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BUFFALO, N.Y.–Rebound. Senior Jason Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) helped his team rebound from a 12-point loss on Thursday to defeat Canisius in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game Saturday, and in the process became Rider’s all-time rebound leader. \”Anytime you can break a record that stood for 30 years, anytime you can do something that nobody in the history of the school has done, that’s really special,\” said Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey. \”We’re very proud of him. It’s a great record and he has a lot of rebounds left in him.\”

Thompson compiled 25 points and 13 rebounds, his seventh ‘double-double’ of the season and the 37^th of his career. The 13 rebounds gives him 878 for his career, breaking the Rider record of 874 set in 1977 by Chuck Simon.

\”I wasn’t aware that I was getting close to it,\” Thompson said. \”I guess it shows that all of the hard work during the off-seasons has paid off. It is an accomplishment I am proud of, but like I’ve said before, my only goal is to win a championship.\”

Holding a 63-50 lead, Rider (6-4, 1-1 MAAC) went on a 19-2 run, 10 points by Thompson, to take an 82-52 lead with 2:41 left to play.

\”They put a crowd around Jason for most of the game,\” Dempsey said. \”Once the game loosened up a bit in the second half they were a bit late with their double team. We got Jason the ball and if he gets the ball in the paint he’s very hard to stop.\”

Rider led 33-30 with 3:22 left in the first half before going on a 16-1 run, eight points by junior Harris Mansell (Cheltenham, PA/Cheltenham), to take a 49-31 lead, and the Broncs led 49-33 at the half. Mansell finished with 13 points.

Canisius committed 10 turnovers in the first half and finished with 15, \”They are a growing team, playing a lot of young players, so we were hoping to speed the game up,\” Dempsey said. \”It is difficult for a team to play fast with three or four freshmen on the court. We were trying to speed the game up and have their young players make decisions with the ball.\”

Canisius (0-8, 0-2 MAAC) made three three-point field goals in the first five minutes and led 13-9 before Rider went on a 9-1 run to take an 18-14 lead. That was the fifth and final lead change of the game.

Sophomore Ryan Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) added 14 points, four rebounds and four assists, while freshman Justin Robinson (London, England/Blair Academy) added 12 points, a career-high six rebounds, a career-high four steals and four assists in just 25 minutes of work.

\”Our guys passed the ball well, really shared the ball well in the open court,\” Dempsey said. \”We did a really good job tonight.\”

Rider out-rebounded Canisius 38-27. \”We dominated the boards,\” Dempsey said. ‘We forced some turnovers in the transition game. We’re very good when we can get in transition.\”

Rider returns to the Garden State and travels to Monmouth December 15 and to Rutgers December 21, before traveling to Drexel on December 27. \”Our next three games are exciting with local rivals, and our kids are excited about it,\” Dempsey said. \”Unfortunately they are all on the road, so it was good to get a road win tonight.\”

The victory Saturday was Rider’s first road win of the season, Rider is 4-0 at home and 1-2 on neutral court.

Thompson now has 1,553 career points, eighth highest ever at Rider and 37 points shy of seventh. \”I’ve heard people speak about me getting 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, and that would be great, but I’m not really focused on that,\” Jason said. \”It would be a great record to get, but the record for most wins in a season would be even better. As I help my team win, the individual records will come.\”

\”We were focused on coming up here and winning both games,\” Dempsey said, \”but once we lost to Niagara there was only one thing left to do, and that was to split.\”

The Broncs rebounded from the loss at Niagara, and Jason Thompson continued to rebound for the Broncs.

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The Mt. Ephraim Celebration Committee is sponsoring a Best Holiday Decorated House Contest. The deadline to register your home for the contest is December 14, 2007.

Registration forms are available at the Mt. Ephraim Borough Hall or you can email your registration information to [email protected]. Prizes will be awarded.

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey women’s basketball team hosted Blue Knights of Mount Saint Mary College on Thursday night in a non-conference game in Packer Hall. Down at the half, 21-20, Mount Saint Mary College came back to post their third straight win over the Lions after posting a 62-55 win. MSMC improves to 7-1, while TCNJ is now 5-2.

TCNJ opened the contest on a 9-0 run before the Blue Knights clawed their way back to trail by just one point at the half, 21-20. Pacing TCNJ in the first half was freshman forward Kelsey Kutch (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) as she had seven points and four rebounds. Senior Sara Best (High Bridge, NJ/Voorhees) chipped in with five points and five rebounds in the first half for the Lions as they forced 15 turnovers, but committed 16 themselves.

MSMC’s senior guard Vanessa Lawson (Kingston, NY/Kingston) had six points in the first half, while junior guard Meredith Paggi (Wappinger Falls, NY/Our Lady of the Lourdes) added four points and five rebounds to pace her team in the first half with three steals.

In a wild second half, MSMC would post their first lead at 18:05 (24-23) and before the night was over there were six ties and nine lead changes as the Blue Knights would triumph on an impressive 8-10 shooting performance from the line in the second stanza.

Paggi would finish with 13 points and eight rebounds, while Lawson led her team with 14 points. Sophomore forward Shannon Sangster (Syracuse, NY/Bishop Ludden) added eight second half points to finish with 10 on the night.

