Box Score Wayne, NJ: The #16 Ramapo College men's basketball team fell to NJAC rival William Paterson University tonight on the road, 60-61 in the final game of the regular season. The Roadrunners now stand at 21-4 overall and 15-3 in the NJAC while the Pioneers improve to 16-9 overall and 11-7 in the conference.

The Roadrunners clinched the regular season championship and the #1 overall seed in the upcoming NJAC Men's Basketball Tournament. Ramapo will host the semifinal round on February 19th at 7:00pm in the Bradley Center against the winner of #4 William Paterson and #5 Rutgers-Newark University.  Ticket prices are $5.00 for adults: $2.00 for students, children, and senior citizens.

Ramapo was led by senior Will Sanborn who tallied 20 points and four assists while senior Stephon Treadwell posted 17 points and two blocks. Senior Garret Thiel added ten points and five rebounds while senior Elgin Brown led the team with 16 rebounds and eight points.

Ramapo led, 28-23, heading into the locker room at halftime before the Pioneers were able to battle back in the second half for a one point victory, 61-60. Ramapo went up by nine in the second half with a made three-pointer from Thiel, 36-27 (17:49) before WPU cut the lead to four, 40-36, with 15:13 on the clock. Sanborn came down and nailed a three for the Roadrunners, 43-36, that started a 6-2 run capped off by a made foul shot by Brown to go up eight, 46-38, (12:17). WPU then went on a 12-0 run to take a four point lead, 50-46 with 5:59 left in the game. An and-one play for Treadwell cut the WPU lead to one, 50-49 (5:21) before Rick DeStefano nailed a three-pointer of his own to regain a four point WPU lead, 53-49 (4:55). A mini five point run by Ramapo put the Roadrunners back up by one, 54-53 (3:05) before DeStefano drained another three-pointer for WPU to regain the lead, 56-54, with 2:46 left to play.

Sanborn hit a jumper for Ramapo to tie the game for the fifth time, 56-56, with 2:29 on the clock before DeStefano sank his third three-pointer for WPU with 1:45 on