CAMDEN, N.J. (Dec. 3, 2025) – It was a tale of two very different halves, and the second half proved costly for the Rutgers University-Camden women's basketball team here Wednesday night.
 
Rowan University roared back from a 15-point halftime deficit to defeat the Scarlet Raptors, 65-59, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game. The victory lifts the Profs to 4-2, while Rutgers-Camden falls to 4-4. Both teams are now 1-1 in NJAC play.
 
With its big comeback, Rowan has now won its last 13 games against Rutgers-Camden and holds a 65-17 advantage in the all-time series. The last Scarlet Raptor win was an 82-77 victory in Camden on Jan. 24, 2018.
 
The Scarlet Raptors received 12 first-half points from sophomore forward Courtney Edmundo and 10 points from freshman guard Tamyia Collier as they built a 35-23 lead at the break. In the third quarter, however, the Profs whittled the margin and finally got it under 10 points to stay on a layup by freshman guard Megan Donelson with just under three minutes left in the frame, making it a 48-39 game.
 
Rutgers-Camden held a 49-43 lead heading into the fourth quarter, but Rowan scored seven of the first eight points in the final period, tying the game at 50-50 on a layup by junior forward Natalia Barrera.
 
The Profs took their first lead since the opening quarter, 52-50, when senior guard Jess McLaughlin hit a jumper, but a layup by Edmundo tied the game with six minutes remaining. Moments later, McLaughlin was fouled and hit both ends of her foul shots to put the Profs ahead to stay, 54-52.
 
Rutgers-Camden managed to close the gap to one point, 59-58, down the stretch on a layup by sophomore guard Hope Goodwine, but the Profs scored six of the final seven points to wrap up their comeback win.
 
Senior forward Charlotte Carlies collected 16 points, sophomore guard/forward Haley Selmer netted 14 and Donelson added 10 for Rowan, which shot 25-for-53 (47.2 percent) from the floor and 14-for-25 (56.0) from the foul line.
 
Edmundo paced the Scarlet Raptors with game-high totals of 17 points and 11 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. Goodwine scored 16 and Collier added 13 points and seven rebounds. Both Collier and Goodwin had three steals.
 
Rutgers-Camden shot 19-for-56 (33.9) from the floor and 17-for-26 (65.4) from the foul line. Both teams collected 39 rebounds.
 
The Scarlet Raptors return to NJAC action on Saturday with a 1 p.m. game at Ramapo College.