Game Date: Jan 5th, 2045
Rutgers 112 - Central State 103
Date: December 24th, 2044
Game: College [Conference] [#1062856] 
Arena: Beacom-Lewis Gym
Attendance: 5,000
Player Of The Game: Joseph Benjamin (2)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | 49 | 63 | 112 | |
| Central State Marauders | 45 | 58 | 103 | |
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 11 | C. Fortune sf | 29 | 9-14 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +2 | 14.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | B. Reno pf | 32 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | +8 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | J. Benjamin c | 30 | 8-10 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +11 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 | 6 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 4 | J. Thomas sg | 30 | 6-10 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +15 | 17.7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 45 | B. Kaufman pg | 32 | 5-11 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +10 | 11.6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | M. Cox pf | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 41 | G. Russell sf | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | D. Gann pg | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | B. Hughes sg | 10 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | R. Knutsen c | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 39-70 | 11-15 | 23-29 | 112 | 5 | 37 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 21 | +45 | 10.2 | 40 | 5 | 21 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 55.7% | 73.3% | 79.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Central State Marauders | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 20 | P. Faust sf | 32 | 6-12 | 3-7 | 4-7 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 14.3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | J. Brinkley pf | 29 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 55 | M. Pearson c | 28 | 4-16 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | J. Baldwin sg | 35 | 8-18 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -8 | 18.3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | M. Lively pg | 30 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -17 | 7.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | C. Kemp sf | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 32 | J. Ely pf | 11 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 6.4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | D. Knox pg | 10 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +8 | 22.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | O. Gray c | 12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | L. Bourne sg | 5 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 36-73 | 10-21 | 21-32 | 103 | 9 | 37 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | -45 | 9.9 | 40 | 10 | 21 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 49.3% | 47.6% | 65.6% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Rutgers: Joseph Benjamin
Head Coaches
Rutgers: Mike Henson
Central State: Lonnie Sewell
Offensive Efficiencies
Rutgers: At the rim (7/8 87.5%) Inside (13/25 52.0%) Mid-range (8/22 36.4%) Beyond the Arc (11/15 73.3%)
Central State: At the rim (3/4 75.0%) Inside (17/37 45.9%) Mid-range (6/11 54.5%) Beyond the Arc (10/21 47.6%)
Defensive Tactics
Rutgers: Man-To-Man (45.7%) Zone (24.5%) Pressure (12.8%) 2nd Chance (6.4%) Transition (10.6%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Central State: Man-To-Man (56.4%) Zone (27.7%) Pressure (5.3%) 2nd Chance (3.2%) Transition (3.2%) Int. Foul (4.3%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Rutgers: 147.1 / 148.1
Central State: 140.1 / 140.7
Injuries
Rutgers: none
Central State: sg-Tapia
Overworked
Rutgers: none
Central State: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, December 24th, 2044
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Beacom-Lewis Gym
City: Wilberforce, OH
Attendance: 5,000
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Tue Apr 29 2025 @ 9:20:05 am PDT
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Rutgers: PG-Kaufman (6' ½"), SG-Thomas (6' 3½"), SF-Fortune (6' 5"), PF-Reno (6' 9"), C-Benjamin (6' 10½")
Central State: PG-Lively (6' 1½"), SG-Baldwin (6' 4½"), SF-Faust (6' 5½"), PF-Brinkley (7' ), C-Pearson (7' )
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Central State gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Pearson grabs the offensive rebound.
19:43 - Central State: Pearson has the rebound. Pearson shoots from the low post. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Fortune grabs the rebound.
19:41 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Kaufman commits the foul on the drive.
19:31 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust. Faust shoots a jumper. Foul! Fortune fouls Faust on the shot. Faust makes the first free throw. Faust makes the second free throw. Central State 2 - 0.
19:18 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman drives down the lane. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno at the basket. Reno lays it up. Foul! Brinkley fouls Reno on the shot. Reno makes the first free throw. Reno makes the second free throw. Tied 2 - 2.
19:03 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Baldwin in the paint. Baldwin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Reno grabs the rebound.
18:46 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune drives down the lane. Fortune lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 4 - 2.
18:31 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Knutsen to Center. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard and Gray to Center.
18:31 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:27 - Central State: Brinkley has the rebound and restarts the offense. Brinkley passes the ball to Faust in the paint. Faust shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Gray grabs the offensive rebound.
18:13 - Central State: Gray has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gray shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Tied 4 - 4.
18:10 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune in the paint. Fortune shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 6 - 4.
18:00 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. Foul! Reno fouls Gray on the shot. Gray makes the first free throw. Gray makes the second free throw. Tied 6 - 6.
17:51 - Rutgers: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Faust grabs the rebound.
17:41 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the block. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Fortune grabs the rebound.
17:30 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Kaufman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Kaufman passes the ball to Knutsen in the paint. Knutsen shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 8 - 6.
17:14 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against pressure defense. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Tied 8 - 8.
17:04 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 10 - 8.
16:54 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Reno grabs the rebound.
16:42 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno on the perimeter. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno passes the ball to Knutsen in the paint. Knutsen shoots from the inside. Brinkley rotates over and blocks the shot! Brinkley grabs the rebound.
16:25 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break with Baldwin and Faust. Knox passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Central State 11 - 10.
16:19 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
16:08 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break with Knox and Faust. Baldwin passes the ball to Knox on the perimeter. Knox shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Baldwin. Central State 14 - 10.
16:03 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno passes the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Reno shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
15:35 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break with Knox and Faust. Baldwin lays it up. Foul! Hughes fouls Baldwin on the shot. Baldwin makes the first free throw. Baldwin missed the second free throw. Knutsen grabs the rebound. Central State 15 - 10.
15:31 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno drives by Brinkley. Reno attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Central State 15 - 12.
15:14 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Gann to Point Guard and Cox to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Kemp to Small Forward.
15:14 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots in the paint. Foul! Cox fouls Brinkley on the shot. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley makes the second free throw. Central State 17 - 12.
