National Basketball Association
Indiana 84, Rutgers 54
When: 5:15 PM ET, Sunday, February 22, 2015
Where: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
Officials:
# D.J. Carstensen, # Robert Riley, # Paul Szelc
Attendance:
7402
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Indiana 84, Rutgers 54: Yogi Ferrell had 17 points, six rebounds and six assists to lead the visiting Hoosiers past the Scarlet Knights in a Big Ten game.
James Blackmon Jr. added 17 points and seven rebounds for Indiana (19-9, 9-6 Big Ten), which beat Rutgers for the second time this season and registered its largest margin of victory over a Big Ten opponent since beating Purdue 97-60 in 2013. Hanner Mosquera-Perea chipped in a career-high 13 points and five rebounds, and Nick Zeisloft contributed 13 points off the bench for the Hoosiers.
Greg Lewis had a career-high 13 points, including 11 in the first half, and eight rebounds to lead Rutgers (10-18, 2-13), which extended its losing streak to 11 games. Myles Mack added all 10 of his points in the first half for the Scarlet Knights.
Indiana produced a 9-0 run to go up 23-16 with 7:44 left in the first half, and the Hoosiers extended their advantage to 40-30 at halftime. Blackmon led all scorers with 14 points in the first half and Mosquera-Perea, who had 11 points, was 3-of-3 from the field and 5-of-5 from the foul line before intermission.
The Hoosiers went on a 9-0 run to start the second half, and a 17-3 run going back to the 3:30 mark of the first half, to take a 49-30 lead and pull away. Indiana outrebounded Rutgers 45-32, led by Troy Williams' nine boards.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Indiana, which improved to 3-0 in the series against Rutgers, played on the Scarlet Knights’ campus for the first time as a member of the Big Ten. … Ferrell extended his Indiana-record 59-game streak of making at least one 3-pointer, the longest active streak in the nation. … Robert Johnson scored eight points and Williams added seven for the Hoosiers.
Top Game Performances
Indiana |
|
Rutgers |
James Blackmon Jr 17 |
Scoring |
Greg Lewis 13 |
Yogi Ferrell 6 |
Assists |
Myles Mack 4 |
Troy Williams 9 |
Rebounds |
Greg Lewis 8 |
Hanner Mosquera-Perea 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Greg Lewis 3 |
James Blackmon Jr 1 |
Steals |
Bishop Daniels 2 |
Jeremiah April 1 |
Blocks |
Shaquille Doorson 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Indiana
|
84 |
53.4 |
10-27 |
12-20 |
16 |
41 |
4 |
3 |
13 |
Rutgers
|
54 |
37.0 |
4-12 |
10-25 |
12 |
28 |
2 |
6 |
12 |