PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Sophomore guard Quincy Douby hit a free throw with no time left on the clock after a foul call on the last shot of overtime to give Rutgers a pulsating 62-61 victory over Seton Hall on Tuesday night, snapping the Scarlet Knights' five-game losing streak.
Douby took an inbounds pass with 4.1 seconds to play and the score tied, dribbled a couple of times, stopped and faked Seton Hall guard Donald Copeland off his feet. Copeland leaned back to avoid any major contact as Douby leaned in and shot. However, a foul was called a foul on Copeland.
The referees went to the scorer's table to review the play to make sure Douby had released the shot before the horn and that it was a two-point foul and not the three-point foul. Once the officials confirmed the two-point shot beat the buzzer, Douby got two free throws with :00 left on the game clock to the groans from the partisan, boisterous RU crowd of 7,576 fans. After missing the first shot, Douby then swished the second to win the game.
The exciting intra-state rivalry game featured 12 lead changes and four ties. Seton Hall out-scored Rutgers 28-22 in the paint, while the Scarlet Knights scored 16 points off turnovers while Seton Hall had eight points off turnovers.
Douby, who did not start the game in a lineup change, finished with 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting and a career-high four steals. Senior guard Juel Wiggan, who gained his second start of the season, added 11 points for Rutgers (8-12, 2-8 Big East). Freshman forward Ollie Bailey had eight points and seven rebounds while sophomore center Byron Joynes had an active night with seven points, five rebounds and a productive defensive night in a career-high 38-minute effort.
Senior guard John Allen had 20 points and junior center Kelly Whitney added 13 for Seton Hall (10-10, 2-7) but was harassed into committing nine turnovers. The loss was the Pirates' third straight.
Freshman guard Manny Quezada gained the first start of his career and sparked the Knights early, scoring five first half points.
POSTGAME NOTES
SHIELDS TIES SCHOOL THREE-POINT RECORD IN DRAMATIC FASHION
Senior guard Ricky Shields converted a clutch three-pointer with 2:12 remaining in regulation to give Rutgers a 48-44 lead over Seton Hall. It marked his 242nd career three-point field goal of his 112-game career, tying the school record originally set by Geoff Billet from 1995 to 1999.
DOUBY POSTS CAREER-BEST FOUR STEALS
Besides his game-winning free throw against Seton Hall, sophomore guard Quincy Douby recorded a career-high four steals. He bested his previous high of three set on three different occasions. He now has eight steals in his last three games for an average of 2.7 steals per game. Douby registered two steals each against St. John's (2/2) and Georgetown (2/5) in the previous two outings.
JOYNES CONTINUES TO IMPRESS
Sophomore center Byron Joynes continues to improve with each game. He played a career-high 38 minutes (also a team high) against Seton Hall. He is averaging 5.2 points and a team-best 5.5 rebounds in Rutgers' 10 BIG EAST games. He entered BIG EAST play averaging 2.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per contest. Overall, Joynes has improved his season totals to 3.9 points per game and 4.7 rebounds (tied for second on the team).
JOYNES' ACCEPTS CHARITY
Sophomore center Byron Joynes has successfully converted 12 of his last 13 free throws. He had connected on 12 straight free throws dating back to the second half of the Connecticut game on Jan. 15 prior to missing his final attempt against Seton Hall. He finished the game 3-for-4 from the line.
WIGGAN REAPPEARS IN STARTING LINEUP
Head coach Gary Waters introduced his third different starting lineup of the season against Seton Hall. It is also the second time this season and 15th time in his career senior guard Juel Wiggan has earned a starting assignment. He finished the game 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field. In his lone other start of the season at Georgetown on Jan. 11, he scored a career-high 23 points and pulled down six rebounds.
QUEZADA GETS STARTING NOD
Freshman guard Manny Quezada earned his first career start against Seton Hall. The Scarlet Knights' backup guard utilized his early entrance into the game, scoring five of Rutgers' first seven points of the contest.
BAILEY PICKING UP THE PACE
Freshman forward Ollie Bailey is averaging 10.7 points and 6.0 rebounds. He scored eight points, adding a team-high seven rebounds against Seton Hall. He has registered at least five rebounds in five of his last seven games.
