Montclair, NJ – Freshman guard
JAMES WILLIAMS (Englewood, NJ / Dwight Morrow) scored 14 points while backcourt mate
KEN DUDLEY (Willingboro, NJ / Burlington Tech) added 12, four rebounds and five assists as Montclair State scored the first 17 points en route to a 97-28 victory over Berkeley College in a collegiate men's basketball matchup at Panzer Gymnasium on Monday evening.
Freshman center
JON GEORGES (West Orange, NJ / St. Peter's Prep) collected nine points and seven rebounds as the Red Hawks won for the third time in their last four games and improved to 9-7 on the season. It was also MSU's second win over Berkeley this season and fourth in as many meeting between the schools.
Quasham Durham (Passaic, NJ / Passaic) had 11 points and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs, who fell to 0-12 on the year.
TOM BONARD (Westfield, NJ / Westfield) got Montclair State on the board as he hit a jumper from the left side six seconds into the contest. Williams added a three-pointer and a tap-back from
ERIC JOHANNESEN (Matawan, NJ / St. John Vianney) made the score 7-0 with 18:44 to play. Dudley converted a three-point play less than minute later and
RYAN WASHINGTON's (Edison, NJ / JP Stevens) jumper 4:49 into the game gave the Red Hawks a 15-0 cushion. Bonard capped the run with a jumper in the key as MSU led by 17 points with 14:38 to go.
Montclair State shot 48 percent in the first half and led 52-14 at the break. Fourteen different players scored, including eight by sophomore guard
MIKE HERN (Hamburg, NJ / Walkill Valley). Bonard,
WILL BISHOP (Nutley, NJ / Nutley) and
MAURICE TORRES (Summit, NJ / Summit) all had seven points as MSU recorded 53 points from its bench in the contest and turned 31 Bulldog turnovers into 45 points.
Daniel Alvarez (Union City, NJ / Union Hill) had nine points and pair of rebounds for Berkeley.
Montclair State returns to action on Wednesday, January 23 as the Red Hawks return to NJAC action with a road contest at New Jersey City University. Tipoff against the Gothic Knights at the John J. Moore Athletic Center is slated for 8:00 pm and will be the back end of a men's/women's doubleheader.
