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John Perrotto
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College basketball
Jan 23, 2021 6:09 p.m. PST
Rutgers will attempt to stop a losing streak that threatens to ruin his season if he hits Indiana in a Big Ten game in the Skojdt Assembly on Sunday at 12 p.m. ET Hall in Bloomington.
Rutgers has lost five games in a row, falling to 7-6 overall and 3-6 in the Big Ten. This put the Scarlet Knights’ hopes of reaching the NCAA for the first time since 1991 in jeopardy.
Rutgers has been the losing side against the spread in each of the last four games and is the underdog in that game / p> Indiana tends in the opposite direction, with two wins in the last three games and four wins in the last five games. The Hoosiers have raised their record to 9-6 overall and 4-4 in the conference.
The Scarlet Knights fell 18 points at 10:38. They cut the lead to four, less than three minutes ahead, but didn’t get any closer.
Junior wing Ron Harper Jr. tried his best to rally Rutgers when he scored 14 of his 18 team-level points in the second half . The son of the five-time NBA champion averages 18.6 points per game and 6.0 rebounds.
Harper protected the ball just like everyone else. Its staff turnover rate of 3.8 ranks seventh nationwide.
Junior Center Myles Johnson added 14 points and seven rebounds. He averages 8.6 rebounds and has an offensive rebound percentage of 13.6 and a defensive rebound percentage of 25.8.
The guard duo of Senior Jacob Young (15.2) and Junior Montez Mathis (12 , 2) scores a total of 27.4 points per game. Young also leads the team with 4.2 assists per game.
Indiana took its biggest win in coach Archie Miller’s four-year tenure when it was # 4 Iowa 81-69 on Thursday night as an underdog with 10 points Road stunned.
The Hoosiers showed great defensive efforts as they held Iowa at a seasonal low. The Hawkeyes went into the game with an average of 92.2 points.
Iowa also only made five of 23 shots out of the 3-point range for 21.7%, as it averaged 39.5%. Iowa was 1:10 from a distance in the second half and nine out of 34 on total field attempts.
As usual, second striker Trayce Jackson-Davis led Indiana with 23 points. He achieved an average team high of 20.6 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots. Jackson-Davis also draws 7.7 fouls per 40 minutes, the 10th highest mark in the country.
Junior guard Rob Phinisee added 18 points, senior guard Aljami Durham scored 14 points and second guard Armaan Franklin had 11 points / p> Franklin is second on the team with an average of 12.7 and makes 1.5 steals per game. Durham has an average of 10.8 points and 3.2 assists.
Freshman guard Trey Galloway had a back injury and is questionable for this game. He averages 4.9 points and 23.1 minutes.
Recent history speaks for Rutgers, having won three of his last four games against Indiana. Last season, the Scarlet Knights scored a 59:50 home win as a 3.5 point favorite. Durham scored 10 points in one loss.
This is a potential trapping game for Indiana that scores big. Rutgers is fighting fiercely, however, and the Hoosiers’ strong defense should be able to cover up possible disappointments.
John Perrotto has been reporting and writing about sports for various outlets for over 40 years. His work has been published in USA TODAY, ESPN.com, SI.com, Forbes.com, The Associated Press, Baseball Digest, and others, among others. John is based in Beaver Falls, PA.
John Perrotto has been reporting and writing about sports for various outlets for over 40 years. His work has been published in USA TODAY, ESPN.com, SI.com, Forbes.com, The Associated Press, Baseball Digest, and others, among others. John is based in Beaver Falls, PA.
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