Game Date: Mar 26th, 2050
Rutgers 75 - Western Carolina 87
Date: February 10th, 2050
Game: College [Conference] [#1183738] 
Arena: Ramsey Center
Attendance: 5,000
Player Of The Game: Paul Longo (2)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | 37 | 38 | 75 | |
| Western Carolina Catamounts | 47 | 40 | 87 | |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | OFG | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 11 | D. Hogan sf | 34 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-5 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 5.7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | M. Lipscomb pf | 34 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6-7 | 2 | 3 | -18 | 3.4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | P. Byrne c | 24 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-5 | 1 | 5 | -12 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 51 | J. Hoover sg | 34 | 3-17 | 3-11 | 4-4 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5-9 | 3 | 3 | -21 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 30 | R. Arias pg | 20 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-12 | 10 | 4 | -16 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | B. Meek c | 12 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +12 | 2.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 4 | D. Reid c | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 25 | R. Kemp sf | 19 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | M. Lamb pg | 17 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3-10 | 1 | 1 | +11 | 5.3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 30-74 | 5-18 | 10-14 | 75 | 12 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 27-61 | 18 | 22 | -60 | 6.5 | 48 | 11 | 13 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 40.5% | 27.8% | 71.4% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina Catamounts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | OFG | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 3 | K. Stovall sf | 35 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4-10 | 2 | 1 | +11 | 7.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 35 | P. Longo pf | 35 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 6-6 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7-17 | 0 | 3 | +20 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | G. Coles c | 34 | 6-13 | 0-2 | 5-10 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8-12 | 3 | 4 | +10 | 1.2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | R. Nichols sg | 35 | 7-19 | 2-13 | 4-4 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4-18 | 5 | 2 | +20 | 9.0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 32 | H. Ross pg | 33 | 7-15 | 0-5 | 4-6 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-8 | 5 | 1 | +13 | 5.0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | O. Reese pf | 15 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | -5 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | N. Sullinger sg | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 53 | T. Presley sg | 11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-3 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 30-64 | 4-23 | 23-31 | 87 | 12 | 42 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 28-72 | 18 | 13 | +60 | 5.9 | 44 | 14 | 22 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 46.9% | 17.4% | 74.2% | ||||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Western Carolina: Paul Longo
Head Coaches
Rutgers: Mike Henson
Western Carolina: Derrick Collins
Offensive Efficiencies
Rutgers: At the rim (8/11 72.7%) Inside (16/31 51.6%) Mid-range (1/14 7.1%) Beyond the Arc (5/18 27.8%)
Western Carolina: At the rim (13/15 86.7%) Inside (9/18 50.0%) Mid-range (4/8 50.0%) Beyond the Arc (4/23 17.4%)
Defensive Tactics
Rutgers: Man-To-Man (27.5%) Zone (20.6%) Pressure (35.3%) 2nd Chance (5.9%) Transition (10.8%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Western Carolina: Man-To-Man (42.0%) Zone (36.0%) Pressure (5.0%) 2nd Chance (6.0%) Transition (11.0%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Rutgers: 151.9 / 146.9
Western Carolina: 153.6 / 145.7
Injuries
Rutgers: none
Western Carolina: none
Overworked
Rutgers: sg-Hoover (moderate)
Western Carolina: none
Game Information
Date: Thursday, February 10th, 2050
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Ramsey Center
City: Cullowhee, NC
Attendance: 5,000
Version: 1.036
Simulated: Mon Feb 16 2026 @ 9:21:23 am PST
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Starting Line-Ups
Rutgers: PG-Arias (6' ½"), SG-Hoover (6' 3"), SF-Hogan (6' 5½"), PF-Lipscomb (6' 5"), C-Byrne (6' 8½")
Western Carolina: PG-Ross (6' 1"), SG-Nichols (6' 3½"), SF-Stovall (6' 5"), PF-Longo (6' 8"), C-Coles (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Rutgers gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Coles! Coles grabs the rebound.
19:44 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 2 - 0.
19:30 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arias. Tied 2 - 2.
19:05 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross drives down the lane. Ross passes the ball to Coles at the basket. Coles lays it up. Foul! Lipscomb fouls Coles on the shot. Coles makes the first free throw. Coles makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 4 - 2.
18:53 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Lamb to Point Guard and Meek to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Reese to Power Forward and Longo to Center.
18:53 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lamb. Tied 4 - 4.
18:45 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall on the perimeter. Stovall passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Hoover grabs the rebound.
18:32 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lamb. Rutgers 7 - 4.
18:21 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross drives down the lane. Ross lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 7 - 6.
18:11 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Reese grabs the rebound.
18:03 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols attacks with the ball on the fast break. Nichols lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 8 - 7.
17:58 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb. Lipscomb drives by Reese. Lipscomb lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 9 - 8.
17:41 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hogan steals the pass from Ross.
17:35 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hoover passes the ball to Lamb on the perimeter. Lamb passes the ball to Meek in the paint. Offensive foul! Hoover commits the foul away from the ball.
17:20 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese turns the ball over to the other team.
17:15 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb passes the ball to Hogan. Hogan shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lamb. Rutgers 11 - 8.
17:05 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Reese. Reese passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hogan grabs the rebound.
16:48 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hoover passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Lamb on the perimeter. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb. Lipscomb shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
16:24 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Rutgers 11 - 10.
16:10 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Stovall grabs the long rebound.
16:01 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Ross passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reese. Western Carolina 13 - 11.
15:45 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Small Forward and Byrne to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Nichols to Point Guard, Presley to Shooting Guard, Reese to Small Forward, Longo to Power Forward and Coles to Center.
15:45 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against pressure defense. Longo steals the pass from Hoover.
15:41 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nichols tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nichols with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the rebound.
15:31 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
15:23 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nichols passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Coles grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:01 - Western Carolina: Coles has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coles shoots from deep. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the rebound.
14:57 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hoover tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hoover with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hoover grabs the offensive rebound.
14:47 - Rutgers: Hoover has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hoover shoots from the low post. Foul! Presley fouls Hoover on the shot. Hoover makes the first free throw. Hoover makes the second free throw. Tied 13 - 13.
