Box Score
GLASSBORO, NJ – Forward Jessica Mills scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Salisbury University over host Rowan University, 66-56 on Monday.
The Sea Gulls also had 10 points from forward Meghan Klug. Forward Marissa Manzo pulled down a game-high 12 boards. Guard Jenna Peters totaled four assists and four steals.
Salisbury improves to 10-7 on the season while Rowan has an 8-9 record. For the Profs, forward Lauren Byrne (sr. Paulsboro, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) scored 15 points and guard Kristina Wallace (jr. Logan Twp., NJ/Clearview Reg.) followed with 14. Byrne also totaled eight rebounds. Center Katie Shaw (jr. Wallington, NJ/Wallington) was in double figures with 12 points.
Salisbury trailed 33-28 at the intermission. The Sea Gulls started the second half with 10 straight points to lead 38-33 at 16:47. Mills and Klug each had four points and Peters made two. Klug made the score 42-37 with 13:18 remaining. The Profs tied the score at 42 after Shaw’s layup (11:22) and two foul shots (10:27) and Byrne’s one free throw (10:08). Salisbury retook the lead (49-42) with seven unanswered points with 8:30 left. Mills made two layups and guard Victoria Lawson hit a three. Guard Meghan Phillips was good for two fouls shots for an eight point advantage (59-51) at 3:45. Rowan trailed by three after Wallace’s layup (3:24) and a three-pointer (2:42) by guard Brynn DeGroff (so. Wildwood Crest, NJ/Wildwood). Salisbury ended the game with a 7-0 run. Phillips made the first two baskets and guard Lindsay Martin had a three-point play.
There were three ties in the first half with the last one coming at 5:48. Wallace had a layup that tied the game at 23. Salisbury had its last lead (26-25) after Lawson’s basket with 4:59 remaining. The Profs had an 8-2 surge in the remainder of the period to go up 33-28. Byrne scored four points while Wallace and Shaw had two apiece. Mills led both teams with 12 first half points and Wallace scored nine.
Rowan returns to its conference schedule at Richard Stockton College on Wednesday, January 24 at
8 p.m.
