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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Indiana 84, Rutgers 54
When: 5:15 PM ET, Sunday, February 22, 2015
Where: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
Officials: # D.J. Carstensen, # Robert Riley, # Paul Szelc
Attendance: 7402

Indiana 84, Rutgers 54: Yogi Ferrell had 17 points, six rebounds and six assists to lead the visiting Hoosiers past the Scarlet Knights in a Big Ten game.

James Blackmon Jr. added 17 points and seven rebounds for Indiana (19-9, 9-6 Big Ten), which beat Rutgers for the second time this season and registered its largest margin of victory over a Big Ten opponent since beating Purdue 97-60 in 2013. Hanner Mosquera-Perea chipped in a career-high 13 points and five rebounds, and Nick Zeisloft contributed 13 points off the bench for the Hoosiers.

Greg Lewis had a career-high 13 points, including 11 in the first half, and eight rebounds to lead Rutgers (10-18, 2-13), which extended its losing streak to 11 games. Myles Mack added all 10 of his points in the first half for the Scarlet Knights.

Indiana produced a 9-0 run to go up 23-16 with 7:44 left in the first half, and the Hoosiers extended their advantage to 40-30 at halftime. Blackmon led all scorers with 14 points in the first half and Mosquera-Perea, who had 11 points, was 3-of-3 from the field and 5-of-5 from the foul line before intermission.

The Hoosiers went on a 9-0 run to start the second half, and a 17-3 run going back to the 3:30 mark of the first half, to take a 49-30 lead and pull away. Indiana outrebounded Rutgers 45-32, led by Troy Williams' nine boards.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Indiana, which improved to 3-0 in the series against Rutgers, played on the Scarlet Knights’ campus for the first time as a member of the Big Ten. … Ferrell extended his Indiana-record 59-game streak of making at least one 3-pointer, the longest active streak in the nation. … Robert Johnson scored eight points and Williams added seven for the Hoosiers.
Top Game Performances
 
Indiana   Rutgers
James Blackmon Jr 17 Scoring Greg Lewis 13
Yogi Ferrell 6 Assists Myles Mack 4
Troy Williams 9 Rebounds Greg Lewis 8
Hanner Mosquera-Perea 7 Free Throws Made Greg Lewis 3
James Blackmon Jr 1 Steals Bishop Daniels 2
Jeremiah April 1 Blocks Shaquille Doorson 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Indiana 84 53.4 10-27 12-20 16 41 4 3 13
Rutgers 54 37.0 4-12 10-25 12 28 2 6 12