GLASSBORO, N.J. (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Several times during an up-and-down 2014-15 season, the New Jersey City University men's basketball team had a big first-half lead, only to see it evaporate in the waning moments of the second period. With Rowan University seeking its second come-from-behind win over the Gothic Knights this season on January 31, NJCU rewrote the script and came up with a different ending that may have saved its hopes of qualifying for the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament.
 
NJCU (7-11, 5-7 NJAC), playing its first game in a weather-battered week, led 39-25 at halftime only to see Rowan University (12-8, 6-7 NJAC) battle back to draw within one point on three separate occasions in the final five minutes. But unlike the December 6 meeting between the clubs where NJCU led 19-2 only to see Rowan shoot 70 percent in the second half in a four-point win (73-69), the Gothic Knights weathered the storm.
 
Junior shooting guard Khalid Muhammad (Orange, NJ/Orange) and senior small forward Neville Joseph (Newark, NJ/West Side) each hitting key shots the first two times Rowan drew within one and junior redshirt shooting guard David Cole (Avenel, NJ/Colonia) buried a pair of foul shots with two seconds remaining before Muhammad blocked a potential game-tying three by the Profs as time expired.

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