The Rutgers men’s basketball team opened Big Ten play in Minneapolis Sunday against No. 12 Minnesota. The Scarlet Knights hung tough for most of the game behind the kind of gritty performance fans have become used to under Steve Pikiell, but ultimately were unable to keep up with the Gophers’ length and athleticism in an 89-67 loss.
“Credit to Minnesota, well-coached, talented, but we got to get some shots to fall,” Pikiell told WCTC’s Chris Carlin in a postgame radio interview. “I thought we had some decent looks. We lost our poise a few times, you saw our youth.