TCNJ POSTS IMPRESSIVE VICTORY OVER RUTGERS-CAMDEN IN NJAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ACTION;
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
KLIMOWICZ ADDS 15TH DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Ewing, NJ…The College of New
Jersey women’s basketball team hosted Scarlet Raptors of Rutgers
University-Camden on Wednesday night in Packer Hall on Saturday. TCNJ cruised to
a67-29 win to improve to 14-5 overall and 5-2 in the NJAC, while Rutgers-Camden
drops to 7-12 overall and 1-6 in the league.
TCNJ led 32-9 at the break,
holding the Scarlet Raptors to a season low for points in a half, yielding only
nine as they shot only 10.0% (2-20).
TCNJ’s junior center Hillary
Klimowicz (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) added her 15th double-double
of the season as she tallied 16 points and 10 rebounds and four blocks. Overall
on her career, she has now added double-digits in 24 games with the Lions. She
also surpassed the 900 career point plateau as she played her first season at
St. Joseph’s University, tallying 275 points and earning Atlantic-10 Rookie of
the Year honors. She also now has 641 career rebounds as well 909
points.
TCNJ’s rookie forward Kelsey Kutch (Hillsborough,
NJ/Hillsborough) contributed 15 points, while senior Sara Best (High Bridge,
NJ/Voorhees) added 14 points with four rebounds, five assists and five steals.
TCNJ’s sophomore center Alexandra Gregorek (Mahwah, NJ/Academy of the Holy
Angels) also added 10 points with seven rebounds off the bench as the Lions held
a 42-31 edge o n the boards and forced 29 turnovers.
For the game, TCNJ
shot 46.9% from the floor, while limiting the opposition was held to 22.2%
(10-45).
RUC’s senior guard Imani Hafiz (Franklinville, NJ/Delsea
Regional) collected one steal to pull her even closer the Scarlet Raptors’
career steal mark as she is now just three shy of the current mark held by
Tamara Carey (1991-95) with 345. Hafiz now has 343 steals with the Scarlet
Raptors.
Senior center Amber Parker (Pennsauken, NJ/Pennsauken) netted a
team-best nine points while hitting 4-of-8 from the floor.
TCNJ returns
to action on February 2, traveling to NJCU for a 5 p.m. NJAC match-up, while RUC
hosts Montclair State University that same day with a 1 p.m. start.