TCNJ’s junior Hillary Klimowicz (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) would net her fifth double-double of the season after chipping in 14 points with 12 boards and ties her personal best having blocked eight shots. Best had 10 points, while Kutch finished with nine.

Official Basketball Box Score — GAME TOTALS — FINAL STATISTICSOfficial Basketball Box ScoreMt. St. Mary College vs The College of New Jersey12/6/07 7 pm at Ewing, NJ (Packer Hall)

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VISITORS: Mt. St. Mary College 7-1

 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS

## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN

00 Paggi, Meredith….. * 6-17 0-4 1-2 3 5 8 2 13 3 3 0 5 35

20 Anthony, Chantel…. * 2-13 2-7 0-0 0 6 6 1 6 6 6 0 3 34

24 Lawson, Vanessa….. * 6-12 0-1 2-2 1 2 3 1 14 3 2 0 3 32

30 Markert, Jackie….. * 2-7 0-0 3-6 2 6 8 1 7 1 1 0 1 32

44 Sangster, Shannon… * 5-7 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 10 1 1 0 2 28

12 Biordi, Catie……. 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 10

22 King, Brittany…… 1-1 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2

23 Kimmey, Megan……. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7

32 Augustin, LaSheila.. 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4

35 McCourt, Kelly…… 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 16

 TEAM……………. 3 2 5

 Totals………….. 25-67 3-14 9-14 14 25 39 9 62 16 17 0 15 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-28 32.1% 2nd Half: 16-39 41.0% Game: 37.3% DEADB

3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 21.4% REBS

F Throw % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 8-10 80.0% Game: 64.3% 2,1

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HOME TEAM: The College of New Jersey 5-2

 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS

## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN

03 Sara Best……….. * 3-9 0-2 4-5 0 6 6 4 10 2 1 0 1 24

15 Nicole Diaz……… * 2-6 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 6 5 3 0 2 32

22 Kelsey Kutch…….. * 3-7 0-0 3-4 2 2 4 3 9 1 9 2 1 31

23 Alyssa Michella….. * 1-9 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 6 1 0 2 36

34 Hillary Klimowicz… * 7-10 0-0 0-0 2 10 12 3 14 0 2 8 1 31

02 Stephanie Prall….. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5

21 Karen Lassoni……. 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 10

32 Lisa Koch……….. 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 6 0 4 0 0 13

45 Alexandra Gregorek.. 3-6 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 0 8 1 3 3 0 18

 Team……………. 1 3 4

 Totals………….. 21-54 4-14 9-11 8 31 39 14 55 15 27 13 8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-27 25.9% 2nd Half: 14-27 51.9% Game: 38.9% DEADB

3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 28.6% REBS

F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 3-3 100 % Game: 81.8% 1

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Glen Side, PA…The College of New Jersey men’s basketball team suffered a 66-62 non-conference set back at the hands of Arcadia University on Wednesday night. TCNJ had been off for the last 15 days, but was not able to come up with the road win despite three players contributing double-digit scoring performances. TCNJ drops to 1-3, while Arcadia is now 3-2.

TCNJ got a game-high 20 points from senior co-captain, forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central), while senior Jeff Warner (Jackson, NJ/Jackson) chipped in 13 points. Aziz hit an impressive 9-of-14 shots from the floor, while Warner shot 60.0% (6-10) on the night.

 Junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) added 12 points for the Lions despite shooting an impressive team mark of 54.0% from the floor on the game (27-50).

Arcadia’s Eric Elliott (Evansville, IN/Steinert) finished with 16 points and seven rebounds for the Knights, while nine rebounds, all defensive caroms, and added four blocks on the night.

TCNJ will host Rutgers University-Newark on Saturday, December 8 at 3 p.m. in the Lions’ home opene r.

By Bill Bates

NEWS Correspondent

On Monday evening around 6 o\’clock, a water main break was reported at the corner of South Oak Avenue & West Kings Highway. Mount Ephraim Police made contact with the American Water Company and advised them of the situation.

American Water Company officials where on scene within the hour and started working on the situation.

Photo By Bill Bates

CREWS WORKING – Employees from the American Water Company work at the intersection of West Kings Highway and South Oak Avenue in Mount Ephraim after a water main break was reported around 6 o\’clock Monday Evening.

Water service was shut down in a four block radius. The water main break affected about 100 homes and a few businesses.

Crews were expected to be on scene until the early morning hours to fix the break. Water service should be restored as of press time.

Men’s College Basketball
 

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y.–Niagara University, the defending conference champion, made 15 three-point field goals to defeat Rider in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener Thursday night. \”I’m disappointed in the way we played tonight,\” said Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey, \”but Niagara had a lot to do with that. They play great in this building.\”

Niagara (4-2, 1-0 MAAC) is now 4-0 at home this year.

Senior forward Charron Fisher made a career-high eight three-pointers and finished with a career-high 36 points and eight rebounds. \”Charron put on a show tonight,’ Dempsey said. \”He was unbelievable and we didn’t have an answer for him.\”

For the Broncs (5-4, 0-1 MAAC), senior Jason Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) compiled 25 points and 10 rebounds and younger brother sophomore Ryan Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) added 12 points and 12 rebounds.

