PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Rutgers women's basketball (9-17, 2-12) gets a home rematch with Purdue (15-11, 6-9) at Jersey Mike's Arena on Sunday, Feb. 20 at 1 p.m. ET and live on Big Ten Network. Rutgers, which has the top-ranked defense in the Big Ten at 58.8 points allowed per game and rides a two-game Big Ten winning streak, looks to avenge a 60-58 buzzer-beating loss at Purdue from Jan. 2 after the Scarlet Knights erased a 21-point deficit.

The game is being presented by RWJBarnabas Health.

ON THE AIR

• Watch on Big Ten Network (Sloane Martin & Rachel Banham)
• Listen on Fox Sports New Jersey 93.5 FM (Ralph Bednarczyk & Mark Peterson)
• Listen on WRSU 88.7 FM (Doug Willig & Christian Vasquez)

AT THE ARENA

• National Girls and Women in Sports Day Game - Free Poster Giveaway
• 1982 AIAW National Championship Throwback - The Scarlet Knights will be wearing throwback uniforms honoring the 1982 Rutgers women's basketball team that won the AIAW National Championship.

Effective immediately, concession stand sales at Jersey Mike's Arena will return to full service for all future Athletics events. Proof of full vaccination or negative COVID PCR test as well as face masks are still required.
 
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The 5 Things to Know

1. THE SCOUT

• Purdue dominated the final three quarters to soar past Illinois 70-54 on Feb. 17 at Mackey Arena.
• Jeanae Terry has back-to-back games of 17 boards -- with her nine offensive rebounds at Wisconsin ranking tied for 3rd-most in school history.
• Terry hit the game-winner at home against Rutgers on Jan. 2, which was her second of the year after a jumper in the lane against now-ranked No. 16 Georgia Tech went in for a 53-52 win in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
• Madison Layden has stepped into her expanded role as the go-to player on offense with 11.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. Layden leads Purdue in points, steals and minutes played this season.

2. THE HEAD-TO-HEAD

3. 55 ALIVE & WELL

Rutgers has the best scoring defense in the Big Ten at 58.9 points allowed per game, trying to finish the season leading that conference category for a third consecutive year. Over the past six 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. Rutgers has held teams an average of 15.7 points under their scoring average over the last six games.
 

4. OH MY OSH

Osh Brown, a graduate transfer from Ball State now with 1,758 career points, is the NCAA Division I active career leader in rebounds with 1,347 and in double-doubles with 59. 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 ninth and 10th during the last two victories over Penn State and Minnesota.

Brown is closing in on the top 30 on the NCAA career rebounding chart (TCU's Sandora Irvin is 30th at 1,370 rebounds). She is the third player to compete for any length of time at a Big Ten school who has grabbed 1,300 rebounds.
 

5. NEVER OUT

Rutgers erased a 21-point deficit to tie the game at Purdue on Jan. 2 before a heartbreaking Boilermaker buzzer-beater, then shrunk a 15-point deficit at Northwestern to one in the final minute of play before Northwestern forced two turnovers to hold on for the win. 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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• Rutgers' 28 points in the fourth quarter in the Penn State win was its most in the final period of a game all season, and its most in a fourth quarter since scoring 28 at Iowa on Dec. 31, 2020.

• Rutgers' 10 turnovers in the Minnesota win are a season-low, besting the previous best mark of 12 against Minnesota at home on Jan. 6.

• Lasha Petree made three 3-pointers in a game for a second consecutive game at Minnesota, and the sixth time this season.

• 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.

• Rutgers' nine three-point field goals in the Penn State win were a season-high and the most for the program since nine on Feb. 17, 2021 at Minnesota.

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

• Over the last six games, Rutgers has held opponents an average of 15.7 points under their scoring averages.

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

• 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 42 of its last 45 games, and 129 of its last 140 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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