Basketball Rutgers Basketball holds off Saint Peter's with late defensive surge

[BillyC80]

St Peter’s 8 fouls we have to make them pay

 

[bac2therac]

St peters looks like the better TEAM at the moment

 

[zappaa]

Perimeter D is terrible. How many open look 3s are they going to give SP?

We don’t contest 3s until the 2nd half

 

[RutgersClassof2004]

Ogbole is terrible

 

[Mr Magoo]

Ogbole is a nightmare

 

[Scangg]

Ogbole hilarious looking take to the basket but it looked like he got fouled and lead to a bucket at least

 

[Salvi's Headband]

6 straight possessions without a stop

 

[Scangg]

St peters looks like the better TEAM at the moment

Team chemistry is very poor tonight

Play defense and feature Harper

 

[Mr Magoo]

Harper has to take over. He’s a different level from everyone on the court

 

[winfield102]

3's and layups by spu.
Meanwhile, a number of weird shots by RU.

 

[bac2therac]

Badly outplayed on home court

 

[Rutgers25]

St. Peter’s is just making shots. Our style of play always allows for open looks from 3. They are just canning everything. Our play tonight isn’t much different than Wagner.

 

[Scangg]

It all starts with defense. Get it together on that end and the game will turn around. SPU shouldn't be on pace to 80+ points

 

[zgoru]

Badly outplayed on home court

can we hit the portal at halftime?

 

[bac2therac]

Spu 6-11 from 3

Rutgers 1-5

 

[Degaz-RU]

Our defense seems very confused by SPU’s motion offense.

 

[Scangg]

Phenomenal vision from Hayes

 

[bac2therac]

St peters now has as many point as they got in last years 71-40 loss to Rutgers

 

[Rutman514]

40 points in a halo to st Pete’s is way too much

 

[RUeric]

That miscue on the 1 and 1 kind of sums up the way the first half has gone. Just not totally with it.

 

[gmay8]

It seems as though someone forgot to tell St. Peter’s this is a special season for Rutgers. Too bad they never got the memo.

Our team defense stinks.

 

[RutgersClassof2004]

Ogbole being disaster not helping

 

[Mr Magoo]

We can’t rebound and Hayes leads us with 5. He has to be on the court.

 

[mildone]

SP is playing much better D. RU has to D up harder, help faster, and take away all shots. And RU has to rebound a lot better.

 

[RU MAN]

I'm unable to watch the game. WTF is going on with our defense? And if as some have stated St. Peters motion offense is confusing us, whose fault is that? Didn't Pike prepare this past week? Geez.

 

[Scangg]

There is a lack of intensity on defense

 

[RU MAN]

Pikiell better make some halftime adjustments. There is NO WAY SP should score that many points on us in a half.

 

[Scangg]

@Greene Rice FIG grade that defensive performance 1st half

 

[RutgersClassof2004]

St. Peters was given 6% chance of winning this game per ESPN before tip.

 

[koleszar]

St. Peter's offense is well run and Rutgers looks slow. That last bucket was so easy for them.

 

[RU MAN]

They've taken 13 threes. We've taken 5. Again, WTF?

 

[scarlet letter]

Pikiell better make some halftime adjustments. There is NO WAY SP should score that many points on us in a half.

What is the score?

 

[bac2therac]

Just a bad half on many levels

 

[mildone]

Pikiell better make some halftime adjustments. There is NO WAY SP should score that many points on us in a half.

They are not a bad team. But yeah, RU needs to D up and rebound much better or we’ll lose the game.

 

[malaka27]

This is pathetic. Let them take a breather and come back out looking like the top 25 team they are. 🪓 🪓

 

[RUeric]

We were in the bonus at the 11:30 mark. St. Peter's only committed 3 fouls the rest of the half. Offense has to be way more aggressive in drawing contact when that happens.

RU only having 4 fouls is also a problem to me. Shows a lack of physicality and aggressiveness on D.

 

[RU MAN]

What is the score?

42-37 SP's at the half.

 

[Salvi's Headband]

We're running away in the second half and winning by double digits. Everyone chill

 

[bac2therac]

J Wills play has been atrocious

 

[Scangg]

Defense needs to step up period.

I'd play Hayes a lot. Martini and Lathan at the 5. Get Harper going to the basket not step back 3's

If Pike wants to send a message about defense, Davis and Derkack coming out of the half