MBB: New Jersey Athletic Conference

[Truck]

Wooster played TCNJ on Jan 6, winning 62-53.

Findley - 22 and 10
Stallworth - 13pts


For Wooster:

Tim Vandervaart - 22pts
James Cooper - 15pts
Witucky - 7pts (in foul trouble)



Records:
Wooster: 12-1
TCNJ: 9-3

[mean]

RCNJ won by nearly 50 points. Hopefully the Roadrunners are back to their winning ways. Next game we will see.
This Wednesday versus William Paterson, 7pm in Mahwah.

[Truck]

As Mean noted, Ramapo won on the road vs. Mitchell College last night. The final score was 119-77.


Score by Periods                1st   2nd   Total
Ramapo College................   61   58  -  119
Mitchell College..............      38   39  -   77



Timothy Wesley was in the starting lineup for this game, replacing co-captain Todd Lowber who went 0-7 from the field last game and failed to score for the entire game.

Lowber bounced back, going 10-13 and finishing with 24 pts and 6 reb, leading the team in scoring.

Wesley was a monster on the boards, grabbing 13 rebounds while scoring 10 pts.

For Ramapo, Charles Perales scored 10 in 15 minutes of action, Malko was in double figures with 11 and big man Jamal Jenkins netted 12 pts of his own.

**Excellent Assist to Turnover ratio - 24 Assists and 12 Turnovers.

Ramapo shot 53% for the game and 57% in the second half. Mitchell, on the other hand shot 40% for the game and had a poor second half going 31.6% from the field.

[Knightstalker]

Big game in Wayne this weekend, NJCU at WPU.  Hope to be there.

[Truck]

This past Wednesday was another home, NJAC competition game for Ramapo. Once again, the result was a loss, this time at the hands of WPU.

Ramapo scored just 51 points losing by 3 points.

All in all, the game was ugly. Both teams ended up shooting 29.4% from the field and around 50% from the free throw line.

Some stats...

For Ramapo:
Assists: 6
Turnovers: 30

For WPU:
Assists: 8
Turnovers: 25

Points off turnovers:
WPU: 26
RCNJ: 10


Ramapo is clearly not playing their style of basketball. They now have a losing record in the NJAC (3-4) and are in the bottom half of the Conference. The only conference teams they have beaten are Kean and R-C (which are at the bottom) and Montclair, which is in 5th place.

In mid-January, it is time for the players to get serious about playoff competition and losing NJAC contests to WPU, TCNJ, NJCU is not helping the team.

I know they are well coached. Coach McBreen, in my opinion, is by far the best coach in the NJAC. His passion and dedication are clear to see. The problem is with the players.

No defensive rotations, lackluster offensive performances, turnovers, individual play, etc. They are playing as individuals, all for themselves, as opposed to playing cohesively as a team. Consistency among player's performances seem to be lacking - a good first half doesn't translate into a good second half. There's nobody on the team that Coach can put in the game that can turn it around for the team. 

One would think that a home conference game would signal some urgency for the players to come out and not commit 30 turnovers, not run the wrong plays and show a desire to play some defense.

Ramapo is on the road on Saturday against Rowan - 3PM.


Below is the box score from the game:
http://ww2.ramapo.edu/athletics/index2.asp?id=2324

[Truck]

Big game in Wayne this weekend, NJCU at WPU.  Hope to be there.

            NJAC         Overall           Streak
            W   L         W     L

NJCU:   6    1         10    3            W1
WPU:   5     2         10   3             W7



As Knightstalker mentioned, the first matchup of the year between these two teams (the second one being at NJCU on 2/11) will be tomorrow at 3pm.

Barring inclement weather, I will be in attendance...

[Truck]

Ramapo leads Rowan 59-36 at halftime.


Rowan is getting outplayed in all areas. Ramapo looking like a different team from last Wednesday when they scored 51 in the entire game. They are running the floor as in past years....

[Truck]

92-76 Ramapo wins


28 Points for Rashawn Wilson.

Double figures for Malko & Lowber.

Excellent game for Ramapo. They were able to run the floor and not get bogged down as they were vs. TCNJ and WPU.

Coach had them very well prepared for this game.

[Truck]

WPU beats NJCU.

NJCU:65
WPU:81


Both teams are tied (6-2 record ) in NJAC standings but WPU moves to 11-3 and first place in the NJAC while NJCU is third with a 10-4 record.

Stockton has moved into second

[Truck]

Ramapo wins a double overtime game on the road versus York (NY).

116-113

[Knightstalker]

Was at the NJCU WPU game saturday, at least for part of it.  The one thing I noticed was the Pioneers are playing that smothering defense again this season which drives opposing teams nuts.  They put good pressure on the ball and stay in the shooters faces and take away passing lanes.  The part of the game I saw was much closer than the final score, a lot of the points were garbage time points put up while being fouled.  Defensively they will play with just about anyone, offensively they have a ways to go.

[Truck]

Just got back from the York/Catholic game and went to check the stats of the Ramapo game...


On the road, Ramapo wins in double overtime against Richard Stockton.

Ramapo - 110
RS -          106


Ahmad Mosby had a great game, scoring a career high 34 points. Rah Wilson had 28 and 13 reb.


15 to 21 Assist to turnover ratio


Score by Periods                1st  2nd   OT  OT2   Total
Ramapo........................      38   43   14   15  -  110
Richard Stockton..............   42   39   14   11  -  106

[gordonmann]

That's four OTs in three nights.

The Roadrunners are getting their money's worth.

[mean]

Truck,
      Ahmad Mosby had a great game, scoring a career high 34 points.


I'm not surprised at all. The kid can really play. I just hope he gets it in his head thats how he has to play everynight if Ramapo is going to have a chance this season. not saying he has to get 30 a night, but become more aggressive when the opportunity presents itself and become more consistant.
In my eyes, he's all conference!!!

[Knightstalker]

Big game at the Bill this Saturday afternoon, hopefully I can make it.  I really don't think NJCU dominates the game and wins by twenty this time.  Ramapo is always much tougher at home although I wonder how much of the home court advantage has been lost by moving into the Bill.  Moving from a small, loud, packed gym to a larger facility is good and bad in my opinion.  When NJCU moved from Fries to the J-Mac they lost a big advantage, the same thing happened to Stockton and probably to Kean this year.  Those small NJAC facilities that Kean, NJCU, Stockton and Ramapo had were all intimidating places for teams and fans alike.

I think Ramapo' problem from the game I saw and what I am reading from Mean' posts are nobody has consistently stepped up as the team leader on and off the court.  They still have some great athletes and players but no-one like Amin or Whitted to take over and force the team to be better just by their will.  I think Mosby can, but will he is the question.  Ramapo has good players in place and they are well coached, it is up to them to become consistent, it is almost like they are playing to the level of their opponent, something NJCU has had problems with quite often.  You don't win the big games doing that.