CAMDEN, N.J. – Fast starts in both the first and third quarters propelled the Rutgers-Camden women's basketball team to a 70-53 win over St. Mary's College of Maryland in non-conference play on Wednesday night.
Rutgers-Camden (1-1), which led wire-to-wire, scored 16 points from Courtney Edmundo and 15 from Molly Walsh, while Tamyia Collier added nine. Autumn John and Robyn Carpenter each had eight points off the bench.
Edmundo had nine rebounds, while Hope Goodwine and Tamea El each had six. Edmundo had three blocks and two steals.
The Seahawks got 25 points from Saffiyah Gibson and 12 points from India Watkins.
The Scarlet Raptors came out hot in the first quarter, shooting 10-for-14 (71.4 percent) and holding the Seahawks to 25 percent from the field. The Scarlet Raptors went on an 11-0 run to start the game, capped by a jumper from Goodwine with 5:24 left to give them an 11-0 lead.
Leading 24-10 after one quarter, the Seahawks went on a 9-0 run to get within five at 24-19 on a field goal by Watkins with 5:29 left in the second quarter. RUC rebuilt the lead to 33-24 at intermission.
In the third, RUC came out firing and went up 42-26 on a jumper by Collier with 6:56 left, never letting the lead dip below five.
Rutgers-Camden heads to Salisbury on Saturday.