15:04 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gann. Central State 17 - 15.
14:51 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Thomas to Shooting Guard and Benjamin to Center.
14:51 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Central State 19 - 15.
14:39 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
14:27 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. Foul! Cox fouls Brinkley on the shot. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley makes the second free throw. Central State 21 - 15.
14:03 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Cox in the paint. Cox shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
13:49 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Central State 23 - 15.
13:49 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Central State!
13:38 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Lively to Point Guard and Pearson to Center.
13:38 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thomas. Central State 23 - 18.
13:14 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Baldwin in the paint. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Offensive foul! Pearson commits the foul.
12:57 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward. Central State substitutes Bourne to Shooting Guard and Ely to Power Forward.
12:57 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Russell on the perimeter. Russell passes the ball to Gann outside. Gann passes the ball to Cox in the paint. Cox passes the ball to Gann on the perimeter. Gann passes the ball to Benjamin outside. Benjamin shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Central State 23 - 21.
12:26 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Ely in the paint. Ely passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the rebound.
12:09 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Gann. Kemp steals the pass from Gann.
11:57 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Lively outside. Lively passes the ball to Kemp in the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Lively. Lively passes the ball to Ely in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Ely shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Cox! Cox grabs the rebound.
11:23 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Thomas. Thomas shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 23 - 23.
11:12 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kaufman to Point Guard, Reno to Power Forward and Knutsen to Center. Central State substitutes Faust to Small Forward.
11:12 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust in the paint. Faust shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Central State 25 - 23.
11:04 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard and Gray to Center.
11:04 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Russell. Russell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Russell passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Russell. Tied 25 - 25.
10:47 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Benjamin to Center. Central State substitutes Lively to Point Guard, Baldwin to Shooting Guard and Pearson to Center.
10:47 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin. Baldwin drives down the lane. Baldwin lays it up. Benjamin rotates over and blocks the shot! Kaufman grabs the rebound.
10:33 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Rutgers 27 - 25.
10:13 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Bourne to Shooting Guard.
10:13 - Central State: Bourne brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bourne passes the ball to Faust in the paint. Faust shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bourne. Tied 27 - 27.
10:04 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Reno passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Rutgers 30 - 27.
9:45 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Baldwin to Shooting Guard.
9:45 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively. Lively passes the ball to Pearson. Pearson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Reno grabs the rebound.
9:31 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas. Offensive foul! Benjamin commits the foul away from the ball.
9:26 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Lively. Rutgers 30 - 29.
9:15 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno on the perimeter. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin drives to the basket. Foul! Pearson commits the foul on Benjamin.
8:55 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Small Forward. Pearson must sit with 2 fouls. Central State substitutes Gray to Center.
8:55 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Kaufman. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Thomas. Thomas passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno shoots in the paint. Gray rotates over and blocks the shot! Faust grabs the rebound.
8:19 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin passes the ball to Ely. Ely with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Baldwin. Central State 31 - 30.
7:54 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Brinkley to Power Forward.
7:54 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Rutgers 32 - 31.
7:44 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Reno grabs the rebound.
7:33 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thomas. Rutgers 35 - 31.
7:21 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the block. Foul! Benjamin fouls Brinkley on the shot. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley missed the second free throw. Reno grabs the rebound. Rutgers 35 - 32.
7:10 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman drives down the lane. Kaufman lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 37 - 32.
6:57 - Game Event: Time out. Benjamin must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Knutsen to Center.
6:57 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Kaufman grabs the rebound.
6:45 - Rutgers: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hughes hands off the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Baldwin grabs the rebound.
6:30 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin attacks with the ball on the fast break. Baldwin turns the ball over to the other team.
6:23 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Rutgers 39 - 32.
5:59 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Thomas to Shooting Guard.
5:59 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Rutgers 39 - 35.
5:40 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas in the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Knutsen. Lively steals the pass from Knutsen.
5:19 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break with Lively and Faust. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively. Lively shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Baldwin. Rutgers 39 - 37.
5:12 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
5:12 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes outside. Hughes passes the ball to Kaufman outside. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
4:50 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin shoots from deep. The shot misses. Gray grabs the long offensive rebound.
4:38 - Central State: Gray has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gray passes the ball to Lively. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Tied 39 - 39.
4:19 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Thomas to Shooting Guard and Benjamin to Center. Central State substitutes Pearson to Center.
4:19 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Kaufman in the paint. Kaufman shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
4:05 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust. Faust passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the block. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the rebound.
3:50 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune drives down the lane. Fortune lays it up. Foul! Faust fouls Fortune on the shot. Fortune missed the first free throw. Fortune makes the second free throw. Rutgers 40 - 39.
3:34 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brinkley. Central State 41 - 40.
3:17 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Benjamin fouls Pearson trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the bonus, Pearson is shooting one-and-one. Pearson missed the first free throw. Reno grabs the rebound.
3:09 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman drives to the basket. Foul! Faust commits the foul on Kaufman.
2:59 - Game Event: Time out. Benjamin must sit with 3 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Knutsen to Center.
2:59 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Kaufman. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno turns the ball over to the other team.
2:53 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin in the paint. Baldwin passes the ball to Brinkley. Brinkley shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Reno grabs the rebound.
2:39 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Kaufman leads the fast break with Fortune to the right. Kaufman lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 42 - 41.
2:31 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against pressure defense. Baldwin shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Knutsen grabs the rebound.
2:27 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno on the perimeter. Reno passes the ball to Thomas outside. Thomas shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Rutgers 45 - 41.
1:59 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Foul! Reno commits a foul away from the ball. In the double bonus, Brinkley is shooting two free throws. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley missed the second free throw. Reno grabs the rebound. Rutgers 45 - 42.
1:53 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune passes the ball to Kaufman outside. Foul! Lively commits the foul on Kaufman.
1:42 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Fortune. Fortune passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas passes the ball to Reno. Reno shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thomas. Rutgers 47 - 42.
1:28 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Thomas grabs the rebound.
