On the Road to #25 Arkansas
Dec 06 | Women's Basketball
Dec. 6, 2014
• Laney has had seven straight double-doubles to start off the 2014-15 campaign and currently leads the nation in the category.
• RU will be taking on its second straight top 25 opponent. The Razorbacks are ranked at No. 25 in this week's AP Poll and kicked off the season with six straight wins.
ABOUT ARKANSAS
STREAKING
FORMER ACTIVE WIN STREAK:
The senior forward had an incredible game against #6 UNC on Dec. 4 with a career-tying 24 points and career-high 24 rebounds.
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.
ALL ABOARD
Her 24 rebounds also placed her name among the top 15 all-time at RU in rebounding.
Laney's 24 boards against the Tar Heels is also among the best rebounding performances from around the country this season.
Top `14-15 Single Game WBB Performances
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 15.3 rebounds per game in 2014-15. She is second nationally in both defensive rebounds per game (11.0) and total rebounds per game (15.3).
Laney had 17 double digit rebounding efforts last season.
Scaife has reached double figure scoring in 34 of her 44 career appearances.
Most recently, the Little, Rock, Arkansas native dropped in 25 points in the double overtime loss to #6 UNC, marking her third 20+ point game of the 2014-15 season and 10th of her career.
NO FEAR
Steals
Most recently, Betnijah Laney scored a career-tying 24 points and Tyler Scaife captured a season-high 25 points against #6 UNC on Dec. 4.
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.
This season, Tyler Scaife leads the Scarlet Knights with the most 20+ point games with three.
LIVING IN THE PAINT
PAINT POINTS
400-WIN CLUB
TURNOVERS
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 Eight: #18/20 Rutgers vs. #25/RV Arkansas | |
| Date | Sunday, December 7, 2014 |
| Time | 3 p.m. ET |
| Location | Fayetteville, Ark, | Bud Walton Arena |
| Tickets | Click To Purchase |
| TV | SEC Network + Alex Perlman and Blair Cartwright |
| Radio | Rutgers Student Radio - WRSU (88.7 FM) Ryan Moran and Dylan Mruczinski |
| Game Notes | Rutgers | Arkansas |
| Statistics | Rutgers | Arkansas |
| Social Media | @RutgersWBB  | Facebook/RutgersWBB  |
TIP OFF
• The 2014 WNIT Champions had its season-opening six-game win streak halted on Thursday night with a thrilling 96-93 double overtime loss against #6 North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. RU entered the game with the nation's longest active win streak with 12-straight victories dating back to last season.
• The Scarlet Knights had four in double figures led by a 25-point effort from Little Rock, Arkansas native Tyler Scaife and 24 points and 24 rebounds from senior Betnijah Laney.
• Laney's 24 rebounds set a RAC record (men's or women's) and is listed among the top rebounding efforts in the country this season.
• Additionally, Laney joined the 1,000 point club against the Tar Heels, becoming the 34th Scarlet Knight to accomplish the feat.
• Laney has had seven straight double-doubles to start off the 2014-15 campaign and currently leads the nation in the category.
• RU will be taking on its second straight top 25 opponent. The Razorbacks are ranked at No. 25 in this week's AP Poll and kicked off the season with six straight wins.
ABOUT ARKANSAS
Like the Scarlet Knights, the Razorbacks are coming off an overtime loss that snapped a six-game season-opening win streak. Ranking at No. 25 in the Associated Press Poll and receving votes in the ESPN/USA Today Poll, Arkansas fell 80-75 to South Dakota State on Thursday night.
South Dakota State, who reached the semifinals of the 2014 WNIT, went on an 11-2 run over the final 27 seconds of regulation to force overtime. The Jackrabbits went on to outscore Arkansas, 16-11, in overtime.
Four Razorbacks are averaging double figures on the season led by Kelsey Brooks at 17.3 points per game along with 6.6 rebounds per contest. Brooks poured in a game-high 28 points in the loss to the Jackrabbits.
Jessica Jackson is adding in 14.9 points and hauling in 6.4 rebounds, while Jhasmin Bowen is contributing 12.1 points along with 7.7 rebounds per game. Melissa Wolff rounds out the Arkansas double figure scorers at 10.4 points per game while grabbing in a team-leading 10.0 rebounds per outing. She
collected 16 boards in the South Dakota State loss.
collected 16 boards in the South Dakota State loss.
The Razorbacks are led by first-year head coach and former ESPN analyst Jimmy Dykes.
