The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament started play this afternoon. The Rutgers’ Women’s Team, ranked 7th in the nation and the Number 2 Seed in the Greensboro Regional faced off against Robert Morris University in Des Moines, Iowa. The Scarlet Knights had little difficulty moving on to the next round of play as they played a stingy defense that held the RMU squad to just 21 points in the first half and continued to shut them down in the second half.
Robert Morris came into the game averaging 74 points per game on 45% shooting from the floor during the regular season. This afternoon they were held to a mere 42 points on 12 of 60 or 20% shooting. They managed an anemic 4 of 33 in the second half as they were forced play catch-up. Rutgers shot 34 of 62 or a smidge under 55%.
Kia Vaughn led the Scarlet Knights with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Epiphanny Prince added 21 points while Essence Carson scored 9 points. Matee Ajavon had 6 points and 10 assists.
Sade Logan had 11 points for Robert Morris while teammates Kendra Williams had 10 points and Psyche Butler had 9.
Next up for RU is Iowa State on Monday night.
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