| Men's Basketball 11/21/08 | ||
Middlebury 61, Stockton 58 | ||
Richard Stockton (3-1) suffered its first loss of the season, 61-58 to unbeaten Middlebury (4-0) in the first round of the Manhattanville Castle Classic. Michael Farrow (Whitesboro/Middle Twp.) led the Ospreys with a game-high 15 points and Jerome Hubbard (Neptune/Neptune) added 12 points. Omar Smith (Newark/Central) finished with 11 points and a career-high nine rebounds while Santini Lancioni (Runnemede/Paul VI) netted 11 points. Farrow sank two early layups to help Stockton build a 15-6 lead in the first 10 minutes but Middlebury responded with a 12-1 run and pulled ahead 18-16. The Panthers later closed the first half with a 7-1 spurt and led 28-22 at the break. Farrow paced Stockton with eight first-half points and Hubbard contributed five points. After falling behind by 13 points in the second half, Stockton roared back to take a 44-43 lead on a jumper by Smith with 7:42 remaining. Middlebury then outscored the Ospreys 16-6 over the next 4:38 for a 59-50 advantage with 3:04 on the clock. Hubbard tallied five consecutive points followed by a three-pointer from Lancioni that brought Stockton within 59-58 with 1:19 to play but the Ospreys did not score again and suffered their first defeat, 61-58. |
