Saturday’s loss to Iowa marked the return of leading scorer Ron Harper Jr. after he missed one game with a sprained ankle. It wasn’t a great performance, as the junior scored a season low 13 points on just 5 of 15 shooting and 0 of 3 from the foul line. He did add 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block, as well as played very good defense in the second half. Keep in mind Harper Jr. hadn’t practiced in more than a week before returning on Thursday.
The biggest positive is that he is back relatively quickly, as Rutgers could not afford to be without their top scorer for an extended period of time.