From NYU Athletics
The New York University women's basketball team completed a weekend sweep of its University Athletic Association (UAA) opponents with a 72-30 victory over Case Western Reserve University on Sunday, January 28, at the Sportsplex in Manhattan.
The Violets (10-8, 3-4) also defeated UAA-opponent Carnegie Mellon University 78-58 on Friday night, concluding a four-game homestand.
Sunday's game was never in doubt, as NYU raced to a 9-2 lead. The gap expanded to 22-9 after the first quarter and to 45-16 at halftime.
Kaitlyn Read, who finished with a game-high 25 points, scored 14 over the first 20 minutes.
The Violets' advantage grew to a game-high 42 points, 70-28, on Tori Reich's layup with 1:56 remaining in the game. After a Spartan bucket, Reiko Johnson provided the game's final points on a layup with 51 seconds left.
"We shared the ball well today. A game like this is good for our confidence and shows what can happen when we execute the game plan," said Head Coach Lauren Hall-Gregory."
The Spartans' (3-14, 0-7) were led by Emily Todd's 12 points.
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- Read, who has scored at least 25 points in each of NYU's last five games, also totaled a career-high 12 steals while adding four assists and two rebounds.
- Shaye McGoey finished with nine points and Olivia Linebarger totaled a team-high six rebounds.
-:Sixteen players saw action for NYU, with Mikaela Read scoring her first point of the season and Katie Foos and Lauren Koyama each collecting a rebound.
"It doesn't matter if our players go 30 minutes or two minutes in a game," Hall-Gregory explained. "They all work extremely hard in practice and are contributors to the team effort."