14:43 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nichols passes the ball to Longo. Longo passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese passes the ball to Nichols in the paint. Nichols drives down the lane. Nichols passes the ball to Reese on the perimeter. Reese shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nichols. Western Carolina 16 - 13.
14:43 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Western Carolina!
14:15 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb drives down the lane. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb at the basket. Lipscomb lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lamb. Western Carolina 16 - 15.
14:06 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nichols passes the ball to Presley on the perimeter. Presley passes the ball to Nichols. Nichols passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo passes the ball to Presley on the perimeter. Presley shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nichols grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:41 - Western Carolina: Nichols has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nichols shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the rebound.
13:36 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense. Presley steals the pass from Lamb.
13:29 - Western Carolina: Breakaway! Presley takes the ball the length of the court. Presley lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 18 - 15.
13:24 - Game Event: Time out. Western Carolina substitutes Stovall to Small Forward.
13:24 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover. Hoover with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the offensive rebound.
13:12 - Rutgers: Lipscomb has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lipscomb passes the ball to Lamb on the perimeter. Lamb drives down the lane. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb at the basket. Lipscomb lays it up. Coles rotates over and blocks the shot! Coles grabs the rebound.
12:56 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Longo on the perimeter. Longo passes the ball to Nichols in the paint. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 21 - 15.
12:22 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Meek to Shooting Guard and Hogan to Power Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Ross to Point Guard and Reese to Power Forward.
12:22 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Reese grabs the rebound.
12:09 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall on the perimeter. Stovall drives down the lane. Stovall passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the rebound.
11:54 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Meek leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Meek passes the ball to Kemp in the paint. Kemp shoots in the paint. Foul! Stovall fouls Kemp on the shot. Kemp missed the first free throw. Kemp makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 21 - 16.
11:40 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross passes the ball to Presley on the perimeter. Presley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Presley with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the rebound.
11:23 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 21 - 18.
11:12 - Western Carolina: Presley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Presley passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross passes the ball to Stovall on the perimeter. Stovall passes the ball to Coles outside. Coles shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the rebound.
10:52 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Meek attacks with the ball on the fast break. Meek lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 21 - 20.
10:48 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Arias to Point Guard and Lamb to Shooting Guard.
10:48 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles. Coles passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross passes the ball to Reese on the perimeter. Reese passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall shoots from the low post. Foul! Hogan fouls Stovall on the shot. Stovall makes the first free throw. Stovall makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 23 - 20.
10:15 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias passes the ball to Kemp on the perimeter. Kemp shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Arias grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:05 - Rutgers: Arias has the rebound and restarts the offense. Presley steals the pass from Arias.
9:58 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break. Foul! Lamb commits the foul on Ross.
9:54 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hoover to Shooting Guard, Hogan to Small Forward and Lipscomb to Power Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Nichols to Shooting Guard and Longo to Power Forward.
9:54 - Western Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Longo. Longo hands off the ball to Nichols. Nichols passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Stovall grabs the offensive rebound.
9:37 - Western Carolina: Stovall has the rebound and restarts the offense. Stovall passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Offensive foul! Coles commits the foul.
9:32 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Stovall steals the pass from Lipscomb.
9:23 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Arias fouls Ross blocking out to get the rebound.
8:55 - Western Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Ross. Ross passes the ball to Nichols outside. Nichols turns the ball over to the other team.
8:50 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hoover passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Coles grabs the rebound.
8:32 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross drives by Arias. Ross lays it up. Foul! Arias fouls Ross on the shot. Ross makes the first free throw. Ross missed the second free throw. Byrne grabs the rebound. Western Carolina 24 - 20.
8:21 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Coles grabs the rebound.
8:10 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stovall. Western Carolina 26 - 20.
7:49 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arias passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lipscomb passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
7:23 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ross. Western Carolina 28 - 20.
7:12 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Lamb to Shooting Guard, Kemp to Small Forward and Hogan to Power Forward.
7:12 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arias passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arias. Western Carolina 28 - 22.
7:03 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Ross in the paint. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Foul! Byrne commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Coles is shooting one-and-one. Coles makes the first free throw. Coles missed the second free throw. Byrne grabs the rebound. Western Carolina 29 - 22.
6:49 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias drives to the basket. Foul! Ross commits the foul on Arias.
6:36 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hoover to Shooting Guard, Hogan to Small Forward and Lipscomb to Power Forward.
6:36 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Hoover. Hoover passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lipscomb passes the ball to Arias. Arias with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Coles fouls Byrne blocking out to get the rebound.
6:15 - Game Event: Time out. Coles must sit with 2 fouls. Western Carolina substitutes Reese to Power Forward and Longo to Center.
6:15 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Byrne. Byrne passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. Arias shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Reese grabs the rebound.
5:57 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break with Nichols and Stovall. Ross passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nichols grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:52 - Western Carolina: Nichols has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall. Stovall passes the ball to Nichols. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Reese tips it in. Western Carolina 31 - 22.
5:25 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Point Guard.
5:25 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kemp. Western Carolina 31 - 24.
5:13 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese passes the ball to Ross in the paint. Ross passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Foul! Lipscomb commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Reese is shooting one-and-one. Reese missed the first free throw. Hoover grabs the rebound.
4:56 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hoover shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Reese grabs the rebound.
4:49 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break with Stovall to the right. Nichols lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 33 - 24.
4:45 - Game Event: Time out. Western Carolina substitutes Longo to Power Forward and Coles to Center.
4:45 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kemp passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb passes the ball to Kemp on the perimeter. Kemp shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 33 - 27.
4:27 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Kemp fouls Ross on the shot. Ross makes the first free throw. Ross missed the second free throw. Byrne grabs the rebound. Western Carolina 34 - 27.
4:17 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kemp. Western Carolina 34 - 29.
4:03 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall outside. Stovall passes the ball to Coles. Coles passes the ball to Ross. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the low post. Foul! Byrne fouls Coles on the shot. Coles makes the first free throw. Coles missed the second free throw. Lipscomb grabs the rebound. Western Carolina 35 - 29.
3:40 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kemp passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hogan grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:27 - Rutgers: Hogan has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hogan passes the ball to Hoover in the paint. Foul! Longo commits the foul on Hoover.
