Marasigan Leads Scarlet Raiders in Loss to Bloodhounds

Box Score NEW YORK, NY | The Rutgers University-Newark women's basketball team suffered their 5th straight loss this evening after falling 92-69 to non-conference foes, John Jay College. The win for John Jay evens the all-time series at 2-2. The loss drops the Scarlet Raiders to 2-5 while the Bloodhounds improves to 6-4.

Lourdes Marasigan led the Scarlet Raiders with 18 points and Syncere Lambert was close behind with 17. Ebony Odom Barnes just missed her third straight double-double after she finished the game with 12 points and 9 rebounds.

The Scarlet Raiders and Bloodhounds battled from the opening tip as they traded points all the way until the end of the first quarter. After more back and forth in the early goings of the second quarter that saw the Scarlet Raiders go in front 37-36 behind a layup from Elisha India Cross. The Scarlet Raiders' offense stalled and allowed John Jay to finish the half on a 10-2 run. The Bloodhounds would take that momentum and a 9-point into the locker room.

Rutgers-Newark's scoring woes carried over to the third quarter as they finally broke their 10 minute scoring drought on a three-point basket from Lambert. That basket cut the lead down to 22 which ignited a fire in the Scarlet Raiders as they would go on to finish the stanza on a 12-4 run. In the final stanza, it seemed the Scarlet Raiders were primed to for a comeback, however, the Bloodhounds regained their form and tallied their highest marker of the game, 26 points, to close the door on any comeback attempt by the Scarlet Raiders.

Up Next:
The Scarlet Raiders will travel to Galloway, NJ to take on Stockton University in an NJAC contest at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, December 7.

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Players Mentioned

#11 Elisha India Cross: G; 5' 3"; Junior

#22 Syncere Lambert: G; 5' 3"; Junior

#5 Ebony Odom Barnes: F; 5' 10"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#11 Elisha India Cross
: 5' 3"; Junior
: G

#22 Syncere Lambert
: 5' 3"; Junior
: G

#5 Ebony Odom Barnes
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: F

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Marasigan Leads Scarlet Raiders in Loss to Bloodhounds

Players Mentioned

#11 Elisha India Cross

#22 Syncere Lambert

#5 Ebony Odom Barnes

Players Mentioned

#11 Elisha India Cross

#22 Syncere Lambert

#5 Ebony Odom Barnes