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Creating HERstory: C. Vivian Stringer Goes For Win #1000 on Tuesday vs. CCSU
Nov 11 | Women's Basketball
Scarlet Knights & Blue Devils Tipoff at 7 p.m. on BTN
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Rutgers women's basketball head coach C. Vivian Stringer will go after historic win No. 1,000 when the Scarlet Knights host Central Connecticut State on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
HOW TO WATCH
Tuesday's game will air on BTN and streamed on BTN2Go with Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Julianne Viani (color) and Jillian Sakovits (sideline).
To learn more about BTN and BTN2Go, click here.
ON THE AIRWAVES
Tuesday's game will air on WCTC AM (1450am) with Ralph Bednarczyk and Mark Peterson.
PROMOTIONS
- HALFTIME: Jessica Haas the Speed Painter
999 AND COUNTING
Rutgers women's basketball secured a 61-47 victory over Stony Brook in its last contest on Friday afternoon at the RAC to give head coach C. Vivian Stringer her 999th career victory. On Tuesday night in front of the BTN cameras against Central Connecticut State, Stringer looks to become the sixth women's head coach in NCAA history join the elite 1,000 career victory club.
Graduate senior guard Charise Wilson led the Scarlet Knights against the Seawolves with 14 points, a game-high six assists and six rebounds, while freshman guard Noga Peleg Pelc joined Wilson in double figures with 11 points. Senior forwards Victoria Harris and Caitlin Jenkins contributed eight and seven rebounds, respectively.
RU held the Seawolves to just 31 percent shooting from the field, including a 27 percent shooting mark in the opening two quarters. Rutgers outrebounded Stony Brook, 41-24, and forced 16 turnovers in the convincing win.
ABOUT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE
The Blue Devils come to the RAC at 0-2 on the season following a 68-63 season opening setback at Brown last Tuesday and an 88-62 home opening loss to Lehigh on Saturday.
Central Connecticut State returns both their double figure scorers from the 2017-18 season. Senior Kiana Patterson led the Blue Devils a year ago with 13.9 points per game, while fellow classmate Andi Lydon added in 11.1 points per game to go along with a team-leading 6.3 rebounds per contest.
In the season opener with Brown, Patterson dropped in 21 points to lead the Blue Devils, while sophomore Ashley Berube was just short of a double-double with 10 points and nine rerounds.
In Friday's loss to the Mountain Hawks, Lydon and Patterson combined for 31 of CCSU's 62 points.
STRINGER MILESTONE NUMBERS TO REMEMBER
Rutgers head coach Stringer has compiled a 999-402 career record entering her the 48th season of coaching and is one win away from joining the elite 1,000 career victory club in women's basketball.
In 2013, Stringer became just the seventh coach - men's or women's - to reach the 900-win mark.
Stringer's 35 20-win seasons are second-best in women's basketball history. Former Tennessee head coach Pat Summit leads all coaches with 36 20-win seasons.
Stringer is the fifth active winningest Division I coach and sixth all-time in career wins in NCAA women's basketball history.
WHEN IT ALL BEGAN
Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer first took to the sidelines in 1971. Here's a look back:
Average Cost of a New House: $25,250
Cost of a Gallon of Gas: 40 cents
United States Postage Stamp: 8 cents
Movie Ticket: $1.50
- The Voting Age in the United States is lowered to 18 yrs old when the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified.
- The Walt Disney World Theme Park is opened.
- The New York Times begins to publish sections of the Pentagon Papers the plot from the 2017 movie "The Post"
Popular Films
The Last Picture Show
Diamonds Are Forever
The French Connection
A Clockwork Orange
Fiddler on the Roof
Summer of '42
Dirty Harry
Shaft
Popular Musicians and Songs
James Taylor
The Doors
Bob Dylan
Tony Orlando and Dawn with " Knock Three Times "
Janis Joplin with " Me and Bobby Mcgee "
The Who
Mungo Jerry
John Lennon
The Jackson 5
Ike and Tina Turner
Marvin Gaye
Rod Stewart with " Maggie Mae "
The Osmonds
Michael Jackson
The Rolling Stones with " Brown Sugar "
Popular TV Programs
All My Children
Mary Tyler Moore
McCloud
The Odd Couple
The Partridge Family
Born in 1971
Mariah Carey
Tupac Shakur
Snoop Dogg
Mark Wahlberg
Elon Musk
Ricky Martin
Idina Menzel
Amy Poehler
Missy Elliott
Technology from 1971
Intel releases world's first microprocessor
Texas Instruments releases the first pocket calculator
The First Internet Chat rooms appear
The First CAT Scanner Produced by EMI
PROTECTING HOMECOURT
Since the 2002-03 season, the Scarlet Knights have gone 194-46 (.808) at the RAC.
