The New York University women's basketball team defeated local-rival Baruch College 75-43 on the opening day of the NYU Tip-Off Classic at the Hunter College Sportsplex on Saturday, November 19.

NYU improved to 2-0 this season, while the Bearcats dropped to 0-2.

The Violets led 14-11 after the opening quarter, but broke the game open during a second quarter in which they ourscored their opponents 24-10 to take a 35-21 lead into the locker room at halftime. 

NYU put the game away for good in the third quarter and led by 26 through three.

The Violets forced 29 turnovers in the contest.

"For us, every game our motive is to overwhelm and out-run teams, and we did that tonight," said NYU Head Coach Lauren Hall-Gregory. "I felt like Baruch came in looking to play in the half court, and we never allowed them to do that."

Amy Harioka led the Violets with a team-best 17 points. Kayla Patterson chipped in with 10 points for the second-straight game.

"I'm trying to give everyone the confidence to shoot and keep shooting," added Hall-Gregory. "Amy missed a few shots in the first half, but continued to shoot and it worked out for us."

Inside the Box Score:

- Kaitlyn Read scored eight points and added nine rebounds. The senior captain also finished the contest with game-highs of six assists and four steals.

- Lauren Brown grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds and tallied nine points.

- Shaye McGoey scored nine for NYU, with six coming on a pair of first quarter three-pointers.

- Annie Barrett scored eight, while also adding four rebounds and three assists.

NYU returns to action tomorrow when they host UMass-Boston on Day Two of the NYU Tip-Off Classic. The Violets and Beacons are slated to get underway at 5:00pm at the Hunter College Sportsplex.