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PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers is seven seasons and three coaches removed from their last 3-0 start.But dont expect first-year coach Steve Pikiell to pay it any mind.Were 2-0 and well start preparing on Tuesday for DePaul, Pikiell said. We go one game at a time. I dont care about that stuff.Nigel Johnson came off the bench to score 15 points and Deshawn Freeman added 13 more while grabbing 10 rebounds to lead Rutgers past Drexel 87-66 on Sunday.Bench production is a lot of the reason how you can either win or how you can either lose, Johnson said. Usually the team that has the better bench is going to come out on top.Jonathan Laurent also had 15 points for Rutgers (2-0), C.J. Gettys had 13 with nine rebounds and Candido Sa had 11 points.Rodney Williams led Drexel (0-2) with 24 points.The only lead for Drexel was 5-4 with 18:48 left in the first half when Kurk Lee made a 3-pointer assisted by Miles Overton. Gettys answered for Rutgers with a layup on the next possession.After a Kari Jonsson 3-pointer assisted by Miles Overton to pull Drexel within two with 4:24 left before the break, Rutgers went on a 13-0 run to close the half. Johnson lead the way with five points to give Rutgers a 41-28 lead.Eventually during the course of a game when your offense isnt where you need it to be, if the other time is not scoring, youre in great shape and they did a great job closing out that half, Pikiell said.Rutgers took its largest lead of the game with 1:08 to play, when Corey Sanders hit a pair of free throws to make it 85-60.It is a process and every game is a learning moment. I told the guys that we need to be immune to the result, win or lose. Thats what consistent teams do. You cant get too high or too low, Drexel coach Zach Spiker said. But we certainly go back to campus with a clear plan of what we need to do to improve.Earlier, the Scarlet Knights opened the second half by stretching the lead to 18 when Deshawn Freeman got a three-point play after being fouled by Sammy Mojica on the layup, making it 44-26 with 19:34.Drexel pulled to within 13 after Rodney Williams hit a layup to make it 58-45 with 10:39 to go.BIG PICTURERutgers: Among the Scarlet Knights many struggles last year that resulted in a 7-25 campaign, 1-17 conference record and the firing of coach Eddie Jordan, was a short bench. Rutgers displayed that they have much more help off the bench this year. After playing nine players off the bench in the season opening 86-57 win against D-II Molloy, Pikiell played a steady 10-man rotation.Drexel: The Dragons appear to have found an impactful freshman guard in Lee. After 17 points, five rebounds and three assists in his collegiate debut, Lee had 14 points, six assists and two steals.SHOOTING STRUGGLESAfter shooting just 31.7 percent on 20-of-63 in a season-opening loss at Monmouth, Drexel improved their shooting against Rutgers. Slightly. The Dragons shot 38.2 percent from the line on 26-of-68 shooting.CLEANING THE GLASSRutgers dominated Drexel on the glass, outrebounding Drexel 56-29.I like those. Those are great numbers, Pikiell said, adding, Were emphasizing that and we got some big guys and they kind of went at it.UP NEXTRutgers will look to go 3-0 for the first time since 2008-2009 when they travel to DePaul on Thursday.Drexel will try to get its first win of the season when they host Hartford on Friday. China Custom Jerseys Store . - Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie never doubted he would bring back coach Dennis Allen for a third year despite back-to-back 4-12 records. Fake Custom Jerseys Online . 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Considering that his team has been without star guard Russell Westbrook and with the free agent departure of sharpshooter Kevin Martin, hes had to carry the majority of the load to not only keep his team afloat but more importantly, at an elite level. In targeting a clean-sweep over Australia, Faf du Plessis has promised South Africa will assert themselves with more than just bat and ball in Cape Town on Wednesday. South Africas stand-in captain wants to see his boys also win the body-language battle ahead of the three-Test series in Australia starting November 3.As a captain, its important the intensity we play at. That does not always mean verbally, its body language and the way you carry yourself on the field, du Plessis said. When there is a battle that asks for another battle to come their way, that will happen. We are a team that will stand up against that. If thats required of us as a team, we will also go into that space, but its a very focused and channeled aggression; more of a body language thing. The only real needle in the ODIs so far came in Port Elizabeth when Matthew Wade and Tabraiz Shamsi had a verbal exchange that earned both of them a a 25% fine of match fee along with one demerit point. Talk became action when Wade took a single and made no effort to avoid running into Shamsi, who protested.Du Plessis took it up with the umpires but was proud of how Shamsi stood up. Its just showing the opposition you are here to play, no matter how many games you have played, du Plessis said. Shamsi has only played three ODIs but he showed he is there to compete, no matter who is on the other side. It was good to see we can also step it up in that department.In the other departments, South Africa have exceeded expectation by dominating against the top-ranked ODI side, which is without their first-choice pace pack. However, du Plessis chose not to dwell on that, instead emphasising on how South Africa have out-batted Australia.I am really impressed with the style of cricket weve played, he said. The first game set the tone for us where Quinton played one of the best oone-day knocks you will see and then out-batting has been a level above what weve seen in the past.dddddddddddd If you compare that to their batting, which is just as strong possibly on paper, maybe even stronger but they havent matched up with our batters at all. We havent allowed them to compete at times and even when they looked like they were going to compete, we stuck in and waited for the opportunity.The third game in Durban was where Australia threatened their biggest comeback. Their only centuries came in that match as they piled on 371 for 6 before reducing South Africa to 217 for 5. Yet, South Africa found a way, which du Plessis was proud of.In Durban, they were all over us and nine times out of ten, you should lose games like that. It took something magnificent for us to win and its happening more regularly in this team that guys are doing amazing things, he said. The style of cricket we have played has been a new level, hopefully thats something we can drive forward. We need to make sure we keep playing like that because thats the style I would like us to play.South Africa started the season with a culture camp that addressed their dramatic slide from No. 1 to No. 6 in the Test rankings last summer and their early exit from the World T20. They decided on what theyve termed a different direction, which is not about individuals but the collective, aiming to go where no other South African team have been.We want to reach higher levels and achieve greater things than anyone else. From that perspective 5-0 is very important, du Plessis said. The fact that the Test series comes straight after this and 60% to 70% of both teams players are the same, the motivation of 5-0 will mean a lot to me. ' ' '