Rutgers 85-72 Penn State (Feb 18, 2026) Final Score

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Rutgers Scarlet KnightsRUTG

85–72

Final

Penn State Nittany LionsPSU

Team Season Averages

Rutgers Scarlet KnightsLeads 1 of 4

Penn State Nittany LionsLeads 3 of 4

Offense

41.0%Field goal percentage46.6%

Defense

75.3Points allowed per game78.5

3-Point

32.0%Three-point percentage32.6%
72.7%Free throw percentage75.2%

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (PSU)	Total	RUTG ML	PSU ML
DDraftKings	-4.5	148.5	+180	-218
FFanDuel	-4.5	148.5	+180	-220
BBetMGM	-4.5	148.5	+180	-220
CCaesars	-4.5	148.5	+185	-225
BBetRivers	-4.5	148.5	+175	-220
KKalshi	-4.5	149.5	+199	-208
PPolymarket	—	—	+199	-199

Scores

Team	H1	H2	T
RUTG	39	46	85
PSU	20	52	72

Team Stats

RUTGStatPSU

85Points72
30-53 (56.6%)FG26-47 (55.3%)
5-16 (31.3%)3PT3-17 (17.6%)
20-23 (87.0%)FT17-22 (77.3%)
23Rebounds22
16Assists12
10Steals7
1Blocks2
10Turnovers15

Player Stats

RUTG

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tariq FrancisG	33	22	3	7	2	0	3	7/12	1/3	7/8	—
Dylan GrantF	27	15	5	2	1	0	1	6/8	1/2	2/2	—
Harun ZrnoG	33	13	4	2	2	0	1	4/10	3/9	2/2	—
Lino MarkG	16	12	1	1	3	0	0	5/6	0/0	2/2	—
Darren Buchanan Jr.G	24	7	3	1	0	0	3	3/7	0/1	1/2	—
Chris NwuliF	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	5/6	—
Kaden PowersG	17	5	1	1	1	0	0	2/6	0/1	1/1	—
Jamichael DavisG	20	4	0	2	0	0	0	2/2	0/0	0/0	—
Emmanuel OgboleC	22	2	6	0	1	1	2	1/2	0/0	0/0	—
Baye FallC	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Max FradkinG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Bryce DortchF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Dorian JonesG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Gevonte WareC	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Denis BadalauF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

PSU

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh ReedF	32	22	6	1	0	0	2	7/10	1/1	7/7	—
Kayden MingoG	35	16	2	6	3	0	3	6/8	0/2	4/8	—
Freddie Dilione VG	30	11	3	2	1	0	3	5/10	1/3	0/0	—
Melih TuncaG	24	9	1	1	0	0	2	4/7	1/4	0/0	—
Ivan JuricF	28	8	3	0	1	1	3	4/5	0/1	0/1	—
Dominick StewartG	28	6	2	2	1	0	1	0/3	0/3	6/6	—
Eli RiceG	14	0	2	0	1	0	1	0/4	0/3	0/0	—
Saša CianiF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Chris LotitoF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Tibor MirticF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Justin HouserF	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Reggie GrodinG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Mason BlackwoodF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

Scoring Summary

103 events · 93 scoring

1st Half

19:54RUTG
Emmanuel Ogbole makes 3-foot dunk (Tariq Francis assists)
2-0
18:04RUTG
Harun Zrno makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dylan Grant assists)
5-0
17:22RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 19-foot jumper
7-0
16:41RUTG
Kaden Powers makes 20-foot jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
9-0
13:48RUTG
Jamichael Davis makes layup
11-0
13:28PSU
Kayden Mingo makes 17-foot jumper
11-2
13:02RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 3
12-2
13:02RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 3
13-2
12:22RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 12-foot jumper
15-2
12:22RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 1
16-2
11:17PSU
Ivan Juric makes 0-foot tip in layup
16-4
10:14RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
17-4
10:14RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
18-4
9:45PSU
Josh Reed makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot
18-6
9:12PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes layup (Kayden Mingo assists)
18-8
8:36PSU
Kayden Mingo makes layup
18-10
8:08RUTG
Dylan Grant makes 16-foot jumper (Harun Zrno assists)
20-10
6:58PSU
Josh Reed makes free throw 1 of 2
20-11
6:58PSU
Josh Reed makes free throw 2 of 2
20-12
6:36RUTG
Dylan Grant makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
23-12
5:57RUTG
Lino Mark makes layup
25-12
5:57RUTG
Lino Mark makes free throw 1 of 1
26-12
5:29PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes 8-foot jumper
26-14
5:13RUTG
Dylan Grant makes layup (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
28-14
4:45RUTG
Harun Zrno makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
31-14
4:08RUTG
Lino Mark makes layup
33-14
3:43PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes 12-foot jumper
33-16
2:49PSU
Ivan Juric makes layup (Freddie Dilione V assists)
33-18
2:28RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 18-foot jumper (Harun Zrno assists)
35-18
1:41RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 10-foot jumper
37-18
0:48PSU
Ivan Juric makes layup (Kayden Mingo assists)
37-20
0:17RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 19-foot jumper
39-20

