Box Score

Glen Side, PA…The College of New Jersey men's basketball team suffered a 66-62 non-conference set back at the hands of Arcadia University on Wednesday night. TCNJ had been off for the last 15 days, but was not able to come up with the road win despite three players contributing double-digit scoring performances. TCNJ drops to 1-3, while Arcadia is now 3-2.

TCNJ got a game-high 20 points from senior co-captain, forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central), while senior Jeff Warner (Jackson, NJ/Jackson) chipped in 13 points. Aziz hit an impressive 9-of-14 shots from the floor, while Warner shot 60.0% (6-10) on the night.

Junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) added 12 points for the Lions despite shooting an impressive team mark of 54.0% from the floor on the game (27-50).

Arcadia's Eric Elliott (Evansville, IN/Steinert) finished with 16 points and seven rebounds for the Knights, while nine rebounds, all defensive caroms, and added four blocks on the night.

The Knights build up an eight point lead by the 14 minute mark thanks to a Sterling Green steal and lay in by Bobby Mulholland but the Lions roared back to tie the game at 20 with 8 minutes remaining in the half. A jumper from Kevin Brown gave the Knights a 6 point lead at the 2 minute mark and the Knights took a 4 point lead into halftime, 34-30.

While Arcadia would maintain the lead for the entire second half, a deep bench proved helpful to the Lions who stayed on the Knights' heels for the second stanza. The Knights built their lead up to 8 at 5:23 when Blaise Pepitone drilled a three pointer from the wing but TCNJ answered right back on made three from Molinelli. Molinelli brought the Lions to within 3 at 2:51 when he found the net underneath for two but the Lions were forced to foul and clutch free throw shooting by the Knights kept the game just out of reach as Arcadia held on to win 66-62.

TCNJ will host Rutgers University-Newark on Saturday, December 8 at 3 p.m. in the Lions' home opener.