Rutgers women’s basketball trailed Penn State 51-43 soon after at the start of the fourth quarter after the Nittany Lions produced a 9-1 run on Sunday at Jersey Mike’s Arena. The Scarlet Knights responded with 28 points in the final frame, the most in any the season, to stun PSU 71-62 for their first Big Ten win of the season. Rutgers avenged a 52-48 road loss to Penn State (9-15; 3-11) back in December.
The game changed with RU behind 56-53 with four minutes to play. What came next was a 14-0 run that showed the fight of a team that has never quit despite the adversity they’ve faced this season.