NCAA Men's Basketball

FINAL
Purdue Boilermakers 76
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Rutgers Scarlet Knights 81
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PUR344276
RUTG404181
Jersey Mike’s Arena

Match Report

Harper injured, but Mathis lifts No. 14 Rutgers over Purdue

— Montez Mathis had a career-high 25 points, including 16 in the second half, and No. 14 Rutgers beat Purdue 81-76 on Tuesday night without leading scorer Ron Harper Jr.

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Team Stats

PUR RUTG
29-59
FG
28-56
49
Field Goal %
50
7-26
3PT
11-21
27
Three Point %
52
11-14
FT
14-17
79
Free Throw %
82
33
Rebounds
31
9
Offensive Rebounds
7
24
Defensive Rebounds
24
14
Assists
12
2
Steals
7
2
Blocks
3
8
Turnovers
6
0
Team Turnovers
1
8
Total Turnovers
6
0
Technical Fouls
0
0
Total Technical Fouls
0
0
Flagrant Fouls
0
0
Points Off Turnovers
0
0
Fast Break Points
0
0
Points in Paint
0
15
Fouls
17
5
Largest Lead
15

Top Performers

PUR

  • Trevion Williams F MIN 29 · PTS 21 · FG 10-12
  • Sasha Stefanovic G MIN 32 · PTS 14 · FG 4-8
  • Isaiah Thompson G MIN 27 · PTS 17 · FG 7-8
  • Mason Gillis F MIN 31 · PTS 0 · FG 0-3

RUTG

  • Geo Baker G MIN 37 · PTS 19 · FG 7-15
  • Montez Mathis G MIN 28 · PTS 25 · FG 9-15
  • Jacob Young G MIN 35 · PTS 13 · FG 3-9
  • Paul Mulcahy G MIN 35 · PTS 11 · FG 4-6

Play by Play

  1. MadeFreeThrow 0:11 76-81

    Jacob Young made Free Throw.

    4066326 2nd Half
  2. MadeFreeThrow 0:11 76-80

    Jacob Young made Free Throw.

    4066326 2nd Half
  3. PersonalFoul 0:11 76-79

    Foul on Isaiah Thompson.

    4431749 2nd Half
  4. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 76-79

    Eric Hunter Jr. made Free Throw.

    4397243 2nd Half
  5. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 75-79

    Eric Hunter Jr. made Free Throw.

    4397243 2nd Half
  6. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 74-79

    Eric Hunter Jr. made Free Throw.

    4397243 2nd Half
  7. PersonalFoul 0:12 73-79

    Foul on Geo Baker.

    4277986 2nd Half
  8. MadeFreeThrow 0:19 73-79

    Jacob Young made Free Throw.

    4066326 2nd Half
  9. MadeFreeThrow 0:19 73-78

    Jacob Young made Free Throw.

    4066326 2nd Half
  10. PersonalFoul 0:19 73-77

    Foul on Jaden Ivey.

    4433218 2nd Half
  11. LayUpShot 0:26 73-77

    Jaden Ivey made Layup.

    4433218 2nd Half
  12. MadeFreeThrow 0:33 71-77

    Geo Baker made Free Throw.

    4277986 2nd Half
  13. MadeFreeThrow 0:33 71-76

    Geo Baker made Free Throw.

    4277986 2nd Half
  14. PersonalFoul 0:33 71-75

    Foul on Mason Gillis.

    4431753 2nd Half
  15. MadeFreeThrow 0:46 71-75

    Trevion Williams made Free Throw.

    4397246 2nd Half
  16. PersonalFoul 0:46 70-75

    Foul on Myles Johnson.

    4277987 2nd Half
  17. TipShot 0:46 70-75

    Trevion Williams made Two Point Tip Shot.

    4397246 2nd Half
  18. JumpShot 1:07 68-75

    Montez Mathis made Jumper.

    4397250 2nd Half
  19. MadeFreeThrow 1:57 68-73

    Geo Baker made Free Throw.

    4277986 2nd Half
  20. MadeFreeThrow 1:57 68-72

    Geo Baker made Free Throw.

    4277986 2nd Half
  21. PersonalFoul 1:57 68-71

    Foul on Eric Hunter Jr..

    4397243 2nd Half
  22. JumpShot 3:06 68-71

    Montez Mathis made Jumper.

    4397250 2nd Half
  23. JumpShot 3:24 68-69

    Eric Hunter Jr. made Three Point Jumper.

