The New York University women's basketball team completed a weekend sweep of its University Athletic Association (UAA) opponents with a 72-30 victory over Case Western Reserve University on Sunday, January 28, at the Sportsplex in Manhattan.

The Violets (10-8, 3-4) also defeated UAA-opponent Carnegie Mellon University 78-58 on Friday night, concluding a four-game homestand.

Sunday's game was never in doubt, as NYU raced to a 9-2 lead. The gap expanded to 22-9 after the first quarter and to 45-16 at halftime. 

Kaitlyn Read, who finished with a game-high 25 points, scored 14 over the first 20 minutes. 

The Violets' advantage grew to a game-high 42 points, 70-28, on Tori Reich's layup with 1:56 remaining in the game. After a Spartan bucket, Reiko Johnson provided the game's final points on a layup with 51 seconds left.

"We shared the ball well today. A game like this is good for our confidence and shows what can happen when we execute the game plan," said Head Coach Lauren Hall-Gregory." 

The Spartans (3-14, 0-7) were led by Emily Todd's 12 points. 

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- Read, who has scored at least 25 points in each of NYU's last five games, also totaled a career-high 12 steals while adding four assists and two rebounds.

- Shaye McGoey finished with nine points and Olivia Linebarger totaled a team-high six rebounds.

-:Sixteen players saw action for NYU, with Mikaela Read scoring her first point of the season and Katie Foos and Lauren Koyama each collecting a rebound.

"It doesn't matter if our players go 30 minutes or two minutes in a game," Hall-Gregory explained. "They all work extremely hard in practice and are contributors to the team effort." 

The Violets return to action on Friday, February 2, when they travel to Pittsburgh, PA for a road game at Carnegie Mellon University. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:00pm.