Rachael Rose’s accurate shooting reached a new level Monday when the freshman from Scranton Prep scored 19 points while missing just one attempt as she was leading the University of South Carolina Upstate to a 70-53 victory over Jacksonville University.
Rose did more than score. She grabbed eight rebounds, dished out six assists and made a steal.
USC Upstate (6-2) won its fourth straight, remained unbeaten at home and ended an eight-game losing streak in the series with Jacksonville (7-3).
Rose played 35 minutes and made all five of her attempts from the floor, including three 3-pointers. She was 6-for-7 at the foul line.
The 5-foot-7 guard, an alum of the NEPA Elite AAU program, was a force throughout.
Rose’s steal and assist created a 8-0 lead and led to a Jacksonville timeout.
After Jacksonville scored for the first time to make it 10-3, Rose hit a 3-pointer and added an assist on the fastbreak for a 15-3 lead.
Rose had eight points in a 13-5 run to end the third quarter and make the lead 54-35. She scored again in a fourth-quarter streak of six points for the game’s biggest lead at 22 points.
A two-time choice as Big South Rookie of the Week, Rose is averaging 13.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals.
Rose is 38-for-70 (54.3 percent) from the floor, 8-for-17 (47.1 percent) on 3-pointers and 22-for-27 (81.5 percent) from the line.
Among the players with 10 or more attempts – the Spartans have seven from the field, five on free throws and four on 3-pointers – Rose has the top shooting percentage in each category.
George Tinsley also had a big scoring and rebounding game while leading his National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I team to victory.
Tinsley was one of three Binghamton Bearcats with 15 points while grabbing a team-high 9 rebounds in a 79-55 romp over Division III Oneonta State.
The junior forward from Abington Heights was 7-for-10 from the floor and 1-for-3 on 3-pointers in a team-high 30 minutes. He had two assists, a blocked shot and a steal.
Here’s a rundown of District 2’s other former players on the NCAA Division I level in games played between Friday and Monday. All are off until at least Thursday.
Hazleton Area graduate Bobby Planutis started and had eight points, three rebounds and two assists during Purdue Fort Wayne’s 78-65 victory over Southeast Missouri. He was 3-for-5 from the floor, including 2-for-4 on 3-pointers in 26 minutes.
Maddie Martin had a point and a steal in 10 minutes during New Jersey Institute of Technology’s 59-53 victory at St. Francis of Brooklyn to reach .500 at 5-5. The Dunmore graduate was 1-for-2 from the line and did not attempt a shot from the floor.
Sukhmail Mathon, a former Dallas player, had 18 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists as Boston University won its fifth straight men’s game, 65-62 over Dartmouth. He was 7-for-13 from the floor and 4-for-5 from the line in 28 minutes. Four of Mathon’s rebounds came on the offensive end.
Scranton Prep graduate Leo O’Boyle had 3 points, a rebound and a blocked shot in 30 minutes as a starter for Lafayette in its fourth straight loss, 84-73 to Princeton. The junior forward was 1-for-3 from the floor.
Victoria Toomey from Dunmore had two points, a rebound and a blocked shot in 14 minutes as the starting center for Rider (2-7) in a 73-59 loss to Navy.
Da’mir Faison, a sophomore forward from Hazleton Area, played in two losses for the NJIT men.
Faison played five minutes, hit his only shot and had two points in a 66-49 loss to Army Friday. He played 15 minutes and grabbed 3 rebounds, but was scoreless while going 0-for-3 Sunday in a 70-52 loss at Northwestern.
Paddy Casey, a graduate student walk-on at Syracuse, has not seen any playing time since the opener. The Orangemen slipped to 5-5 with a 79-75 loss at Georgetown.
