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It was a tough loss for Rutgers women’s basketball, who fought hard and kept things very close in a 73-59 home loss to No. 8 Maryland.
Rutgers was led with strong efforts from Shug Dickson (18 points) and Osh Brown (18 points, eight rebounds). The Scarlet Knights are now 4-6 (0-1 Big Ten) on the season.
The Scarlet Knights started the game strong, going 53.8 percent from the floor in the first quarter, then things cold down as Rutgers missed 11-of-14 shots
Interim head coach Timothy Eatman said “credit them for being one of the top 10 teams in the country, for finding a way to execute and doing the things they’re supposed to do to be a good basketball team.”
“Well we thought the three things we needed to do: play great transition defense, that was number one. When we made a run, they answered with the easy basket but overall, I thought we fought to get back in transition,” Eatman told reporters after the game.
“We held them probably 10-12 points below their season average, so that was our kids really tring to get back in transition.
“The second thing we needed to do was keep them off the offensive boards. They’re getting 56 baskets this season off offensive rebounds, 72 baskets in transition. We thought we needed to limit it. The thing that we didn’t do was the third thing. We thought we needed to keep them off the frow throw line.
The Terrapins were 20-of-27 from the free throw line.
Also a big issue for Rutgers was that Maryland created 19 turnovers in the game.
Eatman started his press conference by congratulating the women’s soccer team for making the final four of the NCAA Tournament.