Men’s College Basketball
 

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y.–Niagara University, the defending conference champion, made 15 three-point field goals to defeat Rider in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener Thursday night. \”I’m disappointed in the way we played tonight,\” said Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey, \”but Niagara had a lot to do with that. They play great in this building.\”

Niagara (4-2, 1-0 MAAC) is now 4-0 at home this year.

Senior forward Charron Fisher made a career-high eight three-pointers and finished with a career-high 36 points and eight rebounds. \”Charron put on a show tonight,’ Dempsey said. \”He was unbelievable and we didn’t have an answer for him.\”

For the Broncs (5-4, 0-1 MAAC), senior Jason Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) compiled 25 points and 10 rebounds and younger brother sophomore Ryan Thompson (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) added 12 points and 12 rebounds.

For Jason, it was his sixth ‘double-double’ of the season and the 36^th of his career. His 10 rebounds gave him 865, nine shy of the Rider career record.

Trailing 57-39, Rider went on a 10-2 run, seven points by Ryan Thompson, to cut the lead to 59-49 with 11:31 remaining, but that was as close as the Broncs could get, as Fisher made back-to-back threes to give Niagara a 65-49 lead. ‘We clawed our way back into it several time and each time it seemed Fisher had the answer.\”

Niagara made its first five three-point field goals in the first five minutes of the game. \”That put us in a hole,\” Dempsey said.

The Purple Eagles led 12-8 before going on a 10-0 run, five points by sophomore guard Tyrone Lewis, to take a 22-8 lead. Lewis finished with 14 points and six rebounds.

Trailing 22-8, Rider went on a 12-2 run, six points by Jason Thompson, to cut the lead to 24-22 with 8:25 left in the first half.

Niagara led 31-25 before Rider went on an 8-0 lead to take a 33-31 lead.

Trailing 33-31, Niagara out-scored Rider 14-0, five points by Hodge, to take a 42-33 lead, and Niagara led 49-34 at the half on 20 first half points by Fisher. \”That’s a long climb in someone else’s building,\” Dempsey said.

Junior Harris Mansell (Cheltenham, PA/Cheltenham) finished with 15 points and three assists for Rider.

Rider stays in Western New York to play at Canisius Saturday evening. \”That’s our goal now, to go home 1-1 on this trip,\” Dempsey said.

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By Bill Bates

NEWS Correspondent

 

On Monday evening around 6 o\’clock, a water main break was reported at the corner of South Oak Avenue & West Kings Highway. Mount Ephraim Police made contact with the American Water Company and advised them of the situation.

 

American Water Company officials where on scene within the hour and started working on the situation.

 

Photo By Bill Bates

 

CREWS WORKING – Employees from the American Water Company work at the intersection of West Kings Highway and South Oak Avenue in Mount Ephraim after a water main break was reported around 6 o\’clock Monday Evening.

Water service was shut down in a four block radius. The water main break affected about 100 homes and a few businesses.

Crews were expected to be on scene until the early morning hours to fix the break. Water service should be restored as of press time.

News Release 

Glen Side, PA…The College of New Jersey men’s basketball team suffered a 66-62 non-conference set back at the hands of Arcadia University on Wednesday night. TCNJ had been off for the last 15 days, but was not able to come up with the road win despite three players contributing double-digit scoring performances. TCNJ drops to 1-3, while Arcadia is now 3-2.

TCNJ got a game-high 20 points from senior co-captain, forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central), while senior Jeff Warner (Jackson, NJ/Jackson) chipped in 13 points. Aziz hit an impressive 9-of-14 shots from the floor, while Warner shot 60.0% (6-10) on the night.

 Junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) added 12 points for the Lions despite shooting an impressive team mark of 54.0% from the floor on the game (27-50).

Arcadia’s Eric Elliott (Evansville, IN/Steinert) finished with 16 points and seven rebounds for the Knights, while nine rebounds, all defensive caroms, and added four blocks on the night.

TCNJ will host Rutgers University-Newark on Saturday, December 8 at 3 p.m. in the Lions’ home opene r.

