Rutgers University
West Virginia
Shields Lifts Rutgers Past West Virginia, 74-53
Feb 25 | Men's Basketball
In bouncing back from Sunday's loss at Boston College, Rutgers (16-9, 7-7) moved ahead of WVU into a seventh-place tie in the Big East.
The Scarlet Knights, who are off until Wednesday at Virginia Tech , improved to 13-1 at home on the season and are 38-9 at home in three seasons under head coach Gary Waters.
The Scarlet Knights moved the ball crisply on offense all game long as Rutgers had 20 assists on 27 made baskets. Defensively, Rutgers was alert and active all evening and owned a 30-24 edge in the rebounding department. In addition, the Scarlet Knights shot 15-of-17 (88.2%) from the free throw line.
Sophomore center Adrian Hill added 11 points for the Scarlet Knights, who shot 52.9 percent, while senior forward Herve Lamizana had 10 points, five assists, six rebounds and two blocks. Freshman guard Quincy Douby had 10 points and six assists while junior guard Juel Wiggan tossed in eight points, six rebounds and five assists.
Patrick Beilein led WVU with 16 points while D'or Fischer had 14 points.
Trailing 14-9, the Scarlet Knights outscored West Virginia 25-7 over the final 10:12 of the first half. The Mountaineers shot 3-for-17 during that span after making six of their first 11 shots.
Shields scored 10 points in a 15-2 run that gave Rutgers a 24-16 advantage. Four of his points came in transition off Lamizana blocks and two came off his own steal and layup.
West Virginia closed to within 24-21 before Rutgers scored eight straight over the final 4:25 to open a 13-point halftime lead. The Knights shot 50 percent in the opening stanza while WVU hit just 32.1 percent.
The Knights continued to build on their lead after intermission, opening their largest advantage at 62-36. At one point, West Virginia made five of six shots but could get no closer than 51-36.
POSTGAME NOTES
WITH THE WIN
Tonight's 74-53 win over West Virginia improves Rutgers
to 16-9 overall and 7-7 in the BIG EAST. The Scarlet Knights also improve to
13-1 (.928) at
home and have won the last three games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center by
an average of 34.6 points. In the Gary Waters era, Rutgers is 38-9 (.808) at
the RAC.
SHIELDS MOVES UP CAREER CHARTS
Junior guard Ricky Shields continued to move
up in the Rutgers career record books. He passed Gene Armstead (1970-73) and
Damon Santiago (1991-1996) for
29th place on the career scoring list, and now has 1,069 career points. Shields
in 26 points shy of catching Steve Worthy (1991-93) with 1,095 points.
Shields also climbed up the single season three-point shooting charts. He now has 71 threes on the season, which is the seventh highest in single-season history. Shields is one three-pointer shy of catching Jerome Colman and Donnell Lumpkin. His 174 career three-point field goals made is the fourth highest in school history.
GETTING DEFENSIVE
Over the last three games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center,
Rutgers has held its opponents to an average of 19.6 first-half points, giving
up just
19 to Virginia Tech and Northern Colorado and 21 to West Virginia.
Opponent
Date 1st Half point total 1st half shooting %
Virginia Tech 2/15 19
28.6
No. Colorado 2/17 19 25.0
West Virginia 2/25 21 32.1
FINISHING STRONG
Over the final 4:41 of the first half, Rutgers outscored West
Virginia 10-0 to take a 34-21 halftime lead. During the run, the Scarlet Knights
forced three
WVU turnovers as the Mountaineers shot 0-of-4 from the floor.
SHIELDS HAS CAREER NIGHT
Ricky Shields tied a career-high with 24 points tonight,
marking the fifth time this season he had scored over 20 points. Rutgers is
4-1 in those contests.
Opponent Date Points Result
Buffalo 11/25 22 W, 78-53
Northwestern 12/27 24 W, 80-75
Syracuse 2/10 20 L, 63-61
Northern Colorado 2/17 21 W, 102-52
West Virginia 2/25 24 W, 74-53
DOUBY CAREER HIGH IN ASSISTS
Freshman guard Quincy Douby dished out a career-high
six assists vs. West Virginia, in addition to scoring 10 points.
SHARING THE ROCK
A well-balanced Rutgers offense dished out 20 assists, marking
the second highest total of the season (25, vs. Northern Colorado 2/17). In
BIG EAST games,
the Scarlet Knights are averaging 11.8 assists per contest.
LIGHTS-OUT
Over the past two BIG EAST home games (Virginia Tech 2/17 and West
Virginia 2/25), the Scarlet Knights have been red-hot from the floor.