For Jason, it was his sixth ‘double-double’ of the season and the 36^th of his career. His 10 rebounds gave him 865, nine shy of the Rider career record.

Trailing 57-39, Rider went on a 10-2 run, seven points by Ryan Thompson, to cut the lead to 59-49 with 11:31 remaining, but that was as close as the Broncs could get, as Fisher made back-to-back threes to give Niagara a 65-49 lead. ‘We clawed our way back into it several time and each time it seemed Fisher had the answer.\”

Niagara made its first five three-point field goals in the first five minutes of the game. \”That put us in a hole,\” Dempsey said.

The Purple Eagles led 12-8 before going on a 10-0 run, five points by sophomore guard Tyrone Lewis, to take a 22-8 lead. Lewis finished with 14 points and six rebounds.

Trailing 22-8, Rider went on a 12-2 run, six points by Jason Thompson, to cut the lead to 24-22 with 8:25 left in the first half.

Niagara led 31-25 before Rider went on an 8-0 lead to take a 33-31 lead.

Trailing 33-31, Niagara out-scored Rider 14-0, five points by Hodge, to take a 42-33 lead, and Niagara led 49-34 at the half on 20 first half points by Fisher. \”That’s a long climb in someone else’s building,\” Dempsey said.

Junior Harris Mansell (Cheltenham, PA/Cheltenham) finished with 15 points and three assists for Rider.

Rider stays in Western New York to play at Canisius Saturday evening. \”That’s our goal now, to go home 1-1 on this trip,\” Dempsey said.

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LEWIS, BARBARA A.
Of Woodbury on December 3, 2007. Age 63 years.
Barbara was a caring woman who often put the needs of others before her own. Born in Bridgeton and a 1962 graduate of Deptford High, Barbara lived most of her life in the City of Woodbury.
A US Navy Veteran, Barbara served her country stateside during the Vietnam War. For over 30 years she was employed by the US Postal Service as a clerk in the Woodbury Post Office. Barbara was a member of the Edward Foy American Legion Post #534, McFarland, WI.
She is the loving companion of Frank McCormick; beloved sister of Marlene Fisher (Dave), Edward \’Skip\’ Lewis and Yvonne Lewis-Klein (Lewis); dear aunt to Mike Fisher (Kara), Pat Fisher (Linda) and Chris Fisher (Michelle) and great aunt to many.
Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing Thurs. 9:30 to 10:45 AM and funeral service 11:00 AM in the McGUINNESS FUNERAL HOME, 34 Hunter St., Woodbury. Interment Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Faith Bible Church, Grove and Mantua Grove Rds., Thorofare, NJ 08086 or to Fox Chase Cancer Center, 333 Cottman Ave., Rm C223, Philadelphia, PA 19111.
Tributes and memories may be shared at: www.mcgfuneral.com

Aileen Marchese (nee Kelly) passed away tonight, December 5, 2007.

Aileen is the mother of Gloucester City Councilman Nick Marchese.

Funeral Arrangements will be finalized on Thursday afternoon by the McCANN-HEALEY FUNERAL HOME: 851 Monmouth Street, Gloucester City. Phone: 856-456-1142

COYLE, ROBERT A.
On November 29, 2007, a 44 year resident of Collingswood, NJ. Age 75 years.
Beloved husband of 53 years to Eleanor Coyle (Nee-Thomson). Dear father of Martha (Joseph) Massimo of Palm Harbor, FL, Theresa (Steven) Daroszewski of Audubon, NJ, Robert (Dawn), Jr. of Marlton, NJ,Thomas (Darlene) of Spanish Fort, AL and James (Cheryl) of Howell, NJ. He is also survived by 15 grandchildren, a sister, Eileen Deely and brother, John Coyle, Jr., both of NY.
Born in New York and orphaned at a young age, Bob was raised at St. Agnes Home for Boys in Sparkill, NY. He was a graduate of Tappan Zee High School with a full academic scholarship.
Bob was a decorated Korean Conflict U.S. Army veteran and POW, where he served as Sergeant (T) and member of the \’Triple Nickel\’, the 555th Regiment Combat Team. He was also a former Senior Vice-Commander of VFW Post #1958, Haddon Heights.
Bob received a bachelor\’s degree in chemistry from Temple Univ. and worked at Glaxo-Smith Kline Labs in Philadelphia as a pharmaceutical chemist for 37 years.
Bob was a former Little League and Babe Ruth coach, an avid photographer, videographer and self-taught computer \’expert\’. He loved music, dancing and traveling with the Haddon Heights Socialites. He was especially proud of his Irish heritage, locating and visiting family in Ireland.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his visitation Saturday 10 to 11 AM at the Church of St. John, Park & Lees Ave., Collingswood, NJ. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 AM. Interment Military Garden of Honor, Harleigh Cemetery, Camden, NJ.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to the charity of your choice. Arrangements by the
FOSTER-WARNE FUNERAL HOME, Collingswood, NJ.