MISSION STATEMENT
LaSalle (6-4) won its third straight and snapped a three-game winning streak for Rutgers (8-4).
The game went into overtime after Mike Sherrod's 3-point shot bounced out of the basket at the buzzer with the game tied at 65.
LaSalle won the game on a 6-0 run, getting two foul shots from Mike Cleaves, a slam by David Bell and two foul shots by Steven Smith.
LaSalle led 34-25 at the half, but Rutgers came back when Ricky Shields hit a 3-pointer to start Rutgers on a 19-11 run over the final 6:46. Shields had 13 of Rutgers' final 19 points.
Rutgers trailed 65-62 before Jerome Coleman made two foul shots with 1:11 left and Herve Lamizana made one foul shot with 24.1 left.
LaSalle called timeout with 11.4 seconds left. Rasheed Quadri took a pass from Mike Cleaves inside, but the shot was blocked and rebounded by Lamizana.
Rutgers called timeout with 2.8 seconds left and nearly won it on Sherrod's 3-point attempt.
Official Basketball Box Score
La Salle vs Rutgers
01/04/03 7:30 pm at Louis Brown Athletic Center
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VISITORS: La Salle 6-4
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
12 LARKAI, Dzaflo...... f 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 2 4 1 1 0 0 18
30 SMITH, Steven....... f 8-9 1-1 4-6 1 12 13 4 21 2 3 1 2 24
02 THOMAS, Jermaine.... g 1-3 1-3 1-2 0 1 1 5 4 2 4 0 1 29
03 FARMER, Jeff........ g 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 15
14 NEAL, Gary.......... g 12-20 5-10 4-4 2 4 6 3 33 3 1 0 1 40
05 QUADRI, Rasheed..... 1-6 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 3 2 2 3 0 2 26
10 CLEAVES, Mike....... 0-3 0-0 3-4 0 5 5 0 3 5 3 0 1 24
24 BELL, David......... 3-8 1-2 0-0 1 4 5 4 7 1 2 1 1 25
25 JEAN-BAPTISTE, Joel. 3-5 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 4 7 0 2 1 0 24
TEAM................ 1 2 3
Totals.............. 31-60 8-17 13-18 10 35 45 27 83 17 21 3 8 225
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-31 48.4% 2nd Half: 12-24 50.0% OT: 4-5 80.0% Game: 51.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% OT: 2-2 100 % Game: 47.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 5-10 50.0% OT: 8-8 100 % Game: 72.2% 2
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HOME TEAM: Rutgers 8-4
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 LAMIZANA, Herve..... f 2-9 0-3 7-8 4 5 9 3 11 5 2 6 1 41
02 SHIELDS, Ricky...... f 8-16 4-9 4-4 3 4 7 0 24 0 2 0 4 34
55 WRIGHT, Kareem...... c 3-5 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 4 7 0 1 0 0 12
03 SHERROD, Mike....... g 0-4 0-0 4-5 2 0 2 5 4 5 1 0 1 34
11 COLEMAN, Jerome..... g 5-20 3-9 3-4 2 2 4 3 16 1 4 0 2 40
05 DAVIS, Cortez....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
13 WIGGAN, Juel........ 0-5 0-1 3-4 2 2 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 12
21 MCCOY, Jason........ 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 11
32 AXANI, Sean......... 2-6 0-0 0-3 5 2 7 1 4 0 1 0 0 23
44 WOOTEN, Calvin...... 2-6 1-4 0-0 0 5 5 1 5 0 2 0 1 14
TEAM................ 3 2 5
Totals.............. 22-72 8-26 23-32 22 22 44 21 75 13 14 6 10 225
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-32 28.1% 2nd Half: 10-31 32.3% OT: 3-9 33.3% Game: 30.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-9 11.1% 2nd Half: 5-11 45.5% OT: 2-6 33.3% Game: 30.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd Half: 15-21 71.4% OT: 2-2 100 % Game: 71.9% 2
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Officials: Jim Burr, Tom Lopes, Reggie Greenwood
Technical fouls: La Salle-None. Rutgers-None.
Attendance: 6341
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total
La Salle...................... 34 31 18 - 83
Rutgers....................... 25 40 10 - 75
Points in the paint-LASALLE 38,RUTGERS 18. Points off turnovers-LASALLE 15,RUTGERS 20.
2nd chance points-LASALLE 8,RUTGERS 17. Fast break points-LASALLE 16,RUTGERS 4.
Bench points-LASALLE 19,RUTGERS 13. Score tied-3 times. Lead changes-1 time.