Opponent
1st half shooting 2nd half shooting Game total
Virginia Tech 18-30
(.600) 10-22 (.455) 28-52 (.538)
W. Virginia 13-26 (.500) 14-25 (.560) 27-51 (.529)
TOTAL 31-56 (.553) 24-47 (.510)
55-103 (.534)
FOUR IN DOUBLE FIGURES
For the sixth time this season, four Scarlet Knights
scored in double figures (Shields 24, Hill 11, Douby 10, Lamizana 10). Rutgers
is 5-1 when four players
have scored at least 10 points.
11/22 Lafayette W, 71-65
11/25 Buffalo W, 78-53
1/3 Georgetown L, 63-57
1/17 St. John's W, 78-70
1/21 Villanova W, 71-68
2/25 West Virginia W, 74-53
RU FROM THE LINE
Tonight's 15-of-17 (.882) performance from the free-throw
line is a season high for the Scarlet Knights. It was the ninth time RU has
shot .800
or better from the charity stripe.
Virginia Tech (18-of-22) .818
Notre Dame (21-of-25) .840
Monmouth (25-of-31) .806
UTEP (13-of-15) .867
Northwestern (24-of-30) .800
Princeton (11-of-13) .846
Penn State (14-of-17) .824
Temple (13-of-15) .867
West Virginia (15-of-17) .882
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
West Virginia vs Rutgers
02/25/04 6:30 p.m. at Louis Brown Athl. Center; Piscataway, NJ
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VISITORS: West Virginia 14-10, 6-7
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
04 SALLY, Tyrone f 4-9 0-1 0-0 3 3 6 2 8 3 5 0 1 33
34 PITTSNOGLE, Kevin f 4-12 1-5 0-0 1 2 3 3 9 2 2 1 0 27
40 FISCHER, D'or c 6-7 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 4 14 1 3 0 0 25
01 COLLINS, J.D. g 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20
05 HERBER, Joe g 2-5 0-1 0-0 1 5 6 2 4 4 2 0 2 34
03 BEILEIN, Patrick 6-9 4-4 0-0 0 1 1 3 16 4 1 0 1 26
10 RELPH, Tyler 1-6 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 22
11 PRICE, Duriel 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 YOUNG, Frank 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
21 YOUNG, Jerrah 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 8
32 CURRAN, Jonathan 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TEAM ........................................ 1 1 2
TOTALS 23-53 5-17 2-2 8 16 24 16 53 17 16 2 4 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 9-28 32.1% 2ndH: 14-25 56.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 43.4% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 1-6 16.7% 2ndH: 4-11 36.4% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 29.4% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 2-2 100.% 2ndH: 0-0 00.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 100.% 0
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HOME TEAM: Rutgers 16-9, 7-7
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 LAMIZANA, Herve f 3-9 0-3 4-4 2 4 6 3 10 5 3 2 1 35
32 AXANI, Sean f 4-5 0-0 1-1 1 3 4 2 9 1 0 0 2 22
02 SHIELDS, Ricky g 10-18 3-8 1-2 1 2 3 1 24 2 1 0 1 32
11 WEBB, Marquis g 0-1 0-1 2-3 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 28
13 WIGGAN, Juel g 2-4 0-0 4-4 0 6 6 0 8 5 2 0 1 31
04 HILL, Adrian 4-5 0-0 3-3 2 2 4 0 11 0 2 1 0 21
05 DOUBY, Quincy 4-7 2-5 0-0 0 1 1 3 10 6 2 1 0 27
10 MIMMO, Jon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
21 JOYNES, Byron 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
23 PIASECKI, Justin 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 HAZARD, Eric 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 KEATING, Shayle 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
TEAM ........................................ 2 0 2
TOTALS 27-51 5-17 15-17 8 22 30 9 74 20 12 4 7 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 13-26 50.0% 2ndH: 14-25 56.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 52.9% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 2-8 25.0% 2ndH: 3-9 33.3% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 29.4% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 6-7 85.7% 2ndH: 9-10 90.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 88.2% 2
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OFFICIALS: John Clougherty, Ted Hillary, Donnee Gray
TECHNICAL FOULS:
West Virginia - none
Rutgers - none
ATTENDANCE: 6,024
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
West Virginia 21 32 53
Rutgers 34 40 74
PTS IN THE PAINT: West Virginia - 30 Rutgers - 36
PTS OFF TURNOVERS: West Virginia - 18 Rutgers - 17
2ND CHANCE POINTS: West Virginia - 08 Rutgers - 10
FAST BREAK POINTS: West Virginia - 04 Rutgers - 08
