The Rutgers University wrestling team took care of business Sunday afternoon with a solid win over Wisconsin. Powerful Penn State awaits Friday night.
The No. 1 Penn State wrestling team visits Rutgers on Friday night for another top-25 Big Ten match. The unbeaten Nittany Lions bring a 64-match win streak to Piscataway, where the No. 25 Scarlet Knights await. The road trip is Penn State's last before a pair of big home matches next week at the Bryce Jordan Center.
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights take on the No. 8 Michigan State Spartans at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
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After a promising performance in its close 17-15 defeat to Ohio State last Sunday, the Rutgers wrestling team returned home to Jersey Mike’s Arena for a favorable bounce-back match against Wisconsin.
After passing arguably their biggest test of the season with an 80-78 win over Illinois at home last weekend, Michigan State will face Rutgers in New York City on Saturday. The game tips off at 1:30 PM and will be televised nationally on CBS.
Whatever you call it, Madison Square Garden hasn’t been very kind to Tom Izzo. The Michigan State coach has won better than 70 percent of his games in 30 seasons but is just 4-13 on the floor above Penn Station in the heart of New York amid a lot of marquee matchups.
Two marquee matchups headlined the week: Michigan State-Illinois (Jan. 19) and Purdue-Oregon (Jan. 18). The Spartans and Boilermakers’ respective victories firmly establish them as the Big Ten’s top two teams at this stage of the season.
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Wrestling two top-10 teams in three days is never easy, but as Rutgers wrestling head coach Scott Goodale often says, that's life in the Big Ten. The Scarlet Knights (10-3, 2-1) will go against college wrestling behemoth Penn State on Friday and a much-improved Illinois team on Sunday.
BOTTOM LINE: Wisconsin takes on Rutgers after John Blackwell scored 32 points in Wisconsin's 116-85 victory against the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Scarlet Knights have gone 7-0 in home games. Rutgers has ...