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Late Rally Leads Rutgers to 66-64 Upset Over Ohio State in Piscataway

A 10-0 Rutgers run in the final three minutes doomed Ohio State on the road Wednesday night.

The Rutgers Athletic Center claimed another ranked Big Ten victim in upset fashion as Ohio State fell to Rutgers in its fourth conference road loss of the season.The 16th-ranked Buckeyes have now lost two of their past three games as the Scarlet Knights beat Ohio State for the first time in more than three years, topping the scarlet and gray, 66-64, in a back-and-forth battle just four days after a blowout win over Michigan State.

Ohio State looked like it was on the verge of taking control late, leading by eight points with 3:48 to play, but Geo Baker and company came roaring back to tie things up 64-all with 1:02 to play in the final frame.