National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
DePaul 69, Rutgers 64
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Where: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
Officials: # Pat Driscoll, # Tony Greene, # Gene Steratore
Attendance: 4662
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Freshman Jamee Crocket collected 20 points and seven rebounds off the bench to lead DePaul to its first Big East road win, 69-64, over Rutgers on Wednesday.

Cleveland Melvin added 16 points and seven boards, and Brandon Young chipped in nine points and seven assists for the Blue Demons (11-9, 2-6 Big East), who doubled their conference win total from the 2010-11 season.

The Scarlet Knights looked to be in control when Derrick Randall converted a layup to give them a 50-39 lead with 10:21 to play.

But Crockett came right down and buried a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession and Rutgers managed only two points over the next five minutes as DePaul crawled back into the game.

Back-to-back 3-pointers from Crockett gave the Blue Demons their first lead of the second half, 55-54, with 4:51 left. It went back and forth for the next two minutes, with Rutgers knotting it at 62-62 with 2:11 left.

Melvin took it from there, scoring the next four points as DePaul pulled away.

Myles Mack collected 22 points and five rebounds for the Scarlet Knights (11-10, 3-5), who have dropped three of the last four.

Top Game Performances
 
DePaul   Rutgers
Jamee Crockett 20 Scoring Myles Mack 22
Jeremiah Kelly 7 Assists Eli Carter 4
Jamee Crockett 7 Rebounds Gilvydas Biruta 7
Jamee Crockett 3 Free Throws Made Gilvydas Biruta 3
Jeremiah Kelly 2 Steals Eli Carter 3
Jamee Crockett 1 Blocks Dane Miller 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
DePaul 69 46.2 9-19 12-14 19 30 4 5 15
Rutgers 64 43.1 6-16 8-15 17 29 8 9 14