Rutgers routs New Haven 81-54

Rutgers Scarlet Knights rolled past New Haven Chargers 81-54 on Friday at Jersey Mike’s Arena.

The first half made the difference: Rutgers outscored New Haven 39-23.

Rutgers shot 50% to 40% and won the boards 37-28.

For Rutgers, Tariq Francis (G): 14. For New Haven, Teshaun Steele (F): 15.

Rutgers improves to 1-0. New Haven falls to 0-2.

Attendance: 8,000.

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.