NJCU Drops Third Straight, Falls at Stockton 65-49 - New Jersey City University Athletics

Box Score GALLOWAY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Richard Stockton College maintained second place in the New Jersey Athletic Conference standings by limiting New Jersey City University to 3-of-22 three-point shooting (.136) and led from start to finish in a 65-49 victory over NJCU in NJAC men's basketball action on February 6 at the Stockton Sports Center.

Stockton (16-4, 10-3 NJAC) shot 44.4 percent from three-point range in the contest, making 8-of-18 attempts while sweeping the season series from NJCU (10-10, 6-8 NJAC).

NJCU dropped its third consecutive game and dropped into a fifth place tie in the league with Ramapo and Montclair State at 6-8, although the Knights are a combined 3-0 against those teams this year including a season sweep of the Roadrunners. NJCU is one game behind Kean (7-6) in the win column and one game ahead of The College of New Jersey (5-8) with four conference games remaining prior to the six-team NJAC Tournament.

NJCU struggled in all facets of its offense attack, shooting 19-of-58 overall (.328) and just 8-of-19 from the line (.421).

Team Stat Comparison
	NJCU	STOCKTON
Score	49	65
Half Time Score	26	37
Field Goal Percentage	.328 (19-58)	.400 (20-50)
Three-Point Percentage	.136 (3-22)	.444 (8-18)
Free Throw Percentage	.421 (8-19)	.630 (17-27)
Rebounds (O-D-T)	17-18-35	16-29-45
Assists	7	8
Turnovers	16	18
Blocks	5	2
Steals	9	11
Fouls	22	21
Largest Lead	None	24
Points in the Paint	28	18
Points off Turnovers	9	19
Second Change Points	19	17
Fast Break Points	6	8
Bench Points	17	30

Sophomore shooting guard KHALID MUHAMMAD (Orange, NJ/Orange) scored 14 in defeat for NJCU on 5-of-12 shooting, seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals in 33 minutes. He scored 12 in the first half (4-8 FG).

In his 100^th career game, senior small forward WALIK ALBRIGHT (Jersey City, NJ/Create Charter) pushed his career scoring mark to 1,037, collecting 13 points (6-10) in 31 minutes. Senior guard JAHMILL JENKINS (Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth) totaled 10 points (4-9 FG), connecting on 2-of-5 from long range while adding five rebounds.

The remaining nine players who saw action accounted for just 12 points and none scored more than three.

Meanwhile, Stockton, which led comfortably at halftime (36-27), was led by a game-high 15 points from James Williams who scored all 15 of his points in 15 minutes of action in the opening period when he shot 4-of-6 from the field, 3-of-4 from three-point distance and 4-of-5 from the stripe. Williams played another 10 minutes in the second half without scoring, missing two field goals and two free throws (4-8 FG, 4-7 FT).

Josh Blamon collected 13 points for the Ospreys in 21 minutes shooting 3-of-4 from three-point country. He made 4-of-4 foul shots in the win. Also for the hosts, Kevin Johnson had eight points and four steals and Rameel Johnson gathered nine rebounds.

"We are a team playing with absolutely no confidence," said clearly disappointed head coach Marc Brown. "I'm not even angry anymore. I feel sorry for these guys."

In a game postponed 24 hours due to winter weather, Stockton seized early control of a game tied at 4-4 by unleashing a 10-0 run over a 5:20 span that saw it gain a 14-4 margin just eight minutes into the contest. Williams knocked down a pair of threes during the stretch. Another jumper by Williams after he previously hit three shots from the line, pushed the lead to 11 (22-11) with 7:47 to play in the period.

NJCU twice cut the deficit to five including 24-19 with 3:41 to play before the Ospreys countered with their second 10-0 run of the period, working the differential to 15 points, 34-19, with 1:46 on the clock. Five different Stockton players scored during the 10-point break.

The Ospreys were never challenged in the second half and led by as many as 24 points (59-35, 7:25) at the tail end of an 18-4 outburst that covered a span of 8:02 in the middle of the period. NJCU did outscore the hosts 10-3 in the final five minutes to make it a little closer.

With four NJAC games remaining, NJCU begins the backstretch of its schedule with a home tilt against third-place William Paterson University on Saturday, February 8 at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center in Jersey City. WP won the first meeting in Wayne on January 11, 69-66.

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NOTES:

75^th meeting. NJCU leads all-time series, 42-33. Stockton has won the last three meetings.
Stockton won the first meeting on December 7, 69-51.
WALIK ALBRIGHT upped his career scoring total to 1037 points. He is now 24^th on the 1,000-point charts, passing Hall-of-Famer Ben O'Neill (1961-65) with 1,024 points. Next on the list is Hall-of-Famer Don Brandes (1955-59) with 1,047 points.
WALIK ALBRIGHT posted his 56^th career double-digit scoring effort and fourth in a row. He was playing his 100^th game and making his 92^nd start.
KHALID MUHAMMAD has 645 career points. He scored in double figures for the 35^th time in 48 career games.

NJCU MEN'S BASKETBALL 1000-POINT CLUB
Thru 2/6/2014
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.	Danel Allen *	1995-98	1091
21.	Dwayne West	1982-86	1075
22.	George Thomas	1999-03	1069
23.	Don Brandes	1955-59	1047
24.	WALIK ALBRIGHT	2009-12, 13-14	1037
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.

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