Rutgers women’s basketball finished the regular season with a 66-56 road victory over Illinois (6-19; 1-13) on Sunday. After trailing by 7 points with 5:41 remaining in the third quarter, the Scarlet Knights finished the game on a 37-20 run. It was their third win in the last five games and helped the program avoid a last place finish in the Big Ten standings. RU finished the regular season with a 10-19 record and went 3-14 in conference play, while improving to 9-1 all-time against the Illini.
As a team, Rutgers shot 47.9% from the floor, 5 of 12 (41.