Junior forward Jordan Carpenter scored a game-high 20 points, and senior guard Ashley Martin netted 12 in leading the 23rd ranked University of Mary Washington women's basketball team to a 65-31 victory over Swarthmore College on Monday evening at Ron Rosner Arena. The Eagles improve to 12-2 on the season.

UMW used its defense throughout, limiting the Garnet to 10 points or less in every quarter. A three pointer from Martin and a pair of Kegan Schwab baskets pushed the Eagles ahead, 8-0, early, and another Martin three pushed the Eagle lead to 11-2 with 5:20 remaining. The teams traded baskets in the final minutes, and the Eagles carried a 13-7 advantage to the second quarter.

Martin and Carpenter made baskets to push the UMW lead to 17-7 in the opening minutes of the second, but Swarthmore hit a pair of three pointers, and Sydney Sherman made a pair of baskets to push the Eagle lead back to 10, at 25-15 with 1:34 left before halftime. The teams traded hoops to send the game to intermission with the Eagles holding a 27-17 advantage.

The Garnet opened the third with a pair of scores to draw to within 28-21, but the Eagles answered with a 16-0 run to take charge. Carpenter scored 12 in the run. Sophia Pavlech, Megan Baxter, and Molly Sharman all scored down the stretch, and the Eagles led, 50-23, after 30 minutes.

In the fourth, Pavlech hit a three pointer and Elizabeth Dufrane added a basket to start the frame, and the Eagles never looked back, outscoring the Garnet, 15-8, in the fourth, with Andrea Lefkowitz connecting on a pair of baskets down the stretch.

The Eagles shot 45.9% from the floor (28-61), making 3-18 three point attempts and 6-7 free throws. Swarthmore shot 22.2% (12-54), making 2-8 three point attempts and 5-10 free throws. The Eagles controlled the boards, 47-30.

UMW will be back in action on Saturday when the Eagles host Johnson & Wales University at 1:00 p.m.