Pomona, NJ – Jon Greene (Wildwood/Wildwood) scored a career-high 28 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Richard Stockton (5-1, 1-0) to a 76-68 victory over Montclair State (3-3, 0-1) in the NJAC opener for both teams.

Greene shot 11-14 from the field in the game. With the win, the Ospreys have now won three games in a row. Mario Lancioni (Runnemede/Triton) contributed 14 points and six assists and Jerome Hubbard (Neptune/Neptune) added 13 points.

JAMES WILLIAMS (Englewood/Dwight Murrow) paced a quartet of double-digit scorers for Montclair State with 18 points. KEN DUDLEY (Willingboro/Burlington Tech) finished with 14 points, followed by SEAN YOUNG (Scotch Plains/SP-Fanwood) and CARLOS PENA ( Clifton/ Clifton) with 13 and 12 points respectively.

Montclair State jumped out to an early nine-point lead after a layup by Young made the score 13-4. The Ospreys later tied the game at 19-19 with 8:02 remaining in the half on a bucket by Hubbard. Stockton then took its first lead of the game at 21-19 on a lay-in by Greene.The Red Hawks regained the lead and took a six-point advantage into the locker room following a Williams three-pointer that made it 35-29.

The second half featured five lead changes and four ties until Stockton finally took the lead for good on a layup by Derrick Williams (Atlantic City/Atlantic City) with 6:44 remaining. The bucket was part of an 8-0 run that gave the Ospreys a 61-57 advantage. Montclair pulled within two points twice, but layups by Lancioni and Greene gave Stockton some breathing room and Hubbard went 4-4 at the line in the final 42 seconds to seal the 76-68 win for the Ospreys.

Montclair State returns to action on Monday, December 10 as the Red Hawks host the Rangers of Drew University in a 7:00 pm tipoff at Panzer Gymnasium.