GLASSBORO, NJ -
Taz Cantey scored 22 points but Rowan fell to Stockton, 90-70 in the final regular season game for both NJAC men's basketball teams. Rowan (9-16; 9-9) earns the fifth seed in the NJAC Championship and will travel to fourth-seeded NJCU for a quarterfinal matchup on Saturday, with tip-off at noon.
Electronic ticketing will be utilized and tickets for the quarterfinals will go on sale on Thursday, February 19 at noon. Tickets are $11 for adults and $6 for seniors, students and children, and can be purchased at: njacsports.com/tickets.
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Cantey notched his 10th 20-plus point game of the year and fifth in the last six games. C.J. Hayes was the only other Prof in double figures with 15 points.
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Stockton (15-10; 12-6) jumped out 10-2 at the start but Cantey scored nine consecutive points to give Rowan its first lead of the game, 11-10. Rowan had a 21-17 lead at 10:36 after a jumper by
Ife Okebiorun and maintained the lead until Stockton forced a 31-31 tie. The teams traded leads the rest of the half until Stockton gained a 44-41 lead at halftime.
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Stockton built on its first-half advantage in the second, outscoring Rowan 10-3 in the first four minutes to build up a 10-point margin, 54-44. The Ospreys expanded it to 65-48 with 13 minutes to play and took a 20-point lead, 82-62, with over four minutes remaining.
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The Profs struggled from three-point range, making five, while Stockton capitalized by hitting 15 three-pointers.
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Top-ranked Montclair State and TCNJ, which handed the Red Hawks their first loss of the year, earned the league's top two seeds. Stockton is seeded third and will face sixth-seeded Kean in the other quarterfinal on Saturday.
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