The first half was close and ended with Villanova holding a 2-point lead, 25-23. But the Scarlet Knights outscored Villanova 29-12 to start the second half taking a 52-37 lead with 8:36 left and Rutgers never looked back.
Cappie Pondexter suffered from the flu, as did several of her teammates. She ended up scoring only nine points, thus ending her double-digit streak at 28 games. Balanced scoring proved to be the Knights’ salvation. All seven players for Rutgers this night scored 6 points or more. Matee Ajavon scored 14 points and Essence Carlson added 13. Kia Vaughn was a perfect 4-4 from the field for 8 points in just 15 minutes of playing time.
The Scarlet Knights shot 51.9% (14-27) in the second half and held Villanova to just 29.4% (10-34) over the same time frame.
Rutgers improves to 20-3, 12-0 in the Big East.
Villanova falls to 14-9, 5-7 in the Big East.
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The Lady Knights next square off against Syracuse at the RAC on Sunday, February 19th at 2:00 PM.
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