Rutgers 74-62 Penn State (Mar 8, 2026) Final Score

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Penn State Nittany LionsPSU

62–74

Final

Rutgers Scarlet KnightsRUTG

Team Season Averages

Penn State Nittany LionsLeads 3 of 4

Rutgers Scarlet KnightsLeads 1 of 4

Offense

46.9%Field goal percentage41.7%

Defense

78.5Points allowed per game75.3

3-Point

32.7%Three-point percentage32.4%
75.5%Free throw percentage73.7%

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

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (RUTG)	Total	PSU ML	RUTG ML
DDraftKings	-4.5	150.5	+170	-205
FFanDuel	-4.5	150.5	+176	-215
BBetMGM	-4.5	150.5	+170	-210
CCaesars	-4.5	150	+170	-205
BBetRivers	-5.5	150.5	+175	-220
FFanatics	-5	150.5	+175	-210
KKalshi	-4.5	150.5	+190	-199
PPolymarket	-4.5	150.5	+199	-199

Game Information

Venue to be announced

Stadium

Mar 8, 2026

12:00 PM EDT

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Rankings

Team	Overall	Offense	Defense	Rebound	3-Point
PSU	131st	209th	123rd	328th	231st
RUTG	134th	263rd	85th	269th	240th

Matchup

PSURUTG

30Games played30
3Rest days2

Scores

Team	H1	H2	T
PSU	21	41	62
RUTG	43	31	74

Team Stats

PSUStatRUTG

62Points74
23-56 (41.1%)FG27-62 (43.5%)
3-22 (13.6%)3PT6-19 (31.6%)
13-22 (59.1%)FT14-17 (82.4%)
35Rebounds35
11Assists16
6Steals5
5Blocks4
9Turnovers6

Player Stats

PSU

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ivan JuricF	29	16	7	1	0	0	2	5/10	0/2	6/10	—
Freddie Dilione VG	27	16	7	0	1	0	1	6/12	0/3	4/6	—
Kayden MingoG	38	13	7	4	2	1	4	6/10	1/3	0/0	—
Josh ReedF	35	10	7	1	1	0	0	3/11	2/5	2/2	—
Dominick StewartG	33	4	2	5	2	2	0	2/7	0/4	0/0	—
Mason BlackwoodF	19	3	3	0	0	1	1	1/3	0/2	1/2	—
Eli RiceG	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0/3	0/3	0/2	—
Melih TuncaG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Saša CianiF	1	0	0	0	0	0	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	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Reggie GrodinG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

RUTG

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tariq FrancisG	31	18	2	2	2	0	1	5/11	3/5	5/6	—
Lino MarkG	32	16	4	2	1	0	1	7/14	1/3	1/2	—
Jamichael DavisG	25	11	4	4	0	0	1	3/8	1/2	4/4	—
Darren Buchanan Jr.G	31	8	12	2	1	1	1	4/7	0/1	0/0	—
Chris NwuliF	18	7	2	1	0	0	0	3/4	0/1	1/1	—
Dylan GrantF	27	6	4	2	1	1	1	2/5	0/2	2/2	—
Emmanuel OgboleC	16	5	4	0	0	2	0	2/6	0/0	1/2	—
Kaden PowersG	16	3	3	3	0	0	1	1/5	1/3	0/0	—
Baye FallC	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Harun ZrnoG	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/2	0/2	0/0	—
Max FradkinG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Bryce DortchF	0:00	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	—

Scoring Summary

88 events · 78 scoring

1st Half

19:53RUTG
Dylan Grant makes free throw 1 of 2
0-1
19:53RUTG
Dylan Grant makes free throw 2 of 2
0-2
19:13RUTG
Dylan Grant makes layup (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
0-4
18:43PSU
Dominick Stewart makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot
2-4
17:58RUTG
Lino Mark makes driving layup
2-6
17:42PSU
Ivan Juric makes layup (Dominick Stewart assists)
4-6
16:48PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes driving layup
6-6
16:12RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 15-foot floating jump shot (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
6-8
15:41PSU
Ivan Juric makes layup (Dominick Stewart assists)
8-8
15:14PSU
Kayden Mingo makes driving layup (Dominick Stewart assists)
10-8
14:05RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
10-11
11:56RUTG
Kaden Powers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lino Mark assists)
10-14
11:24RUTG
Emmanuel Ogbole makes layup (Chris Nwuli assists)
10-16
10:50RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes driving layup
10-18
10:29RUTG
Lino Mark makes driving layup (Jamichael Davis assists)
10-20
10:08PSU
Kayden Mingo makes driving layup
12-20
9:45RUTG
Lino Mark makes free throw 1 of 2
12-21
9:04PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes 17-foot jumper
14-21
8:43RUTG
Jamichael Davis makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
14-24
8:13RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Jamichael Davis assists)
14-26
7:38RUTG
Jamichael Davis makes driving layup
14-28
7:13RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 7-foot dunk (Tariq Francis assists)
14-30
5:01RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup
14-32
4:03RUTG
Dylan Grant makes 4-foot dunk (Tariq Francis assists)
14-34
3:27RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot (Kaden Powers assists)
14-36
2:42RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
14-37
2:29PSU
Josh Reed makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kayden Mingo assists)
17-37
2:08RUTG
Lino Mark makes driving layup
17-39
1:29PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes driving layup
19-39
1:20PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
21-39
0:43RUTG
Lino Mark makes driving layup (Kaden Powers assists)
21-41
0:01RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
21-42
0:01RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
21-43

