NEWARK, N.J. – The Monmouth women's basketball team secured its second consecutive road victory after defeating NJIT, 62-53, in a non-conference game on Wednesday night.
 
Three straight 3-pointers by Stella Clark to close out the first half sparked a 21-4 run for the Hawks (4-3, 0-0 MAAC) that spanned over seven minutes and gave Monmouth a double-digit lead that proved to be insurmountable. During that stretch, Clark and Kaci Donovan combined for five 3-pointers as the Hawks shot 50 percent from the field and 63 percent from deep opposite the Highlanders (4-6, 0-0 America East).
 
Clark posted her best offensive outing in a Monmouth uniform, finishing the night with a game-high 19 points to go along with three assists and three boards. Donovan had an efficient scoring outing, logging 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting with four made 3-pointers on five attempts.  
 
Ariana Vanderhoop tallied eight in the scoring column, while Belle Kranbuhl recorded seven to pair with a game-high 12 rebounds.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
"It was absolute team effort on both ends of the floor. We settled into our offensive flow and took better care of the basketball tonight, which is the growth we wanted to see. I love how hard we are competing and that resulted in a big win on the road against a very well-coached and veteran team."
-Head Coach Ginny Boggess
 
-Donovan set a new career-best scoring mark for the second consecutive outing.
-She tallied her third straight double-digit scoring performance.
-Clark's 19 points was a season-best mark.
-Kranbuhl recorded a game-high three blocks
-Monmouth made a season-high nine 3-pointers.
-The Hawks connected on a season-best 39 percent of their shots from long range.
-Monmouth captured its second consecutive road victory.
-It's the first time since Nov. 25 and Dec. 2 of 2018 that the Hawks won back-to-back road contests.
-Monmouth tallied double-digit offensive boards for the seventh straight outing.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth improved to 3-0 all-time versus NJIT.
-The Hawks logged 10 assists on 20 made shots.
-Monmouth corralled 12 offensive rebounds.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will return to West Long Branch to host No. 23 Oregon State on Friday with tipoff slated for 7 p.m. at OceanFirst Bank Center.