Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Big Ten Tournament · 2nd Round

YES!

Rutgers Scarlet Knights beat the Minnesota Golden Gophers

14-18 72 – 67

15-17

Final · Wed, Mar 11

Game Details

United Center (Chicago) · 16,122 fans · BTN

Highlights

Francis scores 29 points, leads Rutgers over Minnesota 72-67 at Big Ten Tournament

Tariq Francis scored 29 points to lead No. 14 seed Rutgers over 11th-seeded Minnesota 72-67 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.

Recap via ESPN

0:23 Cade Tyson rocks the rim with powerful slam

0:18 Cade Tyson buries 3-pointer against Rutgers Scarlet Knights

0:17 Cade Tyson impresses with nice shot

0:17 Isaac Asuma somehow gets the and-1 to fall

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	T
RUTG	29	43	72
MINN	31	36	67

Game Flow

RUTG MINN

H1H2

11-0Biggest Run7-0

11Largest Lead5

12 lead changes · tied 10 times

Win Probability · Rutgers Scarlet Knights

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Game Leaders

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Tariq Francis · 29Points
Darren Buchanan Jr. · 7Assists
Emmanuel Ogbole · 7Rebounds

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Cade Tyson · 24Points
Langston Reynolds · 8Assists
Langston Reynolds · 7Rebounds

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
Michigan	-
Nebraska	4
Michigan State	4
Illinois	4
Wisconsin	5
Purdue	6
UCLA	6
Ohio State	7
Iowa	9
Indiana	10
Minnesota	11
USC	12
Washington	12
Rutgers	13
Northwestern	14
Oregon	14
Maryland	15
Penn State	16

Team Stats

Rutgers Scarlet KnightsMinnesota Golden Gophers

Shooting

25-54, 46% Field Goals 25-48, 52%

10-23, 43% 3-Pointers 9-21, 43%

12-17, 71% Free Throws 8-12, 67%

Possessions

27 Rebounds 26

8 Offensive Rebounds 5

22 Assists 23

7 Steals 6

6 Blocks 4

10 Turnovers 15

11 Fouls 17

Scoring

22 Points in Paint 28

0 Fast Break Points 20

11 Largest Lead 5

Box Score

Rutgers Scarlet Knights ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
D. GrantF	6	3	2	25	3-6	0-1	0-0	1	2	2	1	2	2
E. OgboleC	10	7	0	28	5-6	0-0	0-2	2	1	3	3	4	1
L. MarkG	0	1	3	18	0-5	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
T. FrancisG	29	3	4	35	9-16	5-7	6-7	1	1	0	1	2	4
D. Buchanan Jr.G	6	5	7	24	3-6	0-0	0-2	0	0	0	0	5	3
Bench
D. BadalauF	0	2	0	11	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	1
B. DortchF	0	0	0	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
H. ZrnoG	8	1	0	21	2-5	2-5	2-2	1	2	0	0	1	0
K. PowersG	0	0	0	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0
J. DavisG	13	4	6	28	3-7	3-6	4-4	0	1	1	2	2	0
C. NwuliF	DNP: Did not play
G. WareC	DNP: Did not play
B. FallC	DNP: Did not play
M. FradkinG	DNP: Did not play
D. JonesG	DNP: Did not play
Team	72	27	22		25-54	10-23	12-17	10	7	6	8	19	11

Minnesota Golden Gophers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
G. GroveF	10	6	5	33	5-7	0-0	0-2	2	0	2	2	4	4
B. DurkinF	15	4	4	39	4-10	4-9	3-4	0	1	1	1	3	2
I. AsumaG	9	1	3	37	3-8	1-3	2-3	5	1	0	0	1	3
C. TysonG	24	4	1	40	9-13	3-7	3-3	3	0	0	0	4	3
L. ReynoldsG	6	7	8	38	3-8	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	6	3
Bench
K. ShinholsterG	3	1	2	13	1-2	1-2	0-0	3	4	1	0	1	2
N. TurnerF	DNP: Did not play
BJ OmotF	DNP: Did not play
R. VaiholaF	DNP: Did not play
J. Crocker-JohnsonF	DNP: Did not play
RJ SpencerG	DNP: Did not play
M. GizziG	DNP: Did not play
M. LorensonG	DNP: Did not play
C. Willis Jr.G	DNP: Did not play
C. StephensG	DNP: Did not play
Team	67	26	23		25-48	9-21	8-12	15	6	4	5	21	17

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