Rutgers Set to Host FDU Tuesday Evening
Dec 13 | Men's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Rutgers (6-2) looks to improve to a perfect 6-0 at home when it hosts Fairleigh Dickinson (3-5) at the RAC on Tuesday in a 7:30 p.m. tip-off. The Knights will drive approximately 41 miles down the New Jersey Turnpike from Teaneck for the contest. FDU is one of six state opponents on RU's 2010-11 schedule.
The contest will be broadcast live on the Rutgers Radio Network, WOR 710 AM in New York and WCTC 1450 AM in New Brunswick. Chris Carlin will serve as play-by-play announcer and Dick Lloyd will provide commentary. WRSU (88.7) will also broadcast the game. On the web, the game will be streamed live via KnightVision Broadband at www.scarletknights.com with Danny Breslauer and Adam Helfgott calling the action.
Rutgers is coming off a 63-54 win over SEC-foe Auburn (3-5) Saturday afternoon at the Consol Energy Center Pittsburgh in the SEC/BIG EAST Invitational. The Scarlet Knights were the only BIG EAST team to earn a victory this season in the annual event. Sophomore guard Dane Miller (Rochester, N.Y.) had his second straight double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. RU outrebounded the Tigers by a 46-33 margin and built a 20-2 advantage in second chance points to earn the nationally-televised victory. Miller scored 12 of his points in the second half, as did senior forward Jonathan Mitchell (Mount Vernon, N.Y.). The duo combined to post 24 of RU's 34 points after the break. Rutgers shot 84.2 percent (16-19) from the free throw line, its best performance from the charity stripe this season.
Miller was named to the BIG EAST Conference Weekly Honor Roll on Monday. He averaged a double-double with 14.5 points and 10.0 rebounds to help Rutgers to a 2-0 record last week.
Rutgers is among the national leaders in many statistical categories. The Scarlet Knights rank 18th in blocks (5.8), 23rd in turnovers (11.4), 24th in scoring defense (58.4) and 26th in field goal percentage defense (37.4). Individually, senior guard Mike Coburn (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) ranks 39th in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.64) and 55th in steals (2.1). He is tied for second in the BIG EAST in both steals and minutes played (34.0).
Fairleigh Dickinson, under the leadership of second-year head coach Greg Vetrone, dropped its second straight on Saturday, an 87-66 decision at Iona. Junior Nate Gibbs led the Knights with a career-high 13 points and seven rebounds. On the season, senior guard Mike Scott paces the club in scoring with 16.3 points per game. GAME NOTES
