Women’s Basketball Drops to 0-4 in Big 10 After Loss to Minnesota
MINNESOTA 62 – RUTGERS 49
Unable to slow down the shooting of Minnesota’s Jasmine Powell, Rutgers lost its second straight, 62-49 to Minnesota at Jersey Mike’s Arena to fall to 7-9 on the season. Rutgers is now 0-4 in Big 10 play.
Powell led the Golden Gophers with 19 points on 4-of-9 shooting from the floor, a perfect 2-for-2 from beyond the arc, and 9-for-11 from the charity stripe.
Rutgers found itself in a huge hole early, falling behind 7-0 thanks to a pair of three-pointers by Sara Scalia and Deja Winters in the opening two minutes of the first quarter.
While Rutgers fought back to cut the deficit to two-points, 17-15 after the first quarter, they couldn’t slow down Minnesota’s offense in the second quarter as the Gophers posted 21 points to take a 38-32 lead into the break. Minnesota would never trail.
Powell would contribute 11-points in the quarter for Minnesota, including nailing five consecutive free-throws to end the quarter before the break.
Shug Dickson had a huge night for Rutgers off the bench. She played 37-minutes, contributing 17-points on 7-of-13 shooting.
Who has a sweeter shot than Shug?#TheBlueprint /// #GoRU! pic.twitter.com/1a212SwKrO
— Rutgers W.Basketball (@RutgersWBB) January 7, 2022
Osh Brown also had a nice night for RU, adding 13 points of her own over 33-minutes of play. She even had a sweet step-back jumper at the end of the third quarter that cut the Rutgers deficit to seven.
Baseline dish from Awa sets up the Osh buzzer-beater.#TheBlueprint /// #GoRU! pic.twitter.com/RZMCW4TzJG
— Rutgers W.Basketball (@RutgersWBB) January 7, 2022
Rutgers will face off with Michigan on Sunday at 12 noon. Game can be seen on Fox Sports 1.
