Top 25 women: Colonials roll past Rams

Jessica Adair scored 19 points and Kenan Cole added 12 to help No. 12 George Washington rout Fordham 77-51 Friday night in New York.

The Colonials (13-2, 2-0 Atlantic 10) won their sixth straight game and were too much for the Rams (2-14, 0-2).

The victory helped George Washington match the second-best start in program history. The 1990-91 team also opened 13-2.

With a win Sunday against Massachusetts, the Colonials would equal the start of the 1999-00 team, which won 14 of its first 16 games.

The victory left coach Joe McKeown one shy of 400 with the Colonials.

George Washington raced to a 21-8 lead, then held Fordham scoreless over the next 10:16 to take a 44-8 advantage. Fordham finally broke the drought on LaToya Chalmers’ layup with 2:34 left in the half. The Rams found themselves down 46-10 at the break.

Cole hit a career-high four 3-pointers in the first half as the Colonials shot 59 percent (19 for 32) from the field. It was George Washington’s highest first-half scoring output of the season.

The Colonials held Fordham to just 3-for-21 (14.3 percent) shooting from the floor and forced 14 turnovers in the first half.

Sarah-Jo Lawrence added 11 points and six assists for the Colonials, who saw their lead grow to as many as 44 points in the second half.

“The game between No. 8 Oklahoma and Texas Tech was postponed until Jan. 22 after an ice storm pelted Oklahoma.

The game originally was scheduled for Sunday in Norman.