EWING, N.J. – Amanda Baylock started hot and never cooled off as the TCNJ women's basketball team cruised to a 91-45 rout of Kean in NJAC play on Saturday afternoon.
 
Baylock's sizzling start – nine points in the first two minutes – set the tone for a career-best 33 points, and the Lions (2-6, 2-1) led by as many as 52 points on the way to their second straight victory. This one was never in doubt.
 
Baylock was unconscious from the opening tip, scoring nine straight points on four consecutive makes to force an early Kean timeout.
 
The Lions' barrage continued as Baylock assisted on a Maddie Bernhardt 3-pointer, and TCNJ had scored on its first six possessions on the way to a 17-4 advantage after a Brooke McFadden lay-in.
 
The blue and gold went cold for much of the remainder of the opening frame, enduring a five-minute scoring drought during which Kean managed to get within 17-11. But a Katie Fricker 3-pointer beat the first-quarter buzzer and made it a 21-11 game, and Baylock scored five straight points during a quick 9-0 run to start the second and push the spread out to 30-11.
 
Dominating the glass all afternoon, the Lions poured on the second-chance points in the second stanza. Olivia Voshell grabbed an offensive board on a missed free throw, which led to a Fricker triple and a 34-13 lead. Kowalski, who assisted on that Fricker trey, drove and kicked out to Izzy Augustine for another triple, and the rookie got a contested lefty lay-up to go down before a pair of offensive boards led to two free throws and a 41-15 margin.
 
TCNJ went up by as many as 30 on an Augustine kick-out for a Bernhardt corner 3, making it 48-18 en route to a 51-24 halftime surplus.
 
TCNJ scored 1.50 points per possession in the first half, also dominating in second-chance points (14-2) and points off turnovers (14-4).
 
The second half began much like the first, with McFadden swiping a steal and taking it coast to coast for a lay-up before Fricker converting a three-point play for a 56-24 lead less than 90 seconds out of the break.
 
The Lions never let up, building the lead out to as many as 52 (91-39) in the closing minutes before Kean scored six in a row to trim the final margin under 50.
  
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TCNJ shot an even 50.0 percent from the field (30-for-60), 43.2 percent from 3-point range (16-for-37), and 62.5 percent at the line (15-for-24); Kean was just 31.7 percent from the field (19-for-60), 25.0 percent from 3-point range (2-for-8), and 50.0 percent at the line (5-for-10)
• TCNJ outrebounded the Cougars, 45-32, and grabbed 14 offensive boards which led to 19 second-chance points
• TCNJ racked up 19 assists on the day

FOR THE FOES

• Brooke Sztenderowicz paced the Cougars with nine points, with Sela Lefler and Cara McCoy added eight apiece

STANDOUT LIONS

• Baylock finished 11-for-19 from the field and was 7-for-12 from distance
• Fricker added 12 points – on just five field-goal attempts – in addition to six rebounds and four assists
• Bernhardt made three triples and scored 11 points
• McFadden had nine points, eight boards, four blocks, two assists, and two steals
• Augustine had nine points on 3-of-5 shooting
• Kowalski produced seven points, four rebounds, and four assists
• Reghan Bice made a 3-pointer and Meaghan Weatherstone scored her first collegiate points on a bucket in the fourth quarter

NOTES

• The Lions have won six in a row in the series, including the last four played in Packer Hall
• Baylock's 33 points are the most since Julia Setaro netted the same on December 11, 2021 against New Jersey City; the seven 3-pointers are also the most since Setaro sunk seven against Rutgers-Camden on February 13, 2021
• Kowalski collected the 100^th steal of her career
• TCNJ's 16 3-pointers were a season high; the Lions came in 6^th in all of Division III at almost 10 triples per game

UP NEXT

• The Lions head to Rutgers-Camden for an NJAC matchup on Wednesday