EARLY OUTBURST, FREE THROW SHOOTING, ENOUGH TO LIFT RANDOLPH OVER NJCU, 62-50

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STATEN ISLAND, NY (NJCUGothicKnights.com| Randolph College shot 86 percent from the line in the second half and made 20 foul shots on the night and despite knocking down 10 three-pointers New Jersey City University dropped its fourth straight game after a 5-0 start, falling to the Wildcats, 62-50, in the opening round of the College of Staten Island 12th Annual Tournament of Heroes on December 28.
 
NJCU (5-4), playing its first game in 21 days, shot 10-of-28 from three-point range (.357) but attempted just 10 free throws all contest (4-10). The Wildcats (6-3) shot 53.3 percent from three-point distance (8-15) and made twice as made foul shots (20-27, .741) as NJCU was allocated total chances.
 
NJCU which was facing Randolph for the first time, will also face a new opponent in the tournament's consolation game on December 29 at 1 p.m. against Rivier College. The Raiders were 93-63 losers to host Staten Island in Saturday's other opening round game.
 

Team Stat Comparison

 

NJCU

RANDOLPH

Score

50

62

Half-Time Score

24

30

Field Goal Percentage

.360 (18-50)

.395 (17-43)

Three-Point Percentage

.357 (10-28)

.533 (8-15)

Free Throw Percentage

.400 (4-10)

.741 (20-27)

Rebounds (O-D-T)

6-20-26

9-29-38

Assists

11

11

Turnovers

12

13

Blocks

3

1

Steals

3

1

Fouls

24

19

Largest Lead

None

13

Points in the Paint

14

18

Points off Turnovers

9

10

Second Change Points

6

8

Fast Break Points

2

5

Bench Points

19

10

Junior point guard JUSTIN HARTE (Irvington, NJ/Irvington) came off the bench to register a game-best and career-high 15 points. He had only 11 points in his first eight career games as a Gothic Knight and had never collected more than three points in a game prior to Saturday's outburst, finishing with 5-of-10 from the field and 4-of-8 from three-point distance in just 20 minutes of action.
 
Junior point guard JOURDAN ROBERSON(Brooklyn, NY/University (Newark)) finished with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting and 4-of-7 three-point accuracy, adding four assists and two steals. He netted 14 of NJCU's 24 first half points. Sophomore guard KHALID MUHAMMAD (Orange, NJ/Orange) tallied eight rebounds (seven defensive) and seven points. No other Gothic Knight scored more than six and outside of Harte and Roberson, NJCU shot 2-of-13 from three-point territory.

 

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