Denis Badalau scored a game-high 19 points, all in the first half, and Tariq Francis finished with 12 to lead Rutgers to a 72-60 nonconference victory over Maine on Monday in Piscataway, N.J.

Dylan Grant added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Scarlet Knights (2-0), who scored 25 points off 18 Maine turnovers.

Isaac Bonilla made four 3-pointers and led the Black Bears (0-3) with 12 points. Bashir N'Galang added 11 points and TJ Biel had 10 for Maine, which never led in the game.

Rutgers won despite missing 11 of its 29 free-throw attempts. Maine was 7 of 13 from the free throw line.

Maine played without forward Ryan Mabrey, who is nursing an ankle injury. Mabrey averaged 9.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in Maine's first two contests.

Rutgers used a 13-0 run to take an early 15-2 l

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