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College Mens Basketball: WESLEY HANDS TCNJ 58-57 HOME SET BACK



Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey men's basketball team hosted the Wolverines of Wesley College on Friday night in Packer Hall in a non-conference match-up.  Wesley came away with the 58-57 win to improve to 6-2, while TCNJ falls to 2-6 on the year.

In the final seconds of the game, TCNJ's would have possession of the ball and called a timeout with 21.5 seconds left. Senior forward Mark Aziz (Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central) put up a layup with less than 3 seconds left, only to watch the ball clank off the rim and Wesley's junior guard Evan Martin (Wilmington, DE/Laurinburg) reeled in the rebound to preserve the win for his team.

TCNJ would go on a 17-4 run to open the game before Wesley would come back and trail by only three at the break, 33-30. The game would become tied at 38-38 with 15:10 left to play. Wesley would take a 41-40 lead at 14:30 and before the game was over, there were five ties and four lead changes.
TCNJ's Aziz would finish with 18 points and seven rebounds, while sophomore Jay Frank (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) added 11 points.  Junior guard Jeff Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) added only five points but led the Lions on the boards with nine and handed out five assists in the loss.

WC's junior guard Rashawn Johnson (Selbyville, DE/Sussex Tech) led the way with 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Wolverines. The leading scorer for Wesley, Johnson was limited to only 14 points, down from his 25.7 ppg average. Sophomore forward Khyle Nelson (Wilmington, DE/Glasgow) contributed 10 points off the bench with six rebounds and a block for the Wolverines as they captured their third straight win.

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