Mahwah, NJ: The first round of the 2007 NCAA DIII Men's Basketball tournament commenced at the Bradley Center on the campus of Ramapo College tonight in Mahwah. The second game featured the Cardinals of York College and the Ramapo College Roadrunners, in a rematch of a mid-January game in which the Roadrunners won handily, 81-62. Ramapo defeated the Cardinals, 77-68 to improve to 22-7 overall, finishing York's season at 18-11.

Ramapo scored the first eight points of the game, and continued to dominate the first half of play as they opened up a 19-6 lead five minutes into the game. Ahmad Mosby (Jersey City, NJ) buried two three pointers, and Antoine Pryor (Elizabeth, NJ) tallied three free throws to cap the run. York outscored the Roadrunners 12-3 over the next five minutes to climb back into the game, 22-18. A three pointer from Jason Marshall (Hackensack, NJ) ignited a Ramapo run allowing them to score 26 of the half's final 36 points.

The Roadrunners featured a balanced first half attack, which was paced by Mosby's 14 points, including a perfect 4-4 from the land of three. Tim Wesley (Jersey City, NJ) was also in double figures, netting ten. Jonathon Christian (Bronx, NY) led the Cardinals with eight points and seven rebounds in the first half. Ramapo shot a blistering 64% from three-point range, while York struggled from deep only hitting 1-7 (14%).

For the first six minutes of the second half, the teams played even to the tune of a 60-40 score, before the Roadrunners extended the lead to 23, 71-48 with eight minutes remaining following a Kevin Findlay (Roselle, NJ) lay-in. The Cardinals then mounted a furious comeback effort. They scored the next 16 points of the game, capped off by a Kris Baril (Brooklyn, NY) three-pointer. Two Mosby free throws extinguished the York rally to put the Roadrunners up by nine, which was the final margin, 77-68.

Dennis Echols (Jamaica, NY) led the Cardinals with 17 points, while Christian contributed 14 points and 11 rebounds. Ramapo featured a balanced offensive attack, as every Roadrunner who saw the floor scored. Mosby led nine Roadrunners with 18 points. Pryor finished with a game high seven assists, Wesley snagged four steals, and Omar Alston (Carteret, NJ) pulled down 12 rebounds to help the Ramapo cause.