No. 15/14 Men’s Basketball Travels to No. 23 Michigan Point out
No. 15/14 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (7-2, 3-2)

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No. 23 Michigan Point out Spartans (7-3, 1-3)
Tuesday, January 5 | 9 p.m. (ET)

Breslin Centre | East Lansing, Mich.
Tv: ESPN2 (Dave Fleming, play-by-enjoy Jay Bilas, analyst)

Radio: Rutgers Sports Properties Radio Network (WCTC 1450 AM/WOR 710 AM/Sirius 83/ XM 83, Jerry Recco & Joe Boylan) WRSU 88.7 FM (Chris Tsakonas and Brant Wolff)
No. 15/14 Rutgers heads again on the rugged street of the Huge Ten, heading to East Lansing to just take on No. 23 Michigan State at the Breslin Heart. The game has a primetime tipoff of 9 p.m. on ESPN2. Dave Fleming and Jay Bilas will be on the contact. This marks the Scarlet Knights’ fourth rated opponent around their previous 5 contests.
The crew has a rapid turnaround from Saturday’s showdown in opposition to No. 10/11 Iowa. The fight between top rated-15 groups went down to the closing possession, but Rutgers’ fell just quick. In the back again-and-forth game, RU bought a balanced energy offensively, with each of its starters scoring at the very least 13 factors. It was the very first time in 11 many years that all five Rutgers starters scored in double-figures (last time beforehand was Jan. 30, 2010 vs. Notre Dame). Rutgers experienced 19 assists in the contest, the most ever in a Big Ten game, together with 11 steals, the next most ever in a Huge 10 sport.
The Scarlet Knights saw two gamers return from accidents in that contest to support the squad. Ron Harper Jr., who had skipped the victory around Purdue previously in the 7 days, returned to motion towards the Hawkeyes. Harper Jr. has averaged 22.1 factors for every match, which places him fourth in the convention. RU has not had a participant regular more than 20 points for each activity considering that Quincy Douby in 2005-06 (who was sixth nationally at 25.4 ppg). Moreover, Caleb McConnell produced his season debut immediately after recovering from a back harm. McConnell has been a key piece for Rutgers the previous two seasons, averaging 6. factors and 3.1 rebounds.
Jacob Youthful (17) and Montez Mathis (13) each ongoing double-digit scoring streaks with their performances from Iowa. Youthful has scored in double-digits in 7 straight games and ranks ninth in the league at 15.7 points for every recreation. Mathis has scored in double-figures in 8 of nine games, including a career-higher outburst of 25 details on Tuesday against Purdue. He ranks 10th in the Major 10 at 15.3 details for every game.
With that trio, the Scarlet Knights are the only staff to boast a few of the leading 10 scorers in the Huge Ten. Jacob Younger also ranks very first in the league in steals (2.44) and 3rd in assists (5.22), even though Myles Johnson ranks fifth in the league in rebounding (8.67 rpg). Rutgers is the only team with a participant in the top-5 in each individual of those people groups.
As a crew, the Scarlet Knights rank in the top rated-25 nationally in blocks (13th, 5.4), assist-turnover ratio (16th, 1.53) and turnovers (24th, 10.9). Around the past five games since convention engage in started off, RU has had no much more than 10 turnovers. The workforce has combined that with strong capturing from distance, averaging 9.4 3-pointers for each recreation in that span. Rutgers’ 43.5 percent taking pictures from driving the arc is the league’s finest in conference video games, although the turnover margin of +2.8 in that span also potential customers the league.


Michigan Point out enters the contest at 7-3 all round. A 6- start out in nonconference engage in that bundled wins at Duke and about Notre Dame set them as substantial as No. 4 in the country. But that was adopted by a 1-3 begin to league play.
The Spartans share the ball nicely, rating sixth in the country with 20.2 helps per match. A balanced squad individually sees Aaron Henry direct in points for every activity (13.4) even though Marquette transfer Joey Hauser paces the team with 7.9 rebounds per recreation.
Tuesday marks the 11th meeting in the all-time series. Rutgers is wanting for its initial life time get. Michigan State is one of just two Major 10 faculties that Rutgers is nonetheless to defeat since signing up for the convention in 2014-15 (alongside with Michigan). This will be the sixth straight 12 months RU is building the vacation to East Lansing, as the squad has performed a road sport at the Breslin Heart in each and every year that Steve Pikiell has been at the helm.
Series Document: Michigan Point out prospects, 10-
Past Meeting: No. 11/12 Michigan Condition 77, Rutgers 65 (Dec. 8, 2019)
A victory over Michigan Condition would represent:
– The to start with at any time victory in excess of the Spartans and initial acquire at the Breslin Center

– The ninth rated gain under head mentor Steve Pikiell and second ranked get of the season (prior: No. 13 Illinois)

– The initially highway earn for a rated Rutgers team over a ranked foe considering the fact that February 3, 1976, a win at No. 17 Princeton