1:17 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman drives down the lane. Kaufman lays it up. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
1:06 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break with Faust and Lively. Baldwin passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from beyond the arc. Air ball! Kaufman grabs the rebound.
0:59 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Knutsen in the paint. Knutsen shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Rutgers 49 - 42.
0:47 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust in the paint. Foul! Fortune commits the foul on Faust. In the double bonus, Faust is shooting two free throws. Faust makes the first free throw. Faust missed the second free throw. Reno grabs the rebound. Rutgers 49 - 43.
0:40 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Knutsen in the paint. Knutsen passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas. Thomas with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
0:20 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Foul! Knutsen commits the foul on Pearson. In the double bonus, Pearson is shooting two free throws. Pearson makes the first free throw. Pearson makes the second free throw. Rutgers 49 - 45.
0:09 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Baldwin grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Rutgers 49, Central State 45
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Fortune must sit with 2 fouls. Reno must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward and Cox to Power Forward. Faust must sit with 2 fouls. Pearson must sit with 2 fouls. Central State substitutes Kemp to Small Forward and Gray to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Rutgers. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Knutsen. Knutsen passes the ball to Russell. Russell shoots a jumper. Foul! Kemp fouls Russell on the shot. Russell makes the first free throw. Russell makes the second free throw. Rutgers 51 - 45.
19:44 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Small Forward, Reno to Power Forward and Benjamin to Center. Central State substitutes Faust to Small Forward and Pearson to Center.
19:44 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Rutgers 51 - 48.
19:32 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Rutgers 53 - 48.
19:22 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the low post. Foul! Reno fouls Pearson on the shot. Pearson missed the first free throw. Pearson makes the second free throw. Rutgers 53 - 49.
19:10 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno passes the ball to Thomas outside. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Thomas in the paint. Thomas shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fortune. Rutgers 55 - 49.
18:44 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard.
18:44 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Rutgers 55 - 52.
18:35 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! And Reno is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Reno makes the first free throw. Rutgers 58 - 52.
18:21 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Kaufman grabs the rebound.
18:11 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Reno grabs the offensive rebound.
17:55 - Rutgers: Reno has the rebound. Reno shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Baldwin grabs the rebound.
17:53 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Rutgers 58 - 55.
17:40 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman drives to the basket. Foul! Knox commits the foul on Kaufman.
17:28 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Benjamin. Benjamin passes the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Benjamin passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Brinkley! Baldwin grabs the rebound.
17:06 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the rebound.
16:54 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reno. Rutgers 61 - 55.
16:38 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Rutgers 61 - 58.
16:29 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno shoots from the inside. Foul! Brinkley fouls Reno on the shot. Reno missed the first free throw. Reno makes the second free throw. Rutgers 62 - 58.
16:05 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Pearson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Benjamin.
15:55 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Gann to Point Guard and Cox to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Kemp to Small Forward.
15:55 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gann passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes passes the ball to Gann outside. Gann passes the ball to Cox outside. Cox passes the ball to Gann on the perimeter. Gann passes the ball to Fortune outside. The shot clock winding down. Fortune shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Knox grabs the long rebound.
15:20 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin shoots from deep. The shot misses. Cox grabs the long rebound.
15:11 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gann passes the ball to Cox in the paint. Cox passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Cox in the paint. Cox shoots from the inside. Foul! Brinkley fouls Cox on the shot. Cox missed the first free throw. Cox missed the second free throw. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
14:50 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Baldwin in the paint. Baldwin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brinkley. Rutgers 62 - 60.
14:50 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Central State!
14:31 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Thomas to Shooting Guard. Brinkley must sit with 4 fouls. Central State substitutes Ely to Power Forward.
14:31 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gann passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thomas. Rutgers 64 - 60.
14:15 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fortune steals the pass from Knox.
14:08 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Gann leads the fast break with Fortune to the right. Gann passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Rutgers 67 - 60.
14:04 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Ely in the paint. Ely shoots from the low post. Foul! Cox fouls Ely on the shot. Ely missed the first free throw. Ely makes the second free throw. Rutgers 67 - 61.
13:53 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Lively to Point Guard.
13:53 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gann passes the ball to Fortune in the paint. Fortune shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
13:42 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lively passes the ball to Kemp in the paint. Kemp shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Cox grabs the rebound.
13:33 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Thomas leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Thomas passes the ball to Gann on the perimeter. Gann passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune passes the ball to Gann on the perimeter. Gann passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Baldwin grabs the long rebound.
13:00 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Lively leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lively passes the ball to Kemp on the perimeter. Foul! Fortune commits the foul on Kemp.
12:48 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kaufman to Point Guard, Russell to Small Forward and Reno to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Bourne to Shooting Guard and Faust to Small Forward.
12:48 - Central State: The ball is inbounded to Ely. Ely passes the ball to Bourne in the paint. Bourne passes the ball to Lively. Russell steals the pass from Lively.
12:30 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Thomas leads the fast break with Kaufman to the right. Thomas lays it up. Foul! Lively fouls Thomas on the shot. Thomas makes the first free throw. Thomas makes the second free throw. Rutgers 69 - 61.
12:26 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Gann to Point Guard and Cox to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Kemp to Small Forward.
12:26 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Ely in the paint. Ely shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Rutgers 69 - 63.
12:18 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Cox in the paint. Cox shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Ely grabs the rebound.
12:08 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Ely on the perimeter. Ely passes the ball to Bourne outside. Bourne passes the ball to Pearson. Pearson shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the offensive rebound.
11:49 - Central State: Pearson has the rebound. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Lively tips it in. Rutgers 69 - 65.
11:47 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kaufman to Point Guard and Reno to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Faust to Small Forward.
11:47 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 71 - 65.
11:36 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Ely in the paint. Ely shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Rutgers 71 - 67.
11:27 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas. Thomas shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Faust grabs the rebound.
11:17 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Bourne on the perimeter. Bourne shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Rutgers 71 - 70.
