Rutgers University
Pittsburgh
Rutgers Falls to No. 9 Pittsburgh, 76-68
Jan 18 | Men's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ - Junior guard Quincy Douby, the BIG EAST's leading scorer, tallied 27 points, but ninth-ranked Pittsburgh used a balanced attack that saw five different players score in double figures to post a 76-68 victory over Rutgers on Wednesday night before a sellout crowd of 8,065 at the RAC.
With the win, Pitt (15-0, 4-0 BIG EAST) remained one of three unbeaten Division I teams along with No. 1 Duke and No. 2 Florida, both of which won Wednesday. With the loss, Rutgers falls to 12-5 on the season, 2-2 in BIG EAST play.
The hotly-contested defensive-minded game featured seven ties and 10 lead changes.
Rutgers took a 38-37 lead into halftime after Douby banked in a long three-point shot with the shot clock winding down at the 11-second mark of the first half. It was the second time in the last week that the Scarlet Knights held a lead after the first 20 minutes against a Top-10 opponent. Last Wednesday, RU led third-ranked Villanova by five before losing in overtime.
After a Douby bucket with 17:00 left in the second half gave Rutgers its last lead at 43-42, the Panthers built an eight-point lead during stretch before Douby -- who sat for more than four minutes after picking up his third foul with 11:21 left – hit a long three-pointer to make it 57-52 with a little over five minutes left.
The Panthers' Carl Krauser answered with a three-pointer and Pitt never led by fewer than seven points after that as 7-0 junior center Aaron Gray went 7-of-10 from the line down the stretch. He finished with 20 points and nine rebounds. Levon Kendall had 14 points to lead four other Panthers in double figures.
Rutgers led by a point at halftime largely because Douby, who had been held to one field goal in the game's first 11 minutes, managed to free himself from Pitt's pressure defense and wound up with 16 points in the opening half.
The junior guard gave the Scarlet Knights a 28-25 lead on an NBA-distance three-pointer, and Rutgers led by as much as 31-27 before Pitt tied the game on a four-point play by Keith Benjamin and then went ahead on two free throws by Sam Young.
In addition to Douby's 27 points, Rutgers received 12 points and five rebounds from freshman forward JR Inman. Junior swingman Marquis Webb played his usual solid all-around game, netting 10 points, handing out four assists while picking up two steals. The BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year candidate held Krauser to just six points, 11 below his team-leading average of 17.0
The Scarlet Knights return to action on Sunday, Jan. 22, when they travel to BIG EAST newcomer Cincinnati to take on the Bearcats at 2:00 p.m.
POSTGAME NOTES
DOUBY CLIMBS ALL-TIME SCORING CHART
With his 27-point outing, junior guard Quincy Douby claimed sole possession of 17th place on RU's all-time scoring list, passing Bucky Hatchett (1946-50). He now has 1,251 career points and is just six points behind Keith Hughes (1989-91), who is in 16th place with 1,257 points.
DOUBY CONTINUES STRETCH OF 20-POINT GAMES
Junior guard Quincy Douby, the BIG EAST's leading scorer with 25.7 ppg, extended his stretch of 20-point performances to 10 consecutive games and 13 of Rutgers' last 14 games. Douby has scored in double figures in 23 straight contests dating back to last season and has led the Scarlet Knights in scoring in 16 of 17 games this year. He now has 25 career 20-point games
WEBB CONTAINS KRAUSER
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year candidate, Marquis Webb, limited Pittsburgh's leading scorer Carl Krauser to just six points for the game on 2-of-7 shooting. Krauser was held 11 points below his 17.0 point-per-game average.
Season Avg. Pts vs. Rutgers FG-FGA 3PT FG-FGA
Mardy Collins (Temple) 15.1 ppg 11 points 1-9 0-5
Stan Gaines (Seton Hall) 6.1 ppg 0 points 0-0 0-0
Sammy Mejia (DePaul) 15.6 ppg 11 points 3-9 0-1
Carl Krauser (Pittsburgh) 17.0 ppg 6 points 2-7 1-3
WEBB POSTS THIRD STRAIGHT DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING OUTING
Junior guard Marquis Webb recorded his third consecutive double-digit scoring performance and ninth of the season with his 10 points against the Panthers. Webb scored 11 points against Villanova on Jan. 11 and added 13 points against DePaul on Jan. 15.
