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GAME PROGRAM/NOTES: Inside-the-Athlete, ALNISA HERNAIZ

JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Richard Stockton College outscored New Jersey City University in the second half, 37-23, to break open a close game and the Ospreys shot 51.9 percent while limiting the Gothic Knights to just 20-of-80 shooting as Stockton won a 70-51 New Jersey Athletic Conference women's basketball victory over NJCU on January 30 at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center on 'Coach Charlie Brown Court.'
 
The Ospreys (10-9, 5-7 NJAC) won for the 20^th consecutive meeting between the schools and snapped a four-game losing streak. NJCU (5-16, 1-11 NJAC) is eliminated from conference tournament contention with the loss. NJCU lost despite committing only 11 turnovers in the game.
 
Stockton only had seven players see action yet owned a decisive 40-16 advantage in points in the paint. The guests shot 28-of-54 from the field and the 51.9 percent accuracy rate was by far its highest field goal percentage of the season.
 
NJCU made 25 percent of its shots and after keeping it close in the first half despite making 11-of-38 (.289), it saw its shooting dip to 9-of-42 (.214) in the second period.
 
In defeat, sophomore point guard ASHLEY VAZQUEZ (Jersey City, NJ/Marist) scored in double figures for the eighth straight game and for the 16^th time this season, netting 12 of her team-best 15 points in the second half. She also supplied five rebounds, four assists and two blocks in 32 minutes.  
 
Junior forward ALNISA HERNAIZ (Irvington, NJ/Irvington), the NJAC's leading rebounder, tallied 13 rebounds (nine offensive), nine points, four steals and two assists in 31 reserve minutes. She reached double figures in rebounds for the 10^th time this season and 27^th time in her career and led NJCU in caroms for the 34^th time.
 
Also for NJCU, senior guard/forward KERRI CASSARELLO (Keansburg, NJ/Keansburg) chipped in seven points, six rebounds and four assists while senior forward MAXINE KAMINSKI (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) added seven points and four rebounds (three defensive), scoring her club's first seven points of the game.
 
Stockton was led by sophomore forward Sara Farrell (Marlton, NJ/Cherokee) with a game-high 18 points (8-12 FG), eight rebounds (six defensive) and four blocks in 34 minutes.
 
Sophomore guard Alex Nardoza (Woodbridge, NJ/Woodbridge) tallied 17 points, nine rebounds (eight defensive)  and nine assists (nine turnovers), while senior forward Che'Na Thompson (Salem, NJ/Salem) supplied a double-double of 13 points (6-9 FG), 11 rebounds (nine defensive) and two steals. Sophomore guard Jennifer Galamb (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) added 11 points and three assists. Freshman forward Ta'Yon Morgan-Jones (Atlantic City, NJ/Atlantic City) chipped in nine points, six rebounds and three assists.
 
In the first half where both teams traded baskets, Kaminski scored the first seven Gothic Knights points but did not score again. NJCU led for just two possessions in the period but was within striking distance for most of the half until Stockton pushed its leads to seven (30-23 and 33-26) before taking a five-point, 33-28 advantage, into halftime.
 
NJCU wasn't able to put two successful halves of basketball together in yet another loss, as Stockton outplayed the hosts for much of the second period, leading by as many as 20.
 
The Ospreys scored the first eight points of the second half, pushing the lead to double digits on consecutive jumpers by Farrell and  Morgan-Jones before Galamb capped off the run with a lay-up with 16:28 remaining, for a 13-point, 41-28 margin.
 
NJCU's first basket of the second half came at the 16:11 mark when Vazquez drilled a three-pointer. The Knights drew within eight, 45-37, with 12:55 to go before Stockton used a 9-2 spurt to run its lead to 15 and began to pull away, before prevailing by 19.
 
NJCU is back on the court on Saturday, February 2, at 3 p.m. when it visits William Paterson University in a conference contest in Wayne, NJ.