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Nov 27 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 27, 2014
STREAKING
ACTIVE WIN STREAKS:
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 14.0 points and 13.3 rebounds per game.
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 last Saturday.
FROM SIXTH WOMAN TO STARTING LINEUP
Canty captured her second career double-double with 12 points and a new career-high 10 assists in the win over Northeastern on Nov. 18. 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 Canty tied 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 six of her last seven games dating back to last season.
Most recently, Canty set a new career-high in steals with six at Wagner on Nov. 25. She surpassed her previous-high of four last recorded at Bowling
Green in the WNIT on March 31, 2014.
Laney's 2014-15 Double-Doubles
Laney currently has 19 double-doubles in her career.
The senior forward led RU in scoring on Tuesday night at Wagner with 22 points, leading the Scarlet Knights in scoring after Tyler Scaife served as Rutgers' leading scorer in the first three games of the season. She was two points shy of her career-high in scoring. Laney has reached registered 24 points twice in her career, most recently in RU's win against Temple on Jan. 25, 2014.
Her 16 rebounds in the 65-57 win at LSU last 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.
Last time two Scarlet Knights captured 20 or more points was in RU's WNIT win over Seton Hall on March, 27, 2014 with Tyler Scaife scoring a career-high 29 points and Copper netting 27.
WNIT MVP Kahleah Copper reached the 20+ point milestone 11 times last season, the most since Brittany Ray did so seven times in 2009-10.
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.
MORE THAN SCORING
Scaife also hauled in seven boards and dished the ball out six times in Rutgers' loss at Memphis on Jan. 14, 2014.
BLOCK PARTY
Hollivay has registered 25 games with three or more blocks.
She currently has 161 career blocks and needs 17 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.
RU is averaging 39.5 points in the paint through its first four games of 2014-15, which included a season-high 50 in Tuesday's win at Wagner. It was the Scarlet Knights highest total inside since netting 52 paint points in last year's win over the Seahawks on Dec. 13, 2013, as well as against UCF on Feb. 15, 2014.
PAINT POINTS
The squad's 15 home wins in 2013-14 season tied for the most wins at the RAC under the 19-year tenure of C. Vivian Stringer. The Scarlet Knights also went 15-3 at home in the 1998-99 season.
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| Date | Friday, November 28, 2014 |
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TIP OFF
? The 2014 WNIT Champions are off to a 4-0 start following back-to-back road wins including Tuesday night's 81-53 victory at Wagner. Scarlet Knights currently have the longest active win streak in the country.
? Four Scarlet Knights reached double figures in Tuesday's win against the Seahawks including a pair with 20 or more points. Betnijah Laney poured in 22 points and 10 rebounds, while Kahleah Copper notched 20 points.
? Senior forward Betnijah Laney has had four straight double-doubles to start off the 2014-15 campaign. She poured in a 22 points and 10 rebounds in RU's win at Wagner on Tuesday. It was Laney's 19th 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 COLGATE
The Red Raiders come to the RAC following a 66-35 setback to #22/25 Georgia on Wednesday night. Colgate fell to 0-4 on the season.
Carole Harris is the lone Red Raider averaging double digits at 16.0 points per game along with a team-leading 6.0 rebounds per game. She had a team-leading 14 points, going 6-of-13 from the field, against Georgia.
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.
Illinois-Chicago, who held the second longest active win streak with seven straight wins dating back to its WBI Championship run last season, had their win streak halted on Wednesday night with a 60-41 loss at Northwestern.
ACTIVE WIN STREAKS:
10 Games - Rutgers
Streak Start: 3/29 - vs. Delaware (WNIT First Round)
Next Game: 11/28 - vs. Colgate
Last Loss: 3/9 - vs. UConn (AAC Semifinals)
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 14.0 points and 13.3 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 three of the season's first four games.
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 last 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 in three of the first four games for the Scarlet Knights.
Canty captured her second career double-double with 12 points and a new career-high 10 assists in the win over Northeastern on Nov. 18. 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 Canty tied 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 six of her last seven games dating back to last season.
Most recently, Canty set a new career-high in steals with six at Wagner on Nov. 25. She surpassed her previous-high of four last recorded at Bowling
Green in the WNIT on March 31, 2014.
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 four straight double-double performances and ranks second nationally in the category.
Laney's 2014-15 Double-Doubles
St. Joseph's (10 pts, 13 reb)
Northeastern (14 pts, 13 reb)
at LSU (10 pts, 16 reb)
at Wagner (22 pts, 11 reb)
Laney currently has 19 double-doubles in her career.
The senior forward led RU in scoring on Tuesday night at Wagner with 22 points, leading the Scarlet Knights in scoring after Tyler Scaife served as Rutgers' leading scorer in the first three games of the season. She was two points shy of her career-high in scoring. Laney has reached registered 24 points twice in her career, most recently in RU's win against Temple on Jan. 25, 2014.
Her 16 rebounds in the 65-57 win at LSU last 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.
20/20 VISION
RU had a pair of Scarlet Knights reach the 20-point mark in Tuesday's 81-53 win at Wagner. Betnijah Laney had 22 points, while Kahleah Copper dropped in 20 points in the victory.
Last time two Scarlet Knights captured 20 or more points was in RU's WNIT win over Seton Hall on March, 27, 2014 with Tyler Scaife scoring a career-high 29 points and Copper netting 27.
WNIT MVP Kahleah Copper reached the 20+ point milestone 11 times last season, the most since Brittany Ray did so seven times in 2009-10.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
The Scarlet Knights finished with five in double figures on Nov. 18 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.
MORE THAN SCORING
While Tyler Scaife finished with 15 points on Tuesday at Wagner, she also tied her career-high with seven rebounds, all coming on the defensive end, and six assists.
Scaife also hauled in seven boards and dished the ball out six times in Rutgers' loss at Memphis on Jan. 14, 2014.
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 161 career blocks and needs 17 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 39.5 points in the paint through its first four games of 2014-15, which included a season-high 50 in Tuesday's win at Wagner. It was the Scarlet Knights highest total inside since netting 52 paint points in last year's win over the Seahawks on Dec. 13, 2013, as well as against UCF on Feb. 15, 2014.
PAINT POINTS
St. Joseph's - 34
Northeastern - 36
at LSU - 38
at Wagner - 50
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).
PROTECTING HOME COURT
The Scarlet Knights have had an outstanding track record of success at home during the previous 11 seasons under head coach C. Vivian Stringer. RU went 15-3 at home in 2013-14 and has gone 152-23 at the RAC since the 2002-03 season.
The squad's 15 home wins in 2013-14 season tied for the most wins at the RAC under the 19-year tenure of C. Vivian Stringer. The Scarlet Knights also went 15-3 at home in the 1998-99 season.
TURNOVERS
Scarlet Knight opponents are averaging 22.3 miscues per game.
In the season opener, RU committed just 11 turnovers while the Hawks had 21 miscues leading to 24 points for Rutgers.
OPPONENT TURNOVERS
St. Joseph's - 21
Northeastern - 22
at LSU - 21
at Wagner - 25
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
UP NEXT
The Rutgers homestand continues with Davidson on Sunday, Nov. 30 at 1 p.m. and #11/12 North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m.
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