Rutgers holds Eastern Michigan to 4 first-half points in ludicrous display of basketball

Poor, poor Eastern Michigan. Just four days after Zion Williamson dunked them into oblivion, the Eagles ran into a brick wall on Monday and made some very unfortunate history in the process.

However, let’s just say Eastern Michigan’s opponent wasn’t quite Duke-level this time.

Eastern Michigan scores four points in first half vs. Rutgers

Facing a Rutgers team that has finished at the bottom of the Big Ten standings every year since it joined the conference in 2014, Eastern Michigan entered halftime with four points. Four.

During that first half, the Eagles shot 2-of-25 from the field, missed all seven of their free throws and committed 13 turnovers. They would later explode for 32 points in the second half on the way to a 63-36 loss.

That first-half total of four points tied an NCAA Division I record for fewest points in a half during the shot clock era, a record that Rutgers was very proud of.

It was an unimaginably bad game of basketball, and one that came against a Rutgers team that hasn’t exactly provided much evidence that they aren’t your father’s, or even your older brother’s, Rutgers team.

Not the first time Eastern Michigan’s seen a four-point half

Incredibly enough, this isn’t the first time Eastern Michigan has been involved in a four-point first half.

That record that Eastern Michigan tied on Monday was last reached on Jan. 26, 2013 in a similarly futile Northern Illinois effort … against Eastern Michigan. Just like Rutgers, the Eagles had some fun that day.

Rutgers basketball better look out, because, going off best available evidence, they’re next.

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