Males’s Basketball Performs at Big Ten Opponent Rutgers on Tuesday Night time

WASHINGTON – Another Power Four opponent awaits American University males’s basketball on Tuesday, Nov. 18, because the Eagles head to Rutgers for a 6:30 p.m. recreation. AU is coming off a 115-50 house win over Central Penn, whereas the Scarlet Knights are 3-0 to this point with wins over Rider, Maine, and Lehigh.

Quick Info

• Date/Time: Tuesday, November 18; 6:30 pm
• Site: Piscataway,  N.J. (Jersey Mike’s Arena)
• Series History: Rutgers leads, 3-0
• TV: BTN
• Talent: Jason Horowitz, Austin Johnson

Inside the Series

• Tuesday’s assembly is the fourth all-time between AU and Rutgers, however the first in over 40 years.
• The Eagles and Scarlet Knights met in 1976, 1980, and 1984, with Rutgers successful all three contests on its house court docket.

What to Know About American

• Seven Eagles scored in double figures as American rolled to a 115-50 victory over Central Penn in its most up-to-date recreation, marking the biggest margin of victory in program historical past.
• AU dominated the glass with a 55–30 edge, its highest rebound complete in additional than twenty years.
• Junior Greg Jones led the best way with 18 factors, whereas sophomore Julen Iturbe posted a double-double of 14 factors and 10 rebounds. Jones is AU’s main scorer to this point this season with 13.8 factors pergame, adopted carefully by sophomore Wyatt Nausadis with 13.5 factors per recreation.
• The Eagles final confronted a Big Ten opponent seven years in the past once they misplaced 63-51 at Northwestern on Nov. 12, 2018. All-time, AU is 3-50 in opposition to the Big 10, primarily having confronted Maryland and Penn State.
• Three totally different gamers—Nausadis, Jones, and Madden Collins—have been main scorers to this point for American this season.
• The Eagles are coming off a 22-13 season and the fourth Patriot League Championship in program historical past. 
• Four constant starters have been misplaced to commencement together with All-PL First Team choice and PL Tournament MVP Matt Rogers, who completed his profession because the sixth-leading scorer at school historical past.
• Head coach Duane Simpkins returns for his third 12 months on the helm of this system together with affiliate head coaches Nate Bollinger and Jackie Manuel, and assistant coach Isaiah Tate.
• AU returns 4 of its high eight main scorers, nonetheless, together with Jones, who was named PL Preseason Defensive Player of the Year after averaging 10.3 factors per recreation final season and incomes PL All-Defensive Team honors as a sophomore.
• On this 12 months’s roster of 19, 9 are true freshmen together with six scholarship gamers. With the freshman class making up almost half the crew, a few of these proficient newcomers are anticipated to make an instantaneous impression. One of these is Collins, who exploded for 25 factors within the Eagles’ home-opening win in opposition to Penn.

What to Know About Rutgers

• Rutgers is 3-0 to start out the season with all three wins coming at Jersey Mike’s Arena. The Scarlet Knights have dealt with Rider, Maine, and Lehigh so far, together with an 84-72 win over the Mountain Hawks out of the Patriot League on Friday.
• Rutgers was picked to complete seventeenth within the Big Ten within the preseason media ballot. They return simply 4 scholarship gamers from final season, together with junior guard Jamichael Davis who chipped in 5.1 factors per recreation for a Rutgers crew that went 15-17 general and 8-12 within the Big Ten final 12 months. 
• Davis is placing up 12.3 factors per recreation within the early going this 12 months, second on the crew to sophomore ahead Dylan Grant’s 18.3. • As a crew, Rutgers has shot .451 from the ground to this point this 12 months and .356 from deep, however solely .652 from the free throw line.
• Steve Pikiell is in his tenth 12 months as the pinnacle coach of the Scarlet Knights. He led them to the 2021 and 2022 NCAA Tournaments, the varsity’s first look since 1991 and first back-to-back appearances since 1975-76.

Keep Up With Us