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Coach Demetrius Poles coaches his team from the sideline. Coach Poles was named NJAC Coach of the Year this season. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. - Multimedia Editor / Lee Kotzen

Rowan Women’s Basketball Head Coach Demetrius Poles named NJAC Coach of the Year

Kara Guno February 22, 2023

Head coach of the Rowan women’s basketball team Demetrius Poles has won the title of New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Coach of the Year for the 2022-2023 season. It is the second time in his career...

Lisella coaching one of her players.-  Photo / Rowan Athletics

Lisella retires with school record for wins, will focus on administrative duties

Vince Scian September 11, 2019

Gabby Lisella, head women’s basketball coach, retires to focus on administration role, Rowan Athletics reports. After 19 years of coaching at Rowan, Lisella will step down to be more committed to...

Rowan's Alexis Kriley goes up for a contested shot earlier this year against Ramapo College. Photo courtesy of Rowan Athletics

After semifinal loss to Kean, women’s basketball is already looking forward to next season

Jacob Keppen February 27, 2019

Rowan’s loss to Kean University in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) semifinals was a microcosm of their season as a whole. There were times, especially in the first quarter, where they...

Senior guard Olivia Rulon celebrates on Senior Night this past Saturday. Photo courtesy of Rowan Athletics.

With a win against Kean and a Montclair loss, Profs can clinch bye week in NJAC Playoffs

Jacob Keppen February 13, 2019

It wasn’t too long ago that the Rowan women's basketball team was on top of the world. After dropping their first contest of the new year, the Profs would storm back and rattle off six straight...

Rowan's Alexis Kriley goes up for a contested shot earlier this year against Ramapo College. Photo courtesy of Rowan Athletics

Women’s basketball, amidst a two-game skid, can still claim bye in NJAC Tournament

Jacob Keppen February 6, 2019

All season long, head coach Gabby Lisella has said that her team can’t take any opponent in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) lightly. If you do, you’ll get taken down. Rowan’s loss...

Redshirt sophomore Alexis Kriley pushes the pace against Ramapo College. Kriley tied her season-high in points with 23 against the Roadrunners on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Rowan Athletics.

Winners of six in a row, women’s basketball hosts struggling Stockton

Jacob Keppen January 29, 2019

At 13-7 and 11-2 within the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), one might think that the Rowan women's basketball team has been put together for a majority of the season. It has been much of the...

Samantha Tello controls possession against William Paterson University last season. Photo courtesy of Rowan Athletics.

How to win games in a variety of ways: A story told by the women’s basketball team

Jaiden Campana December 12, 2018

Three games. Three wins. The women's basketball team has been on a hot streak the last week and a half, winning three games in a row and doing it in a different fashion each time. On December 1, they...

Junior guard Dominique Peters goes up for a shot against William Paterson last season. Photo courtesy of Rowan Athletics.

Although inconsistent, Rowan women’s basketball has good chance to right ship this week

Jacob Keppen December 5, 2018

The Rowan women's basketball team is in dire need of what head coach Gabby Lisella described in just one word. Consistency. At 3-4 and 2-1 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), the Profs...

Senior guard Olivia Rulon brings the ball up the court against Stockton University last year. Photo courtesy of Rowan Athletics.

Women’s basketball host TCNJ in 2018 home opener

Jacob Keppen November 27, 2018

Finally. The Rowan women’s basketball team gets to put on a show in front of a home crowd after starting out the season 2-3 with five straight games on the road. It may not be the best record to start...

The Rowan women's basketball team huddles up last year. The Profs bring a unique and deep roster into the 2018-2019 season.

Armed with a deep roster, Rowan women’s basketball aims to make a run in the NJAC

Jacob Keppen November 14, 2018

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The weather’s getting frightful outside and that can only mean one thing: It’s basketball season. Rowan women’s basketball is back for another season and...

Rowan's Dominique Peters takes on a Stockton University defender earlier this season. Photo courtesy of Sports Information

Rowan women’s basketball loses to Montclair State in third straight NJAC Tournament

Aden Tempsick February 21, 2018

The Rowan women's basketball team came off a 67-48 win over William Paterson University in the tournament’s first round. Senior guard Summer Crilley had an impressive stat line of 21 points, 11 rebounds...

Summer Crilley drives to the basket her sophomore season against William Paterson University. Photo Editor/Amanda Palma

Rowan basketball’s Summer Crilley opens up about experience at Rowan, playing as a Prof

Aden Tempsick February 14, 2018

Senior guard Summer Crilley and the Rowan women's basketball team wrap up their regular season campaign on the road Wednesday night against Ramapo College.  The Profs are currently 14-9 and sit in 4th...

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