3:20 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Byrne. Byrne passes the ball to Kemp. Kemp passes the ball to Hoover. Hoover shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the offensive rebound.
3:04 - Rutgers: Lipscomb has the rebound. Lipscomb shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Coles grabs the rebound.
3:02 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break with Stovall and Nichols. Ross passes the ball to Stovall. Stovall shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ross. Western Carolina 37 - 29.
2:58 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 37 - 31.
2:47 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall shoots from the low post. Foul! Hoover fouls Stovall on the shot. Stovall makes the first free throw. Stovall makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 39 - 31.
2:36 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Hoover outside. Hoover passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Hoover. Western Carolina 39 - 33.
2:22 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross drives by Kemp. Ross lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 41 - 33.
2:11 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Kemp on the perimeter. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne on the perimeter. Byrne passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Kemp. The shot clock winding down. Kemp shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Hoover grabs the offensive rebound.
1:39 - Rutgers: Hoover has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hoover shoots from the low post. Foul! Nichols fouls Hoover on the shot. Hoover makes the first free throw. Hoover makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 41 - 35.
1:34 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 43 - 35.
1:17 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne. Longo steals the pass from Byrne.
1:05 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Ross passes the ball to Stovall. Hoover steals the pass from Stovall.
0:55 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break with Kemp to the right. Hoover passes the ball to Kemp on the perimeter. Kemp shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
0:48 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Kemp fouls Ross on the shot. Ross makes the first free throw. Ross makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 45 - 35.
0:37 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Kemp. Western Carolina 45 - 37.
0:25 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the low post. Air ball! Ross tips it in. Western Carolina 47 - 37.
0:15 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Hogan. Stovall steals the pass from Hogan.
0:04 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Rutgers 37, Western Carolina 47
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Lipscomb must sit with 2 fouls. Byrne must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Lamb to Point Guard, Kemp to Small Forward, Hogan to Power Forward and Meek to Center. Coles must sit with 2 fouls. Western Carolina substitutes Reese to Power Forward and Longo to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Western Carolina. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Western Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Ross. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross passes the ball to Nichols. Nichols with a fadeaway jumper. Offensive foul! Nichols charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hoover.
19:47 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Point Guard, Hogan to Small Forward, Lipscomb to Power Forward and Byrne to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Longo to Power Forward and Coles to Center.
19:47 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hoover passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan shoots from the low post. Longo rotates over and blocks the shot! Byrne grabs the offensive rebound.
19:37 - Rutgers: Byrne has the rebound. Byrne shoots from the low post. Longo rotates over and blocks the shot! Longo grabs the rebound.
19:35 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Byrne steals the pass from Ross.
19:17 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hoover tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hoover passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Coles grabs the rebound.
19:00 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break with Ross to the right. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Longo grabs the offensive rebound.
18:54 - Western Carolina: Longo has the rebound. Longo shoots from the low post. Foul! Hogan fouls Longo on the shot. Longo makes the first free throw. Longo makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 49 - 37.
18:52 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Lamb to Point Guard and Meek to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Reese to Power Forward and Longo to Center.
18:52 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hogan grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:42 - Rutgers: Hogan has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hogan drives down the lane. Hogan passes the ball to Lamb at the basket. Lamb lays it up. Longo rotates over and blocks the shot! Nichols grabs the rebound.
18:30 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break with Ross to the right. Nichols passes the ball to Ross at the basket. Ross lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nichols. Western Carolina 51 - 37.
18:25 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lamb. Western Carolina 51 - 40.
18:13 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Western Carolina 53 - 40.
18:02 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Meek in the paint. Meek shoots from the low post. Foul! Longo fouls Meek on the shot. Meek missed the first free throw. Meek makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 53 - 41.
17:50 - Game Event: Time out. Western Carolina substitutes Longo to Power Forward and Coles to Center.
17:50 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lipscomb steals the pass from Nichols.
17:43 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break with Lamb and Hogan. Hoover passes the ball to Lamb at the basket. Lamb lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hoover. Western Carolina 53 - 43.
17:39 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Nichols outside. Nichols shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the long rebound.
17:22 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hoover passes the ball to Hogan. Hogan shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Nichols grabs the rebound.
17:18 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall turns the ball over out of bounds.
17:04 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Stovall steals the pass from Lipscomb.
16:51 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break with Stovall and Ross. Nichols lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 55 - 43.
16:44 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Byrne to Center.
16:44 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the offensive rebound.
16:35 - Rutgers: Byrne has the rebound. Byrne shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! And Byrne is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Byrne makes the first free throw. Western Carolina 55 - 46.
16:33 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hogan steals the pass from Ross.
16:28 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break with Lamb to the right. Hoover passes the ball to Lamb on the perimeter. Lamb shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hoover. Western Carolina 55 - 49.
16:21 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Meek to Center.
16:21 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 57 - 49.
16:05 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Meek in the paint. Meek shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 57 - 51.
15:54 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Small Forward and Byrne to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Nichols to Point Guard, Presley to Shooting Guard and Reese to Small Forward.
15:54 - Western Carolina: Presley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Presley passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the rebound.
15:40 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Kemp in the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lipscomb passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 57 - 53.
15:15 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nichols passes the ball to Presley in the paint. Foul! Byrne commits a foul away from the ball.
15:11 - Western Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Longo. Longo passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese passes the ball to Presley. Presley shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Kemp grabs the rebound.
14:52 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover. Hoover with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Kemp fouls Reese trying to grab the offensive rebound.
14:41 - Western Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Longo. Longo passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kemp grabs the long rebound.
14:30 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hoover turns the ball over out of bounds.
14:24 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Byrne steals the pass from Nichols.
14:19 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 57 - 55.
14:07 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nichols passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo shoots in the paint. Foul! Lipscomb fouls Longo on the shot. Longo makes the first free throw. Longo makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 59 - 55.
13:49 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Arias to Point Guard and Hogan to Small Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Stovall to Small Forward.
13:49 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Presley steals the pass from Arias.
13:43 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Presley leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Byrne steals the pass from Presley.