STREAKING
RU's nation leading active win-streak came to end with a 96-93 double overtime loss to #6 North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Dec. 4. The loss snapped the Scarlet Knights' win streak at 12, which had dated back to last season's WNIT Championship run.
Rutgers took over the country's active win-streak after Stanford halted Connecticut's win streak at 47 with a 88-86 win on Nov. 17.
FORMER ACTIVE WIN STREAK:
12 Games - Rutgers
Streak Start: 3/29 - vs. Delaware (WNIT First Round)
Streak End: 12/4 - vs. #6 UNC (ACC/Big Ten Challenge)
BETTING DOUBLE
Senior forward Betnijah Laney has opened 2014-15 with seven straight double-double performances and is the nation's leader 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
Colgate - 17 pts, 18 reb
Davidson - 19 pts, 12 reb
#6 UNC - 24 pts, 24 reb
Laney currently has 22 double-doubles in her career.
The senior forward had an incredible game against #6 UNC on Dec. 4 with a career-tying 24 points and career-high 24 rebounds.
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.
ALL ABOARD
Betnijah Laney's 24 rebounds vs. #6 UNC on Dec. 4 set a Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) record - men or women. She surpassed the previous record of 21 held by Women's Basketball Hall of Famer and former WNBA All-Star Sue Wicks set back in 1987 against Penn State.
She was two rebounds shy of tying the Rutgers women's basketball single game record. Sandy Tupurins grabbed 26 rebounds against William Paterson on Mar. 1, 1977.
Her 24 rebounds also placed her name among the top 15 all-time at RU in rebounding.
Laney's 24 boards against the Tar Heels is also among the best rebounding performances from around the country this season.
Top `14-15 Single Game WBB Performances
Vicky McIntyre, Oral Roberts - vs. Austin Peay - 27
Sherae Bonner, Western Carolina - vs. Livingstone - 26
Betnijah Laney, Rutgers - vs. North Carolina - 24
Temi Fagbenle, Harvard - vs. Temple - 24
Brittany Hodges, Furman - vs. Davidson - 24
Sarah Imovbioh, Virginia - vs. Ohio State - 24
Top RU Rebounding Performances (since 2005)
Betnijah Laney - 24 North Carolina (12/4/14)
Kia Vaughn - 21 at Cincinnati (1/22/08)
Monique Oliver - 19 at Miami (12/5/11)
Betnijah Laney - 18 Colgate (11/28/14)
Monique Oliver - 17 Georgetown (12/9/10)
Kia Vaughn - 17 Georgetown (2/7/09)
ALL-TIME RU REBOUNDS
1. Sue Wicks (1984-88) *- 1357
2. Kia Vaughn (2005-09) - 1079
3. Regina Howard (1983-87) - 1036
4. Vicky Picott (1987-91) - 1029
5. Sandy Tupurins (1976-80) - 944
6. Tanya Hansen (1988-92) - 894
7. Kathy Glutz (1976-80) - 835
8. June Olkowski (1978-82) - 780
9. C'ta Mitchelson (1989-93) - 764
10. Linda Miles (1997-01) - 751
11. LaTonya Johnson (1988-92) - 745
12. Essence Carson (2004-08) - 707
13. Janell Williams (1991-95) - 700
14. Tammy Sutton-Brown (1997-01) - 685
15. Betnijah Laney (2011-present) - 677
16. Monique Oliver (2009-13) - 674
CLEANING THE GLASS
Rutgers has won the battle of the boards in all seven games to date.
Betnijah Laney, who led RU in rebounding at 8.5 boards per game last season, has not missed a beat and is hauling in 15.3 rebounds per game in 2014-15. She is second nationally in both defensive rebounds per game (11.0) and total rebounds per game (15.3).
Laney had 17 double digit rebounding efforts last season.
NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP
Tyler Scaife, last year's American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, has led the Scarlet Knights in scoring in five of the season's first seven games and is averaging a team-leading 17.6 points per game.
Scaife has reached double figure scoring in 34 of her 44 career appearances.
Most recently, the Little, Rock, Arkansas native dropped in 25 points in the double overtime loss to #6 UNC, marking her third 20+ point game of the 2014-15 season and 10th of her career.
NO FEAR
Sophomore guard Tyler Scafie certainly doesn't shy away from the competition. Here's her scoring performances against top 10 competition.
Jan. 19 , 2014- vs. #1/1 UConn - 22 points
March 1, 2014-- at #1/1 UConn - 8 points
March 9, 2014 - vs. #1/1 UConn - 12 points
Feb. 23, 2014 -- at #3/3 Louisville -17 points
Jan. 28, 2014 - vs. #5/5 Louisville - 25 points
Dec. 4, 2014 - vs. #6/6 UNC - 25 points
D-D-D-FENSE
Point guard Syessence Davis averaged 2.9 steals per game last season, led the American and was ninth nationally in the category last season.