11:05 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin outside. Benjamin passes the ball to Kaufman. Foul! Lively commits the foul on Kaufman. In the bonus, Kaufman is shooting one-and-one. Kaufman makes the first free throw. Kaufman makes the second free throw. Rutgers 73 - 70.
10:52 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Baldwin to Shooting Guard.
10:52 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Rutgers 73 - 72.
10:41 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Rutgers 75 - 72.
10:29 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Ely grabs the offensive rebound.
10:20 - Central State: Ely has the rebound and restarts the offense. Ely shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Rutgers 75 - 74.
10:17 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Bourne to Shooting Guard.
10:17 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Lively steals the pass from Reno.
10:00 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Bourne leads the fast break with Lively to the right. Bourne passes the ball to Lively. Lively shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bourne. Central State 76 - 75.
9:56 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Small Forward. Central State substitutes Baldwin to Shooting Guard.
9:56 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
9:46 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break with Lively and Faust. Baldwin lays it up. Foul! Kaufman fouls Baldwin on the shot. Baldwin makes the first free throw. Baldwin missed the second free throw. Benjamin grabs the rebound. Central State 77 - 75.
9:40 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the offensive rebound.
9:30 - Rutgers: Benjamin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Benjamin goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Tied 77 - 77.
9:24 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward.
9:24 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively in the paint. Lively passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Reno fouls Ely blocking out to get the rebound.
9:02 - Game Event: Time out. Reno must sit with 4 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Gann to Point Guard and Cox to Power Forward.
9:02 - Central State: The ball is inbounded to Lively. Lively tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lively passes the ball to Ely in the paint. Ely shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Central State 79 - 77.
9:02 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
8:51 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kaufman to Point Guard, Fortune to Small Forward and Reno to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Brinkley to Power Forward.
8:51 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
8:40 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Baldwin. Central State 81 - 77.
8:24 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
8:09 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Central State 83 - 77.
8:01 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward.
8:01 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Russell. Russell with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
7:50 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Lively leads the fast break with Baldwin to the right. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin at the basket. Baldwin lays it up. Foul! Thomas fouls Baldwin on the shot. Baldwin missed the first free throw. Baldwin makes the second free throw. Central State 84 - 77.
7:44 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Small Forward.
7:44 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
7:31 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against pressure defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively outside. Foul! Fortune commits the foul on Lively. In the bonus, Lively is shooting one-and-one. Lively makes the first free throw. Lively makes the second free throw. Central State 86 - 77.
7:25 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Central State 86 - 79.
7:13 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against pressure defense. Baldwin shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Central State 89 - 79.
7:07 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno passes the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Lively fouls Kaufman on the shot. Kaufman makes the first free throw. Kaufman makes the second free throw. Central State 89 - 81.
6:50 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lively tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Fortune grabs the rebound.
6:40 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune shoots a jumper. Foul! Faust fouls Fortune on the shot. Fortune makes the first free throw. Fortune makes the second free throw. Central State 89 - 83.
6:28 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against pressure defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Faust. Faust shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the rebound.
6:18 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Reno outside. Reno passes the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
5:57 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Brinkley tips it in. Central State 91 - 83.
5:42 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno shoots from the block. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
5:29 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Lively leads the fast break with Baldwin and Faust. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Faust grabs the offensive rebound.
5:22 - Central State: Faust has the rebound. Faust shoots from the block. Foul! Thomas fouls Faust on the shot. Faust missed the first free throw. Faust makes the second free throw. Central State 92 - 83.
5:20 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Reno drives by Brinkley. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin at the basket. Benjamin lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reno. Central State 92 - 85.
5:07 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
5:07 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin in the paint. Baldwin shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Benjamin! Benjamin grabs the rebound.
4:48 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Reno. Reno shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Reno grabs the offensive rebound.
4:34 - Rutgers: Reno has the rebound and restarts the offense. Reno shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Central State 92 - 87.
4:27 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Thomas to Shooting Guard.
4:27 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Pearson fouls Benjamin trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the double bonus, Benjamin is shooting two free throws. Benjamin makes the first free throw. Benjamin makes the second free throw. Central State 92 - 89.
4:12 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin. Baldwin with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Central State 94 - 89.
3:44 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Central State is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune passes the ball to Reno on the perimeter. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Benjamin. Central State 94 - 92.
3:14 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin. Baldwin shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the rebound.
3:01 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Tied 94 - 94.
2:48 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust. Faust shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! And Faust is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Fortune fouls out. Russell replaces Fortune at small forward. Faust missed the first free throw. Benjamin grabs the rebound. Central State 96 - 94.
2:39 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 96 - 96.
2:29 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively drives down the lane. Lively lays it up. The shot goes in! Central State 98 - 96.
2:17 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman drives down the lane. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 99 - 98.
2:04 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin outside. Baldwin shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the long rebound.
1:54 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Russell outside. Russell passes the ball to Reno. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Foul! Pearson commits the foul on Benjamin. Pearson fouls out. Gray replaces Pearson at center. In the double bonus, Benjamin is shooting two free throws. Benjamin makes the first free throw. Benjamin makes the second free throw. Rutgers 101 - 98.
1:37 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the inside. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Thomas grabs the rebound.
1:26 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Thomas leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Thomas passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman drives down the lane. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno at the basket. Reno lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 103 - 98.
1:03 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Thomas steals the pass from Brinkley.
0:54 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas. Thomas passes the ball to Kaufman in the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Foul! Faust commits the intentional foul on Benjamin. In the double bonus, Benjamin is shooting two free throws. Benjamin makes the first free throw. Benjamin missed the second free throw. Reno grabs the offensive rebound. Rutgers 104 - 98.
0:41 - Rutgers: Reno has the rebound. Reno shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Benjamin tips it in. Rutgers 106 - 98.
0:39 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Rutgers 106 - 101.
0:39 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Central State!
0:29 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Foul! Brinkley commits the intentional foul on Reno. Brinkley fouls out. Ely replaces Brinkley at power forward. In the double bonus, Reno is shooting two free throws. Reno makes the first free throw. Reno missed the second free throw. Ely grabs the rebound. Rutgers 107 - 101.