13:34 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break with Arias and Hogan. Hoover passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. Arias shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hoover grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:27 - Rutgers: Hoover has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hoover passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Lipscomb on the perimeter. Lipscomb passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Arias shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Byrne tips it in. Western Carolina 59 - 57.
13:02 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Lamb to Point Guard and Kemp to Small Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Reese to Small Forward.
13:02 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nichols passes the ball to Reese. Reese tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reese passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo shoots in the paint. Foul! Byrne fouls Longo on the shot. Longo makes the first free throw. Longo makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 61 - 57.
12:46 - Game Event: Time out. Byrne must sit with 4 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Arias to Point Guard, Lamb to Shooting Guard, Hogan to Power Forward and Meek to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Ross to Point Guard, Stovall to Small Forward and Reese to Power Forward.
12:46 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arias. Western Carolina 61 - 59.
12:35 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall. Stovall passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Arias grabs the rebound.
12:17 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Lamb leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lamb passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. Arias passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan passes the ball to Kemp in the paint. Kemp shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Stovall! Reese grabs the rebound.
11:50 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Meek grabs the rebound.
11:39 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Lamb leads the fast break with Kemp and Arias. Lamb lays it up. The shot goes in! Tied 61 - 61.
11:34 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross drives by Arias. Ross passes the ball to Coles at the basket. Coles lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ross. Western Carolina 63 - 61.
11:22 - Game Event: Time out. Western Carolina substitutes Presley to Point Guard and Sullinger to Shooting Guard.
11:22 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias shoots from deep. Foul! Presley fouls Arias on the shot. Arias missed the first free throw. Arias missed the second free throw. Arias makes the third free throw. Western Carolina 63 - 62.
11:18 - Western Carolina: Presley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Presley passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese turns the ball over to the other team.
11:14 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Meek in the paint. Meek passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. Stovall steals the pass from Arias.
10:56 - Western Carolina: Sullinger brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sullinger passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall shoots from the block. The shot misses. Hogan grabs the rebound.
10:43 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Lamb leads the fast break with Arias and Kemp. Lamb lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 64 - 63.
10:37 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Shooting Guard, Hogan to Small Forward and Lipscomb to Power Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Ross to Point Guard, Nichols to Shooting Guard and Longo to Power Forward.
10:37 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hogan grabs the rebound.
10:11 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lipscomb shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Stovall grabs the rebound.
9:55 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols attacks with the ball on the fast break. Nichols turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:50 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hoover to Shooting Guard and Reid to Center.
9:50 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb passes the ball to Reid. Reid passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Arias outside. Arias tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots from the inside. Foul! Longo fouls Lipscomb on the shot. Lipscomb makes the first free throw. Lipscomb makes the second free throw. Rutgers 66 - 63.
9:22 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Small Forward and Hogan to Power Forward.
9:22 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the inside. Foul! Hogan fouls Coles on the shot. Coles makes the first free throw. Coles missed the second free throw. Reid grabs the rebound. Rutgers 66 - 64.
9:13 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hoover shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Ross grabs the long rebound.
9:06 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break with Nichols and Stovall. Ross passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Reid grabs the rebound.
8:59 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Arias leads the fast break with Hoover to the right. Arias lays it up. It's blocked by Stovall! Coles grabs the rebound.
8:53 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall shoots from the block. Reid rotates over and blocks the shot! Longo grabs the offensive rebound.
8:36 - Western Carolina: Longo has the rebound. Longo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 66 - 66.
8:34 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hogan to Small Forward, Lipscomb to Power Forward and Byrne to Center.
8:34 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hoover passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Hoover in the paint. Hoover passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots from the low post. Coles rotates over and blocks the shot! Coles grabs the rebound.
8:07 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break with Ross and Stovall. Nichols lays it up. Foul! Arias fouls Nichols on the shot. Nichols makes the first free throw. Nichols makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 68 - 66.
8:03 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Small Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Sullinger to Shooting Guard, Presley to Small Forward and Reese to Power Forward.
8:03 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias drives down the lane. Arias lays it up. Offensive foul! Arias charged with the foul while taking the shot over Ross.
7:50 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hogan to Small Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Nichols to Shooting Guard, Stovall to Small Forward and Longo to Power Forward.
7:50 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 70 - 66.
7:39 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Arias passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
7:27 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Lipscomb steals the pass from Coles.
7:17 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Arias leads the fast break with Hoover to the right. Arias passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
7:11 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Stovall outside. Stovall passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the rebound.
6:40 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
6:27 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross passes the ball to Nichols. Nichols with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 72 - 66.
6:18 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hoover in the paint. Hoover shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
6:07 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross drives down the lane. Ross passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Coles tips it in. Western Carolina 74 - 66.
6:07 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Western Carolina!
5:52 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
5:40 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots in the paint. Foul! Byrne fouls Coles on the shot. Byrne fouls out. Reid replaces Byrne at center. Coles missed the first free throw. Coles missed the second free throw. Lipscomb grabs the rebound.
5:30 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hoover passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hoover. Western Carolina 74 - 68.
5:18 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall. Foul! Hoover commits a foul away from the ball. In the double bonus, Nichols is shooting two free throws. Nichols makes the first free throw. Nichols makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 76 - 68.
5:12 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Stovall steals the pass from Arias.
5:05 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross drives by Arias. Ross lays it up. The shot misses. Coles grabs the offensive rebound.
4:54 - Western Carolina: Coles has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coles shoots from the block. The shot misses. Coles grabs the offensive rebound.
4:49 - Western Carolina: Coles has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coles shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Coles charged with the foul while taking the shot over Reid.
4:42 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Hoover in the paint. Hoover shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Stovall grabs the rebound.
4:21 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Stovall. Stovall passes the ball to Ross. Ross passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Reid grabs the long rebound.
3:48 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Longo steals the pass from Arias.
3:44 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nichols passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nichols. Western Carolina 78 - 68.
3:34 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 78 - 71.
3:23 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Ross drives by Arias. Ross lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 80 - 71.
3:13 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Nichols steals the pass from Arias.
3:07 - Western Carolina: Breakaway! Nichols takes the ball the length of the court. Nichols lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 82 - 71.
