PISCATAWAY – Sometimes basketball is a simple game: Get the rock to your best guy and let him go to work.

Dylan Grant went to work for Rutgers Friday, tallying a career-high 28 points as the Scarlet Knights fought off Lehigh 84-72 to improve to 3-0.

Rutgers got the sophomore forward downhill in a variety of ways – in transition, through ball screens and in isolation sets. He shot 9-of-15 from the field and 9-of-10 from the free-throw line, looking very much like the go-to guy head coach Steve Pikiell hoped he would be when prioritizing bringing him back this past offseason.

But Grant couldn’t do it alone. He got help from a surprising source – senior center Emmanuel Ogbole, who posted a career-best effort with 16 points and 10 boards. Making the most of his size advantage at 6-foot-10 a

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