Rutgers University
Georgetown
Rutgers Falls to Georgetown 61-56
Feb 05 | Men's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ- Ashanti Cook matched his career high with 23 points and combined with freshman Tyler Crawford in a late first-half run that led Georgetown to a BIG EAST 61-56 win over Rutgers on Saturday night, handing the Scarlet Knights' their fifth straight loss.
Crawford had seven of his 11 points in the spurt as Georgetown (15-6, 7-3 Big East) beat Rutgers (7-12, 1-8) for the second time this season.
Freshman forward Ollie Bailey had 11 points to lead Rutgers. Trailing 52-42 with 4:12 to play, the Scarlet Knights made a spirited late run which brought the capacity crowd of 8,007 fans to their feet. Sophomore guard Quincy Douby hit a 3-pointer and two free throws in an 8-2 run that got Rutgers within 54-50 with 2:18 to play.
After Jonathan Wallace hit two free throws with 1:57 left to push the lead back to six points, Douby and Ricky Shields missed jumpers and Cook eventually added two more free throws to give the Hoyas a 58-50 lead.
Georgetown, which went seven minutes without a basket in falling behind 18-10, closed the half with a 19-6 spurt to take a 29-24 lead at the half. Much of the Hoyas’ comeback came after aggressive and productive sophomore guard Byron Joynes was forced to the bench with his second foul.
Cook hit two straight 3-pointers to ignite the run and Crawford, who had a career-high 12 points against Boston College two games ago, had a jumper, his second 3-pointer of the year and two free throws.
Cook, who was 7-of-12 from the field, started an 11-4 spurt to open the second half by splitting two defenders for a layup. Crawford hit a foul-line jumper to end the run and give Georgetown a 40-28 lead with just under 14 minutes to go.
Douby and senior guard Ricky Shields, who led Rutgers in scoring with averages of 15.1 and 14.1 points, respectively, finished with nine and six points, respectively on a combined 4-for-19 shooting.
Rutgers will host intrastate rival Seton Hall on Tuesday night at the RAC. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.
POSTGAME NOTES
SHIELDS MOVES INTO TOP-10 ALL-TIME IN SCORING
Senior guard Ricky Shields entered the Rutgers top-10 all-time scoring list vs. Georgetown. He passed Kelvin Troy (1977-81) and Abdel Anderson (1975-79) to move unto 10th place on the scoring chart with 1,462 career points. Next on the list is Geoff Billet (1995-99) in ninth place with 1,480 points. Shields is also one three-point field goal away from tying Billet for the Rutgers record. Billet currently holds the record with 242 career three-pointers.
FILLING UP THE RAC
The sellout-crowd of 8,007 vs. Georgetown marked the fifth sellout of the season (second-straight), the 19th in the four-year Gary Waters era and the 54th in the history of the RAC.
COACHES SPORT SNEAKERS TO SUPPORT CANCER AWARENESS DAY
Both the Rutgers and Georgetown coaching staffs complemented their suits by wearing athletic sneakers during the game to support National Coaches vs. Cancer Awareness Day, an event supported by the National Association of Basketball Coaches in conjunction with the American Cancer Society.
BAILEY PICKING UP SCORING TOUCH ONCE AGAIN
As Rutgers enters the heart of its BIG EAST schedule, freshman forward Ollie Bailey has found the scoring touch he wowed RU fans with during RU's non-conference schedule. Including tonight's 11-point performance, Bailey is averaging 10.8 points in his last six games, all in the BIG EAST.
CARDIAC KNIGHTS
Rutgers has kept fans that come out to see the Scarlet Knights play both at home and on the road this season on the edge of their seat. Five of RU's 12 losses have come by five points or less this season, including a pair of games against nationally-ranked opponents in Pittsburgh (66-63 in ot) and Syracuse (86-84) that were decided on the last possession. The 53-52 loss at St. John's was also decided on the last possession.
RU CONTINUES TO PRODUCE FROM THE LINE
After shooting 13-of-18 (.722) from the line against Georgetown, Rutgers is shooting 107-of-133 (.805) from the line in its last seven games and entered the Georgetown game secondn inthe conference in free throw shooting..
