Mahwah, NJ:  The Ramapo College women's basketball team, behind Jina Crawford, defeated the Gothic Knights of New Jersey City University, 63-30 at the Bradley Center today.  With the New Jersey Athletic Conference win, the Roadrunners wrap up the regular season home contests standing at 10-14 overall and 5-12 in the conference.  Their final game of the season will take place on Wednesday, February 15th when they travel to Rowan University for a 6pm tip.
 
Crawford collected a team leading 14 points in the team's 10th win of the season over NJCU (4-20, 0-17).  Crawford hit 6-9 from the field including a perfect 2-2 from the free throw line.  Bintou Berete pulled down 14 rebounds and Kellie Lane sank ten points of her own.  Berete added nine points as the team shot 20-40 (50%) I the game.  Bridgette Buckalew grabbed three steals in the win.
 
The Roadrunners jumped out to a 29-14 lead at the half behind eight points from Lane.  After NJCU struck first in the game with a two-point goal from Ziyadah Williams, Ramapo strung together a 6-0 run, sparked with a three-point goal from Shelby Ringer to lead 6-2.  With the Roadrunners ahead, 6-4, Crawford sparked another 6-0 run to put the Roadrunners ahead, 12-4 with 4:38 to play.  Ringer would nail down a free throw to close out the quarter with Ramapo ahead, 17-10.  To start the second, Ramapo would work to a 24-12 lead with a basket from Crawford with 8:10 to go before working to their biggest lead of 15, 29-14 at the halftime buzzer.  The Roadrunners shot 10-20 (50%) in the half as NJCU went 4-23 (17%) from the field behind six points from Jazz Randall.
 
In the third quarter Ramapo worked to a 28 point, (46-18) lead, which would come at the buzzer when Buckalew nailed down three free throws after a NJCU foul.  Ramapo gained the lead by stringing together an 11-0 run mid-quarter, sparked by Tia Solomon and capped by Berete.  In the final quarter, Ramapo would continue to control the offensive game closing out the match-up with a 9-0 run, taking the NJAC win, 63-30.  Berete collected six points and a team leading ten rebounds in the half while the team went 10-20 (50%).  NJCU was led by Williams and Atonie Johnson with five points each.  The team hit 7-27 in the half.
 
Randall led the Gothic Knights with eight points and Williams netted seven as the team hit 11-50 (22%) from the field.  Williams grabbed five rebounds and Kiana Briggs dished out three assists in the loss.