Tariq Francis scores 30 to rally Rutgers to 77-75 victory over Northwestern in OT

— Tariq Francis came off the bench to score 30 points, including seven in a row for Rutgers in overtime, and the Scarlet Knights rallied to beat Northwestern 77-75 on Sunday night.
Jan 11, 2026, 07:56 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--NU
100%
--RUTG

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Tre Singleton misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jamichael Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamichael Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jayden Reid makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 20-foot jumper
  • Nick Martinelli makes 15-foot jumper (Justin Mullins assists)
  • Bryce Dortch makes 3-foot dunk (Kaden Powers assists)
  • Nick Martinelli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Justin Mullins assists)
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 6-foot floating jump shot
  • Jayden Reid misses driving layup
  • Nick Martinelli makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jayden Reid assists)
  • Kaden Powers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 13-foot jumper
  • Tre Singleton misses layup
  • Tre Singleton makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tre Singleton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Harun Zrno misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jake West makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Clayton assists)
  • Tariq Francis misses 8-foot floating jump shot
  • Harun Zrno misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Martinelli makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Jake West assists)
  • Tariq Francis makes layup
  • Jake West misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jake West makes 26-foot three point jumper (Angelo Ciaravino assists)
  • Max Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 21-foot jumper
  • Max Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Arrinten Page makes layup (Angelo Ciaravino assists)
  • Kaden Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tariq Francis misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tariq Francis makes 18-foot jumper (Lino Mark assists)
  • Arrinten Page makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot (Angelo Ciaravino assists)
  • Lino Mark misses driving layup
  • Emmanuel Ogbole makes layup
  • Angelo Ciaravino misses driving layup
  • K.J. Windham misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Chris Nwuli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
  • Arrinten Page makes 18-foot jumper (K.J. Windham assists)
  • Tariq Francis misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Chris Nwuli makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Chris Nwuli makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jayden Reid misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses driving layup
  • Tre Singleton misses layup
  • Lino Mark makes driving layup
  • Jordan Clayton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dylan Grant misses 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Angelo Ciaravino makes 3-foot dunk (Jayden Reid assists)
  • Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tariq Francis misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes layup
  • Nick Martinelli misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Harun Zrno misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tariq Francis misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses layup
  • Chris Nwuli misses layup
  • Justin Mullins makes 2-foot dunk (Nick Martinelli assists)
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 3-foot dunk (Denis Badalau assists)
  • Nick Martinelli misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Denis Badalau misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Martinelli misses 7-foot hook shot
  • Harun Zrno misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Arrinten Page misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Arrinten Page misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jake West misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes 14-foot floating jump shot (Jake West assists)
  • Kaden Powers makes driving layup
  • Tre Singleton misses 9-foot jumper
  • Dylan Grant misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jake West misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jayden Reid misses driving layup
  • Harun Zrno misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Tre Singleton makes 7-foot hook shot (Jordan Clayton assists)
  • Kaden Powers makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Kaden Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kaden Powers makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jayden Reid misses driving layup
  • Jordan Clayton misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Martinelli makes layup
  • Jamichael Davis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kaden Powers assists)
  • Angelo Ciaravino misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Emmanuel Ogbole makes 1-foot dunk (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
  • Arrinten Page makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
  • Kaden Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Martinelli misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tariq Francis makes 13-foot jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
  • Angelo Ciaravino makes layup (Jake West assists)
  • Emmanuel Ogbole misses dunk
  • Nick Martinelli misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tariq Francis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tariq Francis misses 8-foot step back jumpshot
  • Arrinten Page makes 13-foot jumper
  • Harun Zrno misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nick Martinelli misses 12-foot jumper
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jake West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jayden Reid assists)
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Justin Mullins misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Justin Mullins misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Tariq Francis misses driving layup
  • Tariq Francis makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Kaden Powers assists)
  • Nick Martinelli makes layup (Jayden Reid assists)
  • Kaden Powers misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jake West misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Tariq Francis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
  • Arrinten Page misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tariq Francis misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Arrinten Page makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Arrinten Page makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup (Jamichael Davis assists)
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli misses 15-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Tariq Francis makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Nick Martinelli makes 11-foot jumper (Jayden Reid assists)
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses driving layup
  • Jayden Reid misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamichael Davis misses driving layup
  • Nick Martinelli misses 8-foot jumper
  • Tariq Francis misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamichael Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamichael Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jake West misses driving layup
  • Dylan Grant misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Dylan Grant makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jordan Clayton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jake West assists)
  • Jamichael Davis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
  • Jayden Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Tariq Francis makes driving layup
  • Nick Martinelli misses layup
  • Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes 17-foot jumper (Jayden Reid assists)
  • Tariq Francis misses 19-foot jumper
  • Tariq Francis misses 11-foot jumper
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jamichael Davis makes 21-foot jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
  • Arrinten Page misses 8-foot hook shot
  • Tariq Francis makes 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Nick Martinelli misses driving layup
  • Tariq Francis misses driving layup
  • Nick Martinelli misses 11-foot jumper
  • Tariq Francis makes driving layup
  • Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jayden Reid makes driving layup (Tre Singleton assists)
  • Jayden Reid misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Tre Singleton misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Tre Singleton makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tre Singleton misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Arrinten Page misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Arrinten Page misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Tariq Francis misses layup
  • Arrinten Page makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Arrinten Page makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Justin Mullins misses layup
  • Nick Martinelli misses 11-foot jumper
  • Nick Martinelli makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nick Martinelli misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Darren Buchanan Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jake West misses driving layup
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Northwestern WildcatsNUNU
(8-8)
(8-8, 0-5 Conf)
-4.5
-110
-4.5
-110
o144.5
-108
-198
Rutgers Scarlet KnightsRUTGRUTG
(9-8)
(9-8, 2-4 Conf)
u144.5
-115
+4.5
-110
u144.5
-112
+164
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