-high 14 points from freshman guard Vanessa Kabongo (bottom right/By Mark Campbell) and 13 off the bench from senior forward Courtney Irving as they downed the Huskies for the 11th straight time since the 1998-99 season. Sophomore forward Sha’ron Harrison added 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds.

Northeastern (5-10, 0-5 CAA), which lost its sixth straight game, got 13 points and six rebounds from Kendra Walton and 11 points off the bench from Stefanie Hodell.

"I'm very happy that we got the win, but we have to build on this," said Delaware head coach Tina Martin. "We have to keep getting better. We did a lot of things well today. Vanessa Kabongo did an outstanding job today, particularly for a freshman. The win snaps our skid at home and we got over a big hump today."

Delaware, which put four scorers in double figures for the second time this season, scored a season-high 67 points against a Northeastern team that entered the game ranked last in the CAA in scoring defense, allowing 72.0 points per game. The Hens held a 40-33 lead on the boards, turned the ball over just 14 times, and shot 46 percent from the field in the second half (13 of 28) to stay in front.

Northeastern hit just 8 of 26 from the field in the first half in falling behind 33-19 at the break and committed 21 turnovers for the game. The Huskies did shoot 54.2 percent (13 of 24) from the field in the second half but could never get closer than eight points during the stanza.

DeHaven, who played despite a leg injury suffered in Thursday’s 58-50 loss to UNC Wilmington, scored her highest point total since netting 24 in the season opener vs. Delaware State while also pulling five rebounds and dishing out four assists. Her nine steals tied her own school record set vs. Boston University Dec. 10, 2006.

Delaware led by as much as 15 points in the first half on the way to a 33-19 advantage at the break and maintained the double-digit margin the first five minutes of the second half. Northeastern cut the lead to eight points twice in the second half, the second time at 43-35 on a layup by Stefanie Crews with 13:16 left.

But Delaware’s Ariene Jenkins quickly followed with a three-point play to push the lead to 11 and the Huskies never got closer than 10 the rest of the way. The Hens led by as many as 19 points at 65-46 with 2:27 left.

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