PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Rutgers women's basketball (7-17, 0-12) gets a home rematch with Penn State (9-14, 3-10) at Jersey Mike's Arena on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 2 p.m. ET and live on B1G+. Rutgers, which has the top-ranked defense in the Big Ten at 58.7 points allowed per game, looks to avenge a 52-48 setback at Penn State from Dec. 9. The game is being presented by Rutgers Business School.

ON THE AIR

• Watch on B1G+ (Dom Savino & Dominique Patrick)
• Listen on Fox Sports New Jersey 93.5 FM (Ralph Bednarczyk & Mark Peterson)
• Listen on WRSU 88.7 FM (Dennis Geissler & Eddie Kalegi)

AT THE ARENA

• Honoring Black Excellence: The Scarlet Knights are wearing special adidas uniforms celebrating history and celebrating the here and now, showing love and appreciation to Black leaders and influencers of today and tomorrow. The flowers on the jersey are the New Jersey state flower - the common blue violet - a reminder to give them their flowers while they're still here.
• Military Appreciation

Rutgers Athletics announced that effective immediately, attendees at all indoor athletics events must provide proof of full vaccination or proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test within 72 hours of the event accompanied by a photo ID. Doors for all events will open 90 minutes prior to the start.
 
Click HERE for a full listing of Rutgers Athletics COVID-19 protocols.

The 5 Things to Know

1. THE SCOUT

• Makenna Marisa tallied 31 points for her fourth 30-point game of the season in a road loss at Purdue last time out. She added seven rebounds and seven assists.
• With four 30-point games, Marisa has the most by a PSU player since Teniya Page's four in 2016-17.
• Marisa ranks sixth in the nation averaging 22.7 points per game and averages 23.6 points per contest against Big Ten opponents.
• Penn State recorded 16 steals at Purdue, its most in a Big Ten game since February 10, 2013 against Michigan State (17).
• The Lady Lions rank second in the Big Ten in steals per game (9.9) and total steals (227).
• Shay Hagans and Leilani Kapinus are tied second in the conference with 44 total steals and sit third in the league averaging 1.91 steals per game.

2. THE HEAD-TO-HEAD

3. 55 ALIVE & WELL

Rutgers has the best scoring defense in the Big Ten at 58.7 points allowed per game, trying to finish the season leading that conference category for a third consecutive year. Over the past four games, Rutgers has faced three of the seven programs in the country to average more than 80.0 points per game (Maryland, Nebraska, and Ohio State) and held them an average of 21 points under their scoring averages.
 

4. OH MY OSH

Osh Brown, a graduate transfer from Ball State now with 1,726 career points, is the NCAA Division I active career leader in rebounds with 1,325 and in double-doubles with 57. Brown grabbed her first Rutgers double-double in grand fashion in the Paradise Jam opener with a 20-point, 20-rebound performance against DePaul, Rutgers' first 20-20 since Betnijah Laney's in 2014 against UNC. She added her eighth this season with 13 and 11 at Nebraska.

Brown is closing in on the top 30 on the NCAA career rebounding chart (TCU's Sandora Irvin is 30th at 1,370 rebounds). The Big Ten record books require players to complete two seasons in the conference to qualify, so while Brown doesn't appear on the Big Ten historical charts, she is the third player to compete for any length of time at a Big Ten school who has grabbed 1,300 rebounds — Iowa's Megan Gustafson is the conference record holder/16th in NCAA history with 1,460 rebounds (2016-19), while Ohio State's Jantel Lavender had 1,422 rebounds from 2008-11 (20th in NCAA history).
 

5. SPREAD THE LOVE

Twelve different Scarlet Knights have tied or led Rutgers in scoring in a game this season, and nine games featured at least 10 players scoring points. With eight returners (three upperclassmen) and eight newcomers, Rutgers entered the new season with 20% of last year's scoring and 11% of last season's assists.

#Trending

• Tough stretch: The game at Ohio State marked the fourth time in five games Rutgers faced a team ranked or receiving votes in the national polls.

• The 61-57 setback at No. 23/21 Ohio State marked Rutgers' fifth loss by five or less points in Big Ten play in 2021-22.

• Sayawni Lassiter's career-high 15 points at No. 23/21 Ohio State (Feb. 7) surpassed her previous high of 13 against Harvard earlier this season. Her five three-point field goals were a career-high and tied for the most in a game by a Scarlet Knight this season.

• Tyia Singleton tied a career-high with 13 rebounds at Nebraska, last produced against Ohio State last season on March 5.

• Over the last four games, Rutgers has held opponents an average of 19.3 points under their scoring averages.

• Osh Brown's 24 points against Ohio State (Jan. 23) marked a season-high and the third 20+ point game of the season for the grad transfer.

• Rutgers enjoyed its best three-point and free throw shooting performances of the season at Northwestern, connecting on 8-of-19 for 42 percent from beyond the arc and 13-of-14 (.929) from the stripe.

• RU held opponents an average of 12.5 points under their season scoring averages over contests from Dec. 1 to Jan. 6.

• The Rutgers defense has held opponents under their scoring average in 40 of its last 43 games, and 127 of its last 138 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.

• 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 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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