There was a familiar feel to the end of Rutgers’ latest win on the basketball court as junior guard Corey Sanders came up big in crunch time. In last night’s 64-60 win over Wisconsin, Sanders scored 23 points, but none were more important than a pair of back-to-back buckets with two minutes to play in regulation.

Rutgers had moved out to a 53-46 lead, but a quick 7-0 run by the Badgers locked the game up.

Sanders then stepped up and hit a big jumper, followed by a three-pointer on consecutive possessions.

It was similar to the way he provided some much-needed points down the stretch of Rutgers’ upset win over then-No.15 Seton Hall.

“I have been in the gym working on those shots every night,” Sanders said. “Those are shots I am comfortable taking.”

The team also seemed it looked to Sanders to come up with some big plays as he is one of the few Scarlet Knights that can always create his own shots.

“As a veteran guard, all I ask for is my team to trust in me,” Sanders said. “That’s what those guys do. When we have that trust in each other, we are always going to have that connection and that will take us a long way.”

There were a few regrettable losses on the season, although the team’s two biggest wins to this point were victories over Seton Hall and Wisconsin and each had one common denominator.

Sanders came up big when it counted the most.

“He's locked in and when he's like that, and I like that fact,” head coach Steve Pikiell said of Sanders. “Everyone always talks about his offense, but I thought he was really good defensively today against a really good point guard who's the leading scorer freshman guard in our league. I thought he did a great job and nothing was easy for him today.."