Judging by their data, one would not suppose the sport between Rutgers and Washington on Wednesday evening in Seattle has event implications.
However it does.
The visiting Scarlet Knights (12-14, 5-10 Huge Ten) and the Huskies (13-12, 4-10) are battling for the fifteenth and last berth into the convention event subsequent month in Indianapolis.
The Huskies are coming off a 75-73 victory Saturday at Penn State as Mekhi Mason scored 20 factors, making a season-high six 3-pointers. DJ Davis and Franck Kepnang scored 14 apiece. Main scorer Nice Osobor (14.9 ppg), regardless of lacking apply with flu-like signs, practically had the primary triple-double in class historical past with six factors, 13 rebounds and 10 assists.
“All this does is make the subsequent recreation larger,” stated first-year Huskies coach Danny Sprinkle, whose staff has gained three of its final 5 following a six-game skid by which 5 of these defeats have been to ranked groups.
“However this was our greatest win of the 12 months,” the coach stated.
Rutgers has a pair of attainable NBA lottery picks in freshmen Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper and opened the season within the Prime 25, however little has gone proper in Huge Ten play.
Bailey (18.6 factors per recreation) and Harper (18.5) mixed for simply 21 on Sunday at Oregon in a 75-57 loss — the Scarlet Knights’ third in a row.
“Clearly, we have to play higher on each ends of the ground,” Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell stated. “Our offense did not assist our protection, and our protection did not assist our offense. We have got to share the ball higher, too. … I’ve received to get us enjoying higher, that is for positive.”
As for Bailey and Harper?
“They’re just a bit bit out of sync,” Pikiell stated. “Groups get actual bodily with Ace. With Dylan, they’re within the gaps. I am making an attempt to elucidate to the blokes they’re simply coming within the gaps (defensively), they are not even double-teaming. You have to make the additional move they usually’ve received to make a few of these alternatives. We received some respectable seems (towards Oregon) and did not capitalize on them.”
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