And now she’s at 978.
C. Vivian Stringer signed her contract extension in late October and part of the conversation then was the fact that she was just 23 games away from winning her 1000th game.
Friday’s 76-63 win at James Madison closed the gap to 1,000 and gave Rutgers a good start to the 2017-18 season.
The Knights won the statistical battle across the board, although not all of it was that great. Rutgers held JMU to just 36% shooting from the field, but only shot 39% themselves. On the boards, RU was solid, pulling down 14 more rebounds than JMU, 48-34.