PISCATAWAY, N.J. -  Three more regular season games to go for the Rutgers women's basketball team as they welcome Wisconsin on Monday for a 7 p.m. tipoff

HOW TO WATCH
Monday's game will be streamed on BTN Plus with Lou Brogno (play-by-play) and Dom Savino (color).

To learn more about BTN Plus and the Fox Sports App, click here.

ON THE AIRWAVES
Monday's game air will on the Rutgers Radio Network on WCTC 1450 AM with Ralph Bednarczyk (play-by-play) and Mark Peterson (color).

PROMOTIONS

• National Girls & Women in Sports Night
• HALFTIME: Special Olympics

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
In celebration of Black History Month, adidas has unveiled a collection of NCAA uniforms inspired by the creativity, passion and expression of the early 20^th century's Harlem Renaissance.
 
Considered one of the most influential movements in African American history, the Harlem Renaissance was a creative movement that kindled a new cultural identity. In this era, the Renaissance ballroom became a place that epitomized basketball culture as local teams perfected their game on the same wooden floors that were also used for ballroom dance events and jazz shows. Together, the Harlem community infused their spirit of dance & sport within their day to day lives, and created an indisputable marriage between music, culture, and the game.  
 
Inspired by the wooden floors of the ballrooms where basketball became culture, each adidas team jersey also includes patterns which mimic the fabrics and prints of the 1920s that became a means of self-expression and community pride. Each uniform features a unique bean stitch texture around the team name, the word "BALLROOM" on the inner waistband of each short, and a "Celebrating Black Culture" patch. The collection also includes a series corresponding footwear silhouettes which echo the colors of the jazz ballrooms so important to the era. Each detail is meant to be an homage to the art, poetry, sounds and sport of the Renaissance, and to those driving their passion forward.
 
In 2019, Rutgers marks the centennial anniversary of Paul Robeson's graduation. A standout student-athlete at Rutgers, including on the basketball court, Robeson became a world-renowned actor and activist. He has been heralded as "the most talented person of the 20th century" for his work in theater and film, and as an outspoken advocate for social justice. One of the university's most venerated alumni, he is the only alumnus to have his namesake grace buildings at all three Rutgers locations in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden.

DOWN THE STRETCH 
The Rutgers women's basketball team is coming down the regular season stretch with three regular season games left including Monday night's tilt with Wisconsin. 

Tim Eatman will serve as acting head coach for head coach C. Vivian Stringer, who is expected to return to the sidelines following the Big Ten Tournament.

The Scarlet Knights will celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day against the Badgers. Also, Rutgers women's basketball will be wearing uniforms In celebration of Black History Month. Adidas unveiled a collection of NCAA uniforms inspired by the creativity, passion and expression of the early 20th century's Harlem Renaissance.

The Scarlet Knights are coming off a 86-76 setback in their lone meeting with Michigan on Thursday night. 

Rutgers concluded the night with three in double figures with 14 by graduate guard Charise Wilson and redshirt senior forward Stasha Carey and redshirt sophomore guard Arella Guirantes with 13 points each.

ABOUT WISCONSIN
The Badgers enter the RAC at 13-14 overall and 4-11 in Big Ten play. Wisconsin is coming off a 75-67 win at home against Illinois on Wednesday night.

Two Badgers are averaging double figures led by senior forward Marsha Howard at 14.7 points per game along with a team-leading 8.8 rebounds per game.  Howard is sixth in the conference on the boards.

Second on the stat sheet in scoring and rebounding is freshman forward Imanii Lewis at 12.2 points per outing and 7.8 rebounds per contest. Lewis, meanwhile, checks in at ninth in the league on the glass and is shooting .485 from the field.

Wisconsin ranks second in the league in rebounding an average of 42.1 boards per game. The Badgers are also third in the league in blocks with 5.0 per contest.

LAST TIME VS. WISCONSIN
In a game of runs, the Rutgers women's basketball team broke away in the second half to claim a 63-50 victory at Wisconsin on Feb. 14, 2018 at the Kohl Center.

Tyler Scaife poured in a game-high 25 points from off the bench for her 16th 20+ scoring effort of the season. Stasha Carey followed with 12 points and Kathleen Fitzpatrick contributed a season-high nine points off the bench as well.

Wisconsin was led by Marsha Howard with 12 points with Suzanne Gilreath following with nine points in the loss.

Despite Wisconsin opening the game with six consecutive points, Ciani Cryor stumped the run with a 3-pointer, sending Rutgers on a 9-4 run of its own to cut the margin to one,10-9, at the 3:42 mark. The Badgers, however, countered with seven straight points to close the first quarter with a 17-9 advantage.

Wisconsin's Gilreath gave the Badgers a 22-11 advantage off a 3-pointer at the 9:02 mark of the second quarter, it would be her team's final field goal for the next 8:41. Rutgers countered with a 10-0 run with eight of those points coming from the hands of Scaife helping to pull RU within one, 22-21. The Badgers, however, were able to secure successful trips to the free throw line to move back in front 26-21 with 1:18 to go until the break and pushed its edge to 28-25 moving into halftime.

