Huskie junior Jennifer Youngblood broke out of a four-game slump without a double-double to register 18 points and 11 rebounds Wednesday night at Central Michigan.

But it wasn’t enough for the NIU women’s basketball team, falling 70-62 for its third loss in four games and fourth in six tries.

Youngblood, known for her ability to do damage in the scoring and rebounding column was credited with her 27th career double-double.

“We did some good things inside, especially in the first half,” NIU coach Carol Hammerle said. “Our perimeter didn’t come through tonight, though.”

A power forward, Youngblood had help in the post from freshman center Joi Scott (18 points), the only other Huskie in double figures.

Senior guard Kristan Knake fouled out with five points and seven turnovers for NIU (11-14, 7-7 MAC), which fell to eighth place in conference.

Breaking a three-game losing streak, the Chippewas got a large contribution from freshman forward Lindsay Mecoli, who dropped 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc.

“Mecoli had several threes and that deflated us,” Hammerle said.

Youngblood gave the Huskies their first lead of the night with 17:42 left in the game. She scored again on NIU’s next possession, but went scoreless the rest of the way. NIU built the lead to 41-37 before CMU got 14 of the next 16 points to take the game in hand.