Rutgers basketball opened the 2023-24 season against in-state rival Princeton at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton.
Rutgers guard Noah Fernandes puts up a shot with Princeton forward Caden Pierce defending at CURE Insurance Arena on Nov. 6, 2023.dropped their season-opening meeting with Princeton on Monday, suffering a 68-61 loss at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton in what was thein a decade. The Tigers led for just under 30 minutes, including all but 23 seconds of the second half.
Rutgers struggled to score throughout the contest, especially at the rim and from the perimeter, going 4-of-14 on three-pointers. And while they did a decent job of containing Princeton on the other end, they were undone on the glass — Princeton had 14 second-chance points on 15 offensive rebounds — and behind the arc, where the Tigers shot 9-of-20 .
Four-star freshman wing Gavin Griffiths, the highest-ranked signee in program history, struggled in his debut, scoring 4 points on 2-of-4 shooting , grabbing a rebound and committing both a foul and a turnover in a team-low 13 minutes. Fellow wing Aundre Hyatt, who scored 4 points on the free throw line after going 0-of-5 from the floor, had a rough game, while Oskar Palmquist had one of his better games as a Scarlet Knight.
After calling a timeout, Pikiell would switch three players, sending out Davis, Palmquist and Woolfolk in place of Omoruyi, Griffiths and Simpson. The change of personnel changed the pace, with Rutgers going on a 14-4 run of its own. Omoruyi eventually returned to the floor and played alongside Woolfolk, a combination that led toBut despite holding Princeton to a 46.
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