INDIANAPOLIS , IND. - A jumper in the final seconds from redshirt senior Tyler Scaife secured a 62-60 victory to knock off eighth-seeded Purdue in the Second Round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday afternoon at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The ninth-seeded Scarlet Knights advance to face No. 1 seed Ohio State in the quarterfinals on Friday at noon.

Scaife recorded 19 points en route to moving into second on the Rutgers all-time scoring list. Junior center Victoria Harris added in 11 points along with six rebounds.  Redshirt junior forward Stasha Carey contributed nine points and seven rebounds in the win.
 

Another spot up the scoring chart - Congrats to @T_SCAIFE moving into second on the #RHoops all-time scoring leaders list. ?? ?? pic.twitter.com/KPOGfB5ieI

— Rutgers W.Basketball (@RutgersWBB) March 1, 2018
 

Purdue was led by Dominique Oden with a game-high 25 points. Karissa McLaughlin followed with 13 points while Ae'Rianna Harris rounded out the Boilermakers' double-figure scorers in the loss.

Out of the starting gates, Rutgers raced to a 6-0 lead in the game. After the Scarlet Knights held the Boilermakers scoreless for the first three minutes of the contest, Purdue's Oden rattled off six-straight points of her own to tie the score at the 5:25 mark. Carey stumped the surge, returning the early energy to Scarlet Knights for a 9-0 run to return the lead to Rutgers at 15-6 with less than a minute to go. The Boilermakers' Oden tacked a jumper at the end of the frame, setting the Scarlet Knight lead at 15-8 moving into the second quarter.

Although Rutgers and Purdue traded points to open the second frame, the Boilermakers poured in eight-straight points capped by a 3-pointer for McLaughlin to pull within one, 19-18, at the 5:42 mark. Scaife ended a three-minute scoreless drought with a jumper, igniting another back-and-forth battle as the Boilermakers balanced out the margin. A layup and "and one" for Purdue's McLaughlin at the 1:28 mark tied up the score at 26-26. Carey returned the lead to RU with a jumper before Purdue's Oden knocked in a shot from beyond the arc to put the Boilermakers in front, 29-28, for the first time.

Rutgers, however, entered the lockerroom on top as Ciani Cryor closed the opening half with a layup to return the lead to the Scarlet Knights at 30-29 entering halftime.

The Scarlet Knights regained its momentum at the start of the third quarter, opening second half scoring with an 8-2 burst, capped by back-to-back 3-pointers for Scaife to extend the RU lead to 38-31 at the 7:31 mark. Scaife's second made basket from beyond the arc pushed her into second on the all-time scoring leaders list at Rutgers.

The Scarlet Knights continued to grow its lead, using a 10-4 run to establish their largest advantage of the afternoon, 48-37, with 2:38 to go in the third frame. Rutgers added in six uncontested points before Purdue's Keys added a buzzer-beating jumper to set the Rutgers lead at 48-39 heading into the fourth quarter.

The teams again traded points throughout the start of the stanza as Rutgers held on to a 58-49 advantage at the 4:01 mark. Turnovers proved costly as Purdue was able to capitalize and countered with nine-straight points, including success at the free throw line, to tie up the score 58-58 with 1:50 remaining.

After a steal for junior guard Khadaizha Sanders, Scaife knocked in a layup for a 60-58 RU lead with nearly a minute to go.  

Purdue headed to the line on the next possession where Oden responded by connecting on two free throws to tie the score once again.

With four seconds on the clock, Scaife sunk the winning shot from the left inside of the arc to put RU back in front.

Purdue's Oden shot off a 3-pointer as time expired, but it missed the target and Rutgers secured the victory.
 

Don't worry Coach Stringer - Some of us were having ? attacks too. See what Coach Stringer and Tyler Scaife had to say following the #RHoops Second Round #B1G victory over Purdue. pic.twitter.com/0d7wLdUNTV

— Rutgers W.Basketball (@RutgersWBB) March 1, 2018

The Rutgers women's basketball team takes on top seed Ohio State in the quarterfinals on Friday at noon. The game will air on the MSG Network and be streamed on BTN2Go, available to BTN subscribers with Mike Monaco on play-by-play, Vera Jones on color and Christy Winters-Scott on sideline. Additionally, fans can tune into the Rutgers IMG Radio Network with Ralph Bednarczyk on the call. 

KNIGHT NOTES
- Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer's career record improved to 997-401. She is three wins away from 1,000 career victories.
- The Scarlet Knights advance to the quarterfinals for the third time since joining the Big Ten in 2014-15. Rutgers will meet Ohio State in the quarterfinals for the second time in history.
- The Scarlet Knights improved to 20-11 on the year marking a 14-game improvement from last season and the 30^th year with 20 or more wins in a season.
- With her 19 points, Tyler Scaife now has 2,220 career points and moved into second all-time in scoring past Cappie Pondexter (2002-2006).
- Victoria Harris notched her fourth double-digit scoring effort of the season with her 11 points.
- Caitlin Jenkins' five blocked shots are the most by a Scarlet Knight in a Big Ten Tournament game. The previous high was three by Rachel Hollivay against Ohio State in the quarterfinals in 2016. It was the most blocks by the junior Scarlet Knight since tying her career-high with six rejections against Siena on Dec. 2, 2017.
- Rutgers' 10 rejections tied the Scarlet Knights' season-high in blocks for a third time this season. RU also had 10 blocks in the first meeting with Purdue followed by the road win at Michigan State at the end of December.

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