JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | New Jersey City University trailed by 12 with eight minutes to play before a furious rally sparked by three-point shooting allowed the Gothic Knights to pull within one point twice, including the final minute. But Richard Stockton College used a nearly 3-to-1 margin in free throw opportunities to ultimately squeeze by NJCU, 68-64, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference women's basketball game on December 7 at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center on 'Coach Charlie Brown Court.'
 
After junior shooting guard JADE MEDLEY (Queens, NJ/Hudson Catholic) buried NJCU's seventh three-pointer of the second half with 1:01 to play, three-time NJAC Rookie of the Week and forward BRIA SMITH (Bayonne, NJ/St. Dominic Academy) stole the ball back from the Ospreys with 25 seconds to play. But NJCU turned the ball over under the basket and was able to ice the game with three late foul shots.
 

Stockton (2-4, 1-3 NJAC) wins its first NJAC game of the season, snapped a four-game losing skid and won its 21^stconsecutive game over NJCU (2-5, 1-3 NJAC) since 1998.
 
The Ospreys won the game from the free throw line where it shot 30-of-38 overall—78.9 percent—while NJCU was granted just 13 opportunities from the line, making six of them (.462). NJCU did convert eight three-pointers (8-24, .333—its most triples in a game this year.
 
No player was more important for the Ospreys than junior guard Alex Nardoza (Fords, NJ/Woodbridge) who scored a game-high 27 points (4-7 FG), including a remarkable 18-of-18 from the foul line. She added four assists and three steals in a full 40 minutes of action.

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