St. Mary’s, MD…The College of New Jersey men’s basketball team opened the 2008 portion of the season on the road as they faced St. Mary’s College of Maryland. TCNJ would come away with a 79-63 victory to improve to 3-6 overall, while St. Mary’s drops to 7-6. The Lions snap a two-game losing skid, while SMC’s has now lost three in a row. TCNJ led by only one at the break, 39-38 but cruised in the second half.
TCNJ’s sophomore Jay Frank (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) added a team-high 19 points off the bench to help the Lions on the night as five different players finished in double digits scoring in the contest. The 19 points marks a career-high for Frank, whose previous best came last year with 17 points in a win over Muhlenberg.
Junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) added 17 points, while senior forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central) put up 16 points for TCNJ with a 7-12 effort from the floor.
Senior guard Jeff Warner (Jackson, NJ/Jackson) added a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, all on the defensive end of the floor. Senior guard Corey Gilmore (South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) added 10 points as well for TCNJ with four assists and a steal.
SMC’s freshman Mike Bowden (Columbia, MD/Long Reach) added a game-high 23 points for the Sea Gulls, while senior guard Tyson Lesesne (Edgewood, MD/Edgewood) finished with 10 points.
TCNJ returns to Packer Hall on Monday, January 7 hosting Buffalo State College at 8 p.m., just following the women’s home 6 p.m. match-up with Salisbury University.
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