Rutgers University
West Virginia
Shields Lifts Rutgers Past West Virginia, 67-64
Mar 22 | Men's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Junior guard Ricky Shields scored a career-high 26 points on 5-of-6 shooting from three-point range and freshman guard Quincy Douby hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:11 remaining to give Rutgers a 67-64 victory over West Virginia in the second round of the NIT on Monday night.
The Mountaineers had a chance to tie the game, but Patrick Beilein's 3-point attempt from the right baseline went off the back of the rim with time winding down.
Rutgers (18-12) defeated Big East rival West Virginia (17-14) for the second time this season and advanced to the NIT quarterfinals for the first time since 1990.
The Scarlet Knights will host Villanova on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. in a game that will be nationally-televised on ESPN 2.
West Virginia overcame an early nine-point deficit to tie the game at 32-32 halftime. Then the Mountaineers rallied from 10 points down early in the second half to tie it four different times.
J.D. Collins hit a 3-pointer with 1:45 remaining for West Virginia to tie the game 61-61.
After a timeout, senior forward Herve Lamizana penetrated into the lane before kicking it out to Douby, who hit a 3-pointer from the left of the key to make it 64-61.
Joe Herber made one of two foul shots to pull West Virginia to 64-62, but junior power forward Adrian Hill, hit two free throws for Rutgers to make it 66-62 with 34.6 seconds left.
Kevin Pittsnogle's slam cut it to 66-64 with 8.8 seconds remaining and Douby made one of two free throws to give the Mountaineers one last shot to tie.
West Virginia got the ball to Beilein in the corner, but his shot over junior guard Juel Wiggan wouldn't fall.
The buzzer sounded with West Virginia trying to track down the rebound.
Douby, who started his second straight game after coming off the bench all season, finished with 15 points. Lamizana had 11 points and three blocked shots.
West Virginia got 16 points and six blocks from center D'or Fischer and 10 points apiece from Tyrone Sally and Beilein.
POSTGAME NOTES
WITH THE WIN
With tonight's 67-64 victory over West Virginia, Rutgers advances to the quarterfinals of the NIT. It marks the fourth time in school history that the Scarlet Knights have won at least two games in the post season tournament. RU's best performances in the NIT was semifinal appearances during the 1977-78 and 1966-67 seasons when Rutgers.
The Scarlet Knights are 13-12 all-time in the NIT. Rutgers' last appearance in the NIT quarterfinals was a 58-55 loss to Penn State during the 1989-90 season.
SCARLET KNIGHTS REGISTER 18 WINS FOR SECOND TIME UNDER WATERS
Tonight's
victory improves Rutgers to 18-12 on the season, giving third-year head coach
Gary Waters his second 18-win season at the helm of the Scarlet
Knights. In 2001-02, Rutgers finished 18-13.
RUTGERS SETS RECORD FOR THREE POINTERS IN A SEASON
Rutgers connected on eight
three pointers tonight to set a school record for three pointers made in a
season with 220. The Scarlet Knights have already
set the school mark for three pointers attempted, and currently have 596 tries.
For the year, RU is shooting 36.9 percent from beyond the three-point arc.
SHIELDS GOES FOR 20 AGAIN??????SCORES CAREER-HIGH 26 POINTS
Ricky
Shields has scored 20 or more points in six of 30 games this season. His 26
points tonight against West Virginia are a career high. Rutgers is 5-1
in games this season when Shields hit the 20-point mark in scoring with its
only loss coming by two points to defending national champion Syracuse on the
road. He matched his previous high of 24 points on two occasions this season,
against Northwestern (12/27/03) and the Mountaineers (2/25/04). Shields was
also 5-of-6 (.833) from three-point range tonight, accounting for more than
half of RU's three-pointers on the night.
SHIELDS MOVES UP ON All-TIME RU SCORING CHART
With 26 points tonight, junior
guard Ricky Shields passed Don Parsons (1946-1950) and Steve Kaplan (1969-1972)
to move into 23rd place on the school's
all-time scoring list with 1,149. Next on the list is Bob Greacen (1966-1969)
with 1,154.
SHIELDS vs. WEST VIRGINIA
In six career games against West Virginia, Ricky
Shields has scored 105 points for an average of 17.5 points per contest. He
has scored 20 or more points
in four of the six outings. It marked the second time he hit the 20-point plateau
this season against the Mountaineers, scoring a then-career-high 24 points
in his first encounter on Feb. 25.
