GALLOWAY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University and Richard Stockton College were knotted at 50-50 midway through the second half before the host Ospreys reeled off runs of 11-1 and 19-3 and scored 27 of the game's final 35 points to remain undefeated, sprinting past the Gothic Knights, 77-58, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference men's basketball game on December 5 at the Stockton Sports Center. The game was even at the half, 36-36.

Stockton (6-0, 4-0 NJAC) shot 57.1 percent in the second half (12-21) after making half of its first period shots (9-18) and owned a 53.8 percent success rate shooting on the night (21-39). Meanwhile, the Ospreys attempted more than twice the number of free throws that NJCU was granted (39 versus 18) and the hosts cashed in, making 30-of-39 from the stripe for a .769 percentage. Stockton also made half of its three point tries (5-10).

NJCU (2-5, 0-4 NJAC) starts a season at 0-4 in the NJAC for the first time since also beginning the 2002-03 campaign at 0-4. The Knights shot 41.7 percent for the game (20-48) but struggled in the second half, making just 7-of-21 (.333) and 1-of-9 from long range (.111) in the period after hitting 6-of-11 from three-point distance in the opening half (.545).

Other than this season and 2002-03, the only other year NJCU has ever opened a conference schedule with an 0-4 mark was in 1958-59. NJCU has been a member of the NJAC since it formed in 1957-58 and has never in its 55-year membership begun a league schedule with five straight losses.

Senior guard NAADIR WILLIAMS (Newark, NJ/Weequahic) was the only Gothic Knight to score in double figures, notching 12 of his career-high tying 16 points in the first half. He shot 5-of-10 from the field—all from three-point range—in 27 minutes.

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