RU IN OVERTIME
The Seton Hall game marked the second overtime game of the season and eighth in Gary Waters' four-year tenure as head coach of the Scarlet Knights. RU is 6-2 in overtime under Waters.
DOUBY NAMED JOE CALABRESE MVP
For his performance in Rutgers' 62-61 overtime victory over Seton Hall, including the game winning free throw with no time remaining on the clock, guard Quincy Douby was the recipient of the Joe Calabrese Rutgers-Seton Hall Game MVP Award. Douby came off the bench to score a team-high 19 points, connecting on 7-of-13 from the floor, and added a career high four steals for the Scarlet Knights. The MVP Award honors the memory of long-time New Jersey sports writer Joe Calabrese, who covered college athletics for many years for the Newark Star Ledger, Trenton Times and Bridgewater Courier News. His widow, Dona Lee, made the presentation of the award to Douby in the post-game ceremony.
Official Basketball Box Score
Seton Hall vs Rutgers
02/08/05 7:30 p.m. at Louis Brown Athl. Center; Piscataway, NJ
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VISITORS: Seton Hall 10-10, 2-7
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 WHITNEY, Kelly...... f 5-10 0-0 3-5 0 4 4 4 13 1 9 1 1 39
32 ALLEN, John......... f 8-13 0-1 4-4 3 6 9 2 20 4 1 0 2 42
41 BILLMEIER, Grant.... c 3-4 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 4 7 0 0 2 1 30
04 MORRIS, J.R......... g 1-6 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 3 3 1 2 0 2 26
20 CERASOLI, Justin.... g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 9
02 NUTTER, Jamar....... 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 2 5 1 3 0 0 19
10 COPELAND, Donald.... 4-7 2-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 10 5 1 0 2 35
14 LAING, Brian........ 1-4 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 11
33 SWEET, Andre........ 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7
50 COUSIN, Marcus...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7
TEAM................ 5 4 9
Totals.............. 24-52 4-10 9-13 10 27 37 20 61 14 18 3 8 225
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-20 50.0% 2nd Half: 12-26 46.2% OT: 2-6 33.3% Game: 46.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% OT: 1-2 50.0% Game: 40.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0% 2nd Half: 5-7 71.4% OT: 3-4 75.0% Game: 69.2% 1
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HOME TEAM: Rutgers 8-12, 2-8
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 WEBB, Marquis....... f 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 5 5 4 0 0 1 32
40 BAILEY, Ollie....... f 3-11 0-0 2-6 3 4 7 2 8 0 2 0 0 31
21 JOYNES, Byron....... c 2-5 0-0 3-4 2 3 5 4 7 1 4 1 1 38
10 QUEZADA, Manny...... g 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 5 0 2 0 1 13
13 WIGGAN, Juel........ g 4-5 1-1 2-4 1 1 2 0 11 3 3 0 2 34
02 SHIELDS, Ricky...... 2-8 1-6 0-0 0 3 3 1 5 5 2 0 0 28
05 DOUBY, Quincy....... 7-13 2-6 3-4 0 0 0 1 19 2 2 1 4 32
45 WATERSTRADT, Dan.... 1-5 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 17
TEAM................ 3 6 9
Totals.............. 23-56 6-19 10-18 11 21 32 16 62 15 16 3 10 225
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-30 33.3% 2nd Half: 10-21 47.6% OT: 3-5 60.0% Game: 41.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% OT: 0-1 0.0% Game: 31.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 5-10 50.0% OT: 3-6 50.0% Game: 55.6% 3
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Officials: Les Jones, Tim Higgins, Tom Lopes
Technical fouls: Seton Hall-None. Rutgers-None.
Attendance: 7576
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total
Seton Hall.................... 22 31 8 - 61
Rutgers....................... 26 27 9 - 62
Joe Calabrese RU-SHU MVP Award - Quincy Douby
Points in the paint-SHU 28,RUTGERS 22. Points off turnovers-SHU 8,RUTGERS 16.
2nd chance points-SHU 5,RUTGERS 11. Fast break points-SHU 8,RUTGERS 8.
Bench points-SHU 18,RUTGERS 26. Score tied-4 times. Lead changed-12 times.
Last FG-SHU OT-00:14, RUTGERS OT-00:46.
