ST. DAVIDS, Pa.– Eastern University Women's Basketball raced out to a 23-1 lead after one quarter and held on to beat the visiting Rosemont College Ravens (6-2), 70-39. The Eagles finished 8-of-19 from behind the arc and held the Ravens to just 25.4 percent shooting on the afternoon. Regie Robinson and Amanda Riiff finished with 16 points each, and Taylor Price picked up her first double-double of the year with 14 points and ten rebounds.

The first quarter made all the difference. Neither team scored in the opening minutes, but when the Eagles started to score, they did so by threes. Four different Eastern players hit 3-pointers as the Eagles (1-5) opened up a 12-0 lead. After a Rosemont free throw, Riiff hit her second of the game for a 15-1 lead. Robinson made a pair of free throws before Amber Anderson finished a back door cut with a lay up for the first 2-point basket of the game to make it 19-1. Brianna Young-Harris picked up the assist on the hoop.

Da'naziah brown hit a pair of free throws before Robinson closed out the quarter with a strong finish on a drive to the basket. The Eagles shot 7-of-15 from the floor and held an 18-5 edge on the glass after one quarter. Rosemont was 0-for-14 in the period. Six different Eagles scored in the period.

"We wanted to get out to a quick start and use stops on the defensive end to get opportunities for our offense," Head Coach Eric Houston said after the game. "They are a high-scoring team. We felt if we could get stops, we would be able to run at the right times and play at our pace." Rosemont came into the game averaging nearly 84 points per game. they had outscored their opponents by nearly 25 points per game.

After the two teams matched each other in the second period, the Eagles removed any lingering doubt with a commanding 12-0 run to start the second half. Riiff opened and closed the run with 3-pointers and Robinson made three baskets in-between to put Eastern up 43-9 two minutes into the second half.

"We knew they were going to come out with a lot of energy." Houston said of the quick start in the second half. "So we told them that we needed to do the little things right on the defensive end to be able to push the tempo back at them. We closed out on shots and rebounded well and we got that run out of that."

The Ravens briefly cut the deficit to 22 points with a 12-0 run midway through the third, but, led by four free throws from Amber Anderson, the Eagles closed out the quarter on a 7-0 run. Eastern shot 53.8 percent in the frame.

Rosemont made another little push in the fourth quarter before Price put together a 9-2 scoring run to boost the lead to 63-28 midway through the frame.

"I did not realize she had it." Houston sadi of Price's double-double. "I knew that she was doing good work on the boards and taking care of the ball for us. That's the important thing. When Taylor gets us into offense we can get shots. She had that burst in the fourth which was good." Price is 32 points away from 1000 for her career. She eclipsed the 500 rebound mark in Eastern's game at Elizabethtown. She had six double-doubles as a junior.

Robinson had nine rebounds and four steals to go with her 16 points. Young-Harris had six points and six rebounds. Anderson finished with eight points and Faith Gingrich was 2-for-2 from the floor with four points and five rebounds.

Amber Lomax led the Ravens with 11 points.

The Eagles will play at Immaculata on Saturday.

Schedule note: The Eastern Women's Basketball game against PSU-Brandywine originally scheduled for Dec. 21 has been moved forward to Dec. 20th. at 5 pm.