Box Score

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey men's basketball team hosted the Scarlet Raptors of Rutgers University-Camden on Wednesday night in NJAC play. Rutgers-Camden tallied the 58-53 win as the Scarlet Raptors snapped a six-game losing streak to improve to 4-15 overall and 1-6 in the league.
TCNJ drops to 5-13 overall and 1-6 in the NJAC.

The win over the Lions by RUC snapped a 10-game win streak TCNJ held over RUC. Rutgers-Camden's last win over TCNJ came on January 30, 2002, a 95-80 overtime win in Camden, NJ. That snapped a 30-game losing streak against TCNJ. The Lions still hold a commanding edge in the series history with a 52-10 lead. The win in Packer Hall marks the Scarlet Raptors first road win over the Lions since the early 1950's as records indicate victory over then Trenton State in 1951 and possibly a win over the Lions in Packer in 1953.

Rutgers-Camden's junior guard Bill Banks (Berlin, NJ/Eastern) led all scorers with 21 points, while freshman guard Brandon Canty (Riverside, NJ/Riverside) added 15 points off the bench. Junior forward Antoine Miller (Camden, NJ/Medical Arts) added a game-high 10 rebounds, including nine defensive boards in leading his team to the win.

TCNJ pulled within one point, 51-50 at 1:15 on a rebound and layup by junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley), before Canty hit a key three-point basket at 31.8 to give his team a 54-40 lead. TCNJ's sophomore Jay Frank (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) sank a three-pointer at 24.5 left to play keeping it a one-point game.

RUC's sophomore Joshua Askew (Philadelphia, PA/Winslow Township) hit two free throws at 22.1 left to play as his squad once again took a three-point lead, 56-53. They were his only points of the game, but turned out to be key. Banks returned to the free throw line at 7.9 seconds and proceeded to make both shots to give his team a 58-53 lead as TCNJ's last shot failed to hit the mark.

RUC held a 25-22 lead at the break and led in all but one possession of the half (19-18 with 6:20). Leading the way for the Scarlet Raptors in the first half was Banks added eight points. RUC held a narrow edge on the boards (21-19) in the first half. TCNJ's Frank tallied seven points and six boards in the first half and finished with 15 points as the only Lion in double-digits on the night and was also the high performer on the boards with eight caroms.

TCNJ returns to action on Saturday, February 2 at New Jersey City University in a 7 p.m. NJAC match-up, while Rutgers-Camden hosts Montclair State University also on February 2 in a 3 p.m. home league contest.







Official Basketball Box Score
Rutgers-Camden vs The College of New Jersey
1/30/08 8 p.m. at Ewing, NJ (Packer Hall)

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VISITORS: Rutgers-Camden 4-15, 1-6 NJAC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
04 Antoine Miller...... * 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 9 10 2 4 0 1 0 0 32
21 Bill Banks.......... * 6-14 5-7 4-4 1 2 3 2 21 2 1 0 1 36
22 Tarell Robinson..... * 3-7 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 2 6 1 1 2 2 23
43 Phil Thompson....... * 1-5 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 11
44 Joshua Askew........ * 0-6 0-3 2-2 1 4 5 4 2 1 4 0 0 26
10 Mark McCloskey...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
12 Rory Thornton....... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
23 Derek Jenerette..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
24 Brandon Canty....... 5-13 2-4 3-3 2 3 5 1 15 5 1 0 0 27
25 Jared Meredith...... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 11
34 Alex Rislin......... 2-6 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 1 6 1 3 1 2 25
TEAM................ 1 2 3
Totals.............. 20-59 7-16 11-11 11 30 41 16 58 10 13 3 5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-28 35.7% 2nd Half: 10-31 32.3% Game: 33.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 43.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 9-9 100 % Game: 100 % 0,2


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HOME TEAM: The College of New Jersey 5-13, 1-6 NJAC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Jay Frank........... * 6-14 3-8 0-0 2 6 8 2 15 1 3 0 1 33
12 Corey Gilmore....... * 0-7 0-1 4-6 2 2 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 28
20 Jeff Molinelli...... * 3-7 0-2 0-0 1 3 4 2 6 3 1 0 0 30
22 Mark Aziz........... * 4-11 0-1 0-3 1 4 5 3 8 2 6 3 0 25
23 Jeff Warner......... * 2-7 2-7 0-0 0 5 5 1 6 1 1 0 0 34
15 Steve Feinberg...... 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
30 William Jett........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12
34 Eric Hayes.......... 3-5 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0 8 0 0 0 2 11
35 Adam Gonzalez....... 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 13
42 Aaron Syvertsen..... 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 10
TEAM................ 3 3
Totals.............. 20-57 6-22 7-15 8 28 36 12 53 11 11 4 3 199

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-30 26.7% 2nd Half: 12-27 44.4% Game: 35.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-15 20.0% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 27.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 46.7% 5


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Officials: Michael Chesney, Kim Koskinen and Peter McGuire
Technical fouls: Rutgers-Camden-None. The College of New Jersey-None.
Attendance: 150
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Rutgers-Camden................ 25 33 - 58
The College of New Jersey..... 22 31 - 53