Box Score

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey men's basketball team hosted the Cavaliers of Cabrini College in a non-conference match-up on Saturday in Packer Hall. TCNJ led 45-24 at the break and rolled to an 83-62 win to improve to 2-4, while Cabrini drops to 3-6 having lost three in a row. The victory was the first home win for TCNJ's interim head coach Matt Hunter as his Lions are now 1-1 in Packer Hall.

TCNJ's junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) finished with 12 points after leading all scorers with 10 first half points. He had seven of his career-high 10 rebounds in the first stanza as well as TCNJ held a 26-11 margin on the boards. The double-double was a career-first for Molinelli as he paced the Lions. TCNJ had 10 different players score in the first half as both senior co-captain, forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central) and sophomore guard William Jett (Browns Mills, NJ/Pemberton) added six points a piece in the first half.

Aziz led all players with his 17 points, but was held to a season-low one rebound despite hitting an impressive 7-11 from the floor. As a team, the Lions shot a blistering 50.8% (31-61) from the floor.

By game's end, TCNJ had also gotten a season-high 10 points from sophomore Jay Frank (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial), who returned to the Lions' lineup a week ago after missing the team's first four games with illness.

Cabrini's junior guard Corey White (Philadelphia, PA/George Washington) had seven first half points, including a 2-2 from three-point range, while junior guard Ryan Oxley (Germansville, PA/Northwestern Lehigh) had six points on a 2-6 effort from three-point range. By game's end, senior forward Randy Reid (Philadelphia, PA/Monsignor Bonner) would lead the Cavaliers with 11 points and nine rebounds with five blocks on the day.

Cabrini had three players add nine points in the loss, White, Oxley, and sophomore guard Matt Walsh (Wantagh, NY/Trinity).

TCNJ's 83 points was a season-high for the Lions, while they also held a 50-29 edge on the boards, despite TCNJ's Aziz being held to a season-low one rebound on the day.

TCNJ returns to action on Wednesday, December 19 hosting Buena Vista University in a 6 p.m. non-league contest in Packer Hall. Two days earlier, BVU will visit Cabrini for a 7:30 p.m. contest on December 17 in Radnor, PA.