NJCU Posts Best Scoring Effort in Four Years as Knights Throttle Kean, 100-70

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UNION, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.comNew Jersey City University saw three players score 19 points or better, highlighted by a career-high 27 points from senior point guard Jourdan Roberson(Brooklyn, NY/University (Newark)) and the Gothic Knights posted their best scoring effort in four years in a 100-70 New Jersey Athletic Conference road throttling of host Kean University on January 24 at Harwood Arena.
 
Senior small forward Neville Joseph (Newark, NJ/West Side) and junior shooting guard Khalid Muhammad (Orange, NJ/Orange) each scored 19 points for NJCU (6-11, 4-7 NJAC) as NJCU improved to an incredible 79-2 all-time when scoring 100 points in a game.
 
The Knights led 51-33 at the half when the club shot a scintillating 64.3 percent (18-28) and reached the 50-point threshold in the first half of a conference game for the first time since the 2006-07 season.

Overall, NJCU easily shot a season high from the field and three-point range, at 58.6 percent (34-58) and 57.1 percent (12-21), respectively, knocking down a dozen triples. NJCU was equally awesome from the line where it hit on 20-of-24 attempts (.833).
 
Roberson was 6-for-6 from the field (two threes) in the first half when he netted 15 points and Joseph was 5-for-5 from the floor, also connecting twice from deep in the opening stanza.
 
Roberson finished with a game-best and team-season high 27 points on 9-of-11 shooting, including 3-of-4 three-point tries, while converting 6-of-7 at the line with three assists and two steals in only 28 minutes of action.

 

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