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(03/13/13 12:00am)
NEW YORK — The Rutgers men’s basketball team has battled the Big East’s best big men throughout the season, with Louisville’s Gorgui Dieng and Notre Dame’s Jack Cooley among the talented group. More often than not in conference play, the Scarlet Knights were on the wrong end of a lopsided interior battle. But in last night’s 76-57 win against DePaul, the roles were reversed as the Knights became the aggressors in the paint.
(03/13/13 12:00am)
NEW YORK — One by one, they made their way into the cage. A freight elevator deep within the bowels of Madison Square Garden takes members of the Rutgers men’s basketball team down to floor level after each Big East Tournament game, closing with a loud thud each time. In most years, the walk from the Scarlet Knights’ locker room has ended in disappointment inside the gray-stained corridor.
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Junior forward Wally Judge posts up on DePaul forward Donnavan Kirk during last night’s 76-57 win against the Blue Demons. Judge collected a double-double in the contest with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
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Sophomore point guard Myles Mack looks for an option during last night’s win against DePaul. Mack finished with 19 points.
(03/13/13 12:00am)
Sophomore point guard Myles Mack attempts a shot against DePaul during last night’s 76-57 victory at Madison Square Garden. Rutgers will play Notre Dame tonight in the second round of the Big East Tournament.
(03/13/13 12:00am)
Junior forward Wally Judge gets the ball against DePaul in the Knight’s win. Judge shot 9-for-9 from the field.
(03/12/13 12:00am)
The fate of the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s season rested on a heave from behind half court Saturday as time expired. The Scarlet Knights surrendered the lead it held firm for more than 38 minutes in their second-round matchup against the Bulls. All that was left to do was depend on a nearly impossible shot from tightly guarded senior guard Erica Wheeler to extend their season. The ball fell well short of the basket and Rutgers’ search of an NCAA Tournament bid effectively came to an end.
(03/12/13 12:00am)
In the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s regular season finale Friday against Seton Hall, the Scarlet Knights found themselves in a very unusual position. Entering the contest, they had lost 11 of their previous 12 games. This meant that, at the end of each of those 11 games, the Knights were typically forced to foul in order to get the ball back. The Pirates assumed that very role Friday while Rutgers enjoyed the benefits of Seton Hall’s 13 second-half team fouls.
(03/12/13 12:00am)
Sophomore guard Myles Mack dropped 15 points in Rutgers’ 56-51 season-finale win against Seton Hall. Mack and the rest of the team will face DePaul tonight in the first round of the Big East Tournament.
(03/11/13 12:00am)
NEWARK — As the clock ticked to fewer than 30 seconds and the Rutgers men’s basketball team clung to a three-point lead Friday, Myles Mack had seen this play out before. Not the Scarlet Knights’ inability to close out games, their 11 losses in 12 tries or another tightly contested matchup with in-state rival Seton Hall. Mack was used to wing Fuquan Edwin, the Pirates’ late-game playmaker. “I played with him a lot,” said Mack, a sophomore point guard. “I know he loves to go right. He jabbed me, and I knew he wasn’t going left.”
(03/11/13 12:00am)
HARTFORD — The Rutgers women’s basketball team held South Florida this season to just 22.8 percent shooting from the floor. Yet, South Florida’s dismal offensive performance was good enough to eliminate the Scarlet Knights in the second round of the Big East Tournament. Rutgers made things difficult for guard Andrea Smith, but could not keep her from drawing contact and getting to the free throw line. She finished with 17 points and led the Bulls to upset the Knights, 42-39.
(03/11/13 12:00am)
HARTFORD — The Rutgers women’s basketball team’s 42-39 loss to South Florida in the Big East Tournament on Saturday was the same story with a different ending. It culminated with the Scarlet Knights standing beside each other, staying motionless to the uplifting Alma Mater with tears drenching most of their faces. Senior guard Erica Wheeler quivered. Forward Monique Oliver wiped her tears on her jersey at the thought of this being potentially being the final game of their careers.
(03/11/13 12:00am)
NEWARK — The Rutgers men’s basketball team needed a win — badly. After dropping 11 of their last 12 games, the Scarlet Knights found themselves sharing a court with the only team they had beaten during that span, in-state rival Seton Hall. The opponent was not a concern for Rutgers — only the end result, which ended up being a 56-51 Rutgers victory, mattered. “Whether it was a rivalry game … didn’t matter,” said head coach Mike Rice. “It was a win. The way we did it — because we slept-walked through the first half — we responded and found a way.”
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Junior guard?Mike Poole takes it to Seton Hall’s defense in Friday’s Rutgers victory. Poole has started since sophomore guard Eli Carter’s year-ending injury.
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Sophomore guard Myles Mack faces Seton Hall pressure. Mack scored a team-leading 15 points Friday to help break the Knights’ five-game losing streak.
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South Florida forward Inga Orekhova, right, contains wing Betnijah Laney, who turned the ball over six times against USF.
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Senior guard Erica Wheeler and senior forward Monique Oliver fight emotions with head coach C. Vivian Stringer close by following Saturday’s elimination from the Big East Tournament. Wheeler and Oliver might have played the final game of their careers if Rutgers does not accept a potential WNIT bid.
(03/11/13 12:00am)
Senior forward Monique Oliver faces heavy South Florida pressure inside. Oliver carried the load on Rutgers’ offense with a team-leading 15 points, despite playing hurt.
(03/08/13 12:00am)
For a glimpse into the improvements that have occurred under head coach Mike Rice, look no further than Derrick Randall. The burly, 6-foot-8 sophomore forward arrived in 2011 with only a handful of basketball experience in high school to draw from. Randall was raw, could not handle the ball and never earned Rice’s trust. But when it mattered most Monday, Rice enlisted Randall’s help against 290-pound Davante Gardner, Marquette’s frontrunner for Big East Sixth Man of the Year.
(03/08/13 12:00am)
Senior forward Chelsey Lee has had a hard time coping with the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s improbable chance of making the NCAA Tournament. “It’s in every conversation — my mama, my brothers, with the team, regular students, other athletes. ‘When are the NCAAs, blah blah blah,’” she said yesterday. “It’s a conversation that’s had, but I seriously try and dismiss it because us not making it, I don’t think it’s even real yet.”