3:00 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hogan. Hogan with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
2:50 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Ross. Ross shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nichols. Western Carolina 84 - 71.
2:34 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lipscomb passes the ball to Reid in the paint. Reid shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lipscomb. Western Carolina 84 - 73.
2:17 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross turns the ball over out of bounds.
2:06 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Stovall steals the pass from Arias.
1:59 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross passes the ball to Longo on the perimeter. Longo shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ross. Western Carolina 87 - 73.
1:28 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Meek to Center.
1:28 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Nichols steals the pass from Arias.
1:23 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols drives down the lane. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Coles grabs the offensive rebound.
1:07 - Western Carolina: Coles has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coles passes the ball to Stovall. Stovall passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross drives by Arias. Ross lays it up. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the rebound.
0:44 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hogan. Hogan with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Meek tips it in. Western Carolina 87 - 75.
0:35 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hogan steals the pass from Ross.
0:30 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Stovall steals the pass from Arias.
0:24 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Arias grabs the long rebound.
0:01 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Rutgers 75, Western Carolina 87
Starting Line-Ups
Rutgers: PG-Arias (6' ½"), SG-Hoover (6' 3"), SF-Hogan (6' 5½"), PF-Lipscomb (6' 5"), C-Byrne (6' 8½")
Western Carolina: PG-Ross (6' 1"), SG-Nichols (6' 3½"), SF-Stovall (6' 5"), PF-Longo (6' 8"), C-Coles (6' 8")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Rutgers gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Coles! Coles grabs the rebound.
19:44 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 2 - 0.
19:30 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arias. Tied 2 - 2.
19:05 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross drives down the lane. Ross passes the ball to Coles at the basket. Coles lays it up. Foul! Lipscomb fouls Coles on the shot. Coles makes the first free throw. Coles makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 4 - 2.
18:53 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Lamb to Point Guard and Meek to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Reese to Power Forward and Longo to Center.
18:53 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lamb. Tied 4 - 4.
18:45 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall on the perimeter. Stovall passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Hoover grabs the rebound.
18:32 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lamb. Rutgers 7 - 4.
18:21 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross drives down the lane. Ross lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 7 - 6.
18:11 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Reese grabs the rebound.
18:03 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols attacks with the ball on the fast break. Nichols lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 8 - 7.
17:58 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb. Lipscomb drives by Reese. Lipscomb lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 9 - 8.
17:41 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hogan steals the pass from Ross.
17:35 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hoover passes the ball to Lamb on the perimeter. Lamb passes the ball to Meek in the paint. Offensive foul! Hoover commits the foul away from the ball.
17:20 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese turns the ball over to the other team.
17:15 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb passes the ball to Hogan. Hogan shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lamb. Rutgers 11 - 8.
17:05 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Reese. Reese passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hogan grabs the rebound.
16:48 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hoover passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Lamb on the perimeter. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb. Lipscomb shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
16:24 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Rutgers 11 - 10.
16:10 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Stovall grabs the long rebound.
16:01 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Ross passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reese. Western Carolina 13 - 11.
15:45 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Small Forward and Byrne to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Nichols to Point Guard, Presley to Shooting Guard, Reese to Small Forward, Longo to Power Forward and Coles to Center.
15:45 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against pressure defense. Longo steals the pass from Hoover.
15:41 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nichols tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nichols with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the rebound.
15:31 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
15:23 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nichols passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Coles grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:01 - Western Carolina: Coles has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coles shoots from deep. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the rebound.
14:57 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hoover tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hoover with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hoover grabs the offensive rebound.
14:47 - Rutgers: Hoover has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hoover shoots from the low post. Foul! Presley fouls Hoover on the shot. Hoover makes the first free throw. Hoover makes the second free throw. Tied 13 - 13.
14:43 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nichols passes the ball to Longo. Longo passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese passes the ball to Nichols in the paint. Nichols drives down the lane. Nichols passes the ball to Reese on the perimeter. Reese shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nichols. Western Carolina 16 - 13.
14:43 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Western Carolina!
14:15 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb drives down the lane. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb at the basket. Lipscomb lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lamb. Western Carolina 16 - 15.
14:06 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nichols passes the ball to Presley on the perimeter. Presley passes the ball to Nichols. Nichols passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo passes the ball to Presley on the perimeter. Presley shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nichols grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:41 - Western Carolina: Nichols has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nichols shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the rebound.
13:36 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense. Presley steals the pass from Lamb.
13:29 - Western Carolina: Breakaway! Presley takes the ball the length of the court. Presley lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 18 - 15.
13:24 - Game Event: Time out. Western Carolina substitutes Stovall to Small Forward.
13:24 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover. Hoover with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the offensive rebound.
13:12 - Rutgers: Lipscomb has the rebound and restarts the offense. Lipscomb passes the ball to Lamb on the perimeter. Lamb drives down the lane. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb at the basket. Lipscomb lays it up. Coles rotates over and blocks the shot! Coles grabs the rebound.
12:56 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Longo on the perimeter. Longo passes the ball to Nichols in the paint. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 21 - 15.
12:22 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Meek to Shooting Guard and Hogan to Power Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Ross to Point Guard and Reese to Power Forward.
12:22 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Reese grabs the rebound.
12:09 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall on the perimeter. Stovall drives down the lane. Stovall passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the rebound.
11:54 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Meek leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Meek passes the ball to Kemp in the paint. Kemp shoots in the paint. Foul! Stovall fouls Kemp on the shot. Kemp missed the first free throw. Kemp makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 21 - 16.
11:40 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross passes the ball to Presley on the perimeter. Presley tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Presley with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the rebound.
11:23 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 21 - 18.
11:12 - Western Carolina: Presley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Presley passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross passes the ball to Stovall on the perimeter. Stovall passes the ball to Coles outside. Coles shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the rebound.
10:52 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Meek attacks with the ball on the fast break. Meek lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 21 - 20.
10:48 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Arias to Point Guard and Lamb to Shooting Guard.
10:48 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles. Coles passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross passes the ball to Reese on the perimeter. Reese passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall shoots from the low post. Foul! Hogan fouls Stovall on the shot. Stovall makes the first free throw. Stovall makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 23 - 20.
