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Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey men's basketball team hosted the Lions of Albright College on Wednesday night. Albright College would triumph 71-67 in overtime to improve to 9-2 on the year, while TCNJ drops to 4-7 on the season.

The game would end in a 58-58 tie at the end of regulation and Albright would lead by as many as five in overtime, 65-60 (2:06), before the Lions would claw back and pull within one, 68-67 with 25 seconds left to play. Sophomore guard Andre Murphy (Philadelphia, PA/Engineering and Science) would sink a pair of free throws at 19.2 second left before senior guard Taylor Steltz (Womelsdorf, PA/Conrad Weiser) would make the first of two free throws with 7.2 seconds left and provide the edge in Albright's fourth straight win, snapping TCNJ's two-game win streak.

By game's end, Albright had three players finish in double-digit scoring as freshman guard Zac Shaeffer (Lampeter, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) led the way with 14 points, while senior forward Albert Medoro (Exton, PA/West Chester) and freshman forward Andrew Pomager (Philadelphia, PA/North Catholic) each added 11 points.

TCNJ led 27-25 at the break after sophomore guard Aaron Syvertsen (Midland Park, NJ/Midland Park) came off the bench to hit a three-point basket with only 28 seconds left in the half to break a 24-24 tie. Albright's Steltz would hit only one of two free throws with 2.5 second left as the Lions of TCNJ took a 27-25 lead into the locker room.

TCNJ's junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) added 10 of his 13 points in the first half. Albright's Shaeffer had eight points in the first stanza for his team as he was a perfect 2-2 from three-point range in only eight minutes of play off the bench.

At the end of regulation, TCNJ's senior forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central) had a layup with 3.0 seconds left to tie the contest and finished the night with a game-high 20 points. Molinelli was the team's second leading scorer with 13 points, while sophomore guard Jay Frank (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) added 11 points as he made his first start of the season.

TCNJ returns to Packer Hall on Saturday, January 12 hosting Montclair State University in a 3 p.m. NJAC match-up, while Albright College travels to Penn State-Berks for a 3 p.m. match-up.