NEWARK, N.J. (January 30, 2016) - The Rutgers University-Newark men's basketball team improved to 9-3 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) and 14-5 overall with a 62-58 victory over The College of New Jersey Saturday night in The Golden Dome Arena.

With the win, Rutgers-Newark sets up a Monday night showdown against NJAC rival Stockton University in 'The Dome' at 8 p.m. The Scarlet Raiders and Ospreys are currently tied for second in the conference standings. All Scarlet Raiders fans are encouraged to dress in white to take part in the #WHITEOUT promotion as the first 200 fans in attendance will receive t-shirts and everyone that comes to the game will get a limited edition rally towel.

Rutgers-Newark was led was led by senior forward Jordan McDaniel who scored 28 points on 10-of-17 shooting. The veteran Raider added nine rebounds and three blocked shots as Rutgers-Newark has received 28 or more points from a single player in four-straight. Senior guard John Snow - who scored his 1,000th point on Wednesday night - added 15 points and two rebounds, while fellow senior David Azoroh had six points, 10 boards, two blocks and two assists. Sophomore guard Tyler Ofray filled the box score with four points, six assists, nine rebounds, one block and two thefts.

The Scarlet Raiders shot 36.8 percent (21-for-57) from the floor, 6-for-21 (28.6 percent) from deep and 14-for-26 (53.8 percent) at the line. They ended the game plus-11 (43-32) on the glass and had nine blocked shots as a team, holding the Lions to 35.3 percent shooting, including 33.3 percent from three.

TCNJ (11-8 overall, 6-6 NJAC) was paced by junior guard Eric Klacik who had 21 points and sophomore guard Eric Murdock Jr. who had 19 points and 12 rebounds.

Rutgers-Newark stayed in front from wire-to-wire and led by as many as 14 points with 13:50 left in the game, but the Lions clawed back to make it tight in the end.

After taking a 31-24 lead after one, the Lions came back to get within three (34-31) and forced 15th-year Head Coach Joe Loughran to use a timeout. Coming out of the TO, R-N received two buckets from Azoroh and one from Ofray to go back up eight (39-31), and a three-pointer from senior guardVik Singh made it a 42-31 game at the 15:02 mark. A McDaniel layup ended the run at 11-0, giving R-N the 14-point margin with 13:50 left.

Again, TCNJ fought back, getting within seven, but a big McDaniel three with 8:05 to go pushed the advantage up to 10 (50-40), however 2:13 later, the Lions were back within five thanks to a Klacik three-pointer.

With 3:07 left, the R-N lead hanging at three and TCNJ with the ball, Ofray came up with a steal that led to a fastbreak layup from Snow to give R-N some breathing room, and despite closing within two at the 33 second mark, Rutgers-Newark did just enough to squeak out the conference win as Snow hit 3-of-4 at the line in the final 11 seconds.

Snow and McDaniel set the tone off the bat with three-pointers, giving the hosts a 6-0 lead, and after TCNJ battled within two (26-24) with 1:18 left in the opening period, a 5-0 personal run to close out the first sent the Scarlet Raiders to the locker room with a 31-24 margin.

McDaniel now has 11 games in which he has secured eight or more rebounds and 11 games in which he has scored 20 or more points. The veteran has scored 25 or more five times this season.

Monday's tip-off is slated for 8 p.m. from The Golden Dome Arena.