New Jersey City University Athletics

Box Score STATEN ISLAND, NY (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | No. 8 seeded New Jersey City University led by two in the final minute before top-seeded College of Staten Island hit a go-ahead three and iced the game from the line after a missed Gothic Knight shot and late turnover as CSI survived NJCU, 79-74, in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Quarterfinals on March 5 at the CSI Sports & Recreation Center. The loss ends NJCU's 81^st season of men's basketball at 14-13.
 
Staten Island (26-3), the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) regular season champions, improved to 14-0 at home this season and claimed its 18^th straight home court victory overall but not before the Gothic Knights nearly became the first team to knock off the Dolphins in Staten Island this year. Only two other home wins for CSI were decided by a five-point margin or less.
 
NJCU, making its 20^th appearance in the ECACs, 31^st post-season appearance in 32 years and 38^th all-time post-season tournament berth, lost to Staten Island for the first time in six post-season meetings.
 
Trailing by two with 1:49 to go, NJCU tied it on a layup by junior forward DREW MARLEY (Maplewood, NJ/Columbia) and after CSI's top player, senior guard Bloochy Magloire missed a three, NJCU went in front for only the third time in the period when sophomore shooting guard KHALID MUHAMMAD (Orange, NJ/Orange) converted a layup with 39 seconds left to make it a 74-72 margin.
 
But with the game on the line and Staten Island shooting just 2-of-15 from three-point range, Magloire buried a three from the right corner with 26 seconds left. Senior small forward WALIK ALBRIGHT (Jersey City, NJ/Create Charter) missed inside with 14 seconds left and was forced to foul CSI. Dolphins' senior guard Jonathan Chadwick-Myers sank both free throws to push the margin to 77-74.
 
After a timeout, NJCU had a chance to work for a game-tying shot but junior guard JUSTIN HARTE (Irvington, NJ/Irvington) threw a pass away with 2.1 seconds to play and Magloire iced the win with two foul shots.
 
In the final game of his two-time All-New Jersey Athletic Conference career, Albright reached the 20-point plateau for the seventh time in his career and sixth time this season, finishing with 20 points (8-16 FG) and six rebounds in 36 minutes. He had 14 in the first half. He closed his career with 1,160 points—18^th in the 81-year history of the program.
 
Four scored in double figures for NJCU. Muhammad poured in 15 points (4-8 FG), highlighted by 7-of-8 foul shooting and seven rebounds. Junior guard JAMALL MCDANIEL (Jersey City, NJ/Lincoln) chipped in 12 points (5-8 FG), making 2-of-4 three-point tries and Marley scored a season-high 10 points (5-9 FG) off the bench. Junior point guard JOURDAN ROBERSON (Brooklyn, NY/University (Newark)) and Harte each collected four assists for NJCU.
 
CSI received a game-high 24 points from Chadwick-Myers, shooting 9-of-17 from the field (5-5 FT) with three assists and two steals in 33 minutes. He scored 14 in the second half, finishing with his second highest scoring total of the season.
 
The Dolphins needed every point by Chadwick-Myers because Magloire, who entered the game averaging 17.8 points per game, was just 1-of-10 from the field and 1-of-8 from three-point range (4-4 FT). He had scored just two points in 23 minutes before hitting the decisive three—his only field goal. Magloire finished with a season-low seven points—five in the final 26 seconds—marking the first time all year he has failed to reach double figures on the stat sheet (22 games). It snapped his personal 38-game double-digit scoring streak dating to January 10, 2013. The seven points was his lowest total since January 18, 2012 of his sophomore season.
 
Also for CSI, junior guard Javon Cox had a double-double of 14 points (4-6 FG, 6-9 FT) and 13 rebounds while junior center Will Fonseca netted 13 of his 15 points (5-9 FG, 5-8 FT) in the first half. Freshman guard Frankie Schettino collected seven points, seven boards, four assists and three steals.
 
CSI had more than twice as many free throw attempts as NJCU and capitalized, hitting 26-of-37 from the line (.703). NJCU was 11-of-17 from the stripe. Both teams oddly shot an identical 3-of-16 from three-point range (.188). NJCU made five more shots than the Dolphins, shooting 30-of-68 overall (.441) including 50 percent in the second half (16-32).
 
