Ron Harper Jr. dunks the ball in opposition to Iowa.
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Ron Harper Jr. scored 15 factors together with two free throws with two seconds remaining to carry Rutgers to a 48-46 win over Iowa at Jersey Mike’s Area in Piscataway on Wednesday night time.
Harper was fouled by Keegan Murray as he tried to discover a approach by means of the Hawkeyes’ perimeter protection. After his free throws and a timeout, Connor McCaffery threw a protracted inbounds cross to Murray, who made the catch in a crowd however had his 3-point attempt fall brief.
Harper was 5-of-10 taking pictures, however no different Rutgers participant reached double-figure scoring. Clifford Omoruyi grabbed 14 rebounds.
Murray completed with 13 factors however on 5-of-14 taking pictures and had 13 rebounds. Patrick McCaffery was 4 of 12 from the ground for 11 factors. Filip Rebraca had 10 rebounds with eight factors.
Iowa (13-5, 3-4 Massive Ten), simply outdoors the Prime 25, had gained six of its earlier seven video games however noticed a two-game win streak finish. Rutgers (11-6, 5-2) has gained six of its final seven.
On an evening when offenses struggled and defenses excelled, Iowa scored a season-low whole whereas the Scarlet Knights tied their low. The Hawkeyes, the Massive Ten’s highest-scoring staff coming in at over 86 factors per sport, shot simply 28 % to Rutgers’ 31 % with the groups combining to make solely 35 of 119 makes an attempt.
At one level within the second half when it scored simply 19 factors, Iowa went over 9 1/2 minutes and not using a discipline objective, going 0 of 10, although Rutgers was simply 1 of 14 over the identical span.
Rutgers dedicated 15 turnovers, however Iowa turned these into solely six factors. There have been 15 blocks, 10 by Rutgers — three apiece by Omoruyi and Geo Baker — and a mixed 15 steals.
A pair of free throws by Iowa’s Joe Toussaint broke a tie and McCaffery added one other with 26 seconds remaining for a 27-24 halftime lead.
Iowa will play host to Penn State and Rutgers is at Minnesota on Saturday.
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