Game Program (pdf) The Basics: |
The Matchup: | New Jersey City University Gothic Knights (1-12, 0-7 NJAC, Lost 10) |
vs. | Rutgers University-Camden Scarlet Raptors (8-5, 3-4 NJAC, WON 1) |
Date: | Wednesday, January 13, 2016 |
Time: | 6 p.m. |
Place: | John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center (Coach Charlie Brown Court) |
Series: | 56th meeting. Rutgers-Camden leads the all-time series, 31-24. |
Last Meeting: | February 18, 2015 in Jersey City, NJ. |
Last Result: | NJCU won, 72-66 |
Last Camden Win: | January 14, 2015 in Camden, NJ; RUC won, 65-63. |
Rankings: | None |
NJCU Twitter: | @NJCU_Athletics |
NJCU Instagram: | @NJCUGothicKnights |
Camden Twitter: | @RUCRaptorRage |
Preferred Hashtags: | #NJCUWBB | #GothicGameDay | #NJCUvsRUC | #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: | General Admission (Doubleheaders): $5 | Children: $3 | NJCU Students/Staff with ID: Free |
NJCU looks to end a 10-game losing streak—its longest since dropping 13 straight in the 2011-12 season. Rutgers-Camden, a game behind Kean, TCNJ and William Paterson in the NJAC standings, looks to keep pace.
#GothicRewind—NJCU Falls to TCNJIn its last action on Saturday, TCNJ committed just eight turnovers and defeated NJCU, 62-37. NJCU scored 10 or fewer points in each quarter. In defeat for NJCU, senior forward
Deseree Johnson chalked up her fifth double-double of the season and eighth of her career, finishing with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Sophomore center
Sharaunda Fiedtkou had another strong effort on the glass with her third career double-digit rebounding effort—with a career-high 12 rebounds.
Trey JohnsonDeseree Johnson has made 27 threes in 13 games this year. She enters the action today with 84 in her career in 82 games, tied and owns third place in school history. She needs five more to pass former teammate
Jade Medley (2011-15) for second place in school history.
Medley hit 88 threes in 98 games. The record is 106 by
Sandra Nunez in 93 games from 1998-2002.
Raptor Marks - Rutgers-Camden is coming off of a dominant 71-28 home win over Cairn (+43) on Monday night. Cairn, a common opponent, was also NJCU's only win. Camden held Cairn to five or less points in three of the four quarters. Cairn scored just 10 points in the second half and shot 14.3 percent (9-63). RUC shot 52.5 percent (31-59). Caroline Santiago scored 19 points with 13 rebounds.
- Camden has had two different players take home NJAC Player of the Week honors with Michelle Obasi the week two winners and Kamari Talley claiming the accolade in back-to-back weeks (weeks 4 and 5) with one ECAC Player of the Week nod.
- As a team, Rutgers-Camden is second in the league in offensive rebounds (19.3), assists (16.5), steals (12.9) and turnover margin (+6.23) and leads the league in forced turnovers (25.6 per game). NJCU leads the league in turnovers (22.9).
- Talley ranks second in the league in scoring at 22.1 per game and leads the league in rebounding (14.1) by 1.6 board per game over any other player. She averaged 7.5 offensive rebounds per game to lead the NJAC; no other player has more than 4.4 per game. She ranks No. 2 in the nation in offensive boards, No. 5 in points per game and No. 8 in rebounding.
- Cara Racobaldo is second in the league in assists (6.1 per game) and is third in steals (3.5).
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