Starting 5: Women's Basketball at No. 23/21 Ohio State

Monday, February 7

Columbus, OH

6 PM ET

Rutgers University

No. 23/21 Ohio State

Starting 5: Women's Basketball at No. 23/21 Ohio State

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The five things to know before the Scarlet Knights tip-off against the Buckeyes on Mon., Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rutgers women's basketball (7-16, 0-11) gets a road rematch with No. 23/21 Ohio State (16-4, 8-3) at the Schottenstein Center on Monday, Feb. 7 at 6 p.m. ET and live on Big Ten Network. The contest is a rematch of the Big Ten's second best offense in Ohio State (83.2 points per game) and Rutgers' second-ranked defense (58.6 points allowed per game) from Jan 23, when the Buckeyes won a close one, 80-71.

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The 5 Things to Know

1. THE SCOUT

Ohio State is 23^rd in the latest AP Poll released on Monday and is ranked 21^st in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll released on Tuesday.
Ohio State earned its second ranked win of the season in a 92-88 thriller on Monday night at No. 21/24 Iowa.
Ohio State is the nation's No. 4 scoring offense at 83.2 points per game, a mark that ranks second in the Big Ten.
The Buckeyes lead NCAA Division I in three-point field goal shooting percentage at .404, led by Taylor Mikesell's 76-of-156 performance from beyond the arc at .487.
Jacy Sheldon (20.9ppg) and Mikesell (19.2ppg) are the dual-threat offensive leaders, who both rank in the Top 30 in the country in scoring.
Rebeka Mikulasikova paces the Buckeyes on the boards with 5.8 rebounds per game. Sheldon leads the group with 3.8 assists per contest.

2. THE HEAD-TO-HEAD

3. 55 ALIVE & WELL

Rutgers has second best scoring defense in the Big Ten at 58.6 points allowed per game, trying to finish the season leading that conference category for a third consecutive year. The Scarlet Knights' pressure up front has led to a No. 3 conference ranking with 9.5 steals per game and the presence down low has RU ranked No. 6 in the B1G in blocked shots per game at 3.7.

4. OH MY OSH

Osh Brown, a graduate transfer from Ball State now with 1,715 career points, is the NCAA Division I active career leader in rebounds with 1,316 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.

5. THE MILLENNIALS

The Scarlet Knights are the only team in NCAA Division I to boast five current 1,000-point scorers on the 2021-22 roster: Osh Brown (1,715), Lasha Petree (1,574), Victoria Morris (1,461), Shug Dickson (1,045), and Jailyn Mason (1,026) combining for 6,821 points.

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

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

• Nebraska came into last game ranked seventh in the nation in scoring average (81.2) before managing 50 points against Rutgers, 11th in three-point field goal shooting (.370) before shooting .194 (6-of-31) against RU, and 15th in field goal percentage (.462) before getting cold at .279 vs. the Scarlet Knights.

• Osh Brown's 24 points against Ohio State 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.

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

• 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 39 of its last 42 games, and 126 of its last 137 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.

• Rutgers ranks 20th in the country in total steals (218).

• 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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