MONTCLAIR, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | A generation of New Jersey City University men's basketball fans watched legendary head coach Charlie Brown win 483 games at the helm of the Gothic Knights. Now his son and successor has joined him in an exclusive club. In a contest the Gothic Knights had to win to stay in the driver seat in the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament race, five NJCU players scored in double figures and reigning NJAC Coach of the Year Marc Brown captured his 100th career victory as the program's head coach in a dominant 80-68 win over Montclair State University on February 12 at the Panzer Athletic Center.
Brown, in his seventh season became the fifth coach in the 81-year history of the program to win 100 career games and the two Browns became just the third known father/son combinations in the history of Division III to both reach the milestone.
Perhaps even more importantly, NJCU (12-11, 7-9 NJAC) picked up a huge victory. With only two conference games remaining, the Gothic Knights and Rowan are now deadlocked for the fifth and sixth and final NJAC Tournament berths. Meanwhile, NJCU sweeps the season series from Montclair (9-13, 6-10 NJAC) and now sits one game ahead of MSU, Ramapo College and The College of New Jersey in the league standings (6-10 NJAC).
NJCU also swept Ramapo and now has tiebreakers over RCNJ and Montclair—with a game against TCNJ coming up on February 15.
Red-hot senior small forward Walik Albright (Jersey City, NJ/Create Charter) showed no signs of slowly down as his career hits the final weeks as the All-Conference team captain narrowly missed both his third consecutive 20-point performance and a double-double, finishing with 19 points (5-8 FG), highlighted by 8-of-10 free throw shooting and nine defensive rebounds in 31 minutes. He moved into 20th place in school history in scoring (1,097 points) and is now 23 of his last 29 from the line over a four-game span.
Sophomore shooting guard Khalid Muhammad (Orange, NJ/Orange) registered 12 points (5-8 FG, 2-4 3FG) and five rebounds and senior point guard Jahmill Jenkins (Elizabeth, NJ / Elizabeth) came off the bench to generate a career-high 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting, including a perfect 3-for-3 from three-point distance.
Junior point guard Jourdan Roberson (Brooklyn, NY/University (Newark)) tallied 10 points (3-7 FG, 2-5 3FG), five rebounds and four assists while junior shooting guard Jamall McDaniel (Jersey City, NJ/Lincoln) chipped in 10 points (4-10 FG).
Brown, only the 10th head coach in the program's illustrious history, joined his father Charlie Brown (483 wins), Larry Schiner (133 wins), Ollie Gelston (126 wins) and Paul Weinstein (115 wins) in the 100-win club. The four other coaches on the list are all inducted in the NJCU Athletics Hall of Fame.
"I look at this program as my dad's program and to have him in the crowd watching means a lot to myself and my family," said Marc Brown about what the milestone means. "I was more happy about winning the game as a team and the way we won—with our style of play. This is special to my family, special for me and I know its special for him [Charlie Brown]."
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