First Place NJCU Men Slip Past Pioneers In Final Minute, 85-81

More news about: New Jersey City

WAYNE, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | William Paterson University led by seven with 4:18 to play and clung to an 81-80 edge with 49 seconds left. But the New Jersey Athletic Conference-leading New Jersey City University men's basketball team would not be denied. Junior shooting guard Jalen Harris (Brandywine, MD/Gwynn Park (Md.)) hit a go-ahead second-chance jumper with 32 seconds left for two of his game-high 22 points and after the Pioneers missed a pair of potential tying foul shots, freshman small forward James Frazier(Elizabeth, NJ/Elizabeth) iced it with a two foul shots for his 19th and 20th points as NJCU wrapped up a season sweep of William Paterson, 85-81, on January 27 at the Rec Center.
 
The first-place Gothic Knights (10-6, 9-2 NJAC) claimed their first season sweep of the Pioneers (9-9, 4-7 NJAC) since the 2010-11 season—the same year the program won its last conference championship.
 
Harris and Frazier each scored 14 points in the second half after NJCU and WP were tied at 35-35 at the break. There were 13 lead changes and eight ties in the contest.
 
Harris netted his fifth 20-point performance of the season, scoring a game-high 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting and made three three-pointers (3-5) and 5-of-7 from the line in 28 minutes. He added five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
 
Meanwhile Frazier, a two-time NJAC Rookie of the Week since joining the team on December 22, bounced back after not scoring in his last game by dropping 20 points on 5-of-10 shooting, including 3-of-5 three-point accuracy and 7-of-8 free throw success with eight rebounds in 24 minutes.

 

READ MORE: http://www.njcugothicknights.com/news/2016/1/27/201601-26_MBASKETBALL_at_William_Paterson.aspx