MADISON, N.J. – The Arcadia University women's basketball team dropped a 72-63 non-conference contest at Drew University Monday night. Senior forward
Megan Fox scored a game-high 21 points to go with seven rebounds and three blocked shots for the Knights (7-9).
Junior forward
Valerie DiMuro registered a double-double for Arcadia, scoring 15 points on 7 of 10 shooting from the field while pulling down a game-high 13 rebounds. Junior guard
Dominique Hassinger also had a double-double with 10 points and 11 boards.
Four players scored in double figures for the Rangers (9-8), led by a 20-point effort from junior guard/forward Courtney Stephens, who shot 6 of 12 from the field and was 8 of 9 at the line. Sophomore guard Courtney Trzasko netted 15 points with seven rebounds and three assists, while sophomore guard Hannah Miller added 13 points. Senior guard Breana Wilson filled the stat sheet with 11 points, seven assists, seven rebounds and four steals.
Foul calls and free throw shooting heavily favored Drew, which went 16 of 19 at the line and was whistled for 11 fouls in the game. The Knights were 5 for 5 at the line and were called for 18 fouls in the contest. The Rangers shot 41 percent (25-61) from the field and were 6 for 15 from three-point range, while Arcadia also shot 41 percent (28-68) from the floor but was just 2 of 23 from downtown.
Drew was clinging to a one-point lead after a pair of free throws from sophomore guard
Imani Alston made it 43-42 just over seven minutes into the second half, but then went on an 11-0 run to open a 54-42 advantage midway through the frame. The Knights trailed by as many as 14 in the game, but pulled back within six after a jumper from DiMuro made cut the Rangers' advantage to 64-58 with 2:47 to go.
That was as close as Arcadia would get the rest of the way as Drew went 8 for 10 at the line in the final two minutes to close out the game.
The Knights will look to snap their three-game slide Wednesday when they host a 6 p.m. Commonwealth Conference game against Widener University at Alumni Gymnasium.