EVANSTON, Ill. – It was Déjà vu in Evanston, Illinois for Cam Spencer and the Rutgers men’s basketball team.
On RU’s second-to-last possession trailing by 2 points, the junior shooting guard received a pass from senior point guard Paul Mulcahy and let a three-pointer fly.
Just like last Monday, at Mackey Arena to beat No. 1 Purdue, Spencer drilled the shot to give the Scarlet Knights a one-point lead. On the final possession RU’s defense stood strong to seal the victory.
Spencer knocked down both free throws at the line on RU’s final possession to seal the victory over Northwestern 65-62 at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
“Give a lot of credit to Northwestern, that’s a great team,” head coach Steve Pikiell said. “We knew this would be a grind. We made some big plays down the stretch. Cam teed it up, and then to have him on the line there, he’s a great free throw shooter. He’s a worker, he’s in the gym. He does a lot of things for us. Everyone has to chip in, it’s a team game. I’m really happy with the team tonight. Great college basketball game. We had enough in the tank on the road to get a well-earned win against a really good basketball team.”
Spencer gave credit to his teammate Mulcahy when describing the big-time basket.
“All credit to Paul,” Spencer said. “They helped a bit too much on Cliff, he was able to find me, and I just shot it with confidence.
“I’ve been trusting the work I put in and staying poised in the big moments.”
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Spencer dropped a game-high 23 points and had a career-high six three-pointers in the victory. Rutgers opened hot, making seven of its first 11 shots to jump out to a 19-11 lead. Cam Spencer had a quick nine points for RU, running the visitors early lead to double digits at 27-17. At halftime, RU led 29-24 behind a defensive effort that held NU to 33% from the field and just 3-of-12 from long-range, while making 57% from three and 40% themselves.
In the second half, Northwestern got the deficit down to two, but Cam Spencer answered with a pair of three-pointers to push the lead back up to eight. A three-pointer from Paul Mulcahy made the score 47-39 with nine minutes to play.
A sudden spurt for the home team resulting in a 10-0 Northwestern run, which…
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