No. 13 seeded Rutgers women’s basketball defeated No. 12 seed Penn State in resounding fashion 75-50 in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday in Indianapolis. The two teams split the home and home series in the regular season but the Scarlet Knights led for most of the rubber match to advance to the second round. They’ll face No. 5 seed Indiana on Thursday at approximately 2:00 p.m. ET.
Rutgers led the Big Ten for a third straight season in scoring defense, allowing just 60.1 points per game. They held the Nittany Lions to just 24% shooting from the floor including just 4 of 23 from three-point range for 17%.