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February 26, 2003
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -- Dawn McCullouch scored 23 points and Rutgers avenged its last Big East loss with a 67-42 rout of Virginia Tech on Wednesday night.
Rutgers (19-5, 12-2 Big East) has won 10 straight games and 12 of its last 13. The Scarlet Knights' most recent Big East defeat came at Virginia Tech on Jan. 22.
The victory clinched a top-four conference finish for Rutgers and a first-round bye in the Big East tournament, which will be played at Rutgers beginning March 8. The Scarlet Knights are in second place behind Connecticut. Villanova (11-3) is in third place, followed by Boston College (10-4).
Ieva Kublina scored nine points to lead Virginia Tech (17-8, 8-6), which lost its third straight game.
McCullouch made five of her six shots in the first 20 minutes and had 12 points at the half, two more than her season average.
Her two 3-pointers on successive possessions after a timeout with 3:59 left stretched Rutgers' lead to 30-20. Rutgers forced nine Hokies turnovers in the first half that led to 13 points.
Leading 34-24 to start the second half, the Scarlet Knights came out in a full-court press they maintained for most of the rest of the game. They held Virginia Tech to 19 second-half points.
A 3-pointer by McCullough gave Rutgers a 58-37 lead with 7:44 left, and her driving layup with 4:45 remaining gave Rutgers its biggest lead at 62-37.
Chelsea Newton scored 11 points and teammates Cappie Pondexter and Shalicia Hurns had 10 each for Rutgers.
Updated on Wednesday, Feb 26, 2003 9:55 pm, EST
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