0:25 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Faust fouls Russell trying to grab the offensive rebound. Faust fouls out. Kemp replaces Faust at small forward. In the double bonus, Russell is shooting two free throws. Russell makes the first free throw. Russell makes the second free throw. Rutgers 109 - 101.
0:13 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin. Baldwin shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Rutgers 109 - 103.
0:03 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Rutgers 112 - 103.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Rutgers 112, Central State 103
Starting Line-Ups
Rutgers: PG-Kaufman (6' ½"), SG-Thomas (6' 3½"), SF-Fortune (6' 5"), PF-Reno (6' 9"), C-Benjamin (6' 10½")
Central State: PG-Lively (6' 1½"), SG-Baldwin (6' 4½"), SF-Faust (6' 5½"), PF-Brinkley (7' ), C-Pearson (7' )
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Central State gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Pearson grabs the offensive rebound.
19:43 - Central State: Pearson has the rebound. Pearson shoots from the low post. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Fortune grabs the rebound.
19:41 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Kaufman commits the foul on the drive.
19:31 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust. Faust shoots a jumper. Foul! Fortune fouls Faust on the shot. Faust makes the first free throw. Faust makes the second free throw. Central State 2 - 0.
19:18 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman drives down the lane. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno at the basket. Reno lays it up. Foul! Brinkley fouls Reno on the shot. Reno makes the first free throw. Reno makes the second free throw. Tied 2 - 2.
19:03 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Baldwin in the paint. Baldwin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Reno grabs the rebound.
18:46 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune drives down the lane. Fortune lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 4 - 2.
18:31 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Knutsen to Center. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard and Gray to Center.
18:31 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:27 - Central State: Brinkley has the rebound and restarts the offense. Brinkley passes the ball to Faust in the paint. Faust shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Gray grabs the offensive rebound.
18:13 - Central State: Gray has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gray shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Tied 4 - 4.
18:10 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune in the paint. Fortune shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 6 - 4.
18:00 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. Foul! Reno fouls Gray on the shot. Gray makes the first free throw. Gray makes the second free throw. Tied 6 - 6.
17:51 - Rutgers: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Faust grabs the rebound.
17:41 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the block. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Fortune grabs the rebound.
17:30 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Kaufman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Kaufman passes the ball to Knutsen in the paint. Knutsen shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 8 - 6.
17:14 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against pressure defense. Knox passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Tied 8 - 8.
17:04 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 10 - 8.
16:54 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Reno grabs the rebound.
16:42 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno on the perimeter. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno passes the ball to Knutsen in the paint. Knutsen shoots from the inside. Brinkley rotates over and blocks the shot! Brinkley grabs the rebound.
16:25 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Knox leads the fast break with Baldwin and Faust. Knox passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Central State 11 - 10.
16:19 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
16:08 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break with Knox and Faust. Baldwin passes the ball to Knox on the perimeter. Knox shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Baldwin. Central State 14 - 10.
16:03 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno passes the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Reno shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
15:35 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break with Knox and Faust. Baldwin lays it up. Foul! Hughes fouls Baldwin on the shot. Baldwin makes the first free throw. Baldwin missed the second free throw. Knutsen grabs the rebound. Central State 15 - 10.
15:31 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno drives by Brinkley. Reno attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Central State 15 - 12.
15:14 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Gann to Point Guard and Cox to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Kemp to Small Forward.
15:14 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots in the paint. Foul! Cox fouls Brinkley on the shot. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley makes the second free throw. Central State 17 - 12.
15:04 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gann. Central State 17 - 15.
14:51 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Thomas to Shooting Guard and Benjamin to Center.
14:51 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Central State 19 - 15.
14:39 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
14:27 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin passes the ball to Knox. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. Foul! Cox fouls Brinkley on the shot. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley makes the second free throw. Central State 21 - 15.
14:03 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Cox in the paint. Cox shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
13:49 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Central State 23 - 15.
13:49 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Central State!
13:38 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Lively to Point Guard and Pearson to Center.
13:38 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thomas. Central State 23 - 18.
13:14 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Baldwin in the paint. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Offensive foul! Pearson commits the foul.
12:57 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward. Central State substitutes Bourne to Shooting Guard and Ely to Power Forward.
12:57 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Russell on the perimeter. Russell passes the ball to Gann outside. Gann passes the ball to Cox in the paint. Cox passes the ball to Gann on the perimeter. Gann passes the ball to Benjamin outside. Benjamin shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Central State 23 - 21.
12:26 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Ely in the paint. Ely passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the rebound.
12:09 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Gann. Kemp steals the pass from Gann.
11:57 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Lively outside. Lively passes the ball to Kemp in the paint. Kemp passes the ball to Lively. Lively passes the ball to Ely in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Ely shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Cox! Cox grabs the rebound.
11:23 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Gann passes the ball to Thomas. Thomas shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 23 - 23.
11:12 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kaufman to Point Guard, Reno to Power Forward and Knutsen to Center. Central State substitutes Faust to Small Forward.
11:12 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust in the paint. Faust shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Central State 25 - 23.
11:04 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard and Gray to Center.
11:04 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Russell. Russell tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Russell passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Russell. Tied 25 - 25.
10:47 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Benjamin to Center. Central State substitutes Lively to Point Guard, Baldwin to Shooting Guard and Pearson to Center.
10:47 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin. Baldwin drives down the lane. Baldwin lays it up. Benjamin rotates over and blocks the shot! Kaufman grabs the rebound.
10:33 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Rutgers 27 - 25.
10:13 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Bourne to Shooting Guard.
10:13 - Central State: Bourne brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bourne passes the ball to Faust in the paint. Faust shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bourne. Tied 27 - 27.
10:04 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Reno passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Rutgers 30 - 27.
9:45 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Baldwin to Shooting Guard.
