Men's Basketball Falls to Rutgers 75-69 at Home
12/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 3, 2005
Box Score
Moraga, CA (AP) - Quincy Douby had a career-high 36 points, including consecutive 3-pointers to break a second-half tie, to lead Rutgers to a 75-69 non-conference victory over the Saint Mary's men's basketball team in front of 2,134 fans on Saturday night from McKeon Pavilion. Douby, who also had a career-high 11 rebounds, iced the game with four free throws in the final 7.8 seconds after Saint Mary's cut Rutgers' lead to 71-69 on Daniel Kickert's 3-pointer.
After Kickert's free throw tied the game at 58 for Saint Mary's (1-2) with 5:56 to play, Douby hit a 3-pointer from the corner. Kickert missed a 3-point attempt, and Douby hit another 3-pointer to put the Scarlet Knights ahead 64-58.
On Saint Mary's next possession, Douby slapped the ball away from Rafael DaSilva, and Marquis Webb scored in transition. Douby completed Rutgers' nine-point run with a free throw.
Kickert had 29 points and eight rebounds for Saint Mary's, which out-rebounded Rutgers 35-31. Todd Golden had a career-high 15 points. Combined, Kickert and Golden made eight 3-pointers for the Gaels as Kickert was 4-for-6 and Golden was 4-of-8 from long range. For the game, SAINT MARY'S hit 10-of-21 3-points attempts.
Kickert finished the game 10-for-17 from the field and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds. The four threes for Golden, who played a career-high 36 minutes against the Scarlet Knights, marked a career best for the sophomore as did his game-high five assists.
Rutgers (5-1), which hit 58.3 percent in the first half on 14-of-24 shooting, fell behind early in the second half while hitting only one of its first 10 shots. But the Scarlet Knights finished the night hitting eight of its final 12 shots, winding up with 50 percent shooting (26-of-52).
Marquis Webb and freshman Anthony Farmer both had 16 points as Rutgers' three guards combined for 68 of the team's points. Farmer's 16 was also a career-high.
The win by Rutgers ended the Gaels' 14-game home winning streak against non-conference opponents. The last loss for SMC at home against a non-WCC opponent was an 84-83 overtime loss to USC on Dec. 6, 2003.
Saint Mary's will return to action on Saturday, December 10 when the Gaels travel to Tucson, AZ to battle the Arizona Wildcats. The game against the nationally ranked Wildcats will tip-off at 11 a.m. Pacific Time from the McCale Center.
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