A BRIGHT SCARLET KNIGHT START
Charise Wilson made her first Scarlet Knight start on Friday afternoon against Stony Brook to the tune of 14 points and career-highs with six rebounds and six assists.
A graduate student guard, the West Babylon, New York native suits up for the Scarlet Knights after spending the previous four years at Rhode Island. With the Rams, Wilson averaged 17.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.7 assists per games.
ALREADY RIPPING UP THE RECORD BOOK
The 73 rebounds by Rutgers in the 2018-19 opener are a Rutgers and RAC record and nearly a Big Ten record.
The previous RAC record was 65 Rutgers vs. Fairleigh Dickinson on Dec. 2, 1980.
The previous school record was 68 on four occasions in contests with Rhode Island on Jan. 11, 1979, Long Island, on Jan. 27, 1979 68, William Paterson on Jan. 17, 1980 and West Virginia on Jan. 9, 1994.
The Big Ten standard is 74 boards set by Wisconsin in 1982.
THE D IN FULL EFFECT
St. Francis' Jessica Kovatch, the NCAA active leading scorer who averaged 24.4 last season, was held to 12 points on 3-of-18 shooting on Tuesday night.
Stony Brook's Shania Johnson, an First Team All-America East performer who averaged 16.0 points per game the previous season, had 15 against RU on Friday afternoon.
NATIONALLY SPEAKING
Thru the first two games of the season, Rutgers ranks among the top five nationally in four categories.
RU, who set a school record in rebounds in the season opener against St. Francis (Pa.), is second among all schools with 126 total rebounds behind Utah Valley's 129 total boards.
The Scarlet Knights are also third nationally in rebound margin (32.), third in total blocked shots (14) and five in offensive rebounds per game (31.0).
Senior forward Caitlin Jenkins, meanwhile, finds her name listed 16th in field goal percentage (.833) and 20th in rebounds with 22.
As a team last season, Rutgers appeared nationally in the top 25 in four statistical categories last season including ranking ninth in total steals (375), tenth in steals per game (11.7), 20th in blocked shots per game (5.3) and 24th in total blocked shots (168).
B1G SPEAKING
Among conference peers, Rutgers currently ranks:
Blocked Shots - 2nd - 7.0
Rebounding Defense - 2nd - 26.5
Rebounding Offense - 3rd - 57.5
Rebounding Margin - 3rd - +31.0
The following Scarlet Knights are ranked among conference peers:
Caitlin Jenkins - 1st - FG Pct. .833/9th - Rebounding - 11.0
Charise Wilson - 10th - Assists - 4.5
Stasha Carey - 6th - Blocks - 2.5
Mael Gilles - 6th - Blocks - 2.5
MORE ON THE SCORE
Rutgers held a 50-24 halftime advantage on the Red Flash in game one of the 2018-19 campaign.
RU's 50 points at the half were the most since the Scarlet Knights netted 51 at the intermission against FDU on Dec. 20, 2017. In that game, Rutgers went on to reach the 100 point mark for only the third-time under head coach C. Vivian Stringer.
TRIPLE DOUBLE-DOUBLE TROUBLE
Three Scarlet Knights finished with double-doubles in the season opening win over St. Francis (Pa.) on Nov. 6 - Caitlin Jenkins (15 pts., 15 reb.), Mael Gilles (13 pts., 16 reb.) and Stasha Carey (13 pts., 11 reb.).
RU last had two Scarlet Knights with double-doubles last season in Caitlin Jenkins poured in 10 points and 11 rebounds and classmate Victoria Harris collected 10 points and 10 rebounds in the nonconference finale with Houston on Dec. 16, 2017.
It was new career marks for Mael Gilles with her first Rutgers double-double. Her previous scoring high was six points at Charlotte on Nov. 16, 2017 and her former rebound record was seven against FDU on Dec. 10, 2017.
For Jenkins, it was her 19th career double-double. For Carey, she posted her 18th career double-double.
COUNT THIS ON TWO HANDS
Six Scarlet Knights logged double figure scoring in the season opening victory over the Red Flash.
Mael Gilles led the Scarlet Knights in scoring for the first time in her career with her first career double digit scoring effort.
Meanwhile in RU debuts, freshmen guard Noga Peleg Pelc added in 15 points, fellow classmate and guard Zipporah Broughton contributed 11, while Texas Tech transfer Arella Guirantes chipped in 14.
Last time Rutgers had at least five Scarlet Knights in double figures was against Penn State on Feb. 7, 2016 with Kahleah Copper (20), Tyler Scaife (15), Rachel Hollivay (13), Briyona Canty (11) and Khadaizha Sanders (11).
UP NEXT
Following Tuesday's game, the Scarlet Knights hit the road for the first time in 2018-19 traveling to Charlotte to meet the 49ers on Friday at 5 p.m. at Halton Arena.
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