HAWKS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STRUGGLES AGAINST SOUTHEAST TUESDAY NIGHT

NORFOLK, Neb. – The Northeast Community College women's basketball team welcomed Southeast Community College into the Cox Activities Center Tuesday night after the two had already battled back during the very first game of the season. The Storm came out on top by a final score of 63-41.

Both teams had a slow start to the contest as Southeast led 12-5 after the first quarter. The Storm were up 32-18 at halftime in a deficit that proved too much for the Hawks to overcome. Northeast had 18 costly turnovers in the matchup as they ultimately split the season series with Southeast.

STAT SHEET:

Marta Pons (Sevilla, Spain): 11 PTS, 2 STL

Marissa Ritchey (Lee's Summit, Mo.): 8 PTS, 3 REB

Analyssa Maldonado (Sunnyside, Wash.): 7 PTS, 2 AST

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH:

Head women's basketball coach Matt Svehla on what went wrong tonight:

"We just couldn't get going," Svehla said. "For whatever reason we were off on both ends of the court. Early in the game we had some opportunities to convert but we failed to do so and defensively we had too many breakdowns. We let Southeast pull away early and we just could not catch them. Southeast was ready to play and we were not."

Svehla on the small break before the Hawks play again:

"A couple of days off will be good to refocus and also give our injured players a chance to heal up," Svehla said.

UP NEXT:

Northeast will be back at home to host North Platte Community College at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Cox Activities Center in Norfolk.

HAWKS HAPPENINGS:

For all the latest information on Northeast Hawks Athletics, please visit northeasthawks.com. For updates and other exciting content, follow:

@northeastcchawks on Facebook

@northeasthawks on Instagram

@northeasthawks on TikTok

@NortheastHawks on Twitter

@NortheastCCWBB on Twitter