#5 Stockton 78, Brooklyn 66

DiAndre Brown

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DiAndre Brown (Sicklerville/Camden County Tech) scored 18 points as Richard Stockton (5-1) defeated Brooklyn College (1-2) 78-66 for its fifth consecutive win. Kai Massaquoi (Lawnside/Haddon Hts.) chipped in with 16 points and Omar Smith (Newark/Central) added 14 points. Matt Haddix (Sicklerville/Vineland) pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds and also scored eight points for the Ospreys.

Stockton took the lead in the first half with a 9-0 spurt to begin the game. The Ospreys used another 9-0 run to boost the margin to 13 points at 36-23 with 2:54 on the clock. After Haddix sank a layup in the closing seconds, the Ospreys took a 40-27 lead into the locker room. Massaquoi led Stockton with 10 points on perfect 5-5 shooting and the Ospreys shot 56.3 percent from the floor.

Stockton led 46-31 after a basket by Michael Farrow (Whitesboro/Middle Twp.) with 15:09 to play but only scored nine points in the next eight minutes as Brooklyn pulled within 55-53. Brown responded with jumper followed by two free throws by Smith and another bucket by Brown that capped the game-clinching 6-0 spurt. The Ospreys went 13-14 at the free throw line in the final 3:13 to seal their fifth straight win, 78-66.