HANDLE WITH CARE
For the eighth time this season and second-straight contest,
Rutgers committed less than 10 turnovers in a game. The Scarlet Knights surrendered
the ball
just nine times tonight for the second-consecutive game. Rutgers is 5-3 in
those games.
RUTGERS AT THE RAC
Tonight's victory improves Rutgers' record to 15-2 at the RAC
this season, matching RU's home mark during head coach Gary Waters' first
season with the Scarlet Knights in 2001-02. In three years under Waters, Rutgers
is a combined 39-10 (.796) at home.
RUTGERS IS TRES BIEN
The Scarlet Knights shot a sizzling 8-of-14 (57.1 percent)
from three-point range tonight. It was the second highest output of the season
from beyond the
three-point arc. RU shot a season-best 61.1 percent from three against Miami
(1/21/04). Rutgers has shot better than 50 percent from three point range five
times this season.
DOUBY SPARKLES AS A STARTER
Freshman guard Quincy Douby made his second start
of the season and scored 15 points while playing a career-high 38 minutes for
the second straight contest.
Douby's last two games???..
Date Opponent Points Assists Minutes
3/17 Temple 28 2 38
3/22 West Virginia 15 3 38
Totals 43 5 76
LAMIZANA SCORES IN DOUBLE DIGITS IN 14 OF LAST 15
With 11 points tonight, senior
forward Herve Lamizana has scored in double-digits in 25 of Rutgers' 30
games this season.
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
West Virginia vs Rutgers
03/22/04 7:30 p.m. at Louis Brown Athl. Center; Piscataway, NJ
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VISITORS: West Virginia 17-14
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
04 SALLY, Tyrone f 4-7 2-3 0-0 2 5 7 3 10 6 3 1 1 36
34 PITTSNOGLE, Kevin f 2-7 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 16
40 FISCHER, D'or c 4-7 0-0 8-10 1 4 5 4 16 0 1 6 1 32
01 COLLINS, J.D. g 2-3 2-3 0-2 0 0 0 4 6 2 0 0 2 25
05 HERBER, Joe g 3-9 1-4 1-2 0 5 5 3 8 2 2 0 0 37
03 BEILEIN, Patrick 4-8 2-4 0-0 1 3 4 3 10 4 3 1 0 35
10 RELPH, Tyler 2-4 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 2 1 0 0 15
12 YOUNG, Frank 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4
TEAM ........................................ 0 2 2
TOTALS 22-46 11-20 9-14 5 22 27 17 64 17 10 8 4 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 12-23 52.2% 2ndH: 10-23 43.5% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 47.8% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 7-11 63.6% 2ndH: 4-9 44.4% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 55.0% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 1-2 50.0% 2ndH: 8-12 66.7% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 64.3% 3
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HOME TEAM: Rutgers 18-12
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 4-12 1-2 2-2 1 4 5 2 11 3 4 3 1 35
32 AXANI, Sean f 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 22
02 SHIELDS, Ricky g 8-11 5-6 5-6 0 5 5 1 26 3 3 0 0 37
05 DOUBY, Quincy g 5-11 1-4 4-7 1 1 2 2 15 3 0 0 0 38
11 WEBB, Marquis g 1-5 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 2 5 5 1 0 1 34
04 HILL, Adrian 3-6 0-0 3-4 4 3 7 2 9 0 0 0 0 22
13 WIGGAN, Juel 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12
TEAM ........................................ 2 1 3 1
TOTALS 21-48 8-14 17-23 8 21 29 12 67 14 9 4 2 200
TOT-FG 1stH: 11-27 40.7% 2ndH: 10-21 47.6% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 43.8% Deadbl
3pt-FG 1stH: 3-8 37.5% 2ndH: 5-6 83.3% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 57.1% Rebs
FThrow 1stH: 7-9 77.8% 2ndH: 10-14 71.4% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 73.9% 3
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OFFICIALS: Bryan Kersey, Jamie Luckie, Ray Natili
TECHNICAL FOULS:
West Virginia - none
Rutgers - none
ATTENDANCE: 5,626
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
West Virginia 32 32 64
Rutgers 32 35 67
