Camden, NJ (1/4/06) - The Montclair State University women's basketball team raced to a 30-13 halftime lead, paced by six points apiece from junior forward STEPHANIE MACHIN and sophomore guard JESSICA HORAN and went on to defeat Rutgers University-Camden, 63-40, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game here Wednesday night.

The Red Hawks improve to 5-1 in the NJAC and 6-5 overall, snapping a two-game losing streak. Rutgers- Camden, which suffered its second straight loss, falls to 4-9 overall and 0-6 in the NJAC.

Montclair State has won five straight games in the series to grab a 25-15 all-time lead.

Montclair State received points from nine players in the first half and controlled the boards to a 27-17 tune, led by seven rebounds by Machin.

For Rutgers-Camden, sophomore guard Krystal Jankowski scored six first-half points, while senior guard Carmen Zimmitt had five rebounds in the first 20 minutes.

Sophomore guard MARISSA FREEMAN finished with 10 points in the game for the Red Hawks, who placed 11 players in the scoring column and 10 in the rebounding column as they held a 48-40 advantage off the boards. Horan finished with nine points for Montclair State.

The Red Hawks received eight rebounds apiece from Machin and sophomore guard JESSICA GARRABRANT.For Rutgers-Camden, Zimmitt notched a game-high 17 points, while Jankowski added 10. Zimmitt also had nine rebounds and Jankowski added eight. Montclair State shot 43.6 percent (24-for-55) from the field while Rutgers-Camden shot only 18.3 (11-for-60) from the field and 51.6 (16-for-31) from the foul line.

Montclair State plays a 7 p.m. non-conference home game against King's College (PA) on Monday.