New Jersey City University Athletics

Box Score MONTCLAIR, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | A generation of New Jersey City University men's basketball fans watched legendary head coach Charlie Brown win 483 games at the helm of the Gothic Knights. Now his son and successor has joined him in an exclusive club. In a contest the Gothic Knights had to win to stay in the drivers seat in the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament race, five NJCU players scored in double figures and reigning NJAC Coach of the Year Marc Brown captured his 100^th career victory as the program's head coach in a dominant 80-68 win over Montclair State University on February 12 at the Panzer Athletic Center.
 
Brown, in his seventh season became the fifth coach in the 81-year history of the program to win 100 career games and the two Browns became just the third known father/son combinations in the history of Division III to both reach the milestone.
 
The other two father-son combos to each win 100 also did so at the same school currently in Division III—Page and Charlie Moir (Roanoke) and Brian and Don Lane (Transylvania).
 
Perhaps even more importantly, NJCU (12-11, 7-9 NJAC) picked up a huge victory. With only two conference games remaining, the Gothic Knights and Rowan University are now deadlocked for the fifth and sixth and final NJAC Tournament berths. Meanwhile, NJCU sweeps the season series from Montclair (9-13, 6-10 NJAC) and now sits one game ahead of MSU, Ramapo College and The College of New Jersey in the league standings (6-10 NJAC).
 
NJCU also swept Ramapo and now has tiebreakers over RCNJ and Montclair—with a game against TCNJ coming up on February 15.
 
Red-hot senior small forward WALIK ALBRIGHT (Jersey City, NJ/Create Charter) showed no signs of slowly down as his career hits the final weeks as the All-Conference team captain narrowly missed both his third consecutive 20-point performance and a double-double, finishing with 19 points (5-8 FG), highlighted by 8-of-10 free throw shooting and nine defensive rebounds in 31 minutes. He moved into 20^th place in school history in scoring (1,097 points) and is now 23 of his last 29 from the line over a four-game span.
 
Sophomore shooting guard KHALID MUHAMMAD (Orange, NJ/Orange) registered 12 points (5-8 FG, 2-4 3FG) and five rebounds and senior point guard JAHMILL JENKINS (Elizabeth, NJ / Elizabeth) came off the bench to generate a career-high 12  points on 4-of-5 shooting, including a perfect 3-for-3 from three-point distance.
 
Junior point guard JOURDAN ROBERSON (Brooklyn, NY/University (Newark)) tallied 10 points (3-7 FG, 2-5 3FG), five rebounds and four assists while junior shooting guard JAMALL MCDANIEL (Jersey City, NJ/Lincoln) chipped in 10 points (4-10 FG).
 
Brown, only the 10^th head coach in the program's illustrious history, joined his father Charlie Brown (483 wins), Larry Schiner (133 wins), Ollie Gelston (126 wins) and Paul Weinstein (115 wins) in the 100-win club. The four other coaches on the list are all inducted in the NJCU Athletics Hall of Fame.
 
"I look at this program as my dad's program and to have him in the crowd watching means a lot to myself and my family," said Marc Brown about what the milestone means. "I was happier about winning the game as a team and the way we won—with our style of play. This is special to my family, special for me and I know it's special for him [Charlie Brown]."
 
Overall, NJCU had a terrific shooting night, making 28-of-57 overall (.491) and 9-of-20 (.450) from three-point range. The 80 points were the second highest scoring production of the season.
 
Montclair couldn't get it going from three-point range, shooting just 1-of-17 (.059) from deep. MSU made 21-of-28 from the line.
 
"We came out ready to play today—we didn't fold," Brown added. "Walik as a captain is turning his game up and wanting to end his career on a positive note and it's trickling down to everyone. Khalid, Drew [Marley] played well and Jahmill [Jenkins] made some big threes off the bench. Collectively we played well as a team, both offensively and defensively."

	NJCU MEN'S BASKETBALL COACHES, 100+ WINS
SEASONS	TOTAL YEARS	COACH	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.
1982-2007	25	Charles Brown	483	218	.689
1967-76	9	Larry Schiner	133	90	.596
1959-67	8	Ollie Gelston	126	62	.670
1976-82	6	Paul Weinstein	115	48	.706
2007-14	7	Marc Brown	100	82	.549

Senior forward Ordel Goldson (Hackettstown, NJ/Warren Hills) finished with a game-high 24 points for the Red Hawks, who got a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds from Chris Torres (Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills). Senior Daniel Singleton (Neptune, NJ/Neptune) chipped in with 16 points.
 
