PISCATAWAY, NJ - Despite a game-high 29 points from BIG EAST leading scorer Quincy Douby, the Rutgers men's basketball team (9-3) suffered its first home loss of the season, falling to Charlotte, 85-82, before 5,221 at the RAC on Thursday night.
De'Angelo Alexander scored 20 points and Curtis Withers had 19 as Charlotte held off a furious second half rally by Rutgers, who took a one-point lead, 76-75, with 2:13 to play, but could not overcome Leemire Goldwire, who hit six-of-six free throws in the final 32 seconds of regulation. Goldwire finished with 15 points as Charlotte (6-5) snapped a two-game losing streak.
After playing to a 40-40 tie through the first half, there were 11 lead changes in the second half before Charlotte took the lead for good when Curtis Withers converted a three-point play to make it 79-76 with 1:04 left.
He finished with 19 points and eight rebounds. De'Angelo Alexander led the 49ers with 20 points.
Trailing by three with six seconds left, Rutgers called timeout and got the ball to Anthony Farmer, who drove to the basket and then kicked the ball back to Douby, but his off-balance shot fell short and came after time had expired. Farmer added 14 points for Rutgers, while Marquis Webb had 12 and J.R. Inman and Adrian Hill chipped in with 10 each. Farmer also played a solid floor game, handing out three assists with hitting six of the eight shots he took.
Plagued by foul trouble, the Scarlet Knights' frontline of Hill and Bryon Joynes played just a combined 37 minutes as both players fouled out. Hill played well in his 20 minutes of action, finishing six-of-six from the foul line and dunking a putback off a missed shot from Jimmie Inglis that gave RU a 70-68 lead with 6:26 to play.
Douby scored 20 or more points for the 11th time in 12 games, hitting
eight-of-18 shots from the floor and four-of-10 from three point range. He also had seven rebounds and three assists.
POSTGAME NOTES
DOUBY CONTINUES TO CLIMB ALL-TIME SCORING LIST
With his game-high 29-point performance, junior guard Quincy Douby passed the late great Rutgers Hall of Famer Jim Valvano (1964-67) for 26th place on the career scoring list. Douby currently has 1,124 points all-time.
DOUBY MAKES IT EIGHT OUT OF NINE GAMES OF 20 POINTS OR MORE
Junior guard Quincy Douby surpassed the 20-point mark for the fifth consecutive game and the eighth time in the past nine games. Douby scored a game-high 29 points against the 49ers, while also adding a team-high seven rebounds.
DOUBY FOR THREE
Junior guard Quincy Douby shot 4-of-10 (.400) from behind the three-point arc to move into sole possession of fifth place on Rutgers’ all time three-point field goals made list, passing former Scarlet Knight standout Jerome Coleman (2001-03). Douby currently has 172 made three pointers in his 74-game career.
FIVE RUTGERS PLAYERS REACH DOUBLE FIGURES
In Thursday night’s contest against Charlotte, Rutgers received a well-balanced offensive performance as five Scarlet Knights scored in double figures. It is the second time this season that RU has had five or more players score double-digits. Rutgers had six Scarlet Knights post double figures in their 92-50 win against Maryland Eastern Shore on Dec. 7.
Player Points
Quincy Douby 29
Anthony Farmer 14
Marquis Webb 12
Adrian Hill 10
JR Inman 10
THREE SCARLET KNIGHTS PERFECT FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE
Three Scarlet Knights –Quincy Douby, Adrian Hill, and Marquis Webb - were perfect from the free throw line, as Rutgers posted its second-best shooting performance from the free throw line this season. RU hit 18-of-22 (.818) shots from the charity stripe against the 49ers. Rutgers’ best performance came in its 55-52 win against Kent State on Nov. 25, when Scarlet Knights went 16-of-18 (.889) from the free throw line.
