EWING, N.J. – A career-high 43-point offensive outburst from Travis Jocelyn helped propel the TCNJ men's basketball team to its second win in as many days on Saturday. The Lions knocked off Stockton by a final score of 84-75 to sweep the weekend series.

Jocelyn became the first player in all of Division III to reach the 40-point plateau this season. The 43 points are only nine shy of former Lion and NBA player Greg Grant's single game program record of 52 points.

The Lions (2-0, 2-0 NJAC) held a 66-55 lead with over nine minutes to play in the game, then Stockton cut the lead to two with seven and a half to play. Seven points from Jocelyn bumped the TCNJ edge back up to nine. He converted a lay-up, was fouled, then hit the free throw for a three-point play. On the next possession, he hit a three-pointer off of a Brandon Slaybaugh assist to push TCNJ ahead, 74-65.

The back-and-forth battle continued down the home stretch, and the Ospreys kept coming at the Lions. A three-pointer from Stockton's D.J. Campbell shrank the TCNJ lead to 79-75 with only 1:22 remaining.

With less than a minute to go, Jason Larranaga delivered the dagger with a three-pointer to push TCNJ up, 82-75. Larranaga was set up by P.J. Ringel, then Ringel came up big on the defensive end with a blocked shot. Danny Bodine followed that up with a block of his own, and a pair of Jocelyn free throws put the game away with 30 seconds.

For the second night in a row, TCNJ came out of the gate fast. Stockton held a quick, 7-4 lead, but it was erased by a 15-2 run from the Lions. Ringel converted a lay-up, then Anthony DiCaro sank a three-pointer. Jocelyn recorded the next five points with a pair of free throws and a three-pointer to put TCNJ ahead, 19-9, with 12:21 left in the first half. Stockton closed the half on a run to take a 37-35 lead into halftime.

Jocelyn's 43 points are the most scored by a Lion since at least the 2004-05 season. He made it a double-double with 11 rebounds. The senior forward shot an efficient 12-of-24 from the field, 7-of-14 from three-point range, and 12-of-13 from the free throw line.   

Ringel scored 13 points, grabbed eight rebounds, and dished out eight assists. He also registered three steals on the defensive end. DiCaro tallied 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting from three-point territory.

As a team, the Lions shot an efficient 19-of-22 (86.4%) from the free throw line. TCNJ's active defense forced 19 turnovers which translated to 24 points on the offensive end.

Next up for TCNJ is an away game against Rutgers-Camden on Feb. 12.