The Scarlet Knights found its rhythm returning from intermission, using an 8-2 burst to go ahead, 31-30, midway through the third quarter. The teams would enter a back-and-forth battle on the court, with three ties and three lead changes before Rutgers would control the game. Back-to-back 3-pointers for Fitzpatrick closed the frame with a 41-37 lead to return the advantage to Rutgers for good.

Scaife carried the momentum into the final frame with five straight points of her own, growing the lead to 46-27. Wisconsin, however, countered with four consecutive points to pull within five. It would be as close as the Badgers would come though as the Scarlet Knights went on to lead by as many as 14 and hits seven of hit from the stripe en route to victory.

D-D-D-DEFENSE
The defense turned up the pressure last season  leading the Big Ten in scoring defense holding opponents to just 59.3 points per game. 

Twenty-nine of RU's 32 opponents were held under their scoring average.
 

	Avg. Total Points Entering Game	Total Points vs. Rutgers
JMU	70.2	63
Temple	96.0	67
Charlotte	70.5	54
Wake Forest	71.7	51
South Carolina	88.2	78
Washington St.	69.7	64
Siena	67.3	63
NC State	71.9	53
Virginia	63.2	43
Seton Hall	81.1	45
FDU	63.0	35
Princeton	65.8	50
Houston	73.9	57
Purdue	68.8	50
Michigan State	79.6	58
Illinois	64.8	37
Penn State	70.4	65
Purdue	66.1	47
Minnesota	86.2	70
Penn State	70.1	70
Nebraska	70.9	52
Indiana	68.2	64
Maryland	85.1	88
Michigan	77.1	56
Ohio State	85.7	90
Maryland	84.0	72
Wisconsin	60.9	50
Iowa	79.7	77
Northwestern	62.1	63
Purdue (B1G)	66.3	60
Ohio State (B1G)	85.3	82

So far in 2018-19, the trend has held steady with 25 of RU's 26 opponents under their scoring average. 
 

	Avg. Total Points Entering Game	Total Points vs. Rutgers
St. Francis (Pa)	80.9	52
Stony Brook	62.6	47
CCSU	62.5	44
Albany	43.7	39
Drake	82.5	69
Gonzaga	68.8	57
ETSU	61.7	44
Va. Tech	78.3	67
Harvard	68.3	49
LSU	63.9	43
Northwestern	71.5	41
Maryland	78.2	65
Brown	76.0	52
Penn State	70.8	61
Illinois	74.1	60
Nebraska	75.9	62
Purdue	67.1	63
Michigan State	80.6	62
Iowa	81.0	72
Penn State	69.3	61
Indiana	71.4	64
Minnesota	68.9	60
Maryland	76.3	62
Ohio State	61.5	59
Indiana	70.2	61
Michigan	72.7	86

PROTECTING HOMECOURT
Since the 2002-03 season, the Scarlet Knights have gone 203-48 (.809) at the RAC.

RU is 43-5 over the last two seasons at home and is currently 11-2 at the RAC in 2018-19. 

Last season, Rutgers went 13-3 at home last season. The Scarlet Knights won their first 12 contests at the RAC before dropping a 52-42 contest to Nebraska on Jan. 21. It was RU's longest home win streak since winning 20-straight RAC wins between Nov. 16, 2007 and Dec. 29, 2008. 

RU finished with an unblemished nonconference mark at home for the second-straight season and over the last two years has gone 14-0 in non-Big Ten action.


B1G SPEAKING
Among conference peers, Rutgers currently ranks:
Scoring Defense  - 1st  - 57.5
Steals  - 1st - 10.0
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 2nd - .367
Rebounding Defense - 2nd  - 32.6

The following Scarlet Knights are ranked among conference peers:
Stasha Carey - 9th - Steals  - 1.5/ 7th - Blocks  - 1.5

A LOSS IS STILL A LOSS, BUT...
All together, the eight teams that have managed to defeat the Scarlet Knights are a combined 159-57 on the 2018-19 season. 

RU's first loss of the season was to a Drake squad that sits at 21-5 overall and has appeared in the Top 25 this season. The Bulldogs posted a victory over then-No. 12/13 South Carolina to take third place at the Vancouver Showcase. 

Gonzaga sits at No. 15/16 in the polls including a 79-73 win over then-No. 11 Stanford. The Bulldogs are 25-3 on the season with losses against defending national champion Notre Dame at the Vancouver Challenge and BYU. 

Virginia Tech is 17-10 and has ranked as high as No. 25 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll.

Iowa, who Rutgers fell to at Carver-Hawkeye arena where the Hawkeyes have not lost all season, were ranked at No. 17/15 when the Scarlet Knights were in town and are 21-6 overall.

Minnesota, who has made appearances this season in the Top 25 and went 11-0 in nonconference play, is 19-8 on the year.

Maryland has only three losses on the season, one of which came at the hands of the Scarlet Knights in the first of the two meetings between the two squads. The Terps are currently 24-3 overall.

Ohio State, meanwhile, is 13-12 overall and Michigan is 19-10 overall currently on a seven-game win streak.

UP NEXT
Following Monday's game, the Rutgers women's basketball team will host Minnesota in its home regular season finale on Thursday on BTN and will recognize its seniors prior to tipoff.

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