DJ Campbell scored a team-leading 21 points to lead the Stockton University men’s basketball team to 89-70 victory over New Jersey City in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game Wednesday.
The Ospreys (21-4, 15-3 NJAC) ended the regular season in first place in the conference and are the top-ranked team in the NCAA Division III Region IV. Stockton’s 21 wins so far are the most since the 2015-16 season, and the most under coach Scott Bittner.
Campbell (Vineland H.S.) added a game-high eight rebounds Wednesday. He made four 3-pointers. Kyion Flanders (Wildwood) scored 14 points. Kadian Dawkins and Rynell Lawrence (Millville) scored 13 and 12, respectively. Lawrence made two 3s.
Stockton shot 53.3% from the floor and 42.9% from beyond the arc. The Ospreys led for 38 of the game’s 40 minutes.
Denzel Banks scored a game-high 23 for the Gothic Knights (11-14, 8-10).
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Stockton enters the NJAC Tournament as the No. 1 seed. The Ospreys will host the winner of No. 9-seeded Ramapo and No. 8-seeded College of New Jersey in the quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Women’s basketball: The Ospreys lost 67-57 to New Jersey City to end the regular season. Stockton led 47-33 after three quarters, but was outscored 24-10 in the fourth.
Madison LaRosa scored a team-leading 16 for the Ospreys (10-14, 8-10 NJAC). Emma Morrone scored 11, tied her career-high with nine assists and grabbed five rebounds.
Nalya Hill scored 10 and finished with nine rebounds. Adriyana Jennings had a career-high nine rebounds to go with a season-high nine points. Jaiden Harris (Our Lady of Mercy) scored four.
Stockton enters the NJAC Tournament as the No. 7 seed. The Ospreys host No. 10-seeded Rutgers-Camden in the first round 5 p.m. Saturday.
Field hockey: Kelsey Andrus (Oakcrest) and Rhian Freire (Cedar Creek) were recognized Thursday as NFHCA Division III Scholars of Distinction by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. To qualify, the students both had a cumulative grade point average of 3.90 or higher through the fall 2021 semester.
Andrus, a senior, earned the honor for the fourth consecutive year while Freire, a junior, qualified for the first time. Andrus and Freire headlined a list of 15 Ospreys who attained recognition on the NFHCA National Academic Squad, which was announced last week.
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