| Men's Basketball 12/8/07 | ||
| Stockton 76, Montclair State 68 | ||
Jon Greene (Wildwood/Wildwood) scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Stockton men’s basketball team to a 76-68 victory over Montclair State in the NJAC opener for both teams. Greene shot 11-14 from the field in the game. With the win, the Ospreys have now won three games in a row. Mario Lancioni (Runnemede/ Triton) contributed 14 points and six assists and Jerome Hubbard (Neptune/Neptune) added 13 points.
Montclair State jumped out to an early nine-point lead, 13-4. The Ospreys later tied the game at 19-19 with 8:02 remaining in the half on a bucket by Hubbard. Stockton then took its first lead of the game at 21-19 on a lay-in by Greene. The Red Hawks regained the lead and took a six-point advantage into the locker room following a three-pointer that made it 35-29.
The second half featured five lead changes and four ties until Stockton finally took the lead for good on a layup by Derrick Williams (Atlantic City/Atlantic City) with 6:44 remaining. The bucket was part of an 8-0 run that gave the Ospreys a 61-57 advantage. Montclair pulled within two points twice, but layups by Lancioni and Greene gave Stockton some breathing room and Hubbard went 4-4 at the line in the final 42 seconds to seal the 76-68 win for the Ospreys. |
