PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers women's basketball team (13-19, 3-15 B1G) defeated the College of Charleston (25-7, 14-4 CAA), 89-67, in the Super 16 of the WNIT at Jersey Mike's Arena on Thursday night.
Destiny Adams recorded the first triple-double of her career in the win, with 18 points, 15 rebounds and a career high 10 assists.
Six Scarlet Knights reached double figures, including all five starters. Petticord added 18 points off the bench, thanks to a career best six three-pointers. Zachara Perkins (10) and Awa Sidibe (12) contributed as well.
JoJo Lacey collected her second double-double of the season and third of her career, pacing the team with 19 points and 10 boards.
Cornwell also secured her third double-double of the season and 15th of her career with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
How it Happened
- JoJo Lacey got RU on the board right away with a free throw.
- After the Cougars made a three-pointer, Zachara Perkins drained her own deep ball along with a layup from Lacey.
- Charleston answered with a pair of jumpers to retake the lead, but the Scarlet Knights remained on top, 12-7, after six straight points with 5:21 remaining.
- Rutgers and CofC went onto trade baskets before the Cougars rattled off a 5-0 run and knotted the game, 14-14.
- Back-to-back layups from Chyna Cornwell and a Mya Petticord three-pointer, along with baskets from Charleston, ended the period with RU retaining the edge, 21-19.
- Destiny Adams and Awa Sidibe both sank layups as the second quarter got underway, but the Cougars quickly answered with another five-point stretch, forcing an RU timeout at 7:36.
- Out of the break, Cornwell made two baskets at the charity stripe, but CofC answered back again with two layups to take the 28-27 lead for the first time.
- However, RU fought back with a Sidibe shot beyond the arc and two free throws from Adams to take back the four-point advantage with 4:38 to go.
- Cornwell cashed in on a three-point play to give her team some more momentum, but the Cougars didn't budge. The opposition came back to tie the contest with 1:25 left in the half. Perkins, however, made a layup and sent RU to the locker room with a two-point lead, 38-36.
- Rutgers kept the Cougars scoreless for the first four minutes of the quarter as the team went on a 6-0 run thanks to Sidibe, Lacey and Adams.
- Both programs traded baskets, including a three-pointer from Petticord and two free throws from Adams with 4:32 remaining. RU remained in control 49-40.
- The Scarlet Knights pushed their lead to double digits with a three-point play from Adams and a jumper from Sidibe.
- A three ball from Lacey negated three straight free throws by the Cougars, but Petticord added another right after along with a Perkins layup.
- Charleston then ended the third quarter with four straight made baskets at the charity stripe, but RU stayed up, 62-49.
- Lacey and Adams continued to help the Scarlet Knights pull away with drained shots as the fourth quarter opened.
- As both teams continued to swap trips up and down the floor, RU kept gaining ground, pushing their lead to 20 thanks to a three-pointer and fast break jumper from Lacey with just over seven minutes to go.
- Rutgers was able to hold off late game heroics from the Cougars with four consecutive three-point shots from Perkins, Petticord and Lacey.
- In the final moments, Petticord added two more shots beyond the arc to solidify a massive 89-67 victory and help Rutgers advance to the WNIT Great 8.
Gallery: (3-27-2025) Rutgers vs. Charleston (WNIT Super 16)
Knight Notes
- The performance marked the first time since 2023 six Scarlet Knights reaching 10+ points and the first time all five starters have ended with double digits since 2022. This season when five or more players hit double figures, the team is 2-0.
- JoJo Lacey paced RU with 19 points, her third highest single game total of the campaign. She has led the team in points six times this season and amassed double figures in 18 contests. Also recording 10 rebounds, the double-double is her first since November.
- Destiny Adams recorded the first triple-double of her career with 18 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists. It marks the seventh triple-double in program history and the first since 2020.
- Adams has reached double-digits in 28 games this season including 19 of the last 20 outings.
- Mya Petticord recorded six threes on Thursday, including three in the fourth quarter, crushing her previous high of four which she hit against Minnesota (Feb. 2024). She has hit multiple deep balls in 15 outings this season and in eight of the last nine games.
- Petticord's six shots from beyond the arc also ties the season high set by Lacey at Michigan (Jan. 18).
- Chyna Cornwell amassed her 12-point, 11-rebound double-double in just under 28 minutes on the floor.
- Awa Sidibe netted 12 points against the Cougars, her fifth double digit performance in a row. Zachara Perkins has now also reached 10+ in back-to-back games.
- Rutgers dished out 23 assists as a team, the most this season and the ninth performance with 15+ helpers.
- The team also matched their season best 33 field goals made for the fourth time. The Scarlet Knights also set a new season best with 11 threes.
- RU won the rebounding battle (48-24) as well as steals (7-2) and blocks (7-2).
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Looking Ahead
Rutgers will go on the road to face Buffalo (27-7, 13-5 MAC) in the WNIT Great 8 on Sunday, March 30 at 2 p.m.
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