National Basketball Association
West Virginia 85, Rutgers 64
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Where: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
Officials:
# John Cahill, # Les Jones, # Gary Prager
Attendance:
4815
By SportsDirect Inc.
Darryl Bryant had a game-high 29 points, Kevin Jones earned his 10th double-double and West Virginia bounced back from its worst outing with one of its best in an 85-64 rout at Rutgers on Wednesday.
Jones collected 14 points and 13 rebounds as the Mountaineers (11-4, 2-1 Big East) won their seventh straight over the Scarlet Knights. Eli Carter's 19 points led Rutgers (8-7, 0-2).
Deniz Kilicli added 16 points and freshmen Aaron Brown and Jabarie Hinds had 11 apiece for West Virginia, which had failed to score in the last 6:42 of Friday's 67-48 loss at Seton Hall.
The Mountaineers topped that output in the first half against Rutgers, shooting 58 percent from the floor and forcing 13 turnovers as they rolled to a 51-26 halftime lead.
They also went an uncharacteristic 15-for-18 at the foul line – WVU entered hitting just 62 percent – during a chippy opening half that saw 30 fouls and 41 free throws. The Scarlet Knights, however, only sank 12 of their 23 attempts to go with 6-for-17 field-goal shooting.
Brown scored nine of his points during West Virginia's 33-9 blitz after they trailed 10-9 early.
The halftime cushion helped the Mountaineers through a cold spell to start the second half, as Rutgers tallied the first 10 points while it took West Virginia 5:20 to make a basket. The Knights could not pull closer than within 15, though.
Top Game Performances
West Virginia |
|
Rutgers |
Darryl Bryant 29 |
Scoring |
Eli Carter 19 |
Jabarie Hinds 7 |
Assists |
Eli Carter 4 |
Kevin Jones 14 |
Rebounds |
Gilvydas Biruta 4 |
Darryl Bryant 11 |
Free Throws Made |
Eli Carter 5 |
Gary Browne 3 |
Steals |
Mike Poole 3 |
Kevin Jones 1 |
Blocks |
Greg Lewis 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
West Virginia
|
85 |
56.8 |
7-13 |
28-37 |
17 |
29 |
1 |
10 |
16 |
Rutgers
|
64 |
46.2 |
4-16 |
12-25 |
13 |
22 |
2 |
9 |
15 |