{"id":144102,"date":"2020-12-30T07:07:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T04:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/no-14-rutgers-nips-purdue-despite-missing-ron-harper-jr\/"},"modified":"2020-12-30T07:07:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T04:07:59","slug":"no-14-rutgers-nips-purdue-despite-missing-ron-harper-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-14-rutgers-nips-purdue-despite-missing-ron-harper-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"#No. 14 Rutgers nips Purdue despite missing Ron Harper Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

“#No. 14 Rutgers nips Purdue despite missing Ron Harper Jr.<\/strong>”
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. \u2014 Rutgers hasn\u2019t played with a complete, healthy lineup yet this year, so the 14th-ranked Scarlet Knights knew what to do when leading scorer Ron Harper Jr. was forced to the bench.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just had the next-man-up mentality,\u201d senior captain Geo Baker said.<\/p>\n

This time, that man was Montez Mathis.<\/p>\n

Mathis scored a career-high 25 points, including 16 in the second half, and Rutgers beat Purdue 81-76 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Harper tweaked his ankle in practice and was scratched an hour before tipoff. The Honorable Mention All-Big Ten player from a year ago has been among the top players in the conference and small forwards in the nation, shooting 56.4%, including 50% from beyond the arc, for 23.4 points per game<\/a> along with 7.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists.<\/p>\n

Harper\u2019s injury is the latest in a season of them for Rutgers (7-1, 3-1 Big Ten). Jacob Young returned after a hard fall that sidelined him in the second half of the last game vs. No. 23 Ohio State, and Mawot Mag (ankle) had missed the last three games. Cliff Omoruyi was sidelined for the second straight game with a sprained right knee.<\/p>\n

Baker \u2014 an All-Big Ten guard \u2014 missed three games after spraining his ankle early in the season-opener. Baker had 19 points, six rebounds and four assists, while Young had 13 points and four assists.<\/p>\n

Purdue (7-4, 2-2 Big Ten) punished Rutgers in the paint, led by Trevion Williams\u2019 21 points and 12 rebounds. The Boilermakers had 42 points in the paint to the Scarlet Knights\u2019 28. Purdue held the rebounding edge 33-31.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you play a team like this, you know, Trevion Williams is a really good passer. So if you double down, you get to kind of pick your poison with him a little bit,\u201d Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell said. \u201cAnd (Zach) Ede is 7-foot-4, I mean, huge. You know, Myles (Johnson) has to wrestle with them. \u2026 Going against two of the better post guys in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n

Isaiah Thompson had 17 points for Purdue, and his layup with 15:19 left gave the Boilermakers their first lead, 46-44, since midway through the first half. Pikiell promptly called a timeout to break up Purdue\u2019s 23-6 run.<\/p>\n

Rutgers trailed by five before rallying to tie it at 53 on Paul Mulcahy\u2019s 3-pointer and Baker\u2019s transition layup.<\/p>\n

The teams exchanged leads before Mulcahy hit a 3-pointer to put Rutgers up 61-59 at the 7:52 mark. The Scarlet Knights led the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ones that Mulcahy hits in the second half, nobody\u2019s there,\u201d Purdue coach Matt Painter. \u201cYou\u2019re just wide open. No one\u2019s rotating to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Purdue jumped to an 11-6 lead, Rutgers rallied to lead by as many as 15 before taking a 40-34 lead into halftime.<\/p>\n

Sasha Stefanovic added 14 points for Purdue.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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