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Men’s Basketball Hosts Georgetown on Wednesday Night
Nov 13 | Men's Basketball
Gavitt Games Matchup versus Big East Foe Tips Off at 8:30 pm on FS1
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers men's basketball plays its third game at Jersey Mike's Arena in a six-game span on Wednesday night, as the Scarlet Knights will host Georgetown on Wednesday night. The Scarlet Knights (2-1) face the Hoyas (1-1) in an 8:30 p.m. tipoff on FS1, with Alex Faust and Bill Raftery on the call.
The Scarlet Knights won two home games in a 40-hour span over the weekend, downing Boston University (69-45) and Bryant (66-57). Against BU, Gavin Griffiths had a breakout game with 25 points. Against Bryant, Aundre Hyatt led the way with 19 points, while Cliff Omoruyi came alive in the second half of a 13-point, 15-rebound double-double, matching his career-high on the boards. In the early season, Hyatt leads the team at 13.3 points-per-game. After 17 points vs. BU and then 19 against Bryant, he posted the first consecutive 15+ point games of his collegiate career. Omoruyi averages nearly a double-double with 10.0 points and a team-best 9.0 rebounds, while pacing the squad with four blocks.
As a team, RU has allowed just 56.7 points-per-game, 29th nationally. The team is also first among Big Ten teams on the offensive glass (15.33 offensive rebounds per game).
The Gavitt Tipoff Games is a unique early season series played between the two conferences and named in honor of Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt, founder of the BIG EAST and basketball visionary. This will be the fifth time RU plays in the Gavitt Games. RU has faced St. John's twice and DePaul twice. RU is 1-3 all-time in the event. The Scarlet Knights last played a Gavitt Games matchup in the 2021-22 season, falling 73-70 at DePaul. This will be the just the second home game for RU in the series, also hosting St. John's in 2018.
11/19/21 at DePaul L, 73-70
11/16/18 vs. St. John's L, 84-65
11/17/16 at DePaul W, 66-59
11/19/15 at St. John's L, 61-59
The Hoyas, who have made 31 NCAA Tournament appearances and won the 1984 NCAA title, are looking to rebuild from a 7-25 season last year and 13-50 mark over the past two seasons. The team was pegged for eight in the BIG EAST Preseason Poll under first-year head coach Ed Cooley, who spent the previous 12 years as the bench boss of fellow Big East school Providence. Cooley holds a 335-223 (.600) record in his 18th season as a collegiate head coach.
To open the season, Georgetown split its opening games. The Hoyas downed Le Moyne, 94-57, in the opener, but then fell, 68-67, to Holy Cross on Saturday night. Cooley previously faced RU twice with the Friars and once as the head coach of Fairfield, losing all three games.
The Georgetown roster under their new head coach features 11 newcomers and four returners. The newcomers featured four transfers from "Power 5" Conference schools, including Jayden Epps from Big Ten foe Illinois. Epps, who averaged 9.5 points for the Illini as a freshman, was held to 6 points on 3-of-9 shooting by Rutgers in their lone meeting last year, which came during a stretch where he has scored at least 12 points in the previous four games and in the three games afterwards.
GU's Supreme Cook, who was a three-year starter at Fairfield and averaged 13.1 points and 8.5 rebounds last year, is ninth nationally in offensive rebounding at 5.5 per game. Freshman Rowan Brumbaugh leads the team thus far at 15.0 points per game.
Rutgers is 16-29 all-time against Georgetown. The programs both played in the Big East from 1996-2013 and met at least once annually in that span. The two squads last faced each other in 2013. Rutgers is 11-10 at home against GU. Georgetown has won the last four meetings, with RU's last win over the Hoyas coming in a 71-68 home win on Valentine's Day in 2010. In that game, Jonathan Mitchell scored a career-high 24 points, while Dane Miller had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds as Rutgers earned a home win over the No. 7/8 Hoyas. Georgetown has won 12 of the last 13 meetings against RU dating back to 2004.
| About Rutgers |
The Scarlet Knights won two home games in a 40-hour span over the weekend, downing Boston University (69-45) and Bryant (66-57). Against BU, Gavin Griffiths had a breakout game with 25 points. Against Bryant, Aundre Hyatt led the way with 19 points, while Cliff Omoruyi came alive in the second half of a 13-point, 15-rebound double-double, matching his career-high on the boards. In the early season, Hyatt leads the team at 13.3 points-per-game. After 17 points vs. BU and then 19 against Bryant, he posted the first consecutive 15+ point games of his collegiate career. Omoruyi averages nearly a double-double with 10.0 points and a team-best 9.0 rebounds, while pacing the squad with four blocks.
As a team, RU has allowed just 56.7 points-per-game, 29th nationally. The team is also first among Big Ten teams on the offensive glass (15.33 offensive rebounds per game).
| Gavitt Games |
The Gavitt Tipoff Games is a unique early season series played between the two conferences and named in honor of Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt, founder of the BIG EAST and basketball visionary. This will be the fifth time RU plays in the Gavitt Games. RU has faced St. John's twice and DePaul twice. RU is 1-3 all-time in the event. The Scarlet Knights last played a Gavitt Games matchup in the 2021-22 season, falling 73-70 at DePaul. This will be the just the second home game for RU in the series, also hosting St. John's in 2018.
| Gavitt Games Results |
11/16/18 vs. St. John's L, 84-65
11/17/16 at DePaul W, 66-59
11/19/15 at St. John's L, 61-59
| About Georgetown |
The Hoyas, who have made 31 NCAA Tournament appearances and won the 1984 NCAA title, are looking to rebuild from a 7-25 season last year and 13-50 mark over the past two seasons. The team was pegged for eight in the BIG EAST Preseason Poll under first-year head coach Ed Cooley, who spent the previous 12 years as the bench boss of fellow Big East school Providence. Cooley holds a 335-223 (.600) record in his 18th season as a collegiate head coach.
To open the season, Georgetown split its opening games. The Hoyas downed Le Moyne, 94-57, in the opener, but then fell, 68-67, to Holy Cross on Saturday night. Cooley previously faced RU twice with the Friars and once as the head coach of Fairfield, losing all three games.
The Georgetown roster under their new head coach features 11 newcomers and four returners. The newcomers featured four transfers from "Power 5" Conference schools, including Jayden Epps from Big Ten foe Illinois. Epps, who averaged 9.5 points for the Illini as a freshman, was held to 6 points on 3-of-9 shooting by Rutgers in their lone meeting last year, which came during a stretch where he has scored at least 12 points in the previous four games and in the three games afterwards.
GU's Supreme Cook, who was a three-year starter at Fairfield and averaged 13.1 points and 8.5 rebounds last year, is ninth nationally in offensive rebounding at 5.5 per game. Freshman Rowan Brumbaugh leads the team thus far at 15.0 points per game.
| About The Series |
Rutgers is 16-29 all-time against Georgetown. The programs both played in the Big East from 1996-2013 and met at least once annually in that span. The two squads last faced each other in 2013. Rutgers is 11-10 at home against GU. Georgetown has won the last four meetings, with RU's last win over the Hoyas coming in a 71-68 home win on Valentine's Day in 2010. In that game, Jonathan Mitchell scored a career-high 24 points, while Dane Miller had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds as Rutgers earned a home win over the No. 7/8 Hoyas. Georgetown has won 12 of the last 13 meetings against RU dating back to 2004.
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