The strange conglomeration of strong defense and poor shooting worked for Rutgers — as it has all season.
Two minutes before his shot that flipped the game, Caleb McConnell was locked in a stare-down with Rutgers teammate Oskar Palmquist. The Scarlet Knights had a chance to tie the game with eight minutes left, but McConnell’s inbounds pass — a lighter toss, trying to reset the offense with Palmquist as the outlet — sailed wide and toward the scorer’s table.But the next time McConnell had a chance to tip the balance of the game, he sank a 3-pointer that gave Rutgers the lead for good.
It wasn’t that Mag was Rutgers’ leading scorer — he’s far from it. The junior forward’s 7.9 points per game sit sixth on the Scarlet Knights, but Saturday, he sparked their offense with a pair of layups in transition as offensive set after offensive set stalled. The last time Rutgers participated in a Big Ten Super Saturday game at the Garden in 2020, coach Steve Pikiell’s team were ranked for the first time in 41 years, and winners in 10 of their last 12,
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