Montclair State led early and was tied at 12-12 on Torres' jumper with 13:39 left before NJCU embarked on an 8-0 run to take control, sparked by back-to-back threes in a span of 32 seconds by Jenkins before junior center EDDIE BROWN (Newark, NJ/Newark East Side) finished a layup for a 20-12 lead with 11:37 left. MSU cut the lead back to five but NJCU responded with a 13-5 run—two three-pointers by Muhammad, a triple by junior guard JUSTIN HARTE (Irvington, NJ/Irvington) and another three by Roberson (4:46) that pushed the lead to 13, 33-20.
 
NJCU would take a 37-28 margin into the locker room after shooting 57.1 percent from three-point range in the opening half (8-14).
 
In the second half, Montclair State would chip away at the lead getting within five (44-39) with 14:38 to go on a Goldson jumper and again at 14:01 (47-42) when he converted a three-point play. Senior forward KHALID CRAWFORD-MUHAMMAD (Plainfield, NJ/Plainfield) hit a free throw and then converted a three-point play off his second miss that pushed the NJCU lead to 51-42 but MSU kept it a two or three-possession game and again drew within five, on a Singleton layup with 7:09 left (61-56) With 4:17 to play, MSU's James D'Angelo (Long Valley, NJ/West Morris Central) scored and the deficit was six (65-59).
 
But NJCU began pulling away again down the stretch. Albright scored in the lane and McDaniel sank two at the line to make it a 10-point lead (69-59) with 3:40 left. The game became a foul shooting contest from there with NJCU extending the lead to 14, en route to a 12-point win. Albright netted 13 points in the second half.
 
NJCU will play its final home game of the regular season on Saturday, February 15 at 7 p.m. when it hosts TCNJ on Senior Night at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center (Coach Charlie Brown Court). NJCU can clinch an NJAC Tournament berth with a win. Before the game, NJCU will honor its three seniors—Albright, Crawford-Muhammad and Jenkins. TCNJ won the first meeting between the schools on January 19 in Ewing, NJ, 79-74.
 
"We're not even thinking about the tiebreakers," Brown noted. "We owe Trenton [TCNJ]. It's a game we're looking forward to. It's a big night for our seniors and hopefully we end it with a win. Our objective is to finish with the most wins possible."

NOTES:

Montclair State leads all-time series, 91-71 (162nd meeting) since 1932-33. NJCU swept the season series, winning 76-70 in Jersey City on January 8. WALIK ALBRIGHT upped his career scoring total to 1097 points. He is now 20th on the 1,000-point charts, passing former All-American Danel Allen (1995-98) who scored 1,091 points in three seasons. WALIK ALBRIGHT posted his 59th career double-digit scoring effort and seventh in a row. He was playing his 103rd game and making his 95th start. KHALID MUHAMMAD has 680 career points. He scored in double figures for the 38th time in 51 career games. JAMALL MCDANIEL reached double figures for the fifth time in 10 games since joining the team on January 13. JAHMILL JENKINS previous career high was 10 at Stockton on February 6. It was his second effort of double figures in his only season at NJCU. JOURDAN ROBERSON reached double figures for the 10th time this season.

NJCU MEN'S BASKETBALL 1000-POINT CLUB
Thru 2/12/2014
RANK	PLAYER	YEARS	POINTS
1.	Brett Wyatt	1975-79	2292
2.	Del Harrison	1986-90	2011
3.	Johnny Mayers	1983-87	1912
4.	Steve Wilder	1982-86	1708
5.	Mark Washington	2002-06	1600
6.	Eric Moore	1976-80	1587
7.	Andy Kemp	1976-80	1513
8.	Samar Battle	2000-04	1507
9.	Fred Douglas	1967-70	1476
10.	Abdul Madison	1993-97	1457
11.	Charles Brown *	1962-65	1324
12.	Darren Watkins	1988-92	1318
13.	Jeff Harrington	1997-01	1302
14.	Dana John *	2005-08	1281
15.	Steve Schindler *	1970-73	1254
16.	John Celentano *	1971-74	1230
17.	Bob Johnson	1968-71	1178
18.	Omar Cooper *	1994-96, 99-00	1150
19.	Ed Petersen	1962-66	1148
20.	WALIK ALBRIGHT	2009-12, 13-14	1097
21.	Danel Allen *	1995-98	1091
22.	Dwayne West	1982-86	1075
23.	George Thomas	1999-03	1069
24.	Don Brandes	1955-59	1047
25.	Ben O'Neill	1961-65	1024
26.	Stan Chapman	1977-81	1009
27.	Dave Martin	1977-81	1004
* denotes three-year career. All others are four-year players.