9:45 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively. Lively passes the ball to Pearson. Pearson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Reno grabs the rebound.
9:31 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas. Offensive foul! Benjamin commits the foul away from the ball.
9:26 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Lively. Rutgers 30 - 29.
9:15 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno on the perimeter. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin drives to the basket. Foul! Pearson commits the foul on Benjamin.
8:55 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Small Forward. Pearson must sit with 2 fouls. Central State substitutes Gray to Center.
8:55 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Kaufman. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Thomas. Thomas passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno shoots in the paint. Gray rotates over and blocks the shot! Faust grabs the rebound.
8:19 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin passes the ball to Ely. Ely with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Baldwin. Central State 31 - 30.
7:54 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Brinkley to Power Forward.
7:54 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Rutgers 32 - 31.
7:44 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Reno grabs the rebound.
7:33 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thomas. Rutgers 35 - 31.
7:21 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the block. Foul! Benjamin fouls Brinkley on the shot. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley missed the second free throw. Reno grabs the rebound. Rutgers 35 - 32.
7:10 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman drives down the lane. Kaufman lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 37 - 32.
6:57 - Game Event: Time out. Benjamin must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Knutsen to Center.
6:57 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Kaufman grabs the rebound.
6:45 - Rutgers: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hughes hands off the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Baldwin grabs the rebound.
6:30 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin attacks with the ball on the fast break. Baldwin turns the ball over to the other team.
6:23 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Rutgers 39 - 32.
5:59 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Thomas to Shooting Guard.
5:59 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Rutgers 39 - 35.
5:40 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas in the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Knutsen. Lively steals the pass from Knutsen.
5:19 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break with Lively and Faust. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively. Lively shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Baldwin. Rutgers 39 - 37.
5:12 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
5:12 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes outside. Hughes passes the ball to Kaufman outside. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
4:50 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin shoots from deep. The shot misses. Gray grabs the long offensive rebound.
4:38 - Central State: Gray has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gray passes the ball to Lively. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Tied 39 - 39.
4:19 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Thomas to Shooting Guard and Benjamin to Center. Central State substitutes Pearson to Center.
4:19 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Kaufman in the paint. Kaufman shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
4:05 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust. Faust passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the block. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the rebound.
3:50 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune drives down the lane. Fortune lays it up. Foul! Faust fouls Fortune on the shot. Fortune missed the first free throw. Fortune makes the second free throw. Rutgers 40 - 39.
3:34 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brinkley. Central State 41 - 40.
3:17 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Benjamin fouls Pearson trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the bonus, Pearson is shooting one-and-one. Pearson missed the first free throw. Reno grabs the rebound.
3:09 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman drives to the basket. Foul! Faust commits the foul on Kaufman.
2:59 - Game Event: Time out. Benjamin must sit with 3 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Knutsen to Center.
2:59 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Kaufman. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno turns the ball over to the other team.
2:53 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin in the paint. Baldwin passes the ball to Brinkley. Brinkley shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Reno grabs the rebound.
2:39 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Kaufman leads the fast break with Fortune to the right. Kaufman lays it up. The shot goes in! Rutgers 42 - 41.
2:31 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against pressure defense. Baldwin shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Knutsen grabs the rebound.
2:27 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno on the perimeter. Reno passes the ball to Thomas outside. Thomas shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Rutgers 45 - 41.
1:59 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Foul! Reno commits a foul away from the ball. In the double bonus, Brinkley is shooting two free throws. Brinkley makes the first free throw. Brinkley missed the second free throw. Reno grabs the rebound. Rutgers 45 - 42.
1:53 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune passes the ball to Kaufman outside. Foul! Lively commits the foul on Kaufman.
1:42 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Fortune. Fortune passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas passes the ball to Reno. Reno shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thomas. Rutgers 47 - 42.
1:28 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Thomas grabs the rebound.
1:17 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman drives down the lane. Kaufman lays it up. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
1:06 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break with Faust and Lively. Baldwin passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from beyond the arc. Air ball! Kaufman grabs the rebound.
0:59 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Thomas passes the ball to Knutsen in the paint. Knutsen shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Rutgers 49 - 42.
0:47 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust in the paint. Foul! Fortune commits the foul on Faust. In the double bonus, Faust is shooting two free throws. Faust makes the first free throw. Faust missed the second free throw. Reno grabs the rebound. Rutgers 49 - 43.
0:40 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Knutsen in the paint. Knutsen passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas. Thomas with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
0:20 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Foul! Knutsen commits the foul on Pearson. In the double bonus, Pearson is shooting two free throws. Pearson makes the first free throw. Pearson makes the second free throw. Rutgers 49 - 45.
0:09 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Baldwin grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Rutgers 49, Central State 45
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Fortune must sit with 2 fouls. Reno must sit with 2 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward and Cox to Power Forward. Faust must sit with 2 fouls. Pearson must sit with 2 fouls. Central State substitutes Kemp to Small Forward and Gray to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Rutgers. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Knutsen. Knutsen passes the ball to Russell. Russell shoots a jumper. Foul! Kemp fouls Russell on the shot. Russell makes the first free throw. Russell makes the second free throw. Rutgers 51 - 45.
19:44 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Small Forward, Reno to Power Forward and Benjamin to Center. Central State substitutes Faust to Small Forward and Pearson to Center.
19:44 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Rutgers 51 - 48.
19:32 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Rutgers 53 - 48.
19:22 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the low post. Foul! Reno fouls Pearson on the shot. Pearson missed the first free throw. Pearson makes the second free throw. Rutgers 53 - 49.
19:10 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno passes the ball to Thomas outside. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune outside. Fortune passes the ball to Thomas in the paint. Thomas shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fortune. Rutgers 55 - 49.
18:44 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard. Central State substitutes Knox to Point Guard.
18:44 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Rutgers 55 - 52.
18:35 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! And Reno is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Reno makes the first free throw. Rutgers 58 - 52.
18:21 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Kaufman grabs the rebound.
18:11 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Reno grabs the offensive rebound.
