GALLOWAY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University remained unbeaten in the New Jersey Athletic Conference, grabbed a two-game lead in the standings and improved to 6-0 in the league for the first time since the 1988-89 season as freshman small forward James Frazier (Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth), in his third collegiate game, netted 19 of his 24 points in the second half and NJCU toppled two-time defending NJAC champion and preseason favorite Stockton University, 74-69, on January 6 at the Stockton Sports Center.
 
Frazier, the NJAC Rookie of the Week and Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Metro Rookie of the Week shot 6-of-9 from the field, 2-of-4 from three-point distance and 5-of-7 from the line in just 11 minutes as NJCU bounced back from a 33-25 halftime deficit on the road by outscoring the Ospreys 49-36 in the second half. NJCU trailed by 15 in the second half but erased it with runs of 11-0 and 14-3 in the final seven minutes.

 
NJCU (8-4, 6-0 NJAC) stopped a two-game slide by shooting 15-of-25 from the field in the second half—60.0 percent—when it made half of its three-point tries (4-8). Stockton (9-4, 4-2 NJAC), which entered the game No. 1 in the NJAC in scoring defense at 64.0 and as the league leader in scoring margin (+9.0), dropped its second straight following a six-game winning streak.
 
The Knights are 6-0 in the conference for the first time since opening the 1988-89 season at 9-0 before going 17-1 in the league's regular season. NJCU won on Stockton's home court for the second year in a row and the Knights now are two games ahead of Ramapo, Rutgers-Newark and Stockton in the NJAC standings (4-2). NJCU owns wins over each team thus far, including two road decisions.
 
Frazier became the third Gothic Knight to score at least 24 points in a game this season as he netted a career high 24 on 7-of-13 overall shooting (3-7 3FG; 7-13 FT) in 22 minutes off the bench. He scored as much as the entire Stockton bench delivered.
 
Senior small forward Khalid Muhammad (Orange, NJ/Orange) scored eight of his 12 points in the first half and moved into 21st in school history in scoring. He only took four shots (2-4) but was lights out from the line, making 7-of-8.
 
For just the second time all year, senior power forward Chinwe Wosu (Jersey City, NJ/University Academy Charter) didn't score in double figures (7 points, 3-7 FG) but the NJAC's leader in rebounds and offensive rebounds, seized a game-high 12 boards—six offensively—and had three assists, as the Knights outrebounded Stockton, 49-34. He ranks No. 2 in Division III on the offensive glass.
 
Also for NJCU, junior point guard Ata Robinson (Newark, NJ/East Side) had nine rebounds (all defensive), seven points and five assists. Freshman Yuri Brutus (Roselle Park, NJ/Roselle Park) made his first career start at center and finished with nine rebounds (seven defensive) and six points.
 
Stockton lost despite connecting on 15 three-pointers in the game and shooting 51.7 percent from that distance (15-29). The Ospreys were just 10-of-34 inside the arc.

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