CAMDEN, N.J
. (
Jan.
11
, 2020
) –
The
Rutgers University-Newark men’s basketball team entered Saturday’s New Jersey Athletic Conference contest coming off a
program-record defensive effort and the Scarlet Raiders didn’t hurt their nationally-ranked defensive ratings against Rutgers-Camden.
Newark held the Scarlet Raptors to 38 points as it defeated Rutgers-Camden, 59-38, to raise its record to 10-4 overall and 6-1 in the NJAC. The victory came only three days after the Scarlet Raiders shut down NJAC foe Montclair State University, 58-29, to set a program record for fewest points allowed.
Rutgers-Camden fell to 4-9 overall and 1-6 in the NJAC with its fourth straight loss.
Rutgers-Newark
, which entered the contest with the 10th-ranked defense in Division III,
has won
seven
of its last
eight
games against Rutgers-Camden, although the two teams split last season’s two-game series. Rutgers-Newark leads the all-time series, 5
3
-36.
The Scarlet Raptors held the lead only early in the game, scoring the first field goal on a layup by junior guard
Arian Azemi,
falling behind on a
trey by Newark senior guard Chase Barneys and then scoring the next four points to take a 6-3 lead. Newark countered with the next six points, taking the lead for good at 9-6 on a three-pointer by sophomore forward Jamir Patterson with seven minutes gone in the game. By halftime, the Scarlet Raiders held a 33-19 lead and they led by as many as 31 points (58-27) in the second half.
Barneys finished with a game-high 20 points, while Patterson canned 10 and added six rebounds for the Scarlet Raiders. Junior guard David Logan had a game-high four assists
and
added a team-high seven rebounds as Newark held a 41-27 advantage off the boards.
Azemi finished with 17 points for the Scarlet Raptors, including 13 in the second half. Sophomore guard
Keysean Simmon
d
s
led the Raptors in scoring during the first half, notching six of his eight points. Senior forward
Isaac Destin
collected game highs of eight rebounds and three blocked shots
.
Rutgers-Newark shot 21-for-53 from the floor (39.6 percent) and 8-for-15 (53.3) from the foul line, but the Scarlet Raiders also had nine treys (in 19 attempts), including four by Barneys.
Rutgers-Camden shot 14-for-43 (32.6) from the floor, including only 1-for-10 from three-point range. The Raptors went 9
–
for-13 (69.2) from the foul line.
Rutgers-Camden
plays another NJAC