2nd Half

19:50PSU
Ivan Juric makes layup (Josh Reed assists)
23-43
19:21RUTG
Lino Mark makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dylan Grant assists)
23-46
18:33RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Dylan Grant assists)
23-49
18:07PSU
Dominick Stewart makes layup (Kayden Mingo assists)
25-49
16:58PSU
Kayden Mingo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dominick Stewart assists)
28-49
16:06PSU
team makes 3-foot shot
30-49
15:56RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup
30-51
15:33PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes layup (Dominick Stewart assists)
32-51
16:06PSU
Kayden Mingo makes layup
30-49
14:44PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes layup
34-51
13:47RUTG
Emmanuel Ogbole makes free throw 2 of 2
34-52
13:00RUTG
Lino Mark makes driving layup (Kaden Powers assists)
34-54
12:26PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes free throw 1 of 2
35-54
12:26PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes free throw 2 of 2
36-54
11:04PSU
Josh Reed makes layup (Kayden Mingo assists)
38-54
10:32RUTG
Lino Mark makes layup
38-56
9:36RUTG
Emmanuel Ogbole makes 5-foot dunk (Lino Mark assists)
38-58
9:12PSU
Josh Reed makes 24-foot three point jumper
41-58
8:42PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes free throw 1 of 2
42-58
8:42PSU
Freddie Dilione V makes free throw 2 of 2
43-58
8:35RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes layup (Jamichael Davis assists)
43-60
8:35RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes free throw 1 of 1
43-61
8:08RUTG
Jamichael Davis makes 13-foot floating jump shot
43-63
7:52PSU
Josh Reed makes free throw 1 of 2
44-63
7:52PSU
Josh Reed makes free throw 2 of 2
45-63
6:59PSU
Mason Blackwood makes driving layup (Ivan Juric assists)
47-63
6:36RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
47-65
6:20PSU
Kayden Mingo makes driving layup
49-65
5:39PSU
Ivan Juric makes 22-foot jumper (Kayden Mingo assists)
51-65
5:13RUTG
Jamichael Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
51-66
5:13RUTG
Jamichael Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
51-67
4:15PSU
Ivan Juric makes free throw 1 of 2
52-67
3:29PSU
Ivan Juric makes free throw 1 of 2
53-67
3:29PSU
Ivan Juric makes free throw 2 of 2
54-67
3:06PSU
Ivan Juric makes free throw 2 of 2
55-67
2:48RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
55-68
2:48RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
55-69
2:23PSU
Ivan Juric makes layup
57-69
1:46RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
57-72
1:25PSU
Mason Blackwood misses 23-foot three point jumper
57-72
1:21PSU
Ivan Juric Offensive Rebound.
57-72
1:21RUTG
Foul on Tariq Francis.
57-72
1:21PSU
Ivan Juric makes free throw 1 of 2
58-72
1:21PSU
Ivan Juric makes free throw 2 of 2
59-72
1:02PSU
Foul on Dominick Stewart.
59-72
1:02RUTG
Jamichael Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
59-73
1:01RUTG
Jamichael Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
59-74
0:51RUTG
Foul on Jamichael Davis.
59-74
0:51PSU
Mason Blackwood misses free throw 1 of 2
59-74
0:51PSU
Penn State Deadball Team Rebound.
59-74
0:51PSU
Mason Blackwood makes free throw 2 of 2
60-74
0:24RUTG
Tariq Francis misses 12-foot jumper
60-74
0:20PSU
Josh Reed Defensive Rebound.
60-74
0:15PSU
Kayden Mingo makes driving layup
62-74
0:00
End of 2nd half
62-74

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