GAME PROGRAM (pdf) The Basics: |
The Matchup: | New Jersey City University Gothic Knights (1-8, 0-5 NJAC, Lost 6) vs. |
| Bryn Athyn College Lions (1-3, 0-1 NEAC, Lost 3) |
Date: | Saturday, December 19, 2015 |
Time: | 2 p.m. |
Place: | John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center (Coach Charlie Brown Court) |
Series: | NJCU leads, 1-0 |
Last Meeting: | November 15, 2014 in Hackettstown, NJ (neutral court) |
Last Result: | NJCU won, 67-49 in the Centenary College Tip-Off Tournament |
Last Bryn Athyn Win: | None |
Rankings: | None |
NJCU Twitter: | @NJCU_Athletics |
NJCU Instagram: | @NJCUGothicKnights |
Bryn Athyn Twitter: | @BrynAthynLions |
Preferred Hashtags: | #NJCUWBB | #GothicGameDay | #NJCUvsBAC | #CastleOnCulver |
Live Stats Coverage: | http://sidearmstats.com/njcu/wbball/or http://sidearmstats.com/njcu/wbball/media |
Live Video Coverage: | https://www.youtube.com/user/NJCUGothicKnights/live |
Tickets: | Free |
NJCU looks to end a six-game losing streak in its final game of the 2015 portion of its schedule. The Gothic Knights meet Bryn Athyn, members of the North Eastern Athletic Conference, for just the second time.
#GothicRewind—NJCU Falls to KeanIn its last action a week ago (December 12), NJCU fell to Kean University, 79-30, in Union. The Cougars took control of the game with a decisive second quarter and led 39-9 at halftime. NJCU committed 33 turnovers and shot 21.3 percent overall (10-47). In defeat, sophomore power forward/center
Sharaunda Fiedtkou (West Orange, NJ/Bayonne) returned after missing two games and had a game-high 10 rebounds with eight points.
Keep Up With DesereeSenior forward
Deseree Johnson (Red Bank, NJ/Monmouth Regional) who owns a dominant 29-point, 11-rebound showing on December 7 against Wheaton, has scored in double figures in six of nine games thus far and 21 times total in her career. She has also registered 10 or more rebounds in a game four times this season and 11 times in her career.
Johnson has collected three double doubles this season and six for her career.
Johnson leads NJCU in scoring (12.4 per game) and rebounding (7.8 per game). She is 10th in the league in scoring and sixth in rebounding.
NJCU vs. the NEACBryn Athyn is a member of the North Eastern Athletic Conference, a 14-team league that re-formed in 2004 from 12 formerly independent colleges. NJCU owns an all-time mark of 14-1 against current NEAC members with 13 consecutive wins:
- Bryn Athyn: 1-0
- Cazenovia: 1-0 (Last Meeting: November 19, 2000; Won, 77-73)
- Gallaudet: 1-0 (Last Meeting: November 19, 1993; Won, 60-44)
- Saint Elizabeth: 11-1 (Last Meeting: February 9, 2005; Won 83-39; First Meeting: February 14, 1978)
Going to Try to Bryn It - NEAC member Bryn Athyn was 7-18 last season and 6-14 in the conference, finishing sixth in the eight-team NEAC South Division.
- The Lions' Taylor Davis leads the NEAC in field goal percentage at 63.6 percent; no other player in the league is shooting better than 55.2 percent. Davis is second on the team in scoring at 7.3 points per game with 5.3 rebounds.
- Kristina Clark is the Lions' top scorer. She is averaging 16.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per contest in four games, including a 29-point performance on December 5 in the team's conference loss to Lancaster Bible.
- Today's game will be Bryn Athyn's fifth consecutive road game to open the season. The Lions lost a lopsided decision at Susquehanna in their last action on December 12. BAC will play seven total road games before finally playing on its home court on January 7.
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