ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Rutgers women's basketball (7-9, 0-4) plays No. 8/7 Michigan (12-2, 3-1) on the road at the Crisler Center Sunday at 12 p.m. ET and live on Fox Sports 1. The game was originally scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on B1G+ before the change in schedule.

ON THE AIR

• Watch on B1G+ (Dom Savino & Tim Catalfamo)
• Listen on WRSU 88.7 FM

AT THE ARENA

• The University of Michigan will institute a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor athletic events. This is in response to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the region. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all home indoor athletic events. All guests and working personnel ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination OR a negative COVID-19 PCR or rapid test taken within 72 hours of the event.

The 5 Things to Know

1. THE SCOUT

• Michigan is 7-0 at Crisler Center this season, outscoring opponents by 20.1 points per game on the way to a Top 10 national ranking in both major polls.
• Preseason All-Big Ten Player of the Year and All-American Naz Hillmon leads the Wolverines with 20.1 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. The scoring figure ranks 22nd in the nation and fourth in the Big Ten.
• Leigha Brown (15.0ppg) and Emily Kiser (10.7ppg) join Hillmon with double-figure scoring averages, while senior point guard Amy Dilk - an important starter last season, is working her way back from an injury suffered in the 2021-22 season opener. 
• Michigan is proficient from the free throw line, ranking 15th in the nation with 203 made from the charity stripe.

2. THE HEAD-TO-HEAD

 

3. 55 ALIVE & WELL

Rutgers has the top scoring defense in the Big Ten at 55.7 points allowed per game and looks to finish the season leading that conference category for a third consecutive year. The Scarlet Knights' pressure up front has led to a No. 2 conference ranking with 9.8 steals per game and the presence down low has RU ranked No. 3 in the B1G in blocked shots per game at 4.3.
 

4. ALL GLASS, NO BRAKES

Rutgers has outrebounded opponents in 14 of 16 games this season with an average margin of +7.2, which ranks third in the Big Ten trailing second-place Michigan. Osh Brown leads the effort with 9.0 per game, coming in fourth individually in the conference. 
 

5. NEVER OUT

Rutgers erased a 21-point deficit to tie the game at Purdue before a heartbreaking Boilermaker buzzer-beater last time out on Jan. 2. The Scarlet Knights came back from 18-down in a victory over Harvard on Nov. 19, the second-largest comeback for a win in school history. Rutgers then shrunk an 18-point deficit down to two points in a close loss to DePaul in the Virgin Islands on Thanksgiving Day.

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• Sophomore center Chyna Cornwell scored a career-high nine points at Purdue, then grabbed a career-high nine rebounds against Minnesota. She is averaging 8.5 points per game over the last two contests in an average of 16 minutes while shooting 7-of-10 from the field.

• Rutgers has outscored its last five opponents in points in the paint by an average of 18.6 per game.

• Shug Dickson's eight assists against Wagner tied her career-high from March of last season when she played for Mizzou against Alabama.

• Sayawni Lassier set a new career-high with seven assists in the CCSU win, passing her previous best of six with Florida State against Wake Forest on Feb. 3, 2019. She has passed out 16 assists over the last four games while in the starting lineup.

• RU has help opponents an average of 12.5 points under their season scoring averages over the past eight contests.

• The Rutgers defense has held opponents under their scoring average in 33 of its last 35 games, and 120 of its last 130 dating back to 2017-18.

• Rutgers' 24 assists against Delaware State were the most in a game since 25 vs. Hampton on Dec. 18, 2020.

• Against No. 8 Maryland, Tyia Singleton recorded the second double-double (10pts, 12reb) of her career and the first since the 2020-21 regular-season finale against Ohio State. It was her fifth career game in double-figure scoring and fifth with double-digit rebounds.

• Tyia Singleton ranks third in the Big Ten with 18 total blocks.

• Osh Brown's 20-point, 20-rebound double-double vs. DePaul was Rutgers' first in a game since Betnijah Laney's 24-24 against UNC on Dec. 5, 2014 in a 2OT game (21-20 at the end of regulation). It fell two shy of Brown's career-high of 22 rebounds, set in the 2021 NCAA Tournament last season, a Ball State program record.

• Rutgers ranks 12th in the country in total steals (157) and 19th in total blocks (69).

• Rutgers passed out 21 assists on its 22 field goals in the St. Peter's victory, setting a school modern-era record (since 2001-02) for the highest percentage of field goals assisted (95%).

• In the St. Peter's win, Rutgers forced its most turnovers by an opponent (34) since 38 against Penn State during the 2014-15 season.

• The nation's fourth-best steals per game team last season, Rutgers grabbed 21 steals in the 2021-22 season opener, the most since 22 at Wisconsin in Game 2 last season on Dec. 11, 2020.
 
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