MISSION STATEMENT
A 6-2 senior guard, Robertson scored 15 of his points after halftime, helping the Huskies methodically take control of the contest. Robertson's previous high was 22 points against Providence, set last season.
Robertson made all 13 of his free throws, where the Huskies went 25-of-26.
Ben Gordon - Robertson's backcourt mate - added 20 points for the Huskies (16-6, 7-4 East), who completed a 9-0 campaign at Hartford while pulling within one-half game of first-place Villanova in the East division.
Herve Lamizana netted 20 points to lead Rutgers (11-12, 3-8 West), which fell into a sixth-place tie with Georgetown in the West division. The Scarlet Knights must finish in the top six to qualify for the Big East tournament.
POSTGAME NOTES
WITH THE LOSS
With the loss, Rutgers falls to 11-12, 3-8 in the BIG EAST Conference.
LAMIZANA NOTCHES 20 POINTS FOR FIFTH TIME
With 20 points against Connecticut, junior forward Herve Lamizana recorded at
least 20 points for the fifth time in his career, all this season. It was just
two points shy of his career high of 22 points, which he recorded against Prairie
View A&M (12/30/02) and Boston College (2/8/02).
COLEMAN MOVES INTO TIE FOR 39TH ON RU ALL-TIME SCORING LIST, 16TH IN STEALS
With eight points against Connecticut, senior Jerome Coleman moved into a tie
for 39th place on the RU all-time scoring list, with 917 points (Anthony Duckett
1985-90). Next on the list is Alan Ammerman, with 928 points from 1959-1962.
With two steals, Coleman now has 108 in his career, which moved him into 16th
place all-time at RU.
HILL RECORDS CAREER HIGHS IN POINTS, REBOUNDS AND MINUTES
Freshman forward Adrian Hill tied his career high with eight points against
Connecticut. It was also a season high point total for Hill in BIG EAST games.
Hill previously scored eight points against Fordham on Dec. 11, 2002. Hill also
grabbed a career high seven rebounds and played a career high 19 minutes versus
Connecticut. His previous highs were four rebounds (Morris Brown, 12/23/02)
and 15 minutes (Morris Brown, 12/23/02).
SHERROD TIES SEASON HIGH WITH 10 POINTS
With 10 points against Connecticut, junior point guard Mike Sherrod tied his
season high for points in a game. He also tallied 10 points against West Virginia
on January 26 in Morgantown.
SHIELDS FROM THREE-POINT LAND
By hitting 2-of-4 three-point shots against Connecticut, Ricky Shields has now
converted 8 of his last 18 (.444) from behind the arc over the past four games.
For the season, Shields has made 49-of-125 (.392) from three-point range.
WOOTEN TIES CAREER HIGH WITH THREE STEALS
With three steals against Connecticut, freshman guard Calvin Wooten tied his
career high, which he also accomplished against Columbia (11/18/02) in the first
game of his career.
Official Basketball Box Score
RUTGERS vs CONNECTICUT
2/19/03 7:00 p.m. at Hartford Civic Center Hartford, CT
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VISITORS: RUTGERS (11-12, 3-8)
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 8-15 1-1 3-6 2 2 4 3 20 5 1 3 1 30
32 Axani, Sean......... c 3-6 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 4 6 0 2 0 1 20
02 Shields, Ricky...... g 2-5 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 6 2 1 0 1 24
03 Sherrod, Mike....... g 4-8 1-1 1-1 2 2 4 3 10 2 2 0 1 29
11 Coleman, Jerome..... g 2-9 0-5 4-5 0 4 4 3 8 2 1 0 2 27
04 Hill, Adrian........ 2-8 0-0 4-6 3 4 7 4 8 0 0 0 0 19
13 Wiggan, Juel........ 1-4 0-0 1-1 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 0 1 17
21 McCoy, Jason........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
44 Wooten, Calvin...... 2-7 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 5 1 2 0 3 19
55 Wright, Kareem...... 2-3 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 4 4 0 3 1 0 10
TEAM................ 4 4
Totals.............. 26-65 5-15 13-21 15 19 34 25 70 13 13 4 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-34 38.2% 2nd Half: 13-31 41.9% Game: 40.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-6 16.7% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 33.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-9 88.9% 2nd Half: 5-12 41.7% Game: 61.9% 3
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HOME TEAM: CONNECTICUT (16-6, 7-4)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
11 Armstrong, Hilton... f 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 9
33 Brown, Denham....... f 6-12 3-4 0-1 2 5 7 1 15 0 3 0 1 35
50 Okafor, Emeka....... c 4-10 0-0 7-7 2 8 10 3 15 0 1 6 2 28
04 Gordon, Ben......... g 7-13 4-7 2-2 0 3 3 2 20 4 3 0 0 31
32 Robertson, Tony..... g 5-10 1-1 13-13 1 2 3 2 24 2 5 0 2 35
23 White, Marcus....... 2-5 0-0 0-0 4 3 7 2 4 0 2 1 0 19
25 Hayes, Mike......... 1-2 0-0 1-1 1 3 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 12
30 Tooles, Shamon...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 13
31 Anderson, Rashad.... 2-9 0-1 2-2 3 1 4 4 6 3 1 0 0 18
TEAM................ 3 2 5 1
Totals.............. 27-64 8-13 25-26 19 29 48 18 87 9 16 8 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-39 35.9% 2nd Half: 13-25 52.0% Game: 42.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 61.5% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-8 100 % 2nd Half: 17-18 94.4% Game: 96.2% 0
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Officials: Mike Kitts, Bob Donato, Bernard Clinton
Technical fouls: RUTGERS-None. CONNECTICUT-None.
Attendance: 15499
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
RUTGERS....................... 35 35 - 70
CONNECTICUT................... 41 46 - 87
Points in the paint-RUTGERS 32,UCONN 28. Points off turnovers-RUTGERS 19,UCONN 14.
2nd chance points-RUTGERS 7,UCONN 13. Fast break points-RUTGERS 14,UCONN 15.
Bench points-RUTGERS 20,UCONN 13. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-3 times.
Last FG-RUTGERS 2nd-02:15, UCONN 2nd-00:01.