In a back-and-forth first half, NJCU led 13-9 before Staten Island scored six straight to move in front and extended its lead to 20-15 at the tail end of an 11-2 run. NJCU battled back to force the fourth tie of the half (21-21) before CSI used a 10-2 spurt to gain its largest lead of the night, 31-23, with 5:49 to play in the period. Still up by seven, NJCU scored the next six points—four by Albright—to make it a two-point game before CSI took a three-point cushion (35-32) into the break.
 
Out of the intermission, CSI scored a pair of quick baskets to work the lead back to seven (39-32) before the Knights quickly recovered to make it a one-point game (39-38). The see-saw swung back to the home team, which chalked up the next seven points—four by Chadwick-Myers—to match its largest lead at eight points (46-38) with 14:52 to go. Yet again, NJCU clawed back and made it a one-possession game before tying it at 52-52 (9:39 left) on a layup by Harte.
 
Magloire's first points of the contest came from the line with 8:28 remaining to help the Dolphins splash back in front by five (57-52) and a three-point play from Cox with 7:47 left extended the advantage to seven (60-53). But trailing 62-55, McDaniel answered, knocking down a pair of triples at 6:48 and 6:16 and a layup by Marley with 5:46 to play gave NJCU its first lead (63-62) since midway through the first half. The clubs traded four ties in the next three minutes, including 68-68 with 2:38 to play on an offensive rebound and putback of his own miss by McDaniel, before two more ties—70-70 and 72-72—ensued, leading up to the final dramatic minute.

NOTES:

18th meeting. NJCU still leads the all-time series, 12-6. NJCU falls to 5-1 all-time against Staten Island in the post-season and 3-1 in the ECAC Tournament. First meeting since November 24, 2009. NJCU suffers its first-ever post-season loss in Staten Island, NY. Previous post-season games in Staten Island: March 4, 1983: Jersey City State 82, John Jay 67 (ECAC Semifinals) March 5, 1983: Jersey City State 88, Staten Island 77 (ECAC Finals) February 29, 1996: Jersey City State 73, Staten Island 63 (NCAA Tournament First Round) NJCU was playing its 79th post-season game in its history and falls to 44-35 (.557) in the playoffs. Staten Island's other lowest margins of victory at home this season were 59-58 vs. Randolph College (December 29, 2013) and 80-75 vs. York College (January 22, 2014). CSI received 43 points in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 poll—equivalent to a No. 26 ranking after being ranked 18th on February 24. NJCU falls to 27-14 (.659) all-time in 41 ECAC Tournament games. NJCU was making its 38th post-season appearance as an NCAA Division III program—18 NCAA Tournament appearances (17-21, .447, 38 games) and 20 ECAC tournaments. NJCU's still has won a record six ECAC Metro championships (1981, 1983, 1993, 1994, 2001 and 2006). The Knights have qualified for the ECACs in: 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013. WALIK ALBRIGHT finished his career with 1,160 points. He entered the game with 1,140 points (20th place) but moved into 18th place by passing 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.  He also passed Omar Cooper with 1,150 points (1994-96, 99-00). WALIK ALBRIGHT posted his 63rd career double-digit scoring effort and 11th in a row. He was playing his 107th game and making his 99th start. NJCU went 3-4 all-time when Albright scores 20+ in a game. His 20-point efforts: January 25, 2012 at Rutgers-Newark (20 points) December 1, 2013 vs. Albertus Magnus (21 points) November 23, 2013 at Ramapo (21 points) January 25, 2014 vs. Rowan (20 points) February 8, 2014 vs. William Paterson (21 points) February 10, 2014 vs. Valley Forge Christian (20 points) March 5, 2014 at Staten Island (20 points) KHALID MUHAMMAD has 758 career points. He scored in double figures for the 42nd time in 55 career games. JAMALL MCDANIEL reached double figures in scoring for sixth time in 14 games as a Gothic Knight. DREW MARLEY posted his first double figure scoring effort of the season (previous high was eight, also in Staten Island vs. Rivier on December 29). It was his eighth career double digit scoring effort.

NJCU MEN'S BASKETBALL 1000-POINT CLUB
Thru 2013-14
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.	WALIK ALBRIGHT	2009-12, 13-14	1160
19.	Omar Cooper *	1994-96, 99-00	1150
20.	Ed Petersen	1962-66	1148
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	84	.548