 
 

Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey women’s basketball team hosted Blue Knights of Mount Saint Mary College on Thursday night in a non-conference game in Packer Hall. Down at the half, 21-20, Mount Saint Mary College came back to post their third straight win over the Lions after posting a 62-55 win. MSMC improves to 7-1, while TCNJ is now 5-2.

 

TCNJ opened the contest on a 9-0 run before the Blue Knights clawed their way back to trail by just one point at the half, 21-20. Pacing TCNJ in the first half was freshman forward Kelsey Kutch (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) as she had seven points and four rebounds. Senior Sara Best (High Bridge, NJ/Voorhees) chipped in with five points and five rebounds in the first half for the Lions as they forced 15 turnovers, but committed 16 themselves.

 

MSMC’s senior guard Vanessa Lawson (Kingston, NY/Kingston) had six points in the first half, while junior guard Meredith Paggi (Wappinger Falls, NY/Our Lady of the Lourdes) added four points and five rebounds to pace her team in the first half with three steals.

 

In a wild second half, MSMC would post their first lead at 18:05 (24-23) and before the night was over there were six ties and nine lead changes as the Blue Knights would triumph on an impressive 8-10 shooting performance from the line in the second stanza.

 

Paggi would finish with 13 points and eight rebounds, while Lawson led her team with 14 points. Sophomore forward Shannon Sangster (Syracuse, NY/Bishop Ludden) added eight second half points to finish with 10 on the night.

 

TCNJ’s junior Hillary Klimowicz (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood) would net her fifth double-double of the season after chipping in 14 points with 12 boards and ties her personal best having blocked eight shots. Best had 10 points, while Kutch finished with nine.

 

 

Official Basketball Box Score — GAME TOTALS — FINAL STATISTICSOfficial Basketball Box ScoreMt. St. Mary College vs The College of New Jersey12/6/07 7 pm at Ewing, NJ (Packer Hall)

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VISITORS: Mt. St. Mary College 7-1

 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS

## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN

00 Paggi, Meredith….. * 6-17 0-4 1-2 3 5 8 2 13 3 3 0 5 35

20 Anthony, Chantel…. * 2-13 2-7 0-0 0 6 6 1 6 6 6 0 3 34

24 Lawson, Vanessa….. * 6-12 0-1 2-2 1 2 3 1 14 3 2 0 3 32

30 Markert, Jackie….. * 2-7 0-0 3-6 2 6 8 1 7 1 1 0 1 32

44 Sangster, Shannon… * 5-7 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 10 1 1 0 2 28

12 Biordi, Catie……. 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 10

22 King, Brittany…… 1-1 0-0 2-2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 2

23 Kimmey, Megan……. 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7

32 Augustin, LaSheila.. 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4

35 McCourt, Kelly…… 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 16

 TEAM……………. 3 2 5

 Totals………….. 25-67 3-14 9-14 14 25 39 9 62 16 17 0 15 200

 

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-28 32.1% 2nd Half: 16-39 41.0% Game: 37.3% DEADB

3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-8 12.5% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 21.4% REBS

F Throw % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 8-10 80.0% Game: 64.3% 2,1

 

 

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HOME TEAM: The College of New Jersey 5-2

 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS

## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN

03 Sara Best……….. * 3-9 0-2 4-5 0 6 6 4 10 2 1 0 1 24

15 Nicole Diaz……… * 2-6 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 6 5 3 0 2 32

22 Kelsey Kutch…….. * 3-7 0-0 3-4 2 2 4 3 9 1 9 2 1 31

23 Alyssa Michella….. * 1-9 0-3 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 6 1 0 2 36

34 Hillary Klimowicz… * 7-10 0-0 0-0 2 10 12 3 14 0 2 8 1 31

02 Stephanie Prall….. 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5

21 Karen Lassoni……. 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 10

32 Lisa Koch……….. 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 6 0 4 0 0 13

45 Alexandra Gregorek.. 3-6 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 0 8 1 3 3 0 18

 Team……………. 1 3 4

 Totals………….. 21-54 4-14 9-11 8 31 39 14 55 15 27 13 8 200

 

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-27 25.9% 2nd Half: 14-27 51.9% Game: 38.9% DEADB

3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd Half: 3-7 42.9% Game: 28.6% REBS

F Throw % 1st Half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd Half: 3-3 100 % Game: 81.8% 1