MAHWAH, N.J. -  The TCNJ women's basketball team went wire-to-wire in its matchup against Ramapo Saturday afternoon, jumping out to an early lead and never looking back en route to an 83-47 win on the road.
 
The Lions (11-9, 10-3 NJAC) put together one of their most balanced offensive showings of the season in the win, with five different players scoring at least 10 points paced by Amanda Baylock's team-high 13. Joining the sophomore in double figures were Maddie Bernhardt (12), Brooke McFadden (11), Riley Ahrens (11) and Grace Kowalski (10) to help TCNJ earn its fifth 20+ point win in its last seven games.
 
The Lions took just 29 seconds to take their first and only lead of the afternoon, converting a McFadden triple into a 9-2 game-opening run. A 6-2 response by the hosts would trim TCNJ's lead to three (11-8) midway through the frame, but it was the Lions holding the Roadrunners (7-13, 2-11 NJAC) scoreless over the next eight minutes as part of a 13-0 run that turned an 11-8 lead with 4:06 to go in the first to a 24-8 lead at the 6:15 mark of the second.
 
The sides traded and-one opportunities – TCNJ's coming from Izzy Augustine before Ramapo's Emma Cartwright responded with her own – to make it a 29-15 game with 2:20 to go before Brooke McFadden and Amanda Baylock closed the frame with a 5-0 run to send TCNJ into halftime up 34-15.
 
The Lions – who were just 4-for-13 from deep in the first half – started to heat up in the second half, hitting four triples as part of a 21-point third quarter before catching fire in the fourth to put the game out of reach.
 
Up 55-28 through three frames, TCNJ went a near-perfect 6-for-7 from deep in the fourth, getting triples on three of its first four possessions to start the quarter – all coming from a red-hot Ahrens – before Reghan Bice (twice) and Baylock joined the party with their own 3-pointers. The trio struck again, this time from inside, as part of a 6-0 run that gave the Lions their largest lead at 83-41 with 1:41 to go, with Ramapo scoring the game's final six points before the final buzzer secured TCNJ's 83-47 win.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• TCNJ shot 43.9 percent (29-of-66) from the field and a sizzling 51.9 percent (14-of-27) from beyond the arc.
• Ramapo was held to 33.3 percent (16-of-48) shooting from the floor and just 12.5 percent (2-of-16) from deep.
• The Lions dominated the glass to the tune of a 46-24 edge.
• TCNJ also held a commanding 40-12 lead in bench points.

STANDOUT LIONS

• Bernhardt finished with 12 points and a career-best four assists.
• Ahrens was perfect from the field, finishing 4-for-4 including 3-for-3 from deep.
• McFadden posted 11 points, six rebounds, three assists and a game-high two blocks.
• Hourigan-Hutton finished with a career-high 12 rebounds, including eight on the offensive end.

FOR THE FOES

• Vanessa Kohler scored a game-high 17 points on an efficient 6-of-9 shooting.

NOTES

• Today's game marks just the fifth time in the last decade that the Lions has made double digit 3-pointers while shooting 50 percent or better.
• Katie Fricker grabbed seven rebounds, moving into 19th on the program's all-time list with 501 for her career.
• TCNJ has now won six straight against the Roadrunners.
• The Lions wrap up their January slate with a record of 7-1.

UP NEXT

• TCNJ is back in Packer Hall Wednesday, Feb. 4 to host Rutgers-Camden. Tip-off is scheduled for 5 p.m.