10:15 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias passes the ball to Kemp on the perimeter. Kemp shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Arias grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:05 - Rutgers: Arias has the rebound and restarts the offense. Presley steals the pass from Arias.
9:58 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break. Foul! Lamb commits the foul on Ross.
9:54 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hoover to Shooting Guard, Hogan to Small Forward and Lipscomb to Power Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Nichols to Shooting Guard and Longo to Power Forward.
9:54 - Western Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Longo. Longo hands off the ball to Nichols. Nichols passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Stovall grabs the offensive rebound.
9:37 - Western Carolina: Stovall has the rebound and restarts the offense. Stovall passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Offensive foul! Coles commits the foul.
9:32 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Stovall steals the pass from Lipscomb.
9:23 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Arias fouls Ross blocking out to get the rebound.
8:55 - Western Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Ross. Ross passes the ball to Nichols outside. Nichols turns the ball over to the other team.
8:50 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hoover passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Coles grabs the rebound.
8:32 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross drives by Arias. Ross lays it up. Foul! Arias fouls Ross on the shot. Ross makes the first free throw. Ross missed the second free throw. Byrne grabs the rebound. Western Carolina 24 - 20.
8:21 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Coles grabs the rebound.
8:10 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Stovall. Western Carolina 26 - 20.
7:49 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arias passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lipscomb passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
7:23 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ross. Western Carolina 28 - 20.
7:12 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Lamb to Shooting Guard, Kemp to Small Forward and Hogan to Power Forward.
7:12 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense. Arias passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arias. Western Carolina 28 - 22.
7:03 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Ross in the paint. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Foul! Byrne commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Coles is shooting one-and-one. Coles makes the first free throw. Coles missed the second free throw. Byrne grabs the rebound. Western Carolina 29 - 22.
6:49 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Arias drives to the basket. Foul! Ross commits the foul on Arias.
6:36 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hoover to Shooting Guard, Hogan to Small Forward and Lipscomb to Power Forward.
6:36 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Hoover. Hoover passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lipscomb passes the ball to Arias. Arias with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Coles fouls Byrne blocking out to get the rebound.
6:15 - Game Event: Time out. Coles must sit with 2 fouls. Western Carolina substitutes Reese to Power Forward and Longo to Center.
6:15 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Byrne. Byrne passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. Arias shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Reese grabs the rebound.
5:57 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break with Nichols and Stovall. Ross passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nichols grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:52 - Western Carolina: Nichols has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall. Stovall passes the ball to Nichols. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Reese tips it in. Western Carolina 31 - 22.
5:25 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Point Guard.
5:25 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kemp. Western Carolina 31 - 24.
5:13 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese passes the ball to Ross in the paint. Ross passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Foul! Lipscomb commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Reese is shooting one-and-one. Reese missed the first free throw. Hoover grabs the rebound.
4:56 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hoover shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Reese grabs the rebound.
4:49 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break with Stovall to the right. Nichols lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 33 - 24.
4:45 - Game Event: Time out. Western Carolina substitutes Longo to Power Forward and Coles to Center.
4:45 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kemp passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb passes the ball to Kemp on the perimeter. Kemp shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 33 - 27.
4:27 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Kemp fouls Ross on the shot. Ross makes the first free throw. Ross missed the second free throw. Byrne grabs the rebound. Western Carolina 34 - 27.
4:17 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kemp. Western Carolina 34 - 29.
4:03 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall outside. Stovall passes the ball to Coles. Coles passes the ball to Ross. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the low post. Foul! Byrne fouls Coles on the shot. Coles makes the first free throw. Coles missed the second free throw. Lipscomb grabs the rebound. Western Carolina 35 - 29.
3:40 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kemp passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hogan grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:27 - Rutgers: Hogan has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hogan passes the ball to Hoover in the paint. Foul! Longo commits the foul on Hoover.
3:20 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Byrne. Byrne passes the ball to Kemp. Kemp passes the ball to Hoover. Hoover shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the offensive rebound.
3:04 - Rutgers: Lipscomb has the rebound. Lipscomb shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Coles grabs the rebound.
3:02 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break with Stovall and Nichols. Ross passes the ball to Stovall. Stovall shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ross. Western Carolina 37 - 29.
2:58 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 37 - 31.
2:47 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall shoots from the low post. Foul! Hoover fouls Stovall on the shot. Stovall makes the first free throw. Stovall makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 39 - 31.
2:36 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Hoover outside. Hoover passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Hoover. Western Carolina 39 - 33.
2:22 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross drives by Kemp. Ross lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 41 - 33.
2:11 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Kemp on the perimeter. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne on the perimeter. Byrne passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Kemp. The shot clock winding down. Kemp shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Hoover grabs the offensive rebound.
1:39 - Rutgers: Hoover has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hoover shoots from the low post. Foul! Nichols fouls Hoover on the shot. Hoover makes the first free throw. Hoover makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 41 - 35.
1:34 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 43 - 35.
1:17 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kemp passes the ball to Byrne. Longo steals the pass from Byrne.
1:05 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Ross passes the ball to Stovall. Hoover steals the pass from Stovall.
0:55 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break with Kemp to the right. Hoover passes the ball to Kemp on the perimeter. Kemp shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
0:48 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Kemp fouls Ross on the shot. Ross makes the first free throw. Ross makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 45 - 35.
0:37 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Kemp. Western Carolina 45 - 37.
0:25 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the low post. Air ball! Ross tips it in. Western Carolina 47 - 37.
0:15 - Rutgers: Kemp brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Hogan. Stovall steals the pass from Hogan.
0:04 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Rutgers 37, Western Carolina 47
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Lipscomb must sit with 2 fouls. Byrne must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Lamb to Point Guard, Kemp to Small Forward, Hogan to Power Forward and Meek to Center. Coles must sit with 2 fouls. Western Carolina substitutes Reese to Power Forward and Longo to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Western Carolina. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Western Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Ross. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross passes the ball to Nichols. Nichols with a fadeaway jumper. Offensive foul! Nichols charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hoover.
