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Villanova Hands Rutgers 94-61 loss
Jan 29 | Men's Basketball
Curtis Sumpter had 16 points, Randy Foye 14 and Will Sheridan 12 as Villanova (12-4, 4-3 Big East) prepared for its game against defending national champion Connecticut on Wednesday by running past Rutgers.
The 94 points were a season high for Villanova, whose previous high was 86 against Albany on Dec. 22.
Junior guard Marquis Webb had 11 points to lead Rutgers, which came up empty after a heartbreaking 86-84 loss to No. 4 Syracuse earlier this week. Junior center Jimmie Inglis matches his career high with 10 points. Scarlet Knights' leading scorer Quincy Douby (16.4) was held scoreless after scoring in double figures in every game this season. Douby did match his career high with six assists.
Villanova, which posted wins over then No. 2 Kansas and Notre Dame in the last eight days, was nearly perfect on both ends of the floor.Villanova hit 36-of-56 from the field, including a season-high 13-of-24 from 3-point range. The Wildcats hit 13 of 18 shots to open the game in taking a 44-26 halftime lead. They were even better in the second half, making 14 of their first 18 in sending Rutgers' fans to the exits early.
Villanova played well on both ends of the court, limiting Rutgers to 15-of-52 shooting, or 28.8 percent. Douby and Ricky Shields, the Scarlet Knights leading scorers, combined for eight points on 1-for-15 shooting.
Ray, who is the fourth leading scorer in Big East play with a 19.7 average, hit 5-of-6 shots from the field in the first half, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range. He opened the game with a 3-pointer in helping the Wildcats jump to a 15-4 lead.
Rutgers got the crowd going early in the second half, drawing within 59-44 and then forcing a turnover.
Douby then missed a 3-pointer and Villanova went on a 24-3 spurt to take an 83-47 lead. The Wildcats hit 9-of-11 shots in the spurt with Sumpter scoring nine points.
Rutgers is next in action on Wednesdaey when the Scarlet Knights travel to St. John’s to meet the Redstorm at Madison Square Garden. Tip-off for the Rutgers-St. John’s game is 7:00 p.m.
POSTGAME NOTES
IT’S A SELLOUT
Today’s crowd of 8,043 is Rutgers’ fourth sellout of the year, the 19th in the Gary Waters era and the 53rd in the history of the RAC.
RU AUTOMATIC FROM THE LINE
Rutgers shot a blistering .853 from the foul line versus Villanova, converting on 29-of-34 attempts. Today’s performance comes on the heels of a 25-of-27 effort last Monday night against Syracuse.
Rutgers from the free throw line in the last four games
Opponent FTM-FTA PCT.
Providence 23-30 .767
Seton Hall 12-17 .706
Syracuse 25-27 .926
Villanova 29-34 .853
TOTALS 89-108 .824
SHIELDS APPROACHES RU RECORD
Senior guard Ricky Shields continues to move closer to the all-time record for three-point field goals made. He is just three shy of tying Geoff Billet (242, 1995-99) and four from overtaking him. Shields currently has 1,445 career points, 14 shy of passing Kelvin Troy (1977-81) for 11th place all-time.
INGLIS TIES CAREER HIGH
Junior center Jimmie Inglis had a productive afternoon, tying a career high with 10 points in 14 minutes of action.
Official Basketball Box Score
Villanova vs Rutgers
01/29/05 12:00 p.m. at Louis Brown Athl. Center; Piscataway, NJ
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VISITORS: Villanova 12-4, 4-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
34 SUMPTER, Curtis..... f 6-9 2-3 2-2 2 3 5 2 16 3 1 0 1 30
50 SHERIDAN, Will...... f 5-6 0-0 2-2 3 3 6 3 12 0 2 2 3 24
02 FOYE, Randy......... g 6-9 2-4 0-0 2 2 4 3 14 3 2 0 0 20
12 NARDI, Mike......... g 4-7
1-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 9 5 2 0 0 33
14 RAY, Allen.......... g 7-10 5-7 2-2 1 1 2 1 21 3 0 0 0 30
04 CONDON, Ross........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2
10 GRACE, Tom.......... 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 6
13 LOWRY, Kyle......... 3-8 1-2 2-4 1 4 5 1 9 3 4 0 1 25
20 FRASER, Jason....... 2-2 0-0 0-2 2 5 7 4 4 1 0 3 0 13
21 CHARLES, Chris...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 7
22 DUNLEAVY, Baker..... 2-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 5
44 AUSTIN, Marcus...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 36-56 13-24 9-14 12 23 35 22 94 19 15 6 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-28 60.7% 2nd Half: 19-28 67.9% Game: 64.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 8-14 57.1% 2nd Half: 5-10 50.0% Game: 54.2% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 64.3% 1
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HOME TEAM: Rutgers 7-10, 1-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 WEBB, Marquis....... f 3-5 0-1 5-5 2 0 2 1 11 2 3 1 1 27
40 BAILEY, Ollie....... f 2-5 0-0 3-4 2 0 2 2 7 0 2 1 0 20
21 JOYNES, Byron....... c 3-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 6 1 2 1 1 17
02 SHIELDS, Ricky...... g 1-8 1-5 5-5 1 0 1 1 8 1 3 0 0 31
05 DOUBY, Quincy....... g 0-7 0-5 0-0 1 3 4 0 0 6 4 1 1 26
10 QUEZADA, Manny...... 1-4 0-2 4-4 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 11
13 WIGGAN, Juel........ 2-5 1-3 2-2 0 0 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 20
15 MIMMO, Jon.......... 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2
33 KEATING, Shayle..... 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12
35 WASHINGTON, Aaron... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
45 WATERSTRADT, Dan.... 1-5 0-1 1-2 4 1 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 12
55 INGLIS, Jimmie...... 2-6 0-0 6-8 0 5 5 1 10 1 2 0 0 19
TEAM................ 4 1 5
Totals.............. 15-52 2-17 29-34 16 12 28 15 61 11 17 4 5 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-25 32.0% 2nd Half: 7-27 25.9% Game: 28.8% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd Half: 1-10 10.0% Game: 11.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 9-9 100 % 2nd Half: 20-25 80.0% Game: 85.3% 3
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Officials: John Cahill, Fran Connolly, Glen Mayburg
Technical fouls: Villanova-None. Rutgers-None.
Attendance: 8043
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Villanova..................... 44 50 - 94
Rutgers....................... 26 35 - 61
ID-298487
Points in the paint-NOVA 34,RUTGERS 22. Points off turnovers-NOVA 28,RUTGERS 18.
2nd chance points-NOVA 19,RUTGERS 13. Fast break points-NOVA 14,RUTGERS 0.
Bench points-NOVA 22,RUTGERS 29. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times.
Last FG-NOVA 2nd-01:51, RUTGERS 2nd-03:45.
