Daytona Beach, Fla. - Sophomore guard Michelle Royals (Torrington, Conn.) had a game-high 16 points to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 72-36 win over the Rutgers University-Camden Raptors in the opening round of the Daytona Beach Women's Basketball Shootout at the Ocean Center.  Trinity improves to 8-2 with its fifth straight win and advances to the championship game against the winner of tonight's game between Emory and Henry College and No. 10-ranked Thomas More College tomorrow night at 9 p.m.  The Raptors fall to 2-7 with their fifth loss in a row and will play in the consolation round tomorrow at 7 p.m.

Trinity, playing in its first game since Dec. 12, raced to a quick 8-0 lead on its way to a 23-point halftime advantage.  The Bantams received 13 first-half points from Royals and outrebounded Rutgers-Camden, 35-16, in the opening half. The Bantams held Rutgers-Camden to 3-for-25 (12.0 percent) shooting from the floor in the opening half.  The Bantams collected the first 13 points of the second half to hike their lead to 50-14 and led by as many as 37 points (57-20).

Trinity placed 13 players in the scoring column. The Bantams shot 26-for-69 (37.7 percent) from the floor and 6-for-15 (40.0) from three-point range. Rutgers-Camden shot only 7-for-45 (15.6 percent) from the floor, including 0-for-14 from three-point range.  Trinity also held a 54-32 advantage off the boards, led by nine rebounds from junior Molly McGlynn (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.).  Sophomore captain Stephanie Deisley (Riverside, NJ/Holy Cross) finished with a team-high 12 points for the Lady Raptors, including 8-for-8 shooting from the foul line.

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