Box Score

ROSEMONT, Penn. – The Rosemont College women's basketball team went on a 22-4 run to open the second half, wiping out a three-point halftime deficit, and went on to defeat Rutgers University-Camden, 64-51, in a non-conference game here Monday night.
 
Rutgers-Camden falls to 4-8, snapping a three-game winning streak, while Rosemont improves to 3-7.
 
Trailing, 28-25, at the break, the Ravens scored the first four points of the second half to regain the lead. After the Scarlet Raptors' senior guard Alex Gravinese (Audubon, NJ/Audubon) put Rutgers-Camden back on top, 30-29, with a pair of foul shots, Rosemont took the lead for good on a jumper by senior forward Liz Coyne (West Chester, PA/Downingtown West). That shot sparked a six-point run to give Rosemont the biggest lead of the game at that point, 35-31. Following a pair of Raptor foul shots, the Ravens went on a 12-0 run to complete their 22-4 start to the second half. Freshman forward Olivia Crenny (Blackwood, NJ/Camden Catholic), the sister of former Scarlet Raptor star Casey Crenny, had six points in the run for the Ravens.
 
In contrast to the second half, the opening 20 minutes featured seven ties and six lead changes, Rutgers-Camden finally established a 28-25 halftime lead, with freshman guard Cara Racobaldo (Pennsauken, NJ/Camden Catholic) scoring the Scarlet Raptors' last four points of the half. Her former scholastic teammate, freshman forward Michelle Obasi (Camden, NJ/Camden Catholic), scored 10 first-half points for Rutgers-Camden, while senior center Tanjae Lewis (Magnolia, NJ/Sterling) added six.
 
For the Ravens, junior guard Noel Higgs (Lawnside, NJ/Camden Community College) and Coyne had six points apiece in the opening half.
 
Coyne and senior forward Kierra Smith (Lawnside, NJ/Haddon Heights) finished with 12 points apiece for Rosemont to lead four Ravens in double figures. Crenny and senior guard Dominique Sellers (Woodbury, NJ/Woodbury) finished with 10 points apiece.
 
Coyne also finished with 10 rebounds, tying freshman forward Leilani Naone-Carter (Magnolia, NJ/Sterling) for the team lead, as she completed a double-double.
 
Obasi notched a double-double for the Scarlet Raptors, collecting game-high totals of 16 points and 15 rebounds. The 15 rebounds set her career high, passing the 13 she had against William Paterson University on Nov. 22. It was the second double-double of her young collegiate career.
 
Gravinese finished with 11 points, while senior guard/forward Irene Grimanis (Brooklawn, NJ/Gloucester) hauled down 13 rebounds. It was the seventh double-digit rebounding game this season for Grimanis, who is ninth on the program's all-time list with 541 boards.
 
Racobaldo, meanwhile, finished with game-high totals of four assists and five steals to go along with her eight points and five rebounds.
 
The Scarlet Raptors entertain Rutgers-Newark Wednesday in an 8 p.m. New Jersey Athletic Conference game.