She recorded eight steals in last Sunday's 100-44 win over Davidson, tying for the most steals by a Scarlet Knight since 2005. Former teammate Erica Wheeler also had eight thefts at DePaul on Feb. 12, 2013.
Davis is currently 20th nationally and fourth in the Big Ten in steals averaging 3.1 per game.
She needs two more steals to rank among RU's top 10 in the category.
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Steals
1. Tasha Pointer (1997-01) - *292
T-2. Sue Wicks (1984-88) - 287
T-2. Liz Hanson (1992-96) - 287
4. Matee Ajavon (2004-08) - 275
5. Denise Kenney (1976-79) - 263
6. Epiphanny Prince (2006-09) - 260
7. Vicky Picott (1987-91) - 257
8. Regina Howard (1983-87) - 216
T-9. C'ta Mitchelson (1989-93) - 213
T-9. Cappie Pondexter (2002-06) - 213
Syessence Davis - 211
NO MESSY ESSY
Syessence Davis dished out the ball nine times against #6 UNC on Thursday night, while committing just one turnover.
In the last two games combined, the senior guard has totaled 17 assists and two turnovers.
Davis has not committed more than two turnovers in a game thus far.
Her 3.1 assist/turnover ratio leads the Big Ten and places her 21st nationally.
GETTING TO THE POINTS
Rutgers is enjoying its highest scoring average under C. Vivian Stringer's 20-year tenure "On the Banks"
Top RU Scoring Averages Under C. Vivian Stringer
1. 78.3 (7 games) 2014-15 - 6-1 - Current Season
2. 70.0 (35 games) 1998-99 - 29-6 - Elite Eight
3. 68.7 (32 games) 1997-98 - 22-10 - Sweet 16
4. 67.3 (29 games) 2002-03 - 21-8 - 2nd Round
5. 66.2 (37 games) 2013-14 - WNIT CHAMPIONS
6. 65. 6 (31 games) 2000-01 - 23-8 - 2nd Round
20/20 VISION
Twice this season, a pair of Scarlet Knights have dropped in 20 or more points in a game.
Most recently, Betnijah Laney scored a career-tying 24 points and Tyler Scaife captured a season-high 25 points against #6 UNC on Dec. 4.
RU also had a pair of Scarlet Knights reach the 20-point mark in the 81-53 win at Wagner on Nov. 25. Laney had 22 points, while Kahleah Copper contributed 20 points in the victory.
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.
This season, Tyler Scaife leads the Scarlet Knights with the most 20+ point games with three.
LIVING IN THE PAINT
Rutgers continues to dominate the paint just like they did last season.
RU is averaging 38.6 points in the paint through its first seven games of 2014-15, which included a season-high 50 in last 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.
Only #6 UNC has outscored the Scarlet Knights in the paint as the Tar Heels had a 44-32 advantage.
PAINT POINTS
St. Joseph's - 34
Northeastern - 36
at LSU - 38
at Wagner - 50
Colgate - 34
Davidson - 46
UNC - 32
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).
400-WIN CLUB
Head coach C. Vivian Stringer won her 400th career victory "On The Banks" at Houston on Feb. 11, 2014. Stringer needs 20 more wins to surpass Women's Basketball Hall of Famer Theresa Grentz as RU's all-time winningest women's basketball coach.
All-Time Rutgers WBB Coaching Records (By Wins)
Theresa Grentz - 434-150/ (1977-95) 19 seasons
C. Vivian Stringer - 415-206/(1995-present) 20 seasons
Ellen Johns - 6-5/(1974-75) One season
Dottie McCrea - 5-9/(1975-76) One season
TURNOVERS
Scarlet Knight opponents are averaging 22.4 miscues per game.
In the season opener, RU committed just 11 turnovers while St. Joseph's had 21 miscues leading to 24 points for Rutgers.
RU turned over the ball 12 times last Friday afternoon against Colgate, including only four turnovers in the first half.
OPPONENT TURNOVERS
St. Joseph's - 21
Northeastern - 22
at LSU - 21
at Wagner - 25
Colgate - 18
Davidson - 29
UNC - 21
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
The Rutgers women's basketball team stays on the road with a trip to Philadelphia to meet former Atlantic-10 and American Athletic Conference rival, Temple. The Scarlet Knights and Owls tips on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 6 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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