17:55 - Rutgers: Reno has the rebound. Reno shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Baldwin grabs the rebound.
17:53 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Rutgers 58 - 55.
17:40 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman drives to the basket. Foul! Knox commits the foul on Kaufman.
17:28 - Rutgers: The ball is inbounded to Benjamin. Benjamin passes the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Benjamin passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Brinkley! Baldwin grabs the rebound.
17:06 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the rebound.
16:54 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reno. Rutgers 61 - 55.
16:38 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Knox. Rutgers 61 - 58.
16:29 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno shoots from the inside. Foul! Brinkley fouls Reno on the shot. Reno missed the first free throw. Reno makes the second free throw. Rutgers 62 - 58.
16:05 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Pearson charged with the foul while taking the shot over Benjamin.
15:55 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Gann to Point Guard and Cox to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Kemp to Small Forward.
15:55 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gann passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes passes the ball to Gann outside. Gann passes the ball to Cox outside. Cox passes the ball to Gann on the perimeter. Gann passes the ball to Fortune outside. The shot clock winding down. Fortune shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Knox grabs the long rebound.
15:20 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin shoots from deep. The shot misses. Cox grabs the long rebound.
15:11 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gann passes the ball to Cox in the paint. Cox passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Cox in the paint. Cox shoots from the inside. Foul! Brinkley fouls Cox on the shot. Cox missed the first free throw. Cox missed the second free throw. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
14:50 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Baldwin in the paint. Baldwin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brinkley. Rutgers 62 - 60.
14:50 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Central State!
14:31 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Thomas to Shooting Guard. Brinkley must sit with 4 fouls. Central State substitutes Ely to Power Forward.
14:31 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gann passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Thomas. Rutgers 64 - 60.
14:15 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against a zone defense. Fortune steals the pass from Knox.
14:08 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Gann leads the fast break with Fortune to the right. Gann passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Rutgers 67 - 60.
14:04 - Central State: Knox brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Knox passes the ball to Ely in the paint. Ely shoots from the low post. Foul! Cox fouls Ely on the shot. Ely missed the first free throw. Ely makes the second free throw. Rutgers 67 - 61.
13:53 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Lively to Point Guard.
13:53 - Rutgers: Gann brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Gann passes the ball to Fortune in the paint. Fortune shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
13:42 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lively passes the ball to Kemp in the paint. Kemp shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Cox grabs the rebound.
13:33 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Thomas leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Thomas passes the ball to Gann on the perimeter. Gann passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune passes the ball to Gann on the perimeter. Gann passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Baldwin grabs the long rebound.
13:00 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Lively leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Lively passes the ball to Kemp on the perimeter. Foul! Fortune commits the foul on Kemp.
12:48 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kaufman to Point Guard, Russell to Small Forward and Reno to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Bourne to Shooting Guard and Faust to Small Forward.
12:48 - Central State: The ball is inbounded to Ely. Ely passes the ball to Bourne in the paint. Bourne passes the ball to Lively. Russell steals the pass from Lively.
12:30 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Thomas leads the fast break with Kaufman to the right. Thomas lays it up. Foul! Lively fouls Thomas on the shot. Thomas makes the first free throw. Thomas makes the second free throw. Rutgers 69 - 61.
12:26 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Gann to Point Guard and Cox to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Kemp to Small Forward.
12:26 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Ely in the paint. Ely shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Rutgers 69 - 63.
12:18 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Cox in the paint. Cox shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Ely grabs the rebound.
12:08 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Ely on the perimeter. Ely passes the ball to Bourne outside. Bourne passes the ball to Pearson. Pearson shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the offensive rebound.
11:49 - Central State: Pearson has the rebound. Pearson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Lively tips it in. Rutgers 69 - 65.
11:47 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kaufman to Point Guard and Reno to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Faust to Small Forward.
11:47 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 71 - 65.
11:36 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against a zone defense. Lively passes the ball to Ely in the paint. Ely shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Rutgers 71 - 67.
11:27 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas. Thomas shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Faust grabs the rebound.
11:17 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Bourne on the perimeter. Bourne shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Rutgers 71 - 70.
11:05 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin outside. Benjamin passes the ball to Kaufman. Foul! Lively commits the foul on Kaufman. In the bonus, Kaufman is shooting one-and-one. Kaufman makes the first free throw. Kaufman makes the second free throw. Rutgers 73 - 70.
10:52 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Baldwin to Shooting Guard.
10:52 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Rutgers 73 - 72.
10:41 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Rutgers 75 - 72.
10:29 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Ely grabs the offensive rebound.
10:20 - Central State: Ely has the rebound and restarts the offense. Ely shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Rutgers 75 - 74.
10:17 - Game Event: Time out. Central State substitutes Bourne to Shooting Guard.
10:17 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Lively steals the pass from Reno.
10:00 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Bourne leads the fast break with Lively to the right. Bourne passes the ball to Lively. Lively shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bourne. Central State 76 - 75.
9:56 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Small Forward. Central State substitutes Baldwin to Shooting Guard.
9:56 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune on the perimeter. Fortune shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
9:46 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break with Lively and Faust. Baldwin lays it up. Foul! Kaufman fouls Baldwin on the shot. Baldwin makes the first free throw. Baldwin missed the second free throw. Benjamin grabs the rebound. Central State 77 - 75.
9:40 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the offensive rebound.
9:30 - Rutgers: Benjamin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Benjamin goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Tied 77 - 77.
9:24 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward.
9:24 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively in the paint. Lively passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Reno fouls Ely blocking out to get the rebound.
9:02 - Game Event: Time out. Reno must sit with 4 fouls. Rutgers substitutes Gann to Point Guard and Cox to Power Forward.
9:02 - Central State: The ball is inbounded to Lively. Lively tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lively passes the ball to Ely in the paint. Ely shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Central State 79 - 77.
9:02 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
8:51 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Kaufman to Point Guard, Fortune to Small Forward and Reno to Power Forward. Central State substitutes Brinkley to Power Forward.
