YORK, PA (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University followed an impressive season-opening win with another convincing all-
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Team Stat Comparison |
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NJCU |
YORK |
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Score |
60 |
45 |
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Half-Time Score |
26 |
20 |
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Field Goal Percentage |
.426 (23-54) |
.412 (14-34) |
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Three-Point Percentage |
.286 (8-28) |
.250 (1-4) |
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Free Throw Percentage |
.462 (6-13) |
.696 (16-23) |
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Rebounds (O-D-T) |
8-17-25 |
6-26-32 |
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Assists |
13 |
8 |
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Turnovers |
13 |
26 |
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Blocks |
5 |
1 |
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Steals |
11 |
6 |
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Fouls |
20 |
12 |
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Largest Lead |
19 |
3 |
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Points in the Paint |
26 |
26 |
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Points off Turnovers |
23 |
15 |
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Second Change Points |
7 |
4 |
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Fast Break Points |
10 |
4 |
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Bench Points |
25 |
0 |
around effort as junior shooting guard DAVID COLE (Avenel, NJ/Colonia) came off the bench to spark NJCU with 11 first-half points and the Gothic Knights cruised in the second period, winning the championship of the 14th Annual Coaches vs. Cancer Classic by rolling over host York College (Pa.), 60-45, on November 17 at the Charles Wolf Gymnasium.
Senior swingman WALIK ALBRIGHT (Jersey City, NJ/Create Charter) earned tournament Most Valuable Player honors after two solid all-around efforts and 2013 New Jersey Athletic Conference and Atlantic Region Rookie of the Year KHALID MUHAMMAD (Orange, NJ/Orange) also received an All-Tournament Team nod after pouring in a game-high 18 points, including 10 in the second half.
NJCU improves to 2-0, beating two tough opponents in the tournament by double figures while using a smothering defense to limit Stevens Institute of Technology and York to 51 and 45 points, respectively. The Gothic Knights are 2-0 for the second time in three seasons, last starting the 2011-12 season at 6-0, and NJCU wins a season-opening tournament for the first time since that 2011-12 campaign.
Meanwhile, host York (1-1) was held to 36 fewer points than the night before when it posted 81 points. In the first-ever meeting between the schools, NJCU forced 26 turnovers while committing just 13 and the Knights reserves outscored the York bench, 25-0.
"This was a great, collective effort—there's no other way to say it," said a pleased seventh-year head coach Marc Brown. "The guys played hard. They remind of my team last year, which finished above .500 because of how hard they played. We just have more talent [this year]. What's really impressive about this win is we did this against a zone defense. We weren't getting the isolations with our wing guys and we've only been practicing against a defense like this for about a week."
"It's obvious after this weekend that this group plays hard, they play together and they play for each other and we're talented."
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