No. 21/24 WBB Heads To Wagner
Nov 24 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 24, 2014
ABOUT WAGNER
STREAKING
ACTIVE WIN STREAKS:
NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP
She opened her sophomore season with a game-high 23 points in RU's 76-52 win over St. Joseph's. With her 23 points against the Hawks, Scaife had her eighth 20+ point game of her career and 29th double digit scoring effort. Scaife shot 9-of-13 from the floor, including a perfect 6-of-6 in the second half, and 5-of-6 from the free throw line.
DOUBLE DISHING
Her 16 rebounds in the 65-57 win at LSU on Saturday, were the most by a Scarlet Knight since Laney hauled in 15 in RU's win over Houston on Jan. 4, 2014.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
BLOCK PARTY
CLEANING THE GLASS
She most recently reset her career mark with 16 boards in RU's win at LSU, her most rebounds since grabbing 15 in last year's Jan. 4, 2014 win with Houston.
Laney also led all on the glass with 13 boards in victories over St. Joseph's and Northeastern.
Laney had 17 double digit rebounding efforts last season.
CENTURY OF APPEARANCES
TURNOVERS
In the season opener, RU committed just 11 turnovers while the Hawks had 21 miscues leading to 24 points for Rutgers.
Last Tuesday against Northeastern, RU forced 22 turnover resulting in 23 points for the Scarlet Knights and on Saturday at LSU, the Tigers mishandled the ball 21 times.
RU forced the opposition into at least 20 or more turnovers 15 times in 37 games a year ago.
Conversely, the Scarlet Knights committed fewer than 20 turnovers in 30 games, fewer than 15 miscues in 22 games and less than 10 three times.
UP NEXT
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| Game Four: #21/24 Rutgers at Wagner | |
| Date | Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
| Time | 7 p.m. ET |
| Location | Staten Island, N.Y.| Spiro Sports Center |
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| Video | NEC Front Row |
| Radio | Rutgers Student Radio - WRSU (88.7 FM) Diane Qual & Vinny Caggiano |
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TIP OFF
? The 2014 WNIT Champions are off to a 3-0 start following a 64-57 win at LSU in RU's first road game of the season. The Scarlet Knights currently have the longest active win streak in the country.
? Four Scarlet Knights reached double figures in Saturday's road win at LSU led by Tyler Scaife's game-high 16 points and a double-double by Betnijah Laney. Rachel Hollivay and Briyona Canty also added 10 points each in the win.
? Senior forward Betnijah Laney has had three straight double-doubles to start off the 2014-15 campaign. She poured in 10 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in RU's win at LSU on Saturday. It was Laney's 18th double-double of her career.
? Rutgers returns all 10 letterwinners and its five starters from its WNIT Championship run. The squad also adds two freshmen and two JUCO transfers.
? The Scarlet Knights enter their first season of Big Ten play. The Big Ten had 11 of the current 14 members reach postseason play.
ABOUT WAGNER
The Seahawks have had nine days to prepare for their 2014-15 home opener with the Scarlet Knights. Wagner enters Tuesday night's contest at 0-2 record following an 84-75 loss at VCU on Nov. 14 and a 97-24 loss at Maryland on Nov. 16.
Jasmine Nwajei leads the Seahawks at 18.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game and is followed by Jordyn Peck at 13.5 points per game. Ugo Nwaigwe leads Wagner on the boards at 9.0 per game.
LAST TIME VS. WAGNER
The Rutgers women's basketball team opened up its three-game December homestand with a commanding 83-53 victory over Wagner on Dec. 12, 2013.
Five Scarlet Knights finished the night in double figures led by a double-double night by forward Betnijah Laney. Laney with a team-high 20 points and 12 boards. Kahleah Copper added 15 points in the win along with a career-high six assists, while classmate Rachel Hollivay and Tyler Scaife contributed 14 points each. Briyona Canty came off the bench to round out the double figure scorers with 11.
Rutgers opened the game on a 12-4 run and never looked back. The Scarlet Knights took a commanding 47-19 halftime lead and a trio of Scarlet Knights put away double figures by the intermission. Additionally RU shot a blistering 60 percent from the floor connecting on 21 of its 35 first half shots.