OPPONENT FTM-FTA PCT.
Providence 23-30 .767
Seton Hall 12-17 .706
Syracuse 25-27 .926
Villanova 29-34 .853
St. John's 5-7 .714
Georgetown 13-18 .722
TOTALS 107-133 .805
JOYNES CLEANING UP THE GLASS
After pulling down seven rebounds tonight, sophomore center Byron Joynes improved his rebounding average to 6.3 rpg. In his last seven games. He has snared least seven rebounds in a game six times this season, including five of the last seven contests. Joynes also added seven points for the Scarlet Knights.
ARMSTEAD HONORED AT HALFTIME
Gene Armstead, a dominant 6-9 center for the Rutgers basketball team from 1970-73 and the first high school All-American to play basketball for the Scarlet Knights, was honored at halftime as part of Letterwinners Day for his recent election into the Rutgers Men's Basketball Hall of Fame. He will formally be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Rutgers Basketball Post-Season Awards Banquet on April 10.
Official Basketball Box Score
Georgetown vs Rutgers
02/05/05 7:00 p.m. at Louis Brown Athl. Center; Piscataway, NJ
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VISITORS: Georgetown 15-6, 7-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
00 COOK, Ashanti....... * 7-12 2-6 7-8 0 4 4 3 23 6 1 0 2 40
01 BOWMAN, Brandon..... * 3-8 0-4 1-3 2 4 6 2 7 1 1 0 2 34
02 WALLACE, Jonathan... * 2-5 1-4 2-2 0 3 3 3 7 2 3 0 2 31
32 GREEN, Jeff......... * 3-7 1-3 0-0 3 4 7 3 7 2 2 1 0 28
55 HIBBERT, Roy........ * 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 10
05 REED, Ray........... 0-1 0-0 0-2 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 10
20 OWENS, Darrel....... 2-4 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 12
22 CRAWFORD, Tyler..... 4-6 1-2 2-2 2 3 5 0 11 0 1 0 0 21
44 KILKENNY_DIAW, Amado 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 14
TEAM................ 3 3
Totals.............. 22-46 5-21 12-17 11 22 33 15 61 14 12 2 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-23 47.8% 2nd Half: 11-23 47.8% Game: 47.8% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 23.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 9-13 69.2% Game: 70.6% 3
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HOME TEAM: Rutgers 7-12, 1-8
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....... * 2-6 0-1 4-6 1 2 3 2 8 0 3 0 2 36
02 SHIELDS, Ricky...... * 2-11 0-6 2-2 0 0 0 2 6 2 1 0 0 30
05 DOUBY, Quincy....... * 2-8 1-4 4-4 0 0 0 3 9 3 3 0 2 34
21 JOYNES, Byron....... * 3-3 0-0 1-1 3 3 6 4 7 1 1 0 0 21
40 BAILEY, Ollie....... * 5-7 0-0 1-2 1 4 5 2 11 0 1 1 0 36
10 QUEZADA, Manny...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
13 WIGGAN, Juel........ 4-7 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 4 8 0 1 0 1 25
45 WATERSTRADT, Dan.... 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 7
55 INGLIS, Jimmie...... 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 10
TEAM................ 1 1 2
Totals.............. 21-47 1-12 13-18 7 15 22 18 56 7 10 1 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-22 45.5% 2nd Half: 11-25 44.0% Game: 44.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-4 0.0% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 8.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 72.2% 2
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Officials: Bob Donato, Pat Driscoll, Jeff Clark
Technical fouls: Georgetown-None. Rutgers-None.
Attendance: 8007
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Georgetown.................... 29 32 - 61
Rutgers....................... 24 32 - 56
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Points in the paint-HOYAS 28,RUTGERS 26. Points off turnovers-HOYAS 6,RUTGERS 10.
2nd chance points-HOYAS 15,RUTGERS 11. Fast break points-HOYAS 2,RUTGERS 2.
Bench points-HOYAS 17,RUTGERS 15. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-5 times.
Last FG-HOYAS 2nd-03:11, RUTGERS 2nd-00:09.
