New Jersey City University Athletics

Box Score CAMDEN, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University had four players score in double figures while shooting 51.0 percent as a team and the Gothic Knights wrapped up the No. 5 seed in the New Jersey Athletic Conference Tournament with a 71-68 NJAC road win over Rutgers-Camden on February 19 in the regular season finale.
 
NJCU (14-11, 9-9 NJAC) ran the table in the final two weeks of the season to win its final four games but lost the opportunity to host an NJAC Tournament quarterfinal game when Kean University rallied to defeat then first-place Rutgers-Newark, 77-73, on Wednesday night. Camden's season ends at 4-21 (2-16 NJAC). NJCU knocked off the Scarlet Raptors for the 18^th consecutive meeting and 46th time in 47 games.
 
The victory also guaranteed NJCU will finish with a winning record for the 37^th time in its last 39 seasons and a .500 or better record and non-losing season for the 43rd time in 44 years.
 
In the NJAC Quarterfinals, NJCU will face Kean, the No. 4 seed, on Saturday, February 22 at 4:30 p.m. at Harwood Arena in Union, NJ. The Cougars won the season series—71-50 in Union on January 4 and 65-61 in Jersey City on February 1. The winner faces top-seeded Richard Stockton College in the NJAC Semifinals on February 26.
 
Senior small forward WALIK ALBRIGHT (Jersey City, NJ/Create Charter) had another outstanding effort, finishing with 17 points (6-9 FG), including both threes he attempted, along with seven rebounds, five steals and three assists despite only playing 24 minutes with four fouls. He upped his career scoring total to 1,125 points and reached double figures for the ninth game in a row.
 
Junior point guard JOURDAN ROBERSON (Brooklyn, NY/University (Newark)) scored 12 of his 17 points in the first half and equaled Albright with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting, including 3-of-5 three-point prowess. Sophomore shooting guard KHALID MUHAMMAD (Orange, NJ/Orange) netted 13 points (4-10 FG), including 5-of-5 from the line, with a pair of assists.
 
Also for NJCU, senior point guard JAHMILL JENKINS (Elizabeth, NJ / Elizabeth) came off the bench to score 10 points (4-9 FG, 2-6 3FG) while junior guard JUSTIN HARTE (Irvington, NJ/Irvington) tallied four assists.
 
Camden had three players score in double figures, accounting for 54 of its 68 points. John Tatem had a game-high 20 points (7-10 FG, 6-8 FT) in a full 40 minutes of action while Teon Russell collected 18 points (5-11 FG) and five rebounds in 39 minutes. Alex Smart provided 16 points (7-13 FG), five rebounds and three steals. The Raptors also got a game-high eight rebounds from Robert Anders while Jason Richardson picked off five steals.
 
In a sloppy game possession-wise, NJCU committed a season-high 25 turnovers—its most in a game in two years—while Camden coughed it up 23 times. Despite the turnovers, NJCU's ball distribution did lead to shots with 18 of 26 made baskets earning an assist.
 
After playing the lowest scoring overtime game during the shot clock era in NCAA men's basketball history in the first meeting of the season on January 15 (39-38, 1 OT), the two clubs played a tightly-contested first half, with eight ties, until a three by Roberson and a Muhammad three-point play gave NJCU the largest lead of the opening period for either side (36-30). The Knights went to the break ahead 36-32.
 
Camden opened the second half on a 12-3 run, claiming a five-point lead, 44-39, with 16:33 to play on a Tatum three-point play. The hosts maintained a five-point cushion (50-45) after Smart hit a pair from the line with 11:58 to play.
 
But NJCU unleashed a 12-0 run midway through the period and turned the deficit into a 57-50 advantage with 9:47 to play. After a basket by senior forward KHALID CRAWFORD-MUHAMMAD (Plainfield, NJ/Plainfield), he fed Muhammad for a layup to make it a one-point game. Crawford-Muhammad then stole the next possession setting up another Muhammad basket and NJCU, up 51-50, wouldn't trail again. Albright and Muhammad each sank a pair from the line and Albright's layup capped the run.
 
Rutgers-Camden managed to cut the deficit to 57-54 with 7:26 remaining before Roberson canned a huge three-pointer to start an 8-1 run.  Jenkins buried another triple to push the lead to nine (63-54) and a bucket by Crawford-Muhammad, who had six points in the win, made it a 10-point lead. Albright's consecutive layups at 4:44 and 3:47 extended the differential to a dozen (69-57) and led 71-63 entering the final minute before the Raptors added a couple of late baskets to make the final result more respectable.

NOTES:

60th meeting. NJCU leads all-time series, 56-4 and has won 46 of last 47 meetings and 18 in a row. NJCU won the first meeting in Jersey City on January 15, 39-38 (1 OT). It was the lowest scoring overtime men's basketball game during the shot clock era in NCAA basketball history. Last Camden win: February 9, 2002 in Camden, NJ. Camden won 103-99 in two overtimes. Camden's last win over NJCU in Jersey City was January 20, 1988 (63-62) WALIK ALBRIGHT upped his career scoring total to 1125 points. He is 20th on the 1,000-point charts. Next on the list: Hall-of-Famer Ed Petersen who scored 1,148 points from 1962-66 and graduated then as NJCU's No. 2 all-time leading scorer. WALIK ALBRIGHT posted his 61st career double-digit scoring effort and ninth in a row. He was playing his 105th game and making his 97th start. KHALID MUHAMMAD has 711 career points. He scored in double figures for the 40th time in 53 career games. JOURDAN ROBERSON reached double figures for the 12th time this season. He was two points shy of equaling his career high of 19 vs. Rutgers-Newark on November 26, 2013. JAHMILL JENKINS reached double figures in scoring for the third time this season—all since February 6.

NJCU MEN'S BASKETBALL 1000-POINT CLUB
Thru 2/19/2014
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	1125
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.

	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	102	82	.554