In the second half, a fast break by Syessence Davis with 11:56 remaining gave RU its largest lead of the night at 67-30.
Wagner only managed to cut the gap to 25 with just over five minutes remaining. An Ugo Nwaigwe bucket cut the Seahawk deficit to 70-45 with 5:28 left. However, RU quickly responded with a 7-0 run to extend its lead to 30 points once again
Rutgers committed only eight turnovers, the fewest by the Scarlet Knights since turning the ball over nine times against Seton Hall on Feb 9, 2012.
RU also dominated the inside and netted 52 points in the paint, just one point shy of Wagner's point total.
STREAKING
After Stanford halted Connecticut's win streak at 47 with a 88-86 win last Monday night, Rutgers took over as has having the nation's longest active win streak.
ACTIVE WIN STREAKS:
9 Games - Rutgers
Streak Start: 3/29 - vs. Delaware (WNIT First Round)
Next Game: 11/25 - at Wagner
Last Loss: 3/9 - vs. UConn (AAC Semifinals)
7 Games - Illinois - Chicago
Streak Start: 3/19 - vs. IPFW (WBI First Round)
Next Game 11/26 - at Northwestern
Last Loss: 3/14 - L, 68-59 - Wisconsin-GB (Horizon Tournament)
B1G HONOR
Betnijah Laney was named to the Big Ten Women's Basketball Honor Roll, it was announced on Monday by the conference office.
Laney averaged 12.0 points and 14.5 rebounds in Rutgers' 2-0 week with wins over Northeastern and LSU. She has registered a double-double in all three Scarlet Knight games to date and has 18 double-doubles in her career.
Against Northeastern in a 74-60 win, Laney was one of five Scarlet Knights in double figures and one of two players with a double-double. She shot 54.5 percent (6-of-11) from the floor for 14 points along with 13 rebounds.
In RU's first road game of the season, Laney had 10 points along with a career-high 16 rebounds in a 64-57 victory at LSU. Her 16 rebounds against the Tigers set a new career mark surpassing her previous career-high of 15 against Houston on Jan. 4, 2014. That was also the last time a Scarlet Knight had 15 or more rebounds in a game.
On the year, Laney is averaging 11.3 points and 14.0 rebounds per game.
NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP
Tyler Scaife, last year's American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, has led the Scarlet Knights in scoring in five-straight games, dating back to last year's WNIT run.
She opened her sophomore season with a game-high 23 points in RU's 76-52 win over St. Joseph's. With her 23 points against the Hawks, Scaife had her eighth 20+ point game of her career and 29th double digit scoring effort. Scaife shot 9-of-13 from the floor, including a perfect 6-of-6 in the second half, and 5-of-6 from the free throw line.
Scaife also led the Scarlet Knights with 15 points in the win over Northeastern and a game-high 16 points in RU's first road win of the year at LSU on Saturday.
FROM SIXTH WOMAN TO STARTING LINEUP
Briyona Canty, who served as Rutgers' "sixth woman" a year ago, has a successful start at point guard for the Scarlet Knights in her first two games of 2014-15.
Canty captured her second career double-double with 12 points and a new career-high 10 assists in the win over Northeastern last Tuesday night. It was the second straight game the redshirt junior guard had reset her career mark in assists. She performed her first double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds in RU's WNIT semifinal win at USF.
In the season opener against St. Joseph's Cantytied her career-high in points (16) and also added a then career-high eight assists. The redshirt junior guard also captured 16 points in the Scarlet Knights' American Athletic Conference semifinal appearance against eventual national champion, UConn.
Canty has reached double figure scoring in five of her last six games dating back to last season.
DOUBLE DISHING
Briyona Canty's 10 assists in RU's win over Northeastern on Nov. 18 marked the first double digit assist game for a Scarlet Knight since Syessence Davis dished out the ball 10 times against Providence on Jan. 16, 2013.
BETTING DOUBLE
Senior forward Betnijah Laney has opened 2014-15 with three straight double-double performances and ranks second nationally in the category.
She registered the first double-double performance of the year with 10 points and 13 rebounds in the season opening win over St. Joseph's and followed with 14 points and 13 boards in the victory over Northeastern. In Rutgers' first road trip, Laney notched 10 points and a career-high 16 rebounds
Laney currently has 18 double-doubles in her career.
