Saturday, November 15, 2008

Guest Post: Ray Floriani on Rutgers - Marist Game

Ray Floriani dropped me a note this morning about the Rutgers-Marist game at the RAC last night. He wrote a few observations about the team and the game:

PISCATAWAY, NJ - Rutgers survived a scare against Marist on Friday evening. The Scarlet Knights held on for a 63-61 victory. On the positive side , Rutgers made the plays in the stretch to win. Both clubs were turnover prone with more TO than field goals the first half. By the numbers:

 1st Half
 TOsFGsTO%
Marist9825%
Rutgers10927%


After intermission the miscues decreased as the final games stats showed Marist with a 17% TO rate and Rutgers at 19%.

The Final totals game were

 PossEfficiency
Marist71.685
Rutgers68.792


The Scarlet Knights were effective on defense as they tied the school record with 16 blocks. Hamady Ndaye led with 8 while freshman Greg Echenique was impressive with 6 (and 15 boards). Another frosh Mike Rosario led all scorers with 17 points. A natural scorer, Rosario played very well in the scheme of the Rutgers offense.

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