DES MOINES, IOWA -- Sal Buscaglia paced. He threw up his arms. He shouted, at both referees and players, but mostly the Robert Morris University coach just watched with folded arms.

There was little Buscaglia could do in Rutgers' 85-42 blowout of the Colonials yesterday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA women's tournament.

It was the fewest points Robert Morris had scored this season. The Colonials' previous biggest loss was a 73-58 defeat at Nebraska.

"My fears came through," Buscaglia said. "I can't tell you how frustrated I am. We worked so hard, and yet, we get the score that we get. We really felt like we'd compete."

Rutgers (25-6) opened the game with a 15-2 run and Robert Morris missed its first seven shots before Angela Pace scored with 14:09 remaining in the first half.

Rutgers, national runner-up a season ago, lived up to its reputation for smothering defense, holding the Colonials (23-10) to 21 first-half points -- a season low -- on 8 of 27 shooting (30 percent).

The Scarlet Knights also overcame Robert Morris' 2-3 zone defense with six 3-pointers in the first half. Epiphanny Prince scored 15 of her 22 points before halftime, while the Scarlet Knights made 21 of 34 shots (62 percent) in that span.

"My biggest fear was that they would hit their shots," Buscaglia said.

Rutgers continued to do so, shooting 55 percent for the game and 56 percent from 3-point range.

The day was not a complete loss, however, as junior Sade Logan earned a spot in the NCAA record book. Logan, who sat out last season, made two 3-pointers to finish the season with 126, tying the mark set in 1991 by Lisa McMullen of Alabama State.

"I'm happy, but I wish we would have won," Logan said with a shoulder shrug. "The record is nice, though."

Logan was held to a season-low 10 points on 3 of 15 shooting, and Rutgers often switched defenders on the Colonials' top scorer.

"Initially we played man, but they were attacking one of our players," Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer said. "We hadn't planned to play triangle-and-two so early. Robert Morris has played [against] a lot of triangle-and-two but I don't know if they've played against a defense as aggressive."

Robert Morris made 12 of 60 field-goal attempts (20 percent) and was 4 of 33 in the second half (12 percent). The Colonials also had no points in the paint in the second half and were outscored in that category, 40-8.

Chinata Nesbit closed her sterling career at Robert Morris with two points and 11 rebounds. Nesbit was the second player in school history to have more than 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 200 assists, and also recorded the only two triple-doubles at the school.