Her 16 rebounds in the 65-57 win at LSU on Saturday, were the most by a Scarlet Knight since Laney hauled in 15 in RU's win over Houston on Jan. 4, 2014.
The Clayton, Delaware native captured 15 double-doubles last season, the most double figure scoring and rebounding games since Kia Vaughn, currently with the WNBA's Washington Mystics, had 12 double-doubles during the 2006-07 season.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
The Scarlet Knights finished with five in double figures on Tuesday night against Northeastern, including Betnijah Laney and Briyona Canty with double-doubles.
Rutgers last had five Scarlet Knights in double figures in its win over Wagner on Dec. 20, 2013.
Betnijah Laney and Briyona Canty are the first Scarlet Knight duo since Rachel Hollivay (26 pts, 13 reb.) and Kahleah Copper (23 pts, 13 reb) against Howard on Nov. 22, 2013 to have two double-doubles in a game.
BLOCK PARTY
Rachel Hollivay swatted away five Hawk shots in RU's season opener and then again in the Scarlet Knights' first road game at LSU. She currently ranks 13th nationally in the category.
Hollivay has registered 25 games with three or more blocks.
She currently has 160 career blocks and needs 18 more blocks to move into fifth all-time on RU's career blocked shots list.
Hollivay ended last year with 127 rejections and is third (men or women) in blocks in a single season. Only Hamady Ndiaye (2009-10) and Roy Hinson (1982-83) on the men's side have blocked more shots in a single season, swatting away 145 and 144, respectively.
LIVING IN THE PAINT
Rutgers continues to dominate the paint just like they did last season.
RU is averaging 36.0 points in the paint through its first three games of 2014-15, which included a season-high 38 in Saturday's win at LSU.
RU poured in 34 points inside against St. Joseph's in the season opener and had 36 points versus Northeastern last Tuesday night.
RU scored 30 or more points in the paint in 27 of its 37 games last season. Rutgers registered 40 or more points inside seven times during the 2013-14 campaign, including a season-high of 52 against Wagner (Dec. 13) and UCF (Feb. 15).
CLEANING THE GLASS
Betnijah Laney, who led RU in rebounding at 8.5 boards per game last season, has not missed a beat and is hauling in 14.0 rebounds per game in 2014-15. She is currently third nationally in defensive rebounds per game (10.3) and eighth in total rebounds per game (14.0).
She most recently reset her career mark with 16 boards in RU's win at LSU, her most rebounds since grabbing 15 in last year's Jan. 4, 2014 win with Houston.
Laney also led all on the glass with 13 boards in victories over St. Joseph's and Northeastern.
Laney had 17 double digit rebounding efforts last season.
CENTURY OF APPEARANCES
Senior center Christa Evans made her 100th appearance as a Scarlet Knight last Tuesday night's 74-60 win over Northeastern, while classmates Betnijah Laney and Syessence Davis notched their 100th career appearance on Saturday at LSU.
TURNOVERS
Scarlet Knight opponents are averaging 21.3 miscues per game.
In the season opener, RU committed just 11 turnovers while the Hawks had 21 miscues leading to 24 points for Rutgers.
Last Tuesday against Northeastern, RU forced 22 turnover resulting in 23 points for the Scarlet Knights and on Saturday at LSU, the Tigers mishandled the ball 21 times.
RU forced the opposition into at least 20 or more turnovers 15 times in 37 games a year ago.
Conversely, the Scarlet Knights committed fewer than 20 turnovers in 30 games, fewer than 15 miscues in 22 games and less than 10 three times.
UP NEXT
Rutgers returns home to the RAC for a three-game homestand. RU hosts Colgate on Friday, Nov. 28 at 2 p.m., Davidson on Sunday, Nov. 30 at 1 p.m. and #11 North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.
Follow Rutgers women's basketball on Facebook (www.facebook.com/RutgersWBB ), Twitter (www.twitter.com/RutgersWBB ) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/RutgersWBB ) for all of the latest news and updates. Fans also receive timely information, including special offers and giveaways throughout the year on both social media outlets along with www.ScarletKnights.com.
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