Can You Say: Slow Start?

The RU Men's Basketball team got off to a very slow and quiet start tonight against Temple at the RAC in Piscataway. Freshman Antywane Robinson's 5 three-pointers in the early going boosted the Owls to an 18-6 lead with nary a field goal scored by the Knights.

They got over it, however. The Knights closed the margin to just 3 points by half time and came out SMOKIN' after the break. The Knights quickly tied the game at 23-23. Then Anthony Farmer downed a 3-pointer to make it 26-24 and RU never looked back. The final score was 67-53.

Quincy Douby, virtually the only scorer for the Knights in the first half, finished the game with 27 points.

Freshman Anthony Farmer has become a strong floor leader at point guard. Farmer had 13 points in 33 minutes.

Marquis Webb had only 8 points before fouling out with only 3:02 left but he held Temple's All-American candidate Mardy Collins, averaging 17.3 points per game early in the season, to no baskets and only 5 points from the free throw line. (He didn't get his first field goal until there were only 1:19 left in the game.) Collins finished the game with just 10 points.

Temple had 12 turnovers matching the in their first three games of the season but had 12 in the game

RU is now 3-0 at the RAC (4-1 over all). Improvement upon last year's 7-8 record at the RAC was a big goal of Coach Gary Waters and the Knights can become very tough at the RAC--when they believe in themselves.
The RAC = The Second Noisiest Arena In College Basketball = Intimidation


Field Goal Shooting
RU 41%
Temple 28%

(Game Story and stats here.)

Next up is an away game against the Gaels of St. Mary's College in California on Saturday night.