Player FT-FTA
Quincy Douby 9-9
Adrian Hill 6-6
Marquis Webb 3-3
RUTGERS SHOOTS OVER 50 PERCENT FOR THIRD TIME IN FOUR GAMES
Rutgers shot 51.9 percent (27-of-52) from the field against Charlotte, marking the third time in the past four games and fourth time this season that the Scarlet Knights have eclipsed the 50-percent mark from the field in a game.
The game was delayed for eight minutes in the first half, when the power went out on the scoreboard and an embankment of lights opposite the players'
bench with 5:40 remaining. Play resumed when the scoreboard went back on, and the lighting embankment came on after 16 minutes.
Rutgers returns to action when it hosts in-state rival Princeton at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 2:00 p.m.
Official Basketball Box Score
Charlotte vs Rutgers
12/22/05 7:30 p.m. at Louis Brown Athletic Crt; Piscataway, NJ
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VISITORS: Charlotte 6-5
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 WITHERS, Curtis..... f 7-13 0-1 5-8 2 6 8 2 19 1 4 0 0 33
44 NANCE, Chris........ c 3-10 0-0 2-4 3 2 5 4 8 1 1 0 0 21
12 GOLDWIRE, Leemire... g 3-5 3-5 6-6 0 2 2 1 15 3 1 0 0 31
15 ALEXANDER, De'Angelo g 8-13 4-5 0-0 2 4 6 2 20 1 1 0 2 37
20 BALDWIN, Mitchell... g 0-1 0-1 2-2 1 0 1 2 2 6 1 0 1 38
00 COLEMAN, Antwon..... 4-5 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 3 10 0 1 0 1 14
02 WILLIAMS, Courtney.. 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 11
10 LEWIS, Jerrell...... 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
11 BENNETT, Marcus..... 1-1 1-1 2-2 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 9
40 JAMISON, Jerell..... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 4
TEAM................ 2 2 4
Totals.............. 27-49 8-13 23-30 11 22 33 21 85 14 12 0 5 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-23 56.5% 2nd Half: 14-26 53.8% Game: 55.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 61.5% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 10-13 76.9% 2nd Half: 13-17 76.5% Game: 76.7% 1
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HOME TEAM: Rutgers 9-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
15 INMAN, JR........... f 4-6 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 10 1 2 2 0 22
40 BAILEY, Ollie....... f 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10
01 WEBB, Marquis....... g 4-9 1-4 3-3 0 2 2 4 12 5 0 1 0 35
02 FARMER, Anthony..... g 6-8 2-3 0-1 0 1 1 2 14 3 2 0 0 37
05 DOUBY, Quincy....... g 8-18 4-10 9-9 1 6 7 4 29 3 5 0 2 39
04 HILL, Adrian........ 2-3 0-0 6-6 2 3 5 5 10 1 0 0 1 20
21 JOYNES, Byron....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 17
30 GRIFFIN, Jaron...... 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 8
44 INGLIS, Jimmie...... 2-5 0-0 0-3 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 12
TEAM................ 1 2 3
Totals.............. 27-52 10-21 18-22 6 17 23 25 82 13 9 3 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-26 50.0% 2nd Half: 14-26 53.8% Game: 51.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 8-12 66.7% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 47.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd Half: 12-12 100 % Game: 81.8% 1
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Officials: Mike Kitts, Frank Scagliotta, Karl Hess
Technical fouls: Charlotte-None. Rutgers-None.
Attendance: 5221
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Charlotte..................... 40 45 - 85
Rutgers....................... 40 42 - 82
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Points in the paint-CHA 18,RUTGERS 20. Points off turnovers-CHA 13,RUTGERS 17.
2nd chance points-CHA 18,RUTGERS 12. Fast break points-CHA 8,RUTGERS 6.
Bench points-CHA 21,RUTGERS 17. Score tied-10 times. Lead changed-14 times.
Last FG-CHA 2nd-01:04, RUTGERS 2nd-00:07.
Largest lead-CHA by 8 1st-04:47, RUTGERS by 4 2nd-10:40.
