MBB Travels to Brooklyn for Barclays Classic
Nov 26 | Men's Basketball
| Game Five: Rutgers vs. Vanderbilt (Barclays Classic) | |
| Date | Friday, November 28, 2014 |
| Time | 7 p.m. ET |
| Location | Brooklyn. N.Y. | Barclays Center |
| Tickets | Click To Purchase |
| Video | NBC Sports Network Terry Gannon, Ben Howland |
| Radio | Rutgers IMG Radio Network - WOR (710) and WCTC (1450AM) Danny Breslauer & Dick Lloyd Rutgers Student Radio - WRSU (88.7 FM) |
| Game Notes | Rutgers | Vanderbilt |
| Statistics | Rutgers | Vanderbilt |
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Nov. 26, 2014
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - After a pair of preliminary round games at the RAC, Rutgers (2-2) travels to Brooklyn to meet Vanderbilt (4-0) on Friday evening in a 7 p.m. tip-off in the Barclays Center Classic. Depending on the outcome versus the Commodores, Rutgers will meet either Virginia or La Salle on Saturday at 7 or 9:30. The contests in Brooklyn will mark RU's first games away from the RAC this season and the program's first contests on the Barclays Center hardwood. The Scarlet Knights, in the midst of playing five games in nine days, play seven contests over a span of 15 days to begin their inaugural campaign in the Big Ten Conference.
Friday and Saturday evening's games will be televised live on the NBC Sports Network, with Terry Gannon calling the action and Ben Howland and Dalen Cuff providing the analysis. On the radio, the contests will be broadcast live on the Rutgers IMG Sports Network, WOR 710 AM in New York & WCTC 1450 AM in New Brunswick. Danny Breslauer will serve as play-by-play announcer and Dick Lloyd will provide commentary. WRSU (88.7 FM) will also broadcast the games.
Friday's evening's game will mark the first meeting between Rutgers and Vanderbilt on the collegiate hardwood. The Scarlet Knights and Cavaliers have met three times dating back to 1986, with Virginia holding a 3-0 advantage, including 1-0 on a neutral court. Rutgers and La Salle have played five times dating back to 1960, with the Explorers holding a 3-2 edge and the series tied 1-1 on a neutral court. Both of the neutral court games were contested with Eddie Jordan running the point for RU. He scored 13 points as four Scarlet Knights scored in double figures in a 96-84 win over the No. 17-ranked Explorers at the Palestra on Feb. 22, 1975. Jordan posted six points as a freshman, as RU dropped a 76-82 decision to La Salle at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 23, 1974.
Rutgers suffered a 68-50 loss to Saint Peter's on Tuesday night. Sophomore forward Junior Etou shot 6-of-10 to score a career-high 16 points, while senior guard Myles Mack made 5-of-10 field goal attempts to register 13 points with seven assists and four steals. Senior forward Kadeem Jack chipped in 10 points. The Peacocks shot 12-of-23 from behind the arc to earn the victory and out-rebounded RU by a 36-26 margin.
Mack leads the Big Ten and ranks 11th nationally steals (3.5), while Etou is third in the Conference in rebounding (9.3).
Vanderbilt, under the direction of 15th-year head coach Kevin Stallings, defeated Norfolk State 63-53 at home on Tuesday night. The Commodores made nine three-pointers and had four players register double figures. Sophomore center Damian Jones leads the team in both scoring (16.0) and rebounding (8.3).
