New Jersey City University Athletics

John was the catalyst of NJCU’s success as he averaged 23.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.5 steals, with sensational averages of 60.0 percent from three point-range (12-20), 50.0 percent from the field (15-30), and 83.3 percent from the free throw line (5-6). His efforts allowed the Gothic Knights to knock off Ramapo College at home on January 24, before cruising past Rowan University on the road on January 27, as NJCU moved into first place in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.

 

In NJCU’s 95-82 win at Rowan on January 28, John scored a game and career-high 31 points and drilled a school record eight three-pointers, helping the Knights establish a single-game school mark by connecting for 17 triples.

 

John scored 26 of his game-high 31 points in the first half, when he shot 8-of-11 from three-point range in that period alone. His eight threes are both single-game and single-half school records. The previous known mark was seven treys by Samar Battle on February 21, 2004 at Montclair State University.

 

In 38 minutes, John shot 10-of-16 overall and 8-of-12 from three-point range, with seven rebounds and three steals. His previous career high was 28 on December 30 at Hampden-Sydney College. John has scored at least 20 points in a game seven times this year, and totaled at least 25 points in five of those cases. NJCU is now 8-2 all-time when he scores at least 20.

 

John, who became the first NJCU player to notch 30 this season, continues to torch Rowan in Glassboro, having scored 27 and 31 points, respectively, in his first two collegiate games at Esby Gym.

 

The game was tied 41-41 with 2:00 left in the opening period, before John buried his sixth, seventh, and eighth threes of the game in the final 1:46. NJCU closed the period on an 11-2 run behind John, and led 52-43 at the half, and never trailed again.

 

In NJCU’s 73-66 win over Ramapo on January 24, John became the first player on record in the 25-year career of NJCU men’s head coach Charles Brown to play a full 40 minutes in a regulation game. He poured in 16 points (5-14), including 4-of-8 three-pointers, adding six rebounds and four assists. In the first half of the Ramapo game, John hit back-to-back threes to put the Knights in front, 25-11.

 

As of February 1, John leads NJCU in scoring (17.8 per game), total points (321), three-pointers made (61-149), three-point percentage (.409), free throws made (56-73) and free throw percentage (.767). He has added 5.6 rebounds, 1.63 steals, 1.3 assists and 0.58 blocks per game, and is shooting .444 from the field (112-252), while averaging 31.4 minutes of action.

 

In the NJAC individual statistics, John is the league leader in three-pointers made per game (3.21) and three-point percentage. He ranks second in scoring, eighth in free throw percentage and minutes played, 11^th in defensive rebounding (4.21), 14^th in steals and blocks, and 16^th in rebounding.