NEWARK, N.J. - The Drew University men's basketball team held Rutgers-Newark to 24 points in the second half and earned 63-56 non-conference road victory Saturday afternoon.

The Rangers (5-5), who limited the Scarlet Raiders to 33.8% shooting for the game, evened their record heading into a 10-day Christmas break. They also snapped a four-game winning streak by Rutgers-Newark (8-3), which was held to its second-lowest scoring output of the season.

Sophomore guard Malcolm Newman scored a game- and season-high 21 points and dished out five assists to lead the Rangers while junior forward Howard McBurnie, Jr. posted 14 points and 11 rebounds for his eight double-double of the year. Senior guard David Gervase shot 4-for-8 from 3-point range and netted 12 points for Drew while classmate Lybrant Robinson added 10 points and six rebounds. Senior guard Miles Lewis contributed defensively, tying his career-high with nine rebounds.

Abe Kromah led the Scarlet Raiders with 15 points and nine rebounds.

Rutgers outscored the Rangers 8-3 to start the game, but Drew came back with a 12-2 run to assume a lead it would not relinquish. Newman scored eight of his points during the spurt, including a pair of 3-pointers.

The Rangers led by as much as eight in the opening half before the hosts came back to make it a one-point game (29-28) with 2:31 left. McBurnie knocked down a pair of 3s in the closing minutes of the half and Drew led 35-32 at the break.

The Raiders scored the first bucket of the second half to nudge within one again, but Drew answered with a 3-pointer from Gervase and a jumper from Newman to go up by six and would lead by at least four the rest of the way.

Drew pushed its lead into double digits (48-38) when Gervase drilled a triple in transition with 13:54 remaining. The Rangers led by seven with 10:08 to go before the two sides hit an offensive lull, with neither side scoring over the next four minutes. McBurnie ended the drought with a thunderous dunk off a Gervase steal in the backcourt with 6:06 to go.

McBurnie threw down another jam, this time off a steal from senior guard Drew Gallagher, to make it 58-49 with 3:30 showing. Rutgers-Newark cut it to five (58-53) with 1:07 left, but Newman hit four straight free throws to push the lead back up to nine before the Rangers stopped the Raiders on four of their last five possessions.

Drew continues its season on Dec. 29-30 at the DeSales University Al Senavitis Tournament and will take on Hood College in the first round on Dec. 29 at 8 p.m.