Basketball LIVE GAME THREAD: Rutgers vs. Fairleigh Dickinson

[RUsojo]

Harper man if he can be a catch a shoot constant sky is the limit for this team when geo is healthy

 

[bac2therac]

Williams with 3 fouls is killing FDU...RU gave up 16 points in 4:30 and have given up only 12 in 11 minutes

 

[RU848789]

18-2 run - nice.

 

[ScarletDog]

These announcers are so bad. The guy sounds like a high school announcer and maybe student and the girl is....Lisa byington...unlistenable.

 

[RutHut]

What a turn around.

 

[bac2therac]

19-2 run for RU over 5 minutes

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

ok.. maybe they are just bad refs.. not sure how Myles got fouled there on D board.. not teh O shot

 

[BillyC80]

We could go up by 20 at the half.

 

[bac2therac]

the RAC was one of if not the best home court advantage last year.
This team is going to be hurt by no fans tremendously.

hopefully the improvement and maturity make up for the lost energy

or not, we have no idea

 

[RU848789]

Williams with 3 fouls is killing FDU...RU gave up 16 points in 4:30 and have given up only 12 in 11 minutes

Great point.

 

[RUsojo]

“Jacob young Jacob young Jacob young”

:)

 

[bac2therac]

RU shooting a scintillating 60%, up 10 and have taken 8 LESS shots than FDU

 

[BillyC80]

Can you imagine, we take out Myles and the other team thinks they’ll catch a break, and then we put in Big Cliff.

 

[zappaa]

We’re much faster without Paul in the game

 

[RutHut]

Young is really good. Amazing how he struggled at the beginning of last year.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Thank goodness we are good

 

[RUsojo]

Fdu goes zone and it’s like we have no idea what to do. Nice cross court pass from Paul

 

[BillyC80]

That freshman center on FDU can play.

 

[MadRU]

Harper taking over

 

[BigEastPhil]

Geo still limping quite badly.

 

[BillyC80]

Harper is the perfect guy to set up with an assist. He scores from all over the court.

 

[Mr Magoo]

We’re much faster without Paul in the game

unfortunately, he looks even slower than last year.

 

[mikemarc1]

or not, we have no idea

obviously cant predict the future, so agree we have no idea.

But im fairly confident saying that. And I’d say that about every team in the country playing at home this year. No crowwds are gonna hurt the home teams as compared to last year.

 

[RUsojo]

Jacob Young ladies and gentlemen. Note to Pike, run it through him babyyy

 

[RU848789]

The Harper and Young show, wow! 17 points each. 47-33 - exactly where we thought we'd be when we were down 26-19, lol. Nice 28-7 finish to the half.

 

[RUsojo]

Love how vocal Harper is

 

[Shell21]

Young looks like he’s playing a pickup game in the park on a Sunday . It’s that easy for him

 

[BillyC80]

We went from down 7 to up 14 in a flash.

 

[cubuffsdoug]

Young can be really good and he can be really bad. We are seeing the good version right now.

Are you calling Young the basketball version of Gary Nova?

 

[RUsojo]

@kyk1827 is right when he was the first to say out loud Young could be an NFL corner if he had the mind to do it

 

[RUJMM78]

47-33 half time.Harper and Young probably will score over 20 points in this game.

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Very happy that we have Paul Mulcahy on the team.

 

[MadRU]

Geo still limping quite badly.

Boot

 

[carmenst]

Young can be really good and he can be really bad. We are seeing the good version right now.

I see Young just picking up things from the end of last season when he was really good. Hope he is consistent the rest of the season.

 

[BillyC80]

The team caught fire and Jacob Young was the spark that ignited us.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

We’re much faster without Paul in the game

That can be both good and bad... but, yeah, I prefer the press and run game.

I think what we saw was FDU committed very early to get back get back fast.. but they got tired.. and even with Geo and McConnel out.. we're still deep. So vs a tired FDU near the end of the half.. take out PM and let Young and Mathis run em out of the gym.

BTW.. PM was out there for at least half of that point spurt.. he didn't slow down Young on a no-passes 3 point attempt.. and was actually going into the corner when the shot went up. PM wants to see the half-court and then pass.. that takes time.. he isn't always looking to take it to the hoop like Mathis and Young.

 

[bac2therac]

Rutgers 47 FDU 33 halftime

RU shooting 60%

FDU shooting 35%

FDU only 1 made fg in last 6 minutes

RU outscored FDU 28-7 in last 8:45

RU no turnovers last 9 minutes

RU 12 assists

RU 7 steals

RU 5-11 at line

Young 8-12, 17 points, 6 assists, 3 turnovers

Harper 6-9, 4-7 from 3, 17 points


RU's play in the last 8:45 was extremely impressive given no Baker and virtually nothing from any inside player on offense.

FDU guy with 3 fouls obviously contributed to this BUT he will not make a difference, RU in full control now. For the 2nd half, RU needs to protect the ball, avoid sloppy play and try to get the inside game going. Maintain intensity level and come out inury free with a W

 

[bac2therac]

Geo still limping quite badly.

Boylan says we will likely be out for at least 2 weeks, I agree, you cannot force and rush that ankle back until its fully healed, not worth it....long view is more important than short term

 

[RUsojo]

That can be both good and bad... but, yeah, I prefer the press and run game.

I think what we saw was FDU committed very early to get back get back fast.. but they got tired.. and even with Geo and McConnel out.. we're still deep. So vs a tired FDU near teh end of the half.. take out PM and let young annd mathis run em put of the gym.

Paul brings a skill set that’s nice to have but there are some opponents, some parts of the game, and some lineup combinations it’s better suited for than others.

 

[RU848789]

Also who's this "Oh-more-ee" player we have? Odd way to pronounce Omoruyi - unless he doesn't pronounce his name like Eugene did.