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Women's Basketball | ||
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Stockton 65, Montclair 61 | ||
The Stockton women’s basketball team, playing its first home game this season, defeated Montclair State 65-61 in the NJAC opener for both teams. Lisa Neira (Cresskill/ Cresskill) led the Ospreys with a game-high 20 points plus six assists and Jenn Russell (Scotch Plains/SP-Fanwood) registered 13 points and three blocks. Alyssa Reiter (Sewell/Gloucester Catholic) added a career-high 10 points and six rebounds for Stockton.
Montclair State led 25-24 after a first half in which the lead changed sides four times. Russell topped all players with nine first-half points for Stockton. In the second half, Montclair State led 48-46 with 9:19 left, but Cehara Wellington (Cherry Hill/Cherry Hill East) then scored seven consecutive points, her only points of the game, to propel Stockton to a 53-48 lead that it would not relinquish.
Stockton later boosted its lead to six after a layup by Niera made the score 59-53. Montclair pulled within 61-59 on a basket with 53 seconds left, but Reiter grabbed an offensive rebound and made the put-back to give the Ospreys a 63-59 lead with 26 seconds to play. Niera then hit a pair of free-throws for a six-point cushion and Stockton went on to the 65-61 win after a Montclair basket at the buzzer. |
