Rutgers sends No. 22 Illinois to 4th 連続した loss
Ron Harper Jr. 得点する／非難する／２０d 27 points and Rutgers pulled away in the second half for a 72-57 victory over No. 22 Illinois on Saturday in Piscataway, N.J., to remain unbeaten at home.
Rutgers (18-8, 9-6 Big Ten) 改善するd to 17-0 at home. It is the best home 記録，記録的な／記録する 国家的に, and the Scarlet Knights are the first Big Ten team to 勝利，勝つ its first 17 home games since Indiana in 2015-16.
The Scarlet Knights reached nine 会議／協議会 勝利，勝つs for the first time since going 9-9 as a member of the Big East 会議／協議会 in 1998-99. Rutgers also 選ぶd up a third 勝利，勝つ over a 階級d 対抗者 for the first time since 2001-02.
Harper 発射 11 of 14 -- making all five of his 3-point 試みる／企てるs -- and Rutgers 発射 49.1 パーセント.
Akwasi Yeboah and Geo パン職人 与える／捧げるd 12 points apiece for Rutgers, which outscored Illinois 38-25 in the second half.
The Fighting Illini (16-9, 8-6) dropped their season-high fourth straight game and likely will 落ちる out of the 最高の，を越す 25 投票 on Monday. They played without 主要な scorer Ayo Dosunmu, who 普通の／平均（する）s 15.8 points and 負傷させるd his 脚 when he slipped on a wet 位置／汚点／見つけ出す at the end of Tuesday's loss to Michigan 明言する／公表する.
Alan Griffin led Illinois with 14 points but 発射 3-of-11 while Kofi Cockburn 地位，任命するd a 二塁打-二塁打 (10 points, 10 回復するs). Andres Feliz also finished with 10 points, but he and Trent Frazier 連合させるd to shoot 6 of 22.
The Fighting Illini 発射 31.1 パーセント for the game -- 26.9 パーセント in the second half.
Harper 得点する／非難する／２０d 15 points in a 競争の激しい first half in which neither team led by more than five points. The Scarlet Knights took a 28-23 lead on a layup by Myles Johnson with 5:03 left and settled for a 34-32 halftime lead when Harper dunked with 1:10 remaining.
Rutgers took a 39-32 lead on Yeboah's 3-pointer 39 seconds into the second half, but Illinois 反対するd with a 10-4 spurt to get within 43-42 on a 3-pointer by Feliz with 15:19 left. Illinois 行方不明になるd its next eight 発射s, and Rutg ers ripped off an 11-0 run to take a 54-42 lead on a basket by Johnson with 8:49 remaining.
Griffin's 3-pointer ended Illinois' 干ばつ with 8:17 left, but the Illini were not able to get any closer than seven.
--Field Level マスコミ
