PISCATAWAY – Rutgers (12-10, 2-7) plays its second of three road games over four contests, when it travels to Penn State (14-8, 4-5) for a 4 p.m. tip-off on Saturday. The Scarlet Knights will be working to win their second straight over the Nittany Lions, after a 70-68 victory at the Bryce Jordan Center last season. It marked RU's first conference road win since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15.

The Scarlet Knights are 6-0 this season when limiting foes to 59 points or less and 8-1 when shooting a better percentage than their opponent. PSU is 7-0 when limiting its foes to less than 60 points and 12-3 when out-shooting its opponent.

Rutgers is 6th nationally in scoring defense (62.0), 9th in both rebounding (40.91) and offensive rebounding (13.95), 12th in FG% defense (39.0) and 17th in turnover margin (4.0). The Scarlet Knights are among the top three in 12 Big Ten stat categories.

The game will be televised live on BTN with Brandon Gaudin calling the action and Shon Morris providing the commentary. On the radio, the contest will be broadcast live on the Rutgers IMG Sports Network, WOR 710 AM in New York and WCTC 1450 AM in New Brunswick. Jerry Recco will serve as play-by-play announcer and Joe Boylan will provide commentary. WRSU (88.7 FM) will also broadcast the game.

The game will mark the 72nd meeting between RU and PSU dating back to 1922, with the Nittany Lions holding a 40-31 advantage. RU is 9-25 all-time at PSU, but has won four of the last five meetings in State College. Corey Sanders shot 4-of-5 from behind the arc to score a game-high 25 points in the 70-68 win on Saturday, Feb. 4. RU out-rebounded PSU 39-27 and had a 17-4 advantage in second chance points. Rutgers and Penn State were both members of the Atlantic 10 from 1976-79 and from 1982-1991. 

Rutgers drew to within two points on multiple occasions in the final minutes, but was unable to complete the comeback in a 60-54 loss to Nebraska Wednesday evening at the RAC. The Scarlet Knights grabbed 20 offensive rebounds in a game that featured five ties and 11 lead changes. Deshawn Freeman had 10 points and 10 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double. He was joined in double figures by Sanders (14 points) and Geo Baker (10 points). Despite besting the visitors in virtually every specialty scoring category, including 14-1 in bench points, Rutgers was unable to overcome its 33.8 percent (22-of-65) shooting.

Under seventh-year head coach Pat Chambers, Penn State is coming off a dramatic, 82-79, win at No. 13 Ohio State Thursday night. Tony Carr hit a three-pointer from 35 feet out at the buzzer, immediately after OSU tied the game on a long-range triple with five seconds left. One of four players, including three starters, from Philadelphia's Roman Catholic High School, Carr posts 19.4 points-per-game to lead five players averaging double figures. All of the team's losses have been in either single digits, to a nationally-ranked team or in overtime.

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