2nd Half

19:48PSU
Ivan Juric makes layup (Josh Reed assists)
39-22
19:20RUTG
Dylan Grant makes 17-foot jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
41-22
18:54PSU
Josh Reed makes 13-foot jumper
41-24
18:31PSU
Kayden Mingo makes layup
41-26
18:16RUTG
Kaden Powers makes layup
43-26
18:16RUTG
Kaden Powers makes free throw 1 of 1
44-26
17:48RUTG
Dylan Grant makes layup (Tariq Francis assists)
46-26
17:25PSU
Josh Reed makes 9-foot jumper
46-28
17:25PSU
Josh Reed makes free throw 1 of 1
46-29
16:57PSU
Dominick Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
46-30
16:57PSU
Dominick Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
46-31
16:15RUTG
Harun Zrno makes free throw 1 of 2
47-31
16:15RUTG
Harun Zrno makes free throw 2 of 2
48-31
16:01RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 3-foot dunk (Kaden Powers assists)
50-31
14:44PSU
Melih Tunca makes layup (Kayden Mingo assists)
50-33
14:17PSU
Melih Tunca makes layup (Freddie Dilione V assists)
50-35
13:52RUTG
Harun Zrno makes layup (Dylan Grant assists)
52-35
13:29PSU
Josh Reed makes 0-foot tip in layup
52-37
12:49PSU
Melih Tunca makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kayden Mingo assists)
52-40
12:33RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes free throw 1 of 2
53-40
12:22PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes layup
53-42
12:09RUTG
Lino Mark makes layup
55-42
11:49RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes free throw 1 of 2
56-42
11:49RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes free throw 2 of 2
57-42
11:21PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes 24-foot three point jumper
57-45
10:57RUTG
Lino Mark makes layup (Jamichael Davis assists)
59-45
10:57RUTG
Lino Mark makes free throw 1 of 1
60-45
10:32RUTG
Lino Mark makes layup
62-45
9:46RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes free throw 1 of 2
63-45
9:46RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes free throw 2 of 2
64-45
9:21PSU
Josh Reed makes 3-foot jumper (Kayden Mingo assists)
64-47
9:11RUTG
Harun Zrno makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lino Mark assists)
67-47
8:58PSU
Kayden Mingo makes free throw 1 of 2
67-48
8:58PSU
Kayden Mingo makes free throw 2 of 2
67-49
8:55PSU
Josh Reed makes free throw 1 of 2
67-50
8:55PSU
Josh Reed makes free throw 2 of 2
67-51
7:25PSU
Kayden Mingo makes layup (Melih Tunca assists)
67-53
6:56PSU
Kayden Mingo makes layup
67-55
6:56PSU
Kayden Mingo makes free throw 1 of 1
67-56
6:35RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 3-foot jumper
69-56
6:24PSU
Kayden Mingo makes free throw 1 of 2
69-57
5:58RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
70-57
5:57PSU
Dominick Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
70-58
5:57PSU
Dominick Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
70-59
5:34RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
71-59
5:34RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
72-59
5:02PSU
Dominick Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2
72-60
5:02PSU
Dominick Stewart makes free throw 2 of 2
72-61
4:50RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup
74-61
4:29PSU
Josh Reed makes free throw 1 of 2
74-62
4:29PSU
Josh Reed makes free throw 2 of 2
74-63
3:58RUTG
Dylan Grant makes 0-foot tip in layup
76-63
3:42PSU
Josh Reed makes 17-foot jumper (Dominick Stewart assists)
76-65
2:54PSU
Josh Reed makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kayden Mingo assists)
76-68
2:32RUTG
Dylan Grant makes free throw 1 of 2
77-68
2:32RUTG
Dylan Grant makes free throw 2 of 2
78-68
2:20PSU
Josh Reed turnover
78-68
1:59RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 25-foot three point jumper
81-68
1:43PSU
Melih Tunca makes layup
81-70
1:43PSU
Penn State Timeout
81-70
1:24RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 13-foot jumper
83-70
1:15PSU
Kayden Mingo makes layup
83-72
1:15RUTG
Foul on Jamichael Davis.
83-72
1:15PSU
Kayden Mingo misses free throw 1 of 1
83-72
1:14RUTG
Dylan Grant Defensive Rebound.
83-72
0:48RUTG
Jamichael Davis makes layup (Tariq Francis assists)
85-72
0:42PSU
Melih Tunca misses 26-foot three point jumper
85-72
0:39RUTG
Harun Zrno Defensive Rebound.
85-72
0:12RUTG
team shot clock turnover
85-72
0:00
End of 2nd half
85-72
0:00
End of Game
85-72

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