Upper Montclair, NJ (01/11/03) - Freshman forward
ANTWAN DOZIER (Pleasantville, NJ/Pleasantville) scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as 23rd-ranked Montclair State remained unbeaten with a 71-54 victory over The College of New Jersey in New Jersey Athletic Conference men's basketball action at Panzer Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
Senior guard
BEN MARTINEZ (Scotch Plains, NJ/SP-Fanwood) added 13 points as the Red Hawks improved to 12-0 on the season and 6-0 in the NJAC. The 12-0 start is the best by the Red Hawks since the 1969-70 season when MSU began the year with 14 consecutive victories.
Gyl Vaught (Ewing, NJ/Solebury Prep) had 10 points for the Lions (8-4, 2-4 NJAC), who have lost two straight and shot just 25 percent (9-of-36) in the second half. TCNJ Freshman Bobby Davison (Princeton, NJ/Princeton) had six points and a game-high 15 rebounds in the contest.
The Red Hawks led 30-28 at halftime and held a 40-38 lead with 13:52 left in the second half before going on a 20-2 run over the next nine minutes, including 12 straight points.
JOSEPH THOMAS (Linden, NJ/Linden) began the run with a layup and
MICHAEL GLUCK (Union, NJ/Union) hit two free throws for a 44-38 advantage. Dozier then connected on back-to-back jumpers before Michael Daivs (Atlantic City, NJ/Atlantic City) and Thomas each scored on a layups to make the score 52-38 with 8:50 left. Derrick Grant (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery) snapped the run for TCNJ with a jumper, however, Dozier and
PIERRE MITCHELL (Newark, NJ/East Side) sank consecutive three-pointers before a Dozier short jumper capped the run as MSU built a 60-40 lead with 4:31 to play.
Gluck finished with 11 points and Thomas 10 and eight rebounds for Montclair State, which held a 47-38 advantage on the boards. Mitchell had five points and seven rebounds while Grant had nine points for TCNJ. The Lions shot just 32 percent (21-of-64) for the game, including 27 percent (6-of-22) from three-point range. MSU was not much better from beyond the arc managing just 7-of-24 attempts (29 percent).
