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Rachel Hollivay led Rutgers with 14 points in Wednesday night's loss to UMass.

(Jody Somers/For The Star-Ledger)

AMHERST, Mass. – Rutgers used a late 10-0 run in an attempt to pull off another come-from-behind victory but it was not enough, as the Scarlet Knights fell, 64-63, to UMass on Wednesday night at the Mullins Center.

Rutgers suffers its first loss of the 2013-14 season to fall to 3-1 on the year. UMass meanwhile earned its first win of the year to improve to 1-3 overall.

The Scarlet Knights trailed 64-53 with 4:27 in the contest before making its final run. Sophomore Kahleah Copper hit the front end of a one-and-one with 1:19 left to cut the RU deficit to four, 64-60. After UMass came up with the rebound following Copper’s missed second attempt, the Minutewomen stalled in an attempt to draw time off the clock.

With UMass missing a lay-up on the possession, Rutgers raced down the court with junior Syessence Davis trying to knock down a three from the top of the arc, but was off the mark. UMass’s Emily Mital hauled in the rebound, was fouled and put in a one-and-one situation. Her free throw missed the target and freshman Tyler Scaife off the rebound fed junior Briyona Canty who drained a three to cut RU’s deficit down to 64-63 with seven seconds left.

Out of a Scarlet Knight timeout, UMass headed back to the line with three seconds left in the game. The Minutewomen’s Rashida Timbilla missed from the charity stripe. Rachel Hollivay came down with the rebound but with only three seconds remaining, the Scarlet Knights were unable to get off a game-winning shot.

Hollivay, who returned to the court from off the bench after missing last Sunday’s game with La Salle with a concussion, finished with a team-high 14 points and five rebounds. All together, four Scarlet Knights reached double figures with Scaife adding 13 points and Copper and Canty netting 11 in the loss.

UMass was led by Timbilla’s 17 points and 12 defensive rebounds. Mital, Kymber Hill and Kim Pierre-Louis all had 10 points in the win.

Rutgers had led by as many as seven at the midway point of the first, but from there was outscored 17-6 over the first stanza’s final nine minutes, as UMass took a 33-28 advantage into the intermission.

RU was ahead 21-14 with 9:08 on the clock in the first half, but the Minutewomen went on a 12-4 run to take a lead they would not relinquish.

RU managed to close the gap with 13:05 left in the second half. Canty drilled first shot from downtown to help her squad trail by just three points, 44-41. UMass, however, extend its advantage to as many as 13 points with six minutes remaining until Rutgers made its late run.