    4397243 2nd Half
  24. MadeFreeThrow 3:41 65-69

    Myles Johnson made Free Throw.

    4277987 2nd Half
  25. PersonalFoul 3:41 65-68

    Foul on Trevion Williams.

    4397246 2nd Half
  26. PersonalFoul 3:44 65-68

    Foul on Mason Gillis.

    4431753 2nd Half
  27. PersonalFoul 4:08 65-68

    Foul on Eric Hunter Jr..

    4397243 2nd Half
  28. JumpShot 5:01 65-68

    Geo Baker made Jumper.

    4277986 2nd Half
  29. LayUpShot 5:34 65-66

    Isaiah Thompson made Layup.

    4431749 2nd Half
  30. LayUpShot 5:58 63-66

    Trevion Williams made Layup. Assisted by Sasha Stefanovic.

    4397246 2nd Half
  31. JumpShot 6:32 61-66

    Montez Mathis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Myles Johnson.

    4397250 2nd Half
  32. PersonalFoul 6:46 61-63

    Foul on Aaron Wheeler.

    4277982 2nd Half
  33. MadeFreeThrow 6:58 61-63

    Sasha Stefanovic made Free Throw.

    4277985 2nd Half
  34. MadeFreeThrow 6:58 60-63

    Sasha Stefanovic made Free Throw.

    4277985 2nd Half
  35. PersonalFoul 6:58 59-63

    Foul on Geo Baker.

    4277986 2nd Half
  36. LayUpShot 7:13 59-63

    Geo Baker made Layup.

    4277986 2nd Half
  37. JumpShot 7:55 59-61

    Paul Mulcahy made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jacob Young.

    4432849 2nd Half
  38. MadeFreeThrow 8:12 59-58

    Jaden Ivey made Free Throw.

    4433218 2nd Half
  39. MadeFreeThrow 8:12 58-58

    Jaden Ivey made Free Throw.

    4433218 2nd Half
  40. PersonalFoul 8:12 57-58

    Foul on Paul Mulcahy.

    4432849 2nd Half
  41. JumpShot 8:25 57-58

    Jaden Ivey made Jumper.

    4433218 2nd Half
  42. MadeFreeThrow 8:51 55-58

    Montez Mathis made Free Throw.

    4397250 2nd Half
  43. MadeFreeThrow 8:51 55-57

    Montez Mathis made Free Throw.

    4397250 2nd Half
  44. PersonalFoul 8:51 55-56

    Foul on Sasha Stefanovic.

    4277985 2nd Half
  45. JumpShot 9:14 55-56

    Montez Mathis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Geo Baker.

    4397250 2nd Half
  46. JumpShot 9:31 55-53

    Trevion Williams made Jumper. Assisted by Eric Hunter Jr..

    4397246 2nd Half
  47. PersonalFoul 9:53 53-53

    Foul on Dean Reiber.

    4581507 2nd Half
  48. DunkShot 10:03 53-53

    Geo Baker made Dunk.

    4277986 2nd Half
  49. JumpShot 10:34 53-51

    Paul Mulcahy made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Montez Mathis.

    4432849 2nd Half
  50. LayUpShot 10:52 53-48

    Trevion Williams made Layup. Assisted by Sasha Stefanovic.

    4397246 2nd Half
  51. JumpShot 11:40 51-48

    Trevion Williams made Jumper.

    4397246 2nd Half
  52. PersonalFoul 11:51 49-48

    Foul on Mamadou Doucoure.

    4277988 2nd Half
  53. PersonalFoul 12:39 49-48

    Foul on Montez Mathis.

    4397250 2nd Half
  54. PersonalFoul 13:26 49-48

    Foul on Jacob Young.

    4066326 2nd Half
  55. JumpShot 14:08 49-48

    Sasha Stefanovic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Newman.

    4277985 2nd Half
  56. LayUpShot 14:21 46-48

    Jacob Young made Layup.

    4066326 2nd Half
  57. PersonalFoul 14:39 46-46

    Foul on Jaden Ivey.

    4433218 2nd Half
  58. LayUpShot 15:03 46-46

    Montez Mathis made Layup.

    4397250 2nd Half
  59. LayUpShot 15:28 46-44

    Isaiah Thompson made Layup.

    4431749 2nd Half
  60. LayUpShot 16:14 44-44

    Trevion Williams made Layup. Assisted by Jaden Ivey.

    4397246 2nd Half
  1. End Game 0:00 76-81

    End of Game

    2nd Half
  2. Defensive Rebound 0:08 76-81

    Montez Mathis Defensive Rebound.

