Northwestern Wildcats vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights Match Player Stats On Feb 13, 2021

Jacob Young scored 15 points, Ron Harper Jr. added 14 and No. 25 Rutgers clamped down defensively in a 64-50 victory over skidding Northwestern on Saturday in Piscataway, N.J.

The Scarlet Knights (12-7, 8-7 Big Ten) won for the fifth time in six games and beat Northwestern for the second time in that stretch. They bounced back from a 13-point loss at No. 15 Iowa by rallying from an early 10-point deficit and allowing their second-fewest points this season.

Young shot 6 of 16 from the floor while Harper finished at 5 of 12 as the Scarlet Knights shot 51.3 percent (19 of 37) inside the 3-point arc and 41.1 percent overall.

Myles Johnson posted his sixth double-double of the season with 12 points and 14 rebounds and helped Rutgers to a 30-22 margin in the paint. Caleb McConnell added 10 points and seven rebounds for the Scarlet Knights.

Northwestern (6-12, 3-11) lost its 11th straight and scored its fewest points of the season, three days after a double-overtime loss at Indiana.

Anthony Gaines and Chase Audige led the Wildcats with 11 points apiece but were a combined 8 of 21 from the floor as Northwestern shot 32.7 percent. The rest of Northwestern's starters (Miller Kopp, Ryan Young and Pete Nance) combined for 23 points on 8 of 28 shooting.

Northwestern sped out to a 14-4 lead on a jumper by Nance, but Rutgers used a 14-2 run to take its first lead on a basket by Young nearly nine minutes later. Rutgers scored the final 10 points of the half and held a 37-27 lead at intermission after Johnson converted a three-point play with 43 seconds remaining.

Northwestern went nearly nine minutes without a field goal until a basket by Young with about 14 1/2 minutes remaining. It got within 41-38 on a layup by Nance with 13:04 left.

Geo Baker ended an eight-minute scoring drought for Rutgers with a short jumper at the 10:49 mark that made it 43-38, and a little over two minutes later, McConnell's 3-pointer extended the lead to 48-40.

The lead stretched to 54-42 on a 3-pointer by Baker with 5:31 left, and following a basket by Audige that cut it to 56-49, Young sealed it on a dunk at the 2:38 mark after intercepting an Audige pass.

--Field Level Media