Starting 5: Women's Basketball vs. No. 21/22 Iowa

Thursday, February 24

Piscataway, NJ

8 PM ET

Rutgers University

No. 21/22 Iowa

Starting 5: Women's Basketball vs. No. 21/22 Iowa

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The five things to know before the Scarlet Knights tip-off against the Hawkeyes on Thu., Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Rutgers women's basketball (9-18, 2-13) plays its final home game of the 2021-22 season against No. 21/22 Iowa (18-7, 12-4) on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. at Jersey Mike's Arena and live on Big Ten Network. The game features the Big Ten's best defense (Rutgers' 59.3 points allowed per game) against the No. 3 nationally ranked and conference's top offense (Iowa's 84.6 points per game).

The game is being presented by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.

ON THE AIR

Watch on Big Ten Network (Jason Horowitz & Julianne Viani)
Listen on Fox Sports New Jersey 93.5 FM (Ralph Bednarczyk & Dom Savino)
Listen on WRSU 88.7 FM (Ellis Gordon & Dylan McCoy)

AT THE ARENA

Senior Night: The Scarlet Knights will honor eight players (Osh Brown, Shug Dickson, Sayawni Lassiter, Destiny Marshall, Jailyn Mason, Victoria Morris, Lasha Petree, and Tyia Singleton).
Special Olympics Night: National Anthem Singer and Halftime Scrimmage

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.

Click HERE for a full listing of Rutgers Athletics COVID-19 protocols.

The 5 Things to Know

1. THE SCOUT

Iowa is coming off back-to-back upset wins over No. 10 Indiana. The first win (96-91 in Bloomington), when Indiana was ranked No. 5, marked the Hawkeyes' first road win at a top-five ranked opponents since 1992. The Hawkeyes followed it up with an 88-82 home win on Monday.
The Hawkeyes lead the country in field-goal percentage (.498) and free-throw percentage (.847) and rank in the top-25 in seven additional categories, including third in scoring offense (84.6), fourth in assists per game (19.2), fifth in total assists (479), 11th in free throws made (389), 12th in assist turnover ratio (1.26) and defensive rebounds per game (29.8) and 22nd in scoring margin (13.6).
Sophomore Caitlin Clark leads the country in total assists (205), total points (673), assists per game (8.2), points per game (26.9), free throws made (157) and triple doubles (5).

2. THE HEAD-TO-HEAD

3. 55 ALIVE & WELL

Rutgers has the best scoring defense in the Big Ten at 59.3 points allowed per game, trying to finish the season leading that conference category for a third consecutive year. Over the past seven 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 1,767 career points, is the NCAA Division I active career leader in rebounds with 1,352 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. 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.

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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.

• In six games from Jan. 27 to Feb. 17, 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 46 games, and 129 of its last 141 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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