    4397250 2nd Half
  3. JumpShot 0:08 76-81

    Jaden Ivey missed Three Point Jumper.

    4433218 2nd Half
  4. ShortTimeOut 0:11 76-81

    Rutgers Timeout

    2nd Half
  5. MadeFreeThrow 0:11 76-81

    Jacob Young made Free Throw.

    4066326 2nd Half
  6. MadeFreeThrow 0:11 76-80

    Jacob Young made Free Throw.

    4066326 2nd Half
  7. PersonalFoul 0:11 76-79

    Foul on Isaiah Thompson.

    4431749 2nd Half
  8. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 76-79

    Eric Hunter Jr. made Free Throw.

    4397243 2nd Half
  9. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 75-79

    Eric Hunter Jr. made Free Throw.

    4397243 2nd Half
  10. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 74-79

    Eric Hunter Jr. made Free Throw.

    4397243 2nd Half
  11. PersonalFoul 0:12 73-79

    Foul on Geo Baker.

    4277986 2nd Half
  12. MadeFreeThrow 0:19 73-79

    Jacob Young made Free Throw.

    4066326 2nd Half
  13. MadeFreeThrow 0:19 73-78

    Jacob Young made Free Throw.

    4066326 2nd Half
  14. PersonalFoul 0:19 73-77

    Foul on Jaden Ivey.

    4433218 2nd Half
  15. ShortTimeOut 0:26 73-77

    Purdue Timeout

    2nd Half
  16. LayUpShot 0:26 73-77

    Jaden Ivey made Layup.

    4433218 2nd Half
  17. MadeFreeThrow 0:33 71-77

    Geo Baker made Free Throw.

    4277986 2nd Half
  18. MadeFreeThrow 0:33 71-76

    Geo Baker made Free Throw.

    4277986 2nd Half
  19. PersonalFoul 0:33 71-75

    Foul on Mason Gillis.

    4431753 2nd Half
  20. MadeFreeThrow 0:46 71-75

    Trevion Williams made Free Throw.

    4397246 2nd Half
  21. PersonalFoul 0:46 70-75

    Foul on Myles Johnson.

    4277987 2nd Half
  22. TipShot 0:46 70-75

    Trevion Williams made Two Point Tip Shot.

    4397246 2nd Half
  23. Offensive Rebound 0:46 68-75

    Trevion Williams Offensive Rebound.

    4397246 2nd Half
  24. JumpShot 0:46 68-75

    Eric Hunter Jr. missed Jumper.

    4397243 2nd Half
  25. ShortTimeOut 0:59 68-75

    Purdue Timeout

    2nd Half
  26. JumpShot 1:07 68-75

    Montez Mathis made Jumper.

    4397250 2nd Half
  27. Defensive Rebound 1:38 68-73

    Montez Mathis Defensive Rebound.

    4397250 2nd Half
  28. JumpShot 1:38 68-73

    Sasha Stefanovic missed Three Point Jumper.

    4277985 2nd Half
  29. MadeFreeThrow 1:57 68-73

    Geo Baker made Free Throw.

    4277986 2nd Half
  30. MadeFreeThrow 1:57 68-72

    Geo Baker made Free Throw.

    4277986 2nd Half
  31. PersonalFoul 1:57 68-71

    Foul on Eric Hunter Jr..

    4397243 2nd Half
  32. Offensive Rebound 2:11 68-71

    Myles Johnson Offensive Rebound.

    4277987 2nd Half
  33. JumpShot 2:11 68-71

    Jacob Young missed Jumper.

    4066326 2nd Half
  34. Defensive Rebound 2:37 68-71

    Myles Johnson Defensive Rebound.

    4277987 2nd Half
  35. JumpShot 2:37 68-71

    Trevion Williams missed Jumper.

    4397246 2nd Half
  36. JumpShot 3:06 68-71

    Montez Mathis made Jumper.

    4397250 2nd Half
  37. JumpShot 3:24 68-69

    Eric Hunter Jr. made Three Point Jumper.

    4397243 2nd Half
  38. Defensive Rebound 3:41 65-69

    Eric Hunter Jr. Defensive Rebound.

    4397243 2nd Half
  39. MadeFreeThrow 3:41 65-69

    Myles Johnson missed Free Throw.

    4277987 2nd Half
  40. MadeFreeThrow 3:41 65-69

    Myles Johnson made Free Throw.

    4277987 2nd Half

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