GALLOWAY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University led by 12 points with 15 minutes remaining, but SUNY Old Westbury shot 62 percent in the second half and scored the ;final 12 points of the game while holding the Gothic Knights scoreless in the last 5:24 as the Panthers ousted NJCU, 65-52, in the 2013 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Metro Tournament Semifinals on March 2 at the Stockton Sports Center.
NJCU's 80th season of intercollegiate men's basketball ends with a mark of 15-13 as the sixth-seeded Gothic Knights lose to Old Westbury (24-4) for the first time in five all-time meetings. OW, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, set a single-season school record for wins while advancing to face top-seeded at host Richard Stockton College—67-53 winners over fifth-seeded John Jay College in the other semifinal—in Sunday's ECAC title game.
The Knights shot 29 percent in the second half (9-31) and just 32.3 percent for the game (21-65) while making 2-of-15 from three-point range. While NJCU's nationally No. 10 ranked scoring defense did limit Old Westbury to its second lowest scoring total of the season and the fewest points in a win this season, the Panthers did shoot 52.3 percent overall (23-44) and 61.9 percent in the second period (13-21). The 65 points by OW were the fewest since netting 63 in a season-opening loss to Salisbury University on November 16.
NJCU led by three at halftime and 39-27 with 15:26 remaining before OW used a 14-2 run over a span of 4:46 to tie the game at 41-41. OW outscored NJCU in the second half, 42-26.
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