PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Rutgers men's basketball team got back on track on Tuesday night against Indiana. Five players scored in double-digits, RU held Indiana to a season-low in points and the Scarlet Knights outrebounded the Hoosiers by 11 to secure a 66-57 victory at Jersey Mike's Arena.

Rutgers started by making three of its first five shots for a 7-2 lead. IU countered with a 14-2 run for a 16-9 lead. The defense held IU to a near six-minute scoring drought and RU pushed to take its first lead in over 13 minutes at 23-22. Derek Simpson banked in a three-pointer at the halftime buzzer, giving RU a 30-27 lead into intermission.  

Rutgers held the lead in the early going of the second half, with a 36-30 advantage. RU used a 6-0 run to force an Indiana timeout and held a 45-38 lead. RU took its largest lead of the night and then pushed it to double-figures. The home team closed out the victory. 
 
 Postgame Notes 

• Rutgers' 51 rebounds vs. Indiana ties a season high and ties for the most ever in a Big Ten regulation game.
• Rutgers held Indiana to 57 points, matching their previous season-low in scoring.  

Cliff Omoruyi 

• Had five blocks, his third most blocks of the season. 
  • Has multiple blocks in 12 of 15 games this season and eight games of at least four blocks. 
• Had 11 rebounds. 
  • Became the seventh RU player ever to reach 800 career rebounds.  
  • Moved past Gene Armstead for sole possession of seventh place on RU's leaderboard.  

Austin Williams 

• Had a season-high six rebounds. 
• After scoring a then season-high 14 points at Iowa last game, recorded double-figure points for the second time this season with 10 points.

Jamichael Davis 

• After not reaching double-figure scoring in his first eight games, he has now scored in double-figures in four of his last six games.  

Mawot Mag 

• Tied his career-high with four assists and three steals  

With The Win 

• Rutgers is 9-2 in the last 11 games against Indiana.  
• Steve Pikiell improves to 3-1 in games against IU head coach Mike Woodson.  
• Rutgers claims its first win over a Big Ten team since downing Michigan in last season's Big Ten Tournament, and first regular season conference win since defeating Penn State on the road last season on February 26. It would be Rutgers' first win at Jersey Mike's Arena over a Big Ten team since February 1 of last season against Minnesota.  
• Rutgers improved to 50-12 at home over the past four seasons.  

Postgame Quotes
Head Coach Steve Pikiell
 
Opening Statement:

"Thank you guys for coming, our crowd was awesome and I appreciate everyone who came. I'm happy for our guys, Indiana is a really good team with a really good coach and talent at every position. We were connected today and we were healthy today. Mawot [Mag] keeps getting better and better and Austin's [Williams] knee is better, we had some good practices from them. We played great defense, we outrebounded a really tall team. We can enjoy this win for one day but now we are onto Michigan State. This team has really fought through stuff and were really active today". 
 
On Austin Williams' performance:

"Austin has been playing great and he's been practicing well. He really has earned the position. You see what he can do rebounding-wise and finishing at the rim. Steals and defensively too, you see what he can do against Big Ten competition. I loved our bench today too, though. We have a lot of starters and I try not to get too caught up in that".
 
On Big Ten standings:

"This was a great win. Playing in this league was tough and we tend to go on winning and losing streaks. We played Illinois who was ranked seventh and we went on the road against Ohio State. We're getting healthy and really figuring everything out. It was really great to be at home too. This team has a ton of size and ability to be on draft boards. Now we head to Michigan State, one of the toughest places to play. We have a lot of season left."
 
On defense performance:
"We had 19 offensive rebounds, our defense has been doing a really good job. This team has been scoring a lot of points, especially in the paint. We have 2 big guys that average around 30-35 points a game every night, and as for the 19 turnovers, we're leading the league in forcing turnovers, we have to finish on some of those but we're getting better. I like the defensive effort. Our defense has been pretty solid all year, we have to finish more lay-ups; that's been an issue for us. But, tonight we did a pretty good job and we made free throws down the stretch too."
 
On Rebounds
"I think there's a couple things we've learned from our issues, we've emphasized this in practice. These guys have taken it upon themselves. Our guards are rebounding, if you look at our guard numbers, Austin, J Mike, it's very important because its team rebound. It's not just Cliff although Cliff has 800 rebounds, he's moving up in 7th place and pretty soon he'll be top 4 or 5. So, Cliff is a guy we depend on in the 5 block shots too. But as a team, we've done a better job collectively rebounding, we've out-rebounded all of our big 10 opponents in the last 3 games, so it's a good trend for us moving forward."
 
On Emmanuel Ogbole's return:

"He's close. There's no longer coaches' decisions on injuries, but he's getting close. He's practicing, I like it."
 
On Gavin Griffiths' playing time:

"Gavin's going to be terrific. Freshmen go through a lot of different things. He's going to be terrific. But these guys played really well. When you look at who didn't play, these guys played really well, so they played minutes and he will have his turn too. He's doing a real good job. He works hard, he watches film, I'm real proud of him. 

Indiana Head Coach Mike Woodson

On 5 straight losses in Jersey Mike's Arena:

"Well I'm two of those five, I know that. We haven't played well here and my thought process was if we kept it close we can give ourselves a chance, but when you turn it over and give up offensive rebounds like we did and can't make free throws, it's hard to win on the road. So those things are fixable, we just gotta go back home and go to work."