INMAN EXTENDS DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING STREAK
Freshman forward JR Inman continued his consecutive streak of double-digit scoring games with his 12-point performance against Pittsburgh. Inman has scored in double figures in five of the last six games and a total of eight times on the year.
HILL, FARMER MATCH CAREER-HIGHS IN REBOUNDS
Junior forward Adrian Hill matched his career-high of nine rebounds (at Georgetown, 1/3/04) with a season-high nine in tonight's contest against Pittsburgh. Freshman guard Anthony Farmer also tied his career high of five rebounds (vs. Temple, 11/30). Hill also chipped in five points, while Farmer added a team-high five assists.
JOYNES TIES CAREER-HIGH BLOCKED SHOTS
Junior center Byron Joynes tied his career-high mark of three blocks for the fifth time in his career.
SELLOUT AT THE RAC
Tonight's attendance of 8,065 marks the third straight sellout and third overall of the 2005-06 season. It is the 24th sellout in the five-year tenure of head coach Gary Waters and the 59th in Louis Brown Athletic Center history.
Official Basketball Box Score
Pittsburgh vs Rutgers
01/18/06 8:00 p.m. at Louis Brown Athletic Ctr; Piscataway, NJ
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VISITORS: Pittsburgh
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
00 DeGROAT, John....... f 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8
14 KENDALL, Levon...... f 7-13 0-1 0-0 7 6 13 5 14 0 0 0 1 30
33 GRAY, Aaron......... c 5-13 0-0 10-15 2 7 9 4 20 3 1 1 2 24
04 RAMON, Ronald....... g 1-3 1-2 7-7 1 2 3 1 10 1 0 0 0 20
11 KRAUSER, Carl....... g 2-7 1-3 1-2 0 3 3 3 6 6 5 0 0 35
01 BENJAMIN, Keith..... 5-10 1-3 1-2 2 1 3 1 12 1 0 0 1 28
02 FIELDS, Levance..... 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 21
05 BIGGS, Tyrell....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
22 GRAVES, Antonio..... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
23 YOUNG, Sam.......... 3-8 1-3 5-6 2 3 5 0 12 1 0 2 0 22
TEAM................ 4 4
Totals.............. 24-61 4-14 24-32 15 28 43 18 76 14 7 3 5 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd Half: 11-31 35.5% Game: 39.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 28.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 9-11 81.8% 2nd Half: 15-21 71.4% Game: 75.0% 4
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HOME TEAM: Rutgers
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 3-7 1-3 3-6 0 2 2 2 10 4 3 0 2 37
15 INMAN, JR........... f 4-8 3-4 1-2 0 5 5 5 12 0 1 1 0 18
21 JOYNES, Byron....... c 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 3 1 26
02 FARMER, Anthony..... g 0-7 0-1 3-4 2 3 5 2 3 5 3 0 0 36
05 DOUBY, Quincy....... g 11-21 4-9 1-2 1 2 3 4 27 1 0 0 0 34
04 HILL, Adrian........ 2-5 0-0 1-2 4 5 9 3 5 0 1 0 0 21
30 GRIFFIN, Jaron...... 2-6 0-3 1-1 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 14
33 KEATING, Shayle..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
40 BAILEY, Ollie....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
44 INGLIS, Jimmie...... 0-2 0-0 6-6 1 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 13
45 WATERSTRADT, Dan.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
TEAM................ 3 3 6
Totals.............. 22-57 8-20 16-23 11 26 37 25 68 11 9 5 3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-30 40.0% 2nd Half: 10-27 37.0% Game: 38.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 40.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 9-11 81.8% 2nd Half: 7-12 58.3% Game: 69.6% 3
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Officials: John Cahill, Reggie Greenwood, John Gaffney
Technical fouls: Pittsburgh-None. Rutgers-None.
Attendance: 8065
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Pittsburgh.................... 37 39 - 76
Rutgers....................... 38 30 - 68
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Points in the paint-PITT 28,RUTGERS 20. Points off turnovers-PITT 8,RUTGERS 10.
2nd chance points-PITT 13,RUTGERS 12. Fast break points-PITT 6,RUTGERS 4.
Bench points-PITT 26,RUTGERS 16. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-10 times.
Last FG-PITT 2nd-02:08, RUTGERS 2nd-00:18.
Largest lead-PITT by 12 2nd-02:08, RUTGERS by 4 1st-03:49.
