National Basketball Association
Rutgers 57, Seton Hall 55
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Where: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
Officials:
# Karl Hess, # Joe Lindsay, # Ray Natalli
Attendance:
5803
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Rutgers 57, Seton Hall 55: Eli Carter scored 14 points and host Rutgers held off a late rally by its in-state rival to snap a six-game losing streak.
Myles Mack scored 10 points - all in the first half - for the Scarlet Knights (13-10, 4-8 Big East), who ended their skid despite going without a field goal for the final 9 1/2 minutes.
Fuquan Edwin scored 18 points, including a late 3-pointer with 3.2 seconds left that cut the deficit to one, but it wasn't enough to prevent Seton Hall (13-12, 2-10) from tumbling to its sixth straight defeat and 10th loss in 11 games.
The Pirates pulled within 37-34 on Eugene Teague's basket with 14:34 to play, but Carter and Dane Miller hit 3-pointers in a 10-0 spurt as Rutgers built the lead to 47-34 with 9:30 left.
Aaron Cosby's 3-pointer cut to it 47-37, but it was the only field goal for Seton Hall in a span of nearly nine minutes. The Scarlet Knights led by a dozen with 4:24 left, but the Pirates inched back and pulled within 55-52 on Kyle Smyth's 3-pointer with 26 seconds left before Edwin's lunging 3-pointer made it a one-point game.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Miller scored seven points and became the 39th player in school history to surpass 1,000 for his career. ... Pirates F Brandon Mobley had 10 points after sitting out the last game with a shoulder injury. ... Carter, the leading scorer for Rutgers, had only three points in the first half after picking up two fouls in the first 3 1/2 minutes.
Top Game Performances
Seton Hall |
|
Rutgers |
Fuquan Edwin 18 |
Scoring |
Eli Carter 14 |
Tom Maayan 4 |
Assists |
Dane Miller 4 |
Gene Teague 7 |
Rebounds |
Kadeem Jack 8 |
Fuquan Edwin 7 |
Free Throws Made |
Eli Carter 5 |
Tom Maayan 2 |
Steals |
Eli Carter 2 |
Fuquan Edwin 1 |
Blocks |
Kadeem Jack 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Seton Hall
|
55 |
36.7 |
6-21 |
13-18 |
9 |
29 |
1 |
5 |
14 |
Rutgers
|
57 |
39.1 |
5-13 |
16-25 |
13 |
32 |
11 |
6 |
12 |