8:51 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
8:40 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Baldwin. Central State 81 - 77.
8:24 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
8:09 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Central State 83 - 77.
8:01 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Russell to Small Forward.
8:01 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman passes the ball to Russell. Russell with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
7:50 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Lively leads the fast break with Baldwin to the right. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin at the basket. Baldwin lays it up. Foul! Thomas fouls Baldwin on the shot. Baldwin missed the first free throw. Baldwin makes the second free throw. Central State 84 - 77.
7:44 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Fortune to Small Forward.
7:44 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
7:31 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against pressure defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively outside. Foul! Fortune commits the foul on Lively. In the bonus, Lively is shooting one-and-one. Lively makes the first free throw. Lively makes the second free throw. Central State 86 - 77.
7:25 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Central State 86 - 79.
7:13 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against pressure defense. Baldwin shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Central State 89 - 79.
7:07 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Reno passes the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Lively fouls Kaufman on the shot. Kaufman makes the first free throw. Kaufman makes the second free throw. Central State 89 - 81.
6:50 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against pressure defense. Lively tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Lively passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Fortune grabs the rebound.
6:40 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune shoots a jumper. Foul! Faust fouls Fortune on the shot. Fortune makes the first free throw. Fortune makes the second free throw. Central State 89 - 83.
6:28 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against pressure defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Faust. Faust shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the rebound.
6:18 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Reno outside. Reno passes the ball to Kaufman. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Pearson grabs the rebound.
5:57 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Baldwin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Brinkley tips it in. Central State 91 - 83.
5:42 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno in the paint. Reno shoots from the block. The shot misses. Brinkley grabs the rebound.
5:29 - Central State: Fast break opportunity! Lively leads the fast break with Baldwin and Faust. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Faust grabs the offensive rebound.
5:22 - Central State: Faust has the rebound. Faust shoots from the block. Foul! Thomas fouls Faust on the shot. Faust missed the first free throw. Faust makes the second free throw. Central State 92 - 83.
5:20 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Reno drives by Brinkley. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin at the basket. Benjamin lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reno. Central State 92 - 85.
5:07 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
5:07 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against a zone defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin in the paint. Baldwin shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Benjamin! Benjamin grabs the rebound.
4:48 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Reno. Reno shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Reno grabs the offensive rebound.
4:34 - Rutgers: Reno has the rebound and restarts the offense. Reno shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Central State 92 - 87.
4:27 - Game Event: Time out. Rutgers substitutes Thomas to Shooting Guard.
4:27 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Brinkley passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Pearson fouls Benjamin trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the double bonus, Benjamin is shooting two free throws. Benjamin makes the first free throw. Benjamin makes the second free throw. Central State 92 - 89.
4:12 - Central State: Baldwin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Baldwin passes the ball to Pearson in the paint. Pearson passes the ball to Baldwin on the perimeter. Baldwin passes the ball to Lively. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin. Baldwin with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Central State 94 - 89.
3:44 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Central State is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune passes the ball to Reno on the perimeter. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Benjamin passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Benjamin. Central State 94 - 92.
3:14 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin. Baldwin shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the rebound.
3:01 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman passes the ball to Fortune. Fortune shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Tied 94 - 94.
2:48 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust. Faust shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! And Faust is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Fortune fouls out. Russell replaces Fortune at small forward. Faust missed the first free throw. Benjamin grabs the rebound. Central State 96 - 94.
2:39 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kaufman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 96 - 96.
2:29 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively drives down the lane. Lively lays it up. The shot goes in! Central State 98 - 96.
2:17 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Kaufman drives down the lane. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas on the perimeter. Thomas shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 99 - 98.
2:04 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin outside. Baldwin shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Benjamin grabs the long rebound.
1:54 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas passes the ball to Russell outside. Russell passes the ball to Reno. Reno passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Foul! Pearson commits the foul on Benjamin. Pearson fouls out. Gray replaces Pearson at center. In the double bonus, Benjamin is shooting two free throws. Benjamin makes the first free throw. Benjamin makes the second free throw. Rutgers 101 - 98.
1:37 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the inside. Reno rotates over and blocks the shot! Thomas grabs the rebound.
1:26 - Rutgers: Fast break opportunity! Thomas leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Thomas passes the ball to Kaufman on the perimeter. Kaufman drives down the lane. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno at the basket. Reno lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kaufman. Rutgers 103 - 98.
1:03 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Brinkley in the paint. Thomas steals the pass from Brinkley.
0:54 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Kaufman passes the ball to Thomas. Thomas passes the ball to Kaufman in the paint. Kaufman passes the ball to Benjamin in the paint. Foul! Faust commits the intentional foul on Benjamin. In the double bonus, Benjamin is shooting two free throws. Benjamin makes the first free throw. Benjamin missed the second free throw. Reno grabs the offensive rebound. Rutgers 104 - 98.
0:41 - Rutgers: Reno has the rebound. Reno shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Benjamin tips it in. Rutgers 106 - 98.
0:39 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Lively. Rutgers 106 - 101.
0:39 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Central State!
0:29 - Rutgers: Kaufman brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Kaufman passes the ball to Reno. Foul! Brinkley commits the intentional foul on Reno. Brinkley fouls out. Ely replaces Brinkley at power forward. In the double bonus, Reno is shooting two free throws. Reno makes the first free throw. Reno missed the second free throw. Ely grabs the rebound. Rutgers 107 - 101.
0:25 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Faust on the perimeter. Faust shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Faust fouls Russell trying to grab the offensive rebound. Faust fouls out. Kemp replaces Faust at small forward. In the double bonus, Russell is shooting two free throws. Russell makes the first free throw. Russell makes the second free throw. Rutgers 109 - 101.
0:13 - Central State: Lively brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Lively passes the ball to Baldwin. Baldwin shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Rutgers 109 - 103.
0:03 - Rutgers: Thomas brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Thomas shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Rutgers 112 - 103.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Rutgers 112, Central State 103
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