19:47 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Point Guard, Hogan to Small Forward, Lipscomb to Power Forward and Byrne to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Longo to Power Forward and Coles to Center.
19:47 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hoover passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan shoots from the low post. Longo rotates over and blocks the shot! Byrne grabs the offensive rebound.
19:37 - Rutgers: Byrne has the rebound. Byrne shoots from the low post. Longo rotates over and blocks the shot! Longo grabs the rebound.
19:35 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Byrne steals the pass from Ross.
19:17 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hoover tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hoover passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Coles grabs the rebound.
19:00 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break with Ross to the right. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Longo grabs the offensive rebound.
18:54 - Western Carolina: Longo has the rebound. Longo shoots from the low post. Foul! Hogan fouls Longo on the shot. Longo makes the first free throw. Longo makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 49 - 37.
18:52 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Lamb to Point Guard and Meek to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Reese to Power Forward and Longo to Center.
18:52 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hogan grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:42 - Rutgers: Hogan has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hogan drives down the lane. Hogan passes the ball to Lamb at the basket. Lamb lays it up. Longo rotates over and blocks the shot! Nichols grabs the rebound.
18:30 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break with Ross to the right. Nichols passes the ball to Ross at the basket. Ross lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nichols. Western Carolina 51 - 37.
18:25 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lamb. Western Carolina 51 - 40.
18:13 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Western Carolina 53 - 40.
18:02 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Meek in the paint. Meek shoots from the low post. Foul! Longo fouls Meek on the shot. Meek missed the first free throw. Meek makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 53 - 41.
17:50 - Game Event: Time out. Western Carolina substitutes Longo to Power Forward and Coles to Center.
17:50 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lipscomb steals the pass from Nichols.
17:43 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break with Lamb and Hogan. Hoover passes the ball to Lamb at the basket. Lamb lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hoover. Western Carolina 53 - 43.
17:39 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Nichols outside. Nichols shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the long rebound.
17:22 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hoover passes the ball to Hogan. Hogan shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Nichols grabs the rebound.
17:18 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall turns the ball over out of bounds.
17:04 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Stovall steals the pass from Lipscomb.
16:51 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break with Stovall and Ross. Nichols lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 55 - 43.
16:44 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Byrne to Center.
16:44 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Byrne grabs the offensive rebound.
16:35 - Rutgers: Byrne has the rebound. Byrne shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! And Byrne is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Byrne makes the first free throw. Western Carolina 55 - 46.
16:33 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hogan steals the pass from Ross.
16:28 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break with Lamb to the right. Hoover passes the ball to Lamb on the perimeter. Lamb shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hoover. Western Carolina 55 - 49.
16:21 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Meek to Center.
16:21 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 57 - 49.
16:05 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Meek in the paint. Meek shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 57 - 51.
15:54 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Small Forward and Byrne to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Nichols to Point Guard, Presley to Shooting Guard and Reese to Small Forward.
15:54 - Western Carolina: Presley brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Presley passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the rebound.
15:40 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Kemp in the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lipscomb passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 57 - 53.
15:15 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nichols passes the ball to Presley in the paint. Foul! Byrne commits a foul away from the ball.
15:11 - Western Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Longo. Longo passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese passes the ball to Presley. Presley shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Kemp grabs the rebound.
14:52 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Lamb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lamb passes the ball to Hoover. Hoover with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Kemp fouls Reese trying to grab the offensive rebound.
14:41 - Western Carolina: The ball is inbounded to Longo. Longo passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kemp grabs the long rebound.
14:30 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hoover turns the ball over out of bounds.
14:24 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Byrne steals the pass from Nichols.
14:19 - Rutgers: Lamb brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Lamb passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 57 - 55.
14:07 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nichols passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo shoots in the paint. Foul! Lipscomb fouls Longo on the shot. Longo makes the first free throw. Longo makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 59 - 55.
13:49 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Arias to Point Guard and Hogan to Small Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Stovall to Small Forward.
13:49 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Presley steals the pass from Arias.
13:43 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Presley leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Byrne steals the pass from Presley.
13:34 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break with Arias and Hogan. Hoover passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. Arias shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hoover grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:27 - Rutgers: Hoover has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hoover passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Lipscomb on the perimeter. Lipscomb passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Arias shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Byrne tips it in. Western Carolina 59 - 57.
13:02 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Lamb to Point Guard and Kemp to Small Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Reese to Small Forward.
13:02 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nichols passes the ball to Reese. Reese tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reese passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo shoots in the paint. Foul! Byrne fouls Longo on the shot. Longo makes the first free throw. Longo makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 61 - 57.
12:46 - Game Event: Time out. Byrne must sit with 4 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Arias to Point Guard, Lamb to Shooting Guard, Hogan to Power Forward and Meek to Center. Western Carolina substitutes Ross to Point Guard, Stovall to Small Forward and Reese to Power Forward.
12:46 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Arias. Western Carolina 61 - 59.
12:35 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall. Stovall passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Arias grabs the rebound.
12:17 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Lamb leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lamb passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. Arias passes the ball to Hogan in the paint. Hogan passes the ball to Kemp in the paint. Kemp shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Stovall! Reese grabs the rebound.
11:50 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Meek grabs the rebound.
11:39 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Lamb leads the fast break with Kemp and Arias. Lamb lays it up. The shot goes in! Tied 61 - 61.
11:34 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ross drives by Arias. Ross passes the ball to Coles at the basket. Coles lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ross. Western Carolina 63 - 61.
11:22 - Game Event: Time out. Western Carolina substitutes Presley to Point Guard and Sullinger to Shooting Guard.
11:22 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias shoots from deep. Foul! Presley fouls Arias on the shot. Arias missed the first free throw. Arias missed the second free throw. Arias makes the third free throw. Western Carolina 63 - 62.
11:18 - Western Carolina: Presley brings up the ball against pressure defense. Presley passes the ball to Reese in the paint. Reese turns the ball over to the other team.
11:14 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Meek in the paint. Meek passes the ball to Arias on the perimeter. Stovall steals the pass from Arias.
10:56 - Western Carolina: Sullinger brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sullinger passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall shoots from the block. The shot misses. Hogan grabs the rebound.
