Match summary — NCAA 2025-2026
RUTGERS lost to CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 54-67 on in the NCAA 2025-2026. CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE won by a 13-point margin. Darin Smith, Jr. led all scorers with 21 points. RUTGERS shot 36.2% from the field while CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE managed 39.3%. RUTGERS collected 34 rebounds and CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE grabbed 36. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
RUTGERS
54 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Jamichael Davis | 32:00 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| * Denis Stefan Badalau | 31:00 | 11 | 3/8 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| * Tariq Francis | 30:00 | 19 | 7/16 | 5/9 | 2/7 | 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| * Dylan Grant | 27:00 | 6 | 2/10 | 1/7 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| * Emmanuel Ogbole | 20:00 | 6 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Bryce Dortch | 14:00 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Chris Nwuli | 13:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Darren Buchanan | 09:00 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lino Mark | 09:00 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Baye Fall | 05:00 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harun Zrno | 04:00 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Kaden Powers | 04:00 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 |
| Team totals | 198:00 | 54 | 21/58 | 16/39 | 5/19 | 7/10 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 55 |
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE
67 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Darin Smith, Jr. | 34:00 | 21 | 7/15 | 4/7 | 3/8 | 4/4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| * James Jones | 32:00 | 4 | 1/5 | 0/4 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| * Jay Rodgers | 28:00 | 15 | 5/7 | 2/4 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| * Melo Sanchez | 24:00 | 6 | 2/8 | 0/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| * Max Frazier | 24:00 | 14 | 7/13 | 7/13 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Jakobe Williams | 20:00 | 4 | 1/6 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Jayden Mott | 13:00 | 1 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Ashley | 11:00 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gabe Spinelli | 11:00 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Elijah Parker | 03:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 67 | 24/61 | 15/40 | 9/21 | 10/14 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 82 |