Madison, NJ… The College of New Jersey men's basketball team shot an incredible 17-35 from three-point range rolling to a 94-71 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Monday night. The win is the sixth straight for the Lions, who improve to 6-1 on the year, while the Devils fall to 0-6.
 
Leading 9-8 early, TCNJ took control of the game with a 10-0 run. Three pointers by Randall Walko (Somerville, NJ/Somerville) and Liam Byrne (Middletown, NJ/Red Bank Catholic) bracketed the rally. Walko finished with 14 points on 5-7 shooting, going 4-6 from deep.
 
The Lions would break the game open later in the first half, using a 14-2 run on the strength of four triples. Eric Murdock, Jr. (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater) hit a lay-up followed by a Walko three. Following a Devil lay-up, Walko hit another from behind the arc, before Ryan Jensen (Brielle, NJ/Manasquan) and Niall Carpenter (Westampton, NJ/Westampton) capped the barrage that gave TCNJ a 49-25 lead.
 
TCNJ led at the half 51-27.
 
Early in the second half, Murdock, Jr. extended the lead to 29 on back-to-back three pointers. He finished with 18 points, six rebounds, six assists, and three steals. Murdock, Jr. passed Fred Wetzel for 14^th place on the Lions career scoring list.
 
It was a long ball by Mike Walley (Yardley, PA/Notre Dame) that gave TCNJ its largest lead of the game at 33 with just under 13 minutes to play.
 
The Devils made their final run with an 11-2 stretch cutting the lead to 20, but would get no closer.
 
Shawn Smith led the Devils with 15 off the bench. FDU-Florham held a 39-36 rebounding advantage.
 
TCNJ will close out its three game road trip Wednesday with a trip to Rowan. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 PM.