Box Score

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey men's basketball team hosted the Ducks of Stevens Institute of Technology on Wednesday night in non-conference play. Ranked No. 22 in Division III, Stevens posted a 63-52 win to improve to 18-3 overall, while the Lions drops to 6-14 overall.

TCNJ's junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) poured in a career-high 24 points, including 16 in the second half, but it was not enough as his team was unable to get past the visiting Ducks. The 24 points surpassed his previous best of 20 points in a win over Huntingdon College (11/26/06).

Stevens got 12 points from senior forward Ted Williams (Selden, NY/Newfield) as he added a double-double off the bench with a game-high 10 rebounds. Junior guard Virgil Gray (Elmwood Park, NJ/Bergen Catholic) chipped in 11 points with six rebounds.

Stevens held a 25-20 lead at the break as both teams struggled shooting less than 30.0% from the floor. Stevens hit 28.0% of its shots (7-25), while TCNJ was held to a 25.0% effort on 8-of-32 shooting. Senior guard Waleed Farid (Woodside, NY/Stuyvesant) led the Ducks with his seven points and hit 3-of-4 from the line while junior guard Anthony Passalacqua (Staten Island, NY/Susan E. Wagner) added six points and was 2-for-2 from three-point range. Farid and Passalacqua both finished with nine points, while sophomore guard George Greco (Rockville Centre, NY/Oceanside) also netted nine points with five assists. Farid added six assists with two steals as Stevens finished with a 49-33 edge on the boards and held TCNJ to a 30.6% effort from the floor (19-62).

TCNJ's Molinelli had eight first half points and finished the night making 10-of-16 shots from the floor. Senior forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central) added 11 points on the night with seven in the first half and added a team-high eight rebounds, Senior Jeff Warner (Jackson, NJ/Jackson) added six defensive boards for TCNJ in the half and finished with seven caroms on the game with seven points.

TCNJ returns to action on Saturday, February 9at Ramapo College in a 3:00 p.m. NJAC match-up, while Stevens travels to Hartwick College for an Empire 8 contest on February 10 at 4:00 p.m.