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For Starters
NJCU and Ramapo both seek its first New Jersey Athletic Conference win tonight. NJCU will look to snap a four-game losing streak and earn a third straight victory against the Roadrunners.
 
#GothicRewind—NJCU Falls to Wheaton
On Monday, NJCU fell behind early, 19-0 and bounced back to draw within striking distance at the end of the third quarter before Wheaton outscored NJCU 20-5 in the fourth period and won a non-conference matchup, 75-50, in the first meeting between the schools. The loss spoiled a career-effort for senior forward Deseree Johnson (Red Bank, NJ/Monmouth Regional) who was the game's dominant player with a double-double of 29 points and 11 rebounds.
 
Dominant Des
The loss to Wheaton was the best-ever performance for Deseree Johnson, scoring a career-high 29 points while notching her sixth career double-double. Johnson scored more than half of NJCU's points—accounting for 58 percent of its offensive output—and scored the most points by a Gothic Knight in more than a year. It was her second career 20-point performance, nearly double her previous season scoring high (16), and one point shy of the most scored by a New Jersey Athletic Conference player this season.
 
Overall, Johnson shot 12-of-26 and 5-of-12 from three-point range to notch 29 points without attempting a free throw. She added 11 rebounds (seven defensive), three assists and two steals in 39 minutes—coming out only in the final minute of the game. It was her 21st career double-digit scoring effort, her sixth in seven games this year and her third double-double of the season.
 
She is currently averaging 14.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.1 assists per game and has scored in double figures in six of seven games for NJCU. She is seventh in the league in scoring and eighth in rebounding.
 
Team Trends
NJCU has forced 22.33 turnovers per game which ranks 73rd in Division III. NJCU is 0-6 when trailing at halftime this year and at the start of the fourth quarter. NJCU has not shot better than 41.5 percent in a game this season and have been outshot in five of seven games (0-5 when that occurs). When an opponent has more points off turnovers than NJCU or scores 60 or more points, the Knights are 0-6.
 
The Ramapo Report

• Ramapo was 4-21 overall and 0-18 in the NJAC. The Roadrunners have dropped 23 consecutive NJAC regular season games and seek their first conference victory since a 74-47 rout of Rutgers-Newark in Mahwah, NJ on February 12, 2014.
• Ramapo enjoys the fourth best scoring defense in the league, allowing 59.0 points per game; RCNJ is ninth in scoring offense at 53.0—slightly higher than NJCU (51.9). The NJAC defensive rebounding leaders (29.1 per game), its .334 field goal percentage defense ranks second in the NJAC and RCNJ is third overall with a +4.8 rebounding margin. However, Ramapo is 10th in turnover margin (-5.38) and is averaging 21.9 giveaways per outing.
• Kellie Lane leads Ramapo in scoring at 13.3 per game (106 points) and has added 5.4 rebounds; no other regular player has put in more than 6.9 points per game.