Montclair, N.J. - The Montclair State University men's basketball team fell to Rutgers-Newark 72-60 on Wednesday night at the Panzer Athletic Center.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Red Hawks (3-2, 1-1 NJAC) played a tightly contested opening six minutes of the contest before the Scarlet Raiders went on a 13-5 scoring run to open up a 10 points advantage with 9:26 remaining in the half.
• Montclair brought the margin to four at 27-23 on a jumper from MIKE JACKSON, but Rutgers-Newark ballooned the advantage to 14 with 4:49 on the clock. The Scarlet Raiders kept the lead in double-digits for the remainder of the half.
• After trailing by 15 three minutes into the second half, Montclair began to mount a comeback that was capped off by a KIERAN FLANAGAN layup to bring the Red Hawks within four with 11:16 remaining.
• The visitors pushed the advantage back to 11 with a quick seven points over two minutes and would not relinquish the lead the rest of the way.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Jackson led the Red Hawks with a season-high 21 points and recorded his second double-double of the year while adding 12 rebounds.
• KEYON PRYCE and Flanagan added 13 points apiece, with Flanagan shooting 4-for-4 from the free-throw line.
• After shooting 62.5% (5-for-8) from three in the opening period, Montclair only hit 2-of-12 in the second period.

FROM THE COURT
"Credit to Rutgers Newark thought they played great at both ends. First half we dug ourselves a big hole. Our guys did a great job of competing and playing more to our style. In order to be successful in this league you need to play 40 minutes which we did not do. Appreciate the crowd and all the support in Panzer another great environment." - Head Coach Justin Potts. 

UP NEXT
The Red Hawks will head to Camden, NJ, for a 1 pm matchup against Rutgers-Camden on Saturday.