Box Score

GLASSBORO, N.J. – In one quick eight-minute spurt, the fortunes of the Rutgers University-Camden women's basketball team took a sudden downturn here Wednesday night.
 
Leading,18-12, with 9:02 remaining in the first half, the Scarlet Raptors saw Rowan go on a 14-point run and eventually open up a 38-25 lead with 1:08 left before the break. The Profs went on to defeat the Raptors, 86-65, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game.
 
Rowan improves to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the NJAC, while Rutgers-Camden falls to 1-5 and 0-3.
 
The Profs have won the last three games against the Scarlet Raptors and lead all-time series, 49-14.
 
Rowan's 14-point first-half run included three treys, two of them off the hands of junior guard Kaitlin Schullstrom (Colts Neck, NJ/Colts Neck). Freshman forward Summer Crilley (Galloway, NJ/Holy Spirit), meanwhile, had three of Rowan's six first-half treys on her way to 11 points at the break.
 
By halftime, Rowan's press had forced 20 Rutgers-Camden turnovers and that six-point Raptor lead had turned into a 38-30 deficit. Rutgers-Camden finished the game with 33 turnovers.
 
Junior guard Krystle Cook (Philadelphia, PA/Girard College) had 10 first-half points for the Scarlet Raptors, while senior guard Alex Gravinese (Audubon, NJ/Audubon) had eight. Senior center/forward Tanjae Lewis (Magnolia, NJ/Sterling) had seven points and 10 rebounds in the opening half.
 
Crilley and sophomore guard Anyssa Sanchez (Stratford, NJ/Sterling) both finished with 13 points for Rowan, while junior center Kate Matthews (Clark, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson) added 11. The Profs shot 33-for-71 from the floor (46.5 percent), while the Scarlet Raptors shot 25-for-64 (39.1).
 
Lewis finished with her third double-double of the season and the seventh of her two-year Rutgers-Camden career. She notched 13 points and hauled down a career-high 17 rebounds, two more than her previous high against Bryn Athyn on Jan. 13 of last season.
 
Rutgers-Camden held a 54-35 advantage off the boards.
 
Gravinese led the Scarlet Raptors with a game-high 16 points, while Cook added 10.
 
Senior guard/forward Irene Grimanis (Brooklawn, NJ/Gloucester) collected eight rebounds before fouling out late in the game, leaving her one short of tying for 10th place on the program's career list with Marchelle Coleman, who had 486 from 1993-95. She will try to move into the career Top 10 on Saturday when the Scarlet Raptors host Kean University in a 4 p.m. NJAC game.