National Basketball Association
DePaul 69, Rutgers 64
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Where: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
Officials:
# Pat Driscoll, # Tony Greene, # Gene Steratore
Attendance:
4662
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Freshman Jamee Crocket collected 20 points and seven rebounds off the bench to lead DePaul to its first Big East road win, 69-64, over Rutgers on Wednesday.
Cleveland Melvin added 16 points and seven boards, and Brandon Young chipped in nine points and seven assists for the Blue Demons (11-9, 2-6 Big East), who doubled their conference win total from the 2010-11 season.
The Scarlet Knights looked to be in control when Derrick Randall converted a layup to give them a 50-39 lead with 10:21 to play.
But Crockett came right down and buried a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession and Rutgers managed only two points over the next five minutes as DePaul crawled back into the game.
Back-to-back 3-pointers from Crockett gave the Blue Demons their first lead of the second half, 55-54, with 4:51 left. It went back and forth for the next two minutes, with Rutgers knotting it at 62-62 with 2:11 left.
Melvin took it from there, scoring the next four points as DePaul pulled away.
Myles Mack collected 22 points and five rebounds for the Scarlet Knights (11-10, 3-5), who have dropped three of the last four.
Top Game Performances
| DePaul |
|
Rutgers |
|
Jamee Crockett 20 |
Scoring |
Myles Mack 22 |
|
Jeremiah Kelly 7 |
Assists |
Eli Carter 4 |
|
Jamee Crockett 7 |
Rebounds |
Gilvydas Biruta 7 |
|
Jamee Crockett 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Gilvydas Biruta 3 |
|
Jeremiah Kelly 2 |
Steals |
Eli Carter 3 |
|
Jamee Crockett 1 |
Blocks |
Dane Miller 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| DePaul
|
69 |
46.2 |
9-19 |
12-14 |
19 |
30 |
4 |
5 |
15 |
| Rutgers
|
64 |
43.1 |
6-16 |
8-15 |
17 |
29 |
8 |
9 |
14 |
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