Ace Bailey scored 24 points, fellow freshman Dylan Harper recorded Rutgers’ first triple-double since 1983, and the Scarlet Knights beat Columbia 91-64 on Monday night.
Harper grabbed his 10th rebound with 5:05 left in the second half and found Bailey for a layup at the other end for his 10th assist, the program’s first since star center Roy Hinson had 24 points and 10 rebounds. Achieved a triple double. 10 blocks against Rhode Island on March 2, 1983.
Harper finished with 16 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists for Rutgers (8-5), which lost 83-82 to Princeton. Harper also succeeded on 4 out of 7 3-point shots. Jamichael Davis and Lathan Sommerville each had 11 points.
Bailey scored 13 points in the first 12 minutes to help Rutgers build a 27-18 lead. The Scarlet Knights led 44-35 at the break and later took their largest lead of the game in the closing seconds when freshman Peter Noble hit a long 3-pointer on his first shot attempt of the season.
Rutgers’ Ace Bailey dropped 24 points to go along with Dylan Harper’s triple-double in a win over Columbia.
Columbia’s first offensive rebound of the game led to Kenny Noland’s 3-pointer to tie the game at 54-46 with 14:07 left. But Harper scored the next four points to start a 10-2 run and followed with a 3-pointer to make it 64-48. Rutgers led by double digits the rest of the way.
Geronimo Rubio de la Rosa had 17 points for Columbia (11-2). Noland scored 16 points and made four 3-pointers.
After completing the non-conference portion of its schedule, Rutgers returns to Big Ten action Thursday against Indiana. Columbia plays Cornell on Jan. 11 in the two teams’ Ivy League opener.
The Associated Press reported.
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