Geo Baker scored 27 points on 10-for-15 shooting and Ron Harper Jr. scored 20 as Rutgers beat depleted Michigan 75-67 on Tuesday night at Jersey Mike’s Arena in Piscataway. It was Rutgers’ first wi…
Geo Baker scored 27 points on 10-for-15 shooting and Ron Harper Jr. scored 20 as Rutgers beat depleted Michigan 75-67 on Tuesday night at Jersey Mike’s Arena in Piscataway.Michigan played without reserves Frankie Collins, Jaron Faulds, Brandon Johns Jr., and Terrance Williams II due to undisclosed medical reasons. Zeb Jackson didn’t make the trip due to personal reasons.
Rutgers finished with a season-high 11 3-pointers. The Scarlet Knights entered averaging the fewest number of made 3-pointers in the Big Ten Conference at five per game. Rutgers was 11-for-23 overall. Baker and Harper made 17 of the team’s 27 field goals. Clifford Omoruyi grabbed 12 rebounds and Paul Mulcahy distributed seven assists.Hunter Dickinson scored 25 points for Michigan , Moussa Diabate 15, Caleb Houstan 12 and Eli Brooks 11.
Harper and Mulcahy each started Rutgers with a pair of 3s and the Scarlet Knights extended the lead to 19-8 with 13:18 before intermission on another 3 from Mulcahy. Little postgame scuffle between Rutgers and Michigan. Diabate had to be restrained by his own teammates 😳