Rutgers crushed Minnesota at Jersey Mike's Arena on Wednesday night.
Rutgers is now tied with Illinois for second place in the league, a position it will stay in until its all-important meeting with Michigan State at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. The Scarlet Knights can build a two-game lead on Tom Izzo’s team with a win, creating separation from one of its main competitors for a top-four finish.
The Scarlet Knights played with urgency from the opening tip, with point guard Paul Mulcahy finding center Cliff Omoruyi within four seconds for an alley-oop dunk. Rutgers went back to its center twice on the next three possessions, and he returned the favor by hitting two lay-ups and a free throw. Then Omoruyi picked up his second foul and Rutgers struggled to score without him. It missed five of its next seven shots and turned the ball over three times in the span of four minutes, allowing the Golden Gophers to chip away with a 13-4 run that cut their deficit to two points with six minutes left in the first half.
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