10:43 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Lamb leads the fast break with Arias and Kemp. Lamb lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 64 - 63.
10:37 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Shooting Guard, Hogan to Small Forward and Lipscomb to Power Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Ross to Point Guard, Nichols to Shooting Guard and Longo to Power Forward.
10:37 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hogan grabs the rebound.
10:11 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lipscomb shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Stovall grabs the rebound.
9:55 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols attacks with the ball on the fast break. Nichols turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:50 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hoover to Shooting Guard and Reid to Center.
9:50 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb passes the ball to Reid. Reid passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Arias outside. Arias tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots from the inside. Foul! Longo fouls Lipscomb on the shot. Lipscomb makes the first free throw. Lipscomb makes the second free throw. Rutgers 66 - 63.
9:22 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Small Forward and Hogan to Power Forward.
9:22 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the inside. Foul! Hogan fouls Coles on the shot. Coles makes the first free throw. Coles missed the second free throw. Reid grabs the rebound. Rutgers 66 - 64.
9:13 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hoover shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Ross grabs the long rebound.
9:06 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break with Nichols and Stovall. Ross passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Reid grabs the rebound.
8:59 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Arias leads the fast break with Hoover to the right. Arias lays it up. It's blocked by Stovall! Coles grabs the rebound.
8:53 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall shoots from the block. Reid rotates over and blocks the shot! Longo grabs the offensive rebound.
8:36 - Western Carolina: Longo has the rebound. Longo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 66 - 66.
8:34 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hogan to Small Forward, Lipscomb to Power Forward and Byrne to Center.
8:34 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hoover passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Hoover in the paint. Hoover passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots from the low post. Coles rotates over and blocks the shot! Coles grabs the rebound.
8:07 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break with Ross and Stovall. Nichols lays it up. Foul! Arias fouls Nichols on the shot. Nichols makes the first free throw. Nichols makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 68 - 66.
8:03 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kemp to Small Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Sullinger to Shooting Guard, Presley to Small Forward and Reese to Power Forward.
8:03 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias drives down the lane. Arias lays it up. Offensive foul! Arias charged with the foul while taking the shot over Ross.
7:50 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hogan to Small Forward. Western Carolina substitutes Nichols to Shooting Guard, Stovall to Small Forward and Longo to Power Forward.
7:50 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Longo in the paint. Longo shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 70 - 66.
7:39 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Arias passes the ball to Byrne in the paint. Byrne shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
7:27 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Lipscomb steals the pass from Coles.
7:17 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Arias leads the fast break with Hoover to the right. Arias passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
7:11 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Stovall outside. Stovall passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the rebound.
6:40 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
6:27 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross passes the ball to Nichols. Nichols with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 72 - 66.
6:18 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hoover in the paint. Hoover shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
6:07 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross drives down the lane. Ross passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Coles tips it in. Western Carolina 74 - 66.
6:07 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Western Carolina!
5:52 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
5:40 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots in the paint. Foul! Byrne fouls Coles on the shot. Byrne fouls out. Reid replaces Byrne at center. Coles missed the first free throw. Coles missed the second free throw. Lipscomb grabs the rebound.
5:30 - Rutgers: Hoover brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hoover passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hoover. Western Carolina 74 - 68.
5:18 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Stovall. Foul! Hoover commits a foul away from the ball. In the double bonus, Nichols is shooting two free throws. Nichols makes the first free throw. Nichols makes the second free throw. Western Carolina 76 - 68.
5:12 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Stovall steals the pass from Arias.
5:05 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross drives by Arias. Ross lays it up. The shot misses. Coles grabs the offensive rebound.
4:54 - Western Carolina: Coles has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coles shoots from the block. The shot misses. Coles grabs the offensive rebound.
4:49 - Western Carolina: Coles has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coles shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Coles charged with the foul while taking the shot over Reid.
4:42 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover passes the ball to Hogan on the perimeter. Hogan passes the ball to Hoover in the paint. Hoover shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Stovall grabs the rebound.
4:21 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Stovall. Stovall passes the ball to Ross. Ross passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Reid grabs the long rebound.
3:48 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Longo steals the pass from Arias.
3:44 - Western Carolina: Nichols brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nichols passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nichols. Western Carolina 78 - 68.
3:34 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hoover on the perimeter. Hoover shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 78 - 71.
3:23 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Ross drives by Arias. Ross lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 80 - 71.
3:13 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Nichols steals the pass from Arias.
3:07 - Western Carolina: Breakaway! Nichols takes the ball the length of the court. Nichols lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Carolina 82 - 71.
3:00 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hogan. Hogan with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Longo grabs the rebound.
2:50 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Ross. Ross shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nichols. Western Carolina 84 - 71.
2:34 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Lipscomb in the paint. Lipscomb tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lipscomb passes the ball to Reid in the paint. Reid shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lipscomb. Western Carolina 84 - 73.
2:17 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ross tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ross turns the ball over out of bounds.
2:06 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Stovall steals the pass from Arias.
1:59 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols passes the ball to Stovall in the paint. Stovall passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross passes the ball to Longo on the perimeter. Longo shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ross. Western Carolina 87 - 73.
1:28 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Meek to Center.
1:28 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Nichols steals the pass from Arias.
1:23 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Nichols leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nichols drives down the lane. Nichols passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Coles grabs the offensive rebound.
1:07 - Western Carolina: Coles has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coles passes the ball to Stovall. Stovall passes the ball to Ross on the perimeter. Ross drives by Arias. Ross lays it up. The shot misses. Lipscomb grabs the rebound.
0:44 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Arias passes the ball to Hogan. Hogan with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Meek tips it in. Western Carolina 87 - 75.
0:35 - Western Carolina: Ross brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hogan steals the pass from Ross.
0:30 - Rutgers: Arias brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Stovall steals the pass from Arias.
0:24 - Western Carolina: Fast break opportunity! Ross leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ross passes the ball to Coles in the paint. Coles passes the ball to Nichols on the perimeter. Nichols shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Arias grabs the long rebound.
0:01 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hoover leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Rutgers 75, Western Carolina 87
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