PISCATAWAY — Danny Wolf scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Vladislav Goldin scored 14 points and Michigan won its second straight beating Rutgers 66-63 on Saturday.
Reserve Jamichael Davis scored 20 points for Rutgers, fellow back-up Tyson Acuff scored 14 and Ace Bailey was the only Scarlet Knight starter to reach double-digit scoring with 10 points.
Goldin’s layup with 4:42 before halftime gave Michigan a 22-21 lead and the Wolverines (16-5, 8-2 Big Ten) led the rest of the way. Sam Walters and Will Tschetter each followed with 3-pointers and Roddy Gayle Jr. made a pair of foul shots to extend the lead to 30-21. Michigan led 32-25 at halftime.
Acuff made a jump shot with 15:06 left to play to get Rutgers within 40-35. Five minutes later, PJ Hayes IV made a 3 to get the Scarlet Knights (11-11, 4-7) within 44-41. Zach Martini brought Rutgers within its closest deficit margin — 46-44 — of the second half with a 3-pointer with 7:53 left.
Michigan stretched the lead to 57-50 with a pair of Goldin foul shots. Davis made a 3 to get Rutgers within four before Goldin added a layup and the Wolverines held on from there.
Davis made a 3 as time expired for the game’s final margin.
TCNJ 73, Ramapo 67
EWING — Nick Koch scored 21 points and became the 26th player in program history to reach 1,000 career points as the Lions (15-5, 8-5) rallied past the Roadrunners (14-6, 8-5) for key NJAC victory.
Koch went over the milestone with an elbow jumper that spearheaded a 17-2 run that took TCNJ from a 36-29 deficit to a 46-38 lead with 12 minutes to go.
Matthew Okorie finished with 20 points, David Alexandre added 12 and Matthew Solomon finished with 10.
Women’s Basketball
Rider 65, Merrimack 63
NORTH ANDOVERS, Mass. — Emilee Tahata put in the game-winning layup with 3.8 seconds remaining and the Broncs (5-15, 3-8) held off a rally from the Warriors (8-12, 4-7) in the fourth quarter to get their second consecutive victory.
Tahata finished with 13 points on 6-of-10 from the field. Camryn Collins led Rider with 15 points and Gabby Turco added 12.
Princeton 60, Brown 47
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Fadima Tall netted a career-best 18 points and the Tigers (15-5, 6-1) pulled away from the Bears (10-10, 4-3) thanks to a 17-4 fourth quarter advantage.
TCNJ 76, Ramapo 43
EWING — Freshmen Brooke McFadden and Cassidy Brown notched 12 points apiece and the Lions (15-5, 11-2) cruised past the Roadrunners (2-18, 1-12).
Men’s Lacrosse
Rutgers 10, Lehigh 6
PISCATAWAY — Colin Kelly notched a hat trick, Shane Murphy had a pair of goals and the Scarlet Knights (1-0) defeated the Mountain Hawks (0-1) in their season opener.
