Rutgers Football and Men's Basketball played at essentially the same time on Saturday.

Greg Schiano's gridiron team kick-off at noon EST at Michigan State while Steve Pikiell's hardwood club tipped-off at 2:00 p.m. from Jersey Mike's Arena in Piscataway.

If you missed some or all of the action, TKR has you covered with a handful of takaways from each game.

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Football: Michigan State 27, Rutgers 21

-- Penalties

Rutgers remains one of the most penalized teams in the country, and these mistakes played a role in the visitors not coming out on top with the win. The Scarlet Knights were flagged a whopping 14 times for 107 yards. There were holding penalties, false starts, and pass interference calls on offense. On defense, Rutgers was flagged for infractions that helped extend Spartan drives which resulted in points on the scoreboard. There were also holding calls on special teams returns, too.

-- Productive

While yes, the offense committed many penalties, it had its best day by far for a unit that has struggled all year long. Rutgers tacked up 460 yards of offense and outgained MSU in that area. Gavin Wimsatt, making his fourth start and third straight, threw for 236 yards, completing 20-of-34 passes with two touchdowns. His passer rating was 136.5. Kyle Monangai ran 24 times for 162 yards, the most for Rutgers against a Big Ten Conference opponent. All of those good performances were all for naught. Rutgers was a really good 8-of-16 on third downs and scored a long touchdown on fourth down.

-- Defense crashing back down to Earth

At the beginning the year, the Rutgers defense was playing as well as any team in the country. It was preventing rushing yards, teams couldn't score against it, and its secondary was considered a main strength. Not anymore. Michigan State racked up 455 yards on a day where Peyton Thorne threw for 256 yards and two touchdowns. The running game got the best of Rutgers too, tallying 197 yards and 5.6 yards per carry. Michigan State had eight chunk passing plays and six chunk running plays.

Basketball: Rutgers 73, UMass Lowell 65

-- Mulcahy reaggravates his injury

If you remember, Rutgers point guard Paul Mulcahy banged up his left shoulder in the season opener. He was working throughout the game and then he had a wrap on it in Game 2. Saturday, Mulcahy left in the first half and scurried into the locker room. He did not return and play in the second half.

-- Simpson shines

With Mulcahy banged up, freshman guard Derek Simpson played 34 minutes and had the best =/- on the team at +9. Simpson finished with 16 points including 10-of-10 from the free-throw line. He didn't shoot the ball well (3-for-11) but made his opportunities count from the foul line.

-- Grinded it out

UMass Lowell was a tough foe for Rutgers, and with Mulcahy going down, the game became even more of a challenge. Rutgers did not put up great numbers offensively (34% from the floor including 19% on 3-pointers), it only outrebounded the visitors by one (43-42), was outscored in the paint and more, yet it did damage on free throws. As a team, Rutgers was 28-of-34 (82%), and it scored 23 points off of 16 turnovers. The Scarlet Knights generated 10 steals. It is the first time since December 2012 when they had 10 or more steals in three-straight contests.

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