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ELON, N.C. – The Elon men’s basketball team opened the game on a 20-0 run and never looked back, defeating the visiting Rutgers-Camden Scarlet Raptors, 87-53, in Friday night action from Alumni Gym. Nine Phoenix players scored in the contest with Sebastian Koch’s 20 points leading the charge.

Under a minute into the game, senior Drew Spradlin drained a three-pointer and became the 34th player in school history to score 1,000 career points. Spradlin finished with 14 points and was a rebound away from a double-double with a team-high nine boards. Sophomore Lucas Troutman was an efficient 6-of-7 from the field for 12 points in 14 minutes of action. Austin Hamilton and Roger Dugas also scored in doubles figures for the Phoenix with 11 points apiece.

Yusuf Leary came off the bench for the Scarlet Raptors and supplied a team-high 14 points and seven rebounds.

The Phoenix will head to Princeton on Tuesday night with a 2-1 record. With home victories over South Carolina and Rutgers-Camden (0-1) in Alumni Gym this week, Elon won back-to-back games on Robertson Court for the first time since last January.

Elon outscored the Scarlet Raptors 43-15 in the first half, with eight of its 17 buckets from long range. The Phoenix nailed four three-pointers during its 20-0 stretch to begin the game and sophomore Eghoesa Edomwonyi capped the run on a layup following an offensive board by rookie Kevin Blake.

Rutgers-Camden finally got on the board with a Mike Payne bucket at the 13:36 mark of the opening half. The visitors only managed three first-half field goals, but made 8-of-10 from the charity stripe. The Elon lead crept to as many as 30 points with 1:29 remaining when a Spradlin bucket gave the Phoenix a 43-13 advantage.

The second half was more of the same as a 16-8 run to begin the period gave Elon its largest lead of the game at 61-23 with 14:32 to go. The Phoenix knocked down 15 triples on the night, the most since draining 16 against UNCG on February 19, 2011.

Elon moved the ball around well as evidenced by the 22 assists on 32 buckets. The Phoenix connected on 47 percent of its field goals while holding Rutgers-Camden to a 17-of-53 (32.1) shooting performance. Elon was dominant on the glass, holding a 49-32 advantage and grabbing 18 offensive boards that resulted in 25 second-chance points.

Elon is on the road for its next two contests, beginning with a game at Princeton on Tuesday, November 22 at 7 p.m.