ALBRIGHT SURVIVES SCARE WITH 71-67 OT VICTORY

ALBRIGHT SURVIVES SCARE WITH 71-67 OT VICTORY

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.

Official Basketball Box Score
Albright vs The College of New Jersey
1/9/08 7 pm at Ewing, NJ (Packer Hall)

VISITORS: Albright 9-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
23 Jeff Sparrow…….. * 2-6 1-3 0-2 1 3 4 1 5 3 2 0 0 25
32 Andre Murphy…….. * 1-6 0-2 2-2 0 2 2 1 4 3 1 0 2 32
33 Phil Hall……….. * 2-8 0-2 0-0 0 4 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 14
44 Tom Murphy………. * 3-8 2-4 0-0 0 6 6 2 8 4 1 0 0 33
45 Albert Medoro……. * 4-8 2-2 1-2 3 5 8 2 11 3 2 0 0 32
3 Taylor Steltz……. 0-3 0-2 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 13
30 Zac Schaffer…….. 4-7 4-7 2-4 0 1 1 1 14 1 1 0 0 26
42 Andrew Pomager…… 5-9 1-2 0-1 2 6 8 0 11 1 3 2 1 21
5 Kyle Brudvig…….. 3-6 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 2 6 0 0 0 0 14
50 Matt Bazsika…….. 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 15
TEAM……………. 1 1 2
Totals………….. 27-66 10-24 7-15 9 32 41 10 71 20 10 3 4 225

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-28 32.1% 2nd Half: 14-32 43.8% OT: 4-6 66.7% Game: 40.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 4-11 36.4% OT: 2-3 66.7% Game: 41.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9% 2nd Half: 1-3 33.3% OT: 3-5 60.0% Game: 46.7% 3,1

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HOME TEAM: The College of New Jersey 4-7
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……….. * 5-12 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 2 11 3 0 0 1 38
20 Jeff Molinelli…… * 5-12 3-6 0-0 1 4 5 2 13 0 1 0 0 40-
22 Mark Aziz……….. * 9-19 0-1 2-2 3 3 6 2 20 2 3 1 0 36
23 Jeff Warner……… * 1-8 0-6 2-2 1 7 8 4 4 6 2 0 1 36
30 William Jett…….. * 4-9 0-3 0-0 1 6 7 2 8 3 3 0 1 35
34 Eric Hayes………. 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 1 0 0 0 19
35 Adam Gonzalez……. 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 11
42 Aaron Syvertsen….. 1-4 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 10
TEAM……………. 2 4 6
Totals………….. 29-71 5-23 4-4 9 34 43 16 67 17 10 1 3 225

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-31 35.5% 2nd Half: 14-29 48.3% OT: 4-11 36.4% Game: 40.8% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-13 23.1% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% OT: 1-3 33.3% Game: 21.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 2-2 100 % OT: 0-0 0.0% Game: 100 % 0,1

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Officials: Bryan Scipio, Chris Jennings and Peter McGuire
Technical fouls: Albright-None. The College of New Jersey-None.
Attendance: 200
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total
Albright…………………. 25 33 13 – 71
The College of New Jersey….. 27 31 9 – 67

 

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