Simpson took the same mid-range trash he had taken earlier in the game and previously bricked. He's the best FT shooter on the team and didn't get a single trip to the line - people don't foul you when you stop and pop 15 feet from the basket. If I were defending Rutgers, I'd want him to do that all day - he misses more than he makes and he doesn't put foul pressure on the bigs or draw them away from Omoruyi. And he ends up with lines like 3-14 with 6 points.
Stop. Taking. 15. Footers.
Fernandes and Davis are guilty of the same.
Part of this is because we're running with three undersized guards, and Austin Williams hasn't given us much. Our guys are out-sized on the perimeter and can't get clean looks (or in Fernandes' case, gets clean looks but doesn't take them), and while they can break down their defender to get to the paint, they then run into trees.... so they settle for mid-range trash. Their height also contributes to their lack of rebounding - but Mike Williams was 6-2 and rebounded plenty, so a lot of it is technique and heart.
And they take those low value shots as their first option - earlier in the clock, without even trying to get a good look for three or a lane to the rim. It's like they're hunting those mid-range opportunities, rather than settling for them when there are no other options available. When they hit them it's almost worse, because it rewards that approach and will lead to several more bricks later.