National Basketball Association
Rutgers 67, Wisconsin 62
When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 11, 2015
Where: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
Officials:
# Tim Clougherty, # Donnie Eppley, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
6987
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Rutgers 67, No. 4 Wisconsin 62: Myles Mack scored a game-high 21 points, including four 3-pointers in the second half, as the Scarlet Knights rallied from 12 points down to shock the visiting Badgers.
Kadeem Jack contributed 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field for Rutgers (10-7, 2-2 Big Ten), which beat a top five team for the first time in its history. Bishop Daniels added nine points as the Scarlet Knights shot 54.3 percent from the field and made 5-of-7 from behind the arc in the second half.
Nigel Hayes recorded 15 points and 10 rebounds while Sam Dekker also scored 15 for Wisconsin (15-2, 3-1), which was without leading scorer and rebounder Frank Kaminsky due to concussion-like symptoms. Bronson Koenig added 12 points for the Badgers, who saw their eight-game winning streak come to an end.
Hayes scored seven during a 14-4 spurt in the first half to give Wisconsin a 14-point lead before the Badgers settled for a 35-23 edge at intermission. Rutgers missed all four 3-point attempts in the opening 20 minutes, but Mack drained three in the first five minutes of the second and his fourth tied the game at 46 with 12:18 left.
Wisconsin went back up by three before Jack made two baskets, Mack connected on four free throws and Junior Etou had a dunk to give the Scarlet Knights a 60-53 lead with 3:16 to go. The Badgers pulled within two twice in the final minutes, but Mack answered with a driving layup with 30.4 seconds left and Jack made two free throws with 23.2 ticks remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The highest-ranked team Rutgers had ever defeated before Sunday was No. 6 West Virginia 74-64 on Feb. 27, 1982 at home. … Wisconsin’s starting G Traevon Jackson scored seven points before leaving the game with 12:18 left in the contest with a foot injury and did not return. … The Scarlet Knights beat the Badgers for the first time in four all-time meetings.
Top Game Performances
Wisconsin |
|
Rutgers |
Sam Dekker 15 |
Scoring |
Myles Mack 21 |
Nigel Hayes 5 |
Assists |
Malick Kone 3 |
Nigel Hayes 10 |
Rebounds |
Junior Etou 7 |
Sam Dekker 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Myles Mack 5 |
Josh Gasser 1 |
Steals |
Bishop Daniels 1 |
Sam Dekker 2 |
Blocks |
Shaquille Doorson 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Wisconsin
|
62 |
42.9 |
5-21 |
9-16 |
11 |
28 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
Rutgers
|
67 |
54.3 |
5-11 |
12-15 |
8 |
26 |
1 |
2 |
7 |