JERSEY CITY, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Stockton University ended the first quarter on a 34-0 run and scored 39 straight points to seize control of the game on a historic night for the Ospreys which reached two milestones in a 102-31 win over the New Jersey City University women's basketball team, on January 10 at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center ("Coach Charlie Brown Court").
 
The Ospreys (8-7, 4-4 NJAC) shot 49.3 percent from the floor overall while limiting the Gothic Knights (0-10, 0-7 NJAC) to 21 percent shooting. Stockton scored 54 points off of NJCU's 30 turnovers (54-5 margin) while outscoring the Gothic Knights, 52-8, in the paint. Stockton also had a 54-23 rebounding margin.
 
With the win, Stockton head coach Joe Fussner earned his 400th win in 26 seasons as a collegiate head coach. Meanwhile, senior guard Lea Mendolla (Nutley, N.J.) became the program's career leader in three pointers made as she scored 25 points (10-15 FG), including nine from beyond the arc (3-6 FG), and forced five steals in 22 minutes of action. Her second three of the game was the 162nd of her career, breaking an 11-year-old Stockton program record.
 
For NJCU, freshman forward/center Gianna Benacquista (Belleville, NJ/Belleville) scored nine of her season-high 11 points (3-7 3FG) from downtown and grabbed six points, while freshman guard Arielle Cortes (Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne) collected seven points and dished out five assists.
 
Also for the Ospreys, senior forward Sasha Williams (Cherry Hill, N.J.), a three-time NJAC Player of the Week, secured a double-double with 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting and 11 rebounds in only 14 minutes. She added four assists and two blocks. Sophomore center Mckenna Forry (Waterford, N.J.) added 13 points (5-9 FT) and grabbed seven rebounds in an efficient 16 minutes of work. Freshman forward Madison Noordeloos (Hawthorne, N.J.) had four blocks.
 
OF NOTE:

• 62nd meeting. Stockton leads the all-time series, 49-13, and has won 28 of the last 29 meetings since November, 1998.
• First game for NJCU since December 13.
• Acting head coach Jourdan Roberson made his head coaching debut for NJCU in the game.

 
UP NEXT?:
NJCU takes on Ramapo College (4-11, 1-7 NJAC, Lost 5) in Mahwah, N.J. on Saturday, January 13 at 1 p.m.  It will be the 70th meeting between the schools; Ramapo leads all-time, 41-28.
 
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