CORAL GABLES, FL - In a matchup of two BIG EAST teams that
have not met in nearly two years, the Miami Hurricanes pulled out a 73-63 victory
over the Rutgers Scarlet Knights Wednesday night at the Convocation Center
in Coral Gables, FL. With the loss, the Scarlet Knights drop to 9-6 and 1-4
in BIG EAST play, while the Hurricanes improve to 13-5 and 3-1 in league competition.
Junior guard Ricky Shields (Upper Marlboro, MD) collected 19 points with a
career-high six three-pointers for RU. He connected on 6-of-10 (.600) shots
from three-point range, as the Scarlet Knights shot 11-of-18 (.611) from beyond
the arc as a team.
Miami’s Darius Rice overcame a rough first half to score 23 points to
lead the Hurricanes.
Against a suffocating Rutgers defense, Rice had just three points on 0-for-5
shooting as Miami entered halftime with a 29-27 lead. Guillermo Diaz and Robert
Hite added 14 points apiece for Miami.
Freshman guard Quincy Douby (Brooklyn, NY) chipped in with 11 points for the
Scarlet Knights.
Rice scored 12 of Miami's first 17 points after the half as the Hurricanes
built a 46-36 lead. Rutgers used superb three-point shooting to close to within
50-47 before Rice scored eight of Miami's next 10 points to give the Hurricanes
to a 60-52 lead with 6:54 remaining. The Scarlet Knights never got closer than
six points after that.
Despite the loss, Rutgers out-rebounded Miami, 32-31, tonight, marking the
10th time in 15 games the Scarlet Knights have out-rebounded their opponent.
Miami and Rutgers last met two seasons ago with the Scarlet Knights taking
a 64-61 victory over the Hurricanes at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Feb.
17, 2002.
Rutgers returns home to face St. John’s on Saturday at the Louis Brown
Athletic Center at 4 p.m.
POSTGAME NOTES
CLEANING THE GLASS
Rutgers out-rebounded Miami, 32-31, on Wednesday, marking
the 10th time in 15 games this season, the Scarlet Knights have out-rebounded
their opponent.
SHIELDS SHINES FROM DOWNTOWN
Junior Ricky Shields registered a career-high
six three-pointers on Wednesday. He connected on a 6-of-10 (.611) three-point
shots and added a free throw for
a team-high 19 points.
SCARLET KNIGHTS SIZZLE FROM BEYOND THE ARC
Rutgers shot a season-high 11-for-18
(.611) from three-point range on Wednesday against Miami. It is the second
time the Scarlet Knights shot better than 50
percent from three-point range during the 2003-04 campaign, also achieving
the feat against Temple with a 12-for-23 (.522) effort on Dec. 3, 2003.
Official Basketball Box Score
Rutgers vs University of Miami
01-21-04 7:30 p.m. at Coral Gables, FL
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VISITORS: Rutgers 9-6, 1-4
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 LAMIZANA, Herve..... f 2-4 1-1 1-2 1 3 4 5 6 0 3 0 0 15
04 HILL, Adrian........ c 3-6 0-0 1-7 2 4 6 3 7 0 1 0 1 27
02 SHIELDS, Ricky...... g 6-11 6-10 1-2 0 4 4 0 19 0 3 0 0 34
11 WEBB, Marquis....... g 1-1 1-1 3-4 0 1 1 3 6 2 2 0 0 29
13 WIGGAN, Juel........ g 2-5 1-2 4-4 0 5 5 1 9 5 4 0 0 34
05 DOUBY, Quincy....... 3-7 2-3 3-4 0 1 1 1 11 1 2 0 1 23
21 JOYNES, Byron....... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
32 AXANI, Sean......... 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 6 7 3 4 0 2 0 0 29
44 WOOTEN, Calvin...... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
TEAM................ 2 2 4 1
Totals.............. 19-40 11-18 14-25 6 26 32 17 63 8 18 0 2 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-20 40.0% 2nd Half: 11-20 55.0% Game: 47.5% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 7-8 87.5% Game: 61.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-13 53.8% 2nd Half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 56.0% 4
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HOME TEAM: University of Miami 13-5, 3-1
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 RICE, Darius........ f 7-19 1-7 8-10 2 4 6 2 23 0 0 0 0 25
14 DJAHUE, Rodrigue.... c 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1 8
03 SURRATT, Armondo.... g 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 25
13 DIAZ, Guillermo..... g 5-9 2-3 2-2 1 2 3 2 14 2 2 0 2 35
22 HITE, Robert........ g 6-15 1-3 1-2 1 6 7 2 14 0 0 1 2 33
01 CLARKE, Karron...... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
02 HAMILTON, Gary...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 3 4 2 2 1 1 29
10 OKPALOBI, Brandon... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 WILKINS, Eric....... 2-2 0-0 2-4 1 2 3 0 6 1 1 0 1 17
34 FRISBY, William..... 3-5 0-0 3-4 1 1 2 1 9 0 1 1 1 21
TEAM................ 2 1 3
Totals.............. 26-57 4-15 17-23 9 22 31 18 73 9 6 3 11 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 2nd Half: 16-30 53.3% Game: 45.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 26.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-12 66.7% 2nd Half: 9-11 81.8% Game: 73.9% 2
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Officials: Andre Pattillo, Reggie Greenwood, Michael Stephens
Technical fouls: Rutgers-None. University of Miami-None.
Attendance: 2649
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Rutgers....................... 27 36 - 63
University of Miami........... 29 44 - 73
ID-228917
Points in the paint-RU 6,UM 28. Points off turnovers-RU 3,UM 23.
2nd chance points-RU 2,UM 10. Fast break points-RU 0,UM 4.
Bench points-RU 16,UM 19. Score tied-5 times. Lead changed-5 times.
Last FG-RU 2nd-00:27, UM 2nd-01:23.
