The Scarlet Knights' women's team had to come from behind to defeat the Princeton Tigers on Sunday afternoon, 65-56. Cappie Poindexter scored 21 of her 25 points in the second half to lead the Lady Knights to a hard fought victory.
The Tigers held a two point lead at the half and opened a six point lead with less than a minutes gone in the second half. RU fought back and took the lead for good with 7:27 left in the game. The Tigers closed to within 4 points, (60-56) with 1:48 left but RU sophomore Essence Carson (14 points) made a huge block of Ali Pritchard’s three-point attempt, Pondexter drained a three of her own for RU and Kia Vaughn iced the game with a pair of free throws.
The Lady Knights improve to 8-0 on the season.
Full story and stats here.
RU heads to Mississippi to for an 8 PM tip off on Wednesday, December 14.
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