Camden, NJ - The Montclair State University women's basketball team remained winless in the month of December with an 83-54 defeat at Rutgers-Camden on Saturday, Dec. 8. MSU, which has now dropped three straight games, is 3-5 overall and 2-4 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.

Junior center JASMINE BATTS (Carteret, NJ) paced the Red Hawks with 23 points and 16 rebounds. It was the seventh time this season that Batts has led MSU in points, and the third time that she has led the Red Hawks in rebounds. Montclair shot just 28 percent (19-of-66) from the field as a team, and hit on just one three-point field goal attempt on the day.

The host Scarlet Raptors built a 38-21 halftime lead, and saw five players score in double digits by game's end. The Red Hawks have now lost their last three meetings with Rutgers-Camden, having last posted a win in the series with a 66-48 decision at home on Jan. 22, 2000.

MSU, which last lost three consecutive contests from Dec. 9-31, 2000, steps outside of the NJAC on Monday, Dec. 10, when the Red Hawks visit Hunter (NY) College at 6:00 p.m. Montclair won both of its games against Hunter last season, including a first-round victory in the ECAC Metro Tournament. Montclair then closes out the 2001 fall semester on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at home against Salisbury at 6:00 p.m. at Panzer Gymnasium.