New Jersey City University Athletics

Box Score GAME NOTES/PROGRAM: Gothic KNight Insights, KHALID MUHAMMAD
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JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University junior shooting guard JAMALL MCDANIEL (Jersey City, NJ/Lincoln) hit a go-ahead three from the corner with 15.5 seconds remaining, then had a key defensive rebound and foul shot with 1.6 seconds left as NJCU survived a bizarre ending to defeat Ramapo College , 61-60, in New Jersey Athletic Conference men's basketball on January 22 at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center (Coach Charlie Brown Court).
 
NJCU led 61-59 before Ramapo grabbed the defensive rebound of McDaniel's second free throw attempt and called timeout with 1.4 seconds left. Before Ramapo could attempt a half-court shot at the buzzer, NJCU made a key defensive error, fouling Ramapo senior guard Jermaine Emanuel (Englewood, NJ/Laney) with 0.4 showing. With a chance to tie the game, Emanuel, 6-of-7 from the line to that point, made the first, but the second was short and to the left with the rebound sailing out of play.
  The win is key for NJCU, which improved to 9-7 overall and 5-5 in the NJAC and swept a season series from Ramapo (7-10, 4-6 NJAC), the defending NJAC champions, for the first time since the 2006-07 regular season.
 
McDaniel, in just his third game since transferring to NJCU mid-year, reached double figures in back-to-back games, finishing with 16 points on 5-of-12 shooting, including 3-of-8 three-point accuracy while starting for the first time. He added five rebounds and two assists in 27 minutes.
 

(Orange, NJ/Orange) netted a team-high 17 points, knocking down 3-of-7 three-point chances and 7-of-16 from the field, including several key drives to the rim. He added six rebounds in 32 minutes.
 
Senior small forward

, but he didn't make a smart play. With his size, quickness and strength, he was told to keep [Emanuel] from going right. We were lucky enough to get out with the win."
 
NJCU, which lost at Rowan University on December 4, 62-59, looks to split the season series when it hosts the Profs on Saturday, January 25 at 4 p.m.

NOTES:

84th meeting. NJCU leads all-time series, 63-21. NJCU won the first meeting between the schools on November 23 in Mahwah, 88-78. NJCU sweeps season series from Ramapo for first time since January 24 and February 17, 2007. Ramapo eventually defeated NJCU in the conference finals, 83-81. WALIK ALBRIGHT upped his career scoring total to 972 points. He needs 28 points to become the 27th player in the 81-year history of the program to score 1,000 career points and the first since 2008. KHALID MUHAMMAD scored in double figures for the 34th time in 44 career games. Muhammad has 617 career points.