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Freshman stars Harper, Bailey help No. 24 Rutgers beat Monmouth 98-81
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Dylan Harper scored 20 points, fellow freshman Ace Bailey had 17 in his college debut and No. 24 Rutgers beat Monmouth 98-81 on Friday night. After missing the first two games of the season with what coach Steve Pikiell called a “basketball injury,”...
Harper scores 24 points as No. 24 Rutgers rallies to beat Saint Peter's 75-65
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Dylan Harper scored 24 points and hit a go-ahead layup with 3:49 to play to lead No. 24 Rutgers to a much-harder-than expected 75-65 victory over New Jersey foe Saint Peter's on Monday night. The Scarlet Knights (2-0) had to overcame a five-point halftime...
Highly touted freshman Ace Bailey misses No. 25 Rutgers' opener with undisclosed injury
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Highly touted freshman guard Ace Bailey missed the season opener for No. 25 Rutgers on Wednesday night after sustaining an undisclosed injury in practice two days earlier. Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell didn’t elaborate on the nature of Bailey’s injury...
College basketball's freshman class features Rutgers' dynamic duo of Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper
It's not that uncommon for blueblood programs to have two five-star prospects arrive on campus the same year. It rarely happens at schools that don't have that kind of tradition. And that's what makes No. 25 Rutgers one of the most intriguing stories of the season as the Scarlet...
Freshmen NBA prospects Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey lead new-look No. 25 Rutgers
Rutgers (15-17, 7-13 Big Ten) In less than a year, Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell has transformed a squad that finished with a losing record, lost four starters in the transfer portal and has three players returning into a preseason AP Top 25 team ranked No. 25. That's...
