BROOKLYN, NY (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Brooklyn College used a 17-4 run midway through the second half to turn a nine-point deficit into a narrow lead and held off the New Jersey City University men's basketball team late for a 94-86 win in a non-conference contest on November 18.
It was the 2015-16 season opener for NJCU (0-1). Brooklyn, which won its first two games of the season by double figures, knocking off RIT (91-68) and Case Western Reserve (92-79), improved to 3-0. The Bulldogs shot 43 free throws in the game, making 34 (.791) and prevailed despite NJCU shooting 54.2 percent (32-59).
The Bulldogs had five players score in double figures with two scoring 20+. NJCU placed four in double figures. The Gothic Knights shot 16-of-20 from the line (.800).
BC shot 52.9 percent (27-51), converting 58.3 percent of its shots in the second half (14-24) when it sank 21-of-26 from the line (.808).
Lorenzo Williams scored 25 points in 28 minutes for the hosts, hitting 7-of-9 from the field and 9-of-9 from the line with three assists. Egzon Gjonbalaj netted 21 points (5-11 FG), with 10-of-12 free throw accuracy, and dished five assists in 33 minutes. Jamel Gist collected 19 points on 5-of-10 shooting and 8-of-12 from the line, and came up big in the late minutes with nine consecutive points.
NJCU senior power forward Chinwe Wosu (Jersey City, NJ/University Academy Charter),in his first game for the Knights since 2013-14, was a perfect 9-for-9 from the field and scored a career-high 20 points in 25 minutes—quadrupling his previous career best of five points.
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