Canes Fall To Rutgers In Overtime
Feb 4, 2004
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP)– Ricky Shields scored 19 points and hit the decisivefree throws with 15 seconds left as Rutgers defeated Miami 72-70 on Wednesdaynight.
Rutgers (13-6, 5-4 Big East) won its fourth straight game while sendingMiami (13-9, 3-5) to its fourth straight loss and its second straight inovertime. The Hurricanes are 0-3 in overtime this year while Rutgers is 2-0.
Rutgers’ Quincy Douby forced overtime with a left-wing jumper with 9.5seconds left, tying it at 59-59.
With the score tied at 61 in overtime, Douby hit a 3-pointer with one secondon the shot clock to give Rutgers a lead it would not relinquish.
Douby added two foul shots and Marquis Webb made one of two free throws togive Rutgers a 67-61 lead.
Miami cut it to 69-67 with 16.5 seconds left and then fouled Shields on theinbounds with 15.0 remaining; Shields made both free throws. After Darius Ricemissed a 3-pointer, Miami kept possession and after a time-out, Guillermo Diazhit a three to make it 71-70 with 1.4 seconds left.
Miami could not get a clean inbounds pass, giving Rutgers its 10th win in 11home games and the first-four game Big East winning streak in school history.
