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Rutgers Routs Virginia Tech 85-52
Feb 15 | Men's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Herve Lamizana scored 20 points, including 13 in a 30-0 run in the first half, as Rutgers cruised to an 85-52 victory over Virginia Tech Sunday.
Rutgers improved to 14-8 overall and 6-6 in Big East Conference play, while Virginia Tech dropped to 10-11, 3-7 in the league.
The game was over not long after the opening tip as Virginia Tech went 10:25 without scoring while Rutgers made its first seven shots and broke out to a 32-3 lead.
The run was finally broken when Tech's Bryant Matthews, the Big East's leading scorer, converted the second of two free throws with 7:41 remaining in the first half.
The streak was accomplished without any points from the Scarlet Knights' leading scorer, Ricky Shields, who didn't score until he nailed a 3-pointer with 1:56 left in the half.
The backcourt of Marquis Webb, who finished with a career-high 16 points, and Juel Wiggan, who had 11, was the major catalyst in the unbroken string as they hit successive 3-pointers from the wings to after Matthews gave the Hokies a brief 3-2 lead by converting a three-point play.
Wiggan then made a steal and fed it to Lamizana for a layup, and Lamizana followed that with a 3-pointer to make the score 13-3 and force the Hokies to take their first timeout with 15:58 left.
Lamizana scored five points and Webb and Wiggan combined for five more to make it 23-3, and the Knights scored nine more points before the run ended with Wiggan's layup accounting for the 30th point.
Matthews, averaging 23.2 points a game, scored 16 of the Hokies' 19 points in the first half as Rutgers built a 45-19 advantage. He finished with 29.
POSTGAME NOTES
WITH THE WIN
With today’s 85-52 victory, Rutgers improves to 14-8 overall
for the season and evens its BIG EAST mark to 6-6 in BIG EAST competition.
RUTGERS RUNS AWAY
Rutgers held Virginia Tech without a point from 18:06 to 7:37 in the first
half, a span of 10:29. During the stretch, the Scarlet Knights outscored
the Hokies 30-0. During the 30-0 run Rutgers’ leading scorer, Ricky
Shields did not score a point. The run ended when VT’s Bryan Matthews
converted the second of two free-throw attempts to make the score 32-4. The
Scarlet Knights held Virginia Tech without a field goal from18:06 to 6:54,
a span of 11:12. VT’s Shawn Harris ended the field goal drought with
a layup to make it 32-6.
A TAIL OF TWO STARTS
Rutgers opened the game converting its first seven shots, including four three-pointers.
At the 8:05 mark of the first half, Rutgers was shooting 13-of-18 (.722)
from the field, including 6-of-8 from three-point range. In contrast, Virginia
Tech (playing its first game ever at the RAC) shot 1-for-12 (.083) from the
field and 0-2 (.000) from three-point range during the same stretch. The
Scarlet Knights forced eight Hokie turnovers during the stretch.
LARGEST EVER MARGIN OF VICTORY IN A BIG EAST GAME FOR RU
Today’s 33-point,
85-52 victory over Virginia Tech marks the largest margin of victory for Rutgers
in its nine-year BIG EAST history. The previous
high was a 32-point, 81-49 defeat of Seton Hall on Jan. 7, 1998.
LARGEST POINT TOTAL AND MARGIN OF VICTORY OF THE SEASON
Today’s 85-52 victory over Virginia Tech marks Rutgers’ largest
point total of the season and largest margin of victory of the 2003-04 campaign.
The Scarlet Knights’ previous high point total was 81 against Notre Dame
on Jan. 31.
NOT IN OUR HOUSE
Rutgers improved to 11-1 at the RAC and a combined 36-9 at the home in three
seasons under head coach Gary Waters.
RU HOLDS HOKIES BELOW 20 IN FIRST HALF
Virginia Tech’s 19 first-half points were the lowest allowed by Rutgers
in a BIG EAST game since January 18, 2000 when Notre Dame scored 16 points
in the opening period. The total is also the lowest allowed in a half by a
Rutgers opponent since Delaware State scored 10 points on December 28, 2002.
SCORCHING THE NET
Rutgers shot 60 percent (18-of-30) during the first half today. It was Rutgers’ best
shooting half in its nine-year BIG EAST history.
WEBB GETS TO THE POINT
Freshman Marquis Webb converted a jumper at the 15:21
mark of the second half to give him a career high 15 points. He finished the
game with a career-high
16 points on the afternoon. He scored 10 of his points in the first half.
SEVENTH CAREER DOUBLE-DOUBLE FOR HERVE
Senior forward Herve Lamizana recorded his seventh career double-double today,
with 20 points and 10 rebounds. It is his fifth of the 2003-04 season. Rutgers
is 7-0 on the season when Lamizana finishes in double figures in scoring
and rebounding. The 6-10 forward has scored 20 points or more in four of
those games, including three of the last four. Lamizana has scored in double-figures
in seven-straight games and 18 times this season.
FIVE IN DOUBLE FIGURES
For the third time this season, five different Scarlet
Knights hit the double-figure mark in the scoring column. Juel Wiggan capped
the afternoon with a layup at
the 4:00 mark of the second half. The last time RU achieved the feat was against
Monmouth on Jan. 13, 2004 when Lamizana (18), Shields (16), Wiggan (13), Webb
(11) and Sean Axani (11) each hit the double-figure plateau. Against Long Island
University on Dec. 20, 2003, Rutgers had six players score in double figures.
Player Points
Herve Lamizana 20
Marquis Webb 16*
Quincy Douby 15
Juel Wiggan 11
Ricky Shields 10
* career high
THREE-POINT FRENZY
For the seventh time this season Rutgers registered 10 or
more three-pointers in a game. The Scarlet Knights finished 11-of-23 from beyond
the arc against
Virginia Tech. The most three-pointers made in a game this season was 12 against
Temple Dec. 3. Rutgers is 6-1 this season in games when it has 10 or more three-point
field goals, with its only loss coming against then top-ranked Connecticut.
MOVIN ON UP
Junior Ricky Shields scored 10 points today to give him 1,015 points
for his career. He moves into a tie with Andrew Kolbasovsky (1992-96) for 32nd
place
on the Rutgers all-time scoring list. Next on the list is Rick Dadika (1985-90)
with 1,023.
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
Virginia Tech vs Rutgers
02/15/04 2:00 p.m. at Louis Brown Athl. Center; Piscataway, NJ
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VISITORS: Virginia Tech 10-11, 3-7
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
22 MATTHEWS, Bryant f 10-23 2-6 7-12 3 2 5 3 29 1 4 0 1 38
33 COLLINS, Coleman f 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 28
01 DOWDELL, Zabian g 1-8 0-3 1-1 0 2 2 2 3 3 1 0 0 28
02 GORDON, Jamon g 2-7 1-4 0-2 0 2 2 4 5 2 3 1 1 34
24 SAILES, Markus g 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 12
05 RANDALL, Bryan 1-4 1-2 0-1 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 18
11 RITCHIE, Bob 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 LATTIMORE, Mykhael 0-3 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
21 CALLOWAY, Allen 2-4 0-0 2-2 3 5 8 5 6 0 0 0 0 18
23 HARRIS, Shawn 1-1 0-0 2-3 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 12
25 McCANDIES, Philip 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
42 TUCKER, Chris 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TEAM ........................................ 3 0 3
TOTALS 18-58 4-18 12-21 14 15 29 20 52 10 11 2 2 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 6-21 28.6% 2ndH: 12-37 32.4% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 31.0% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 1-5 20.0% 2ndH: 3-13 23.1% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 22.2% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 6-9 66.7% 2ndH: 6-12 50.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 57.1% 4
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HOME TEAM: Rutgers 14-8, 6-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 LAMIZANA, Herve f 6-11 3-3 5-6 2 8 10 3 20 1 0 4 1 33
32 AXANI, Sean f 2-5 0-0 0-0 3 4 7 4 4 1 0 1 1 24
02 SHIELDS, Ricky g 3-9 2-8 2-2 0 2 2 0 10 1 1 0 2 31
11 WEBB, Marquis g 5-8 3-5 3-5 2 1 3 3 16 5 1 0 0 32
13 WIGGAN, Juel g 4-7 1-2 2-2 1 4 5 1 11 5 2 0 1 30
04 HILL, Adrian 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 9
05 DOUBY, Quincy 5-8 2-5 3-3 0 1 1 2 15 3 4 1 1 23
10 MIMMO, Jon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 JOYNES, Byron 1-1 0-0 3-4 1 3 4 2 5 1 3 2 0 11
23 PIASECKI, Justin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
30 HAZARD, Eric 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 KEATING, Shayle 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TEAM ........................................ 0 1 1
TOTALS 28-52 11-23 18-22 10 30 40 19 85 17 11 8 7 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 18-30 60.0% 2ndH: 10-22 45.5% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 53.8% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 7-14 50.0% 2ndH: 4-9 44.4% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 47.8% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 2-3 66.7% 2ndH: 16-19 84.2% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 81.8% 3, 1
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OFFICIALS: Mike Kitts, Will Bush, Jeff Clark
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Virginia Tech - none
Rutgers - none
ATTENDANCE: 7,701
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Virginia Tech 19 33 52
Rutgers 45 40 85
PTS IN THE PAINT: Virginia Tech - 24 Rutgers - 24
PTS OFF TURNOVERS: Virginia Tech - 05 Rutgers - 17
2ND CHANCE POINTS: Virginia Tech - 10 Rutgers - 12
FAST BREAK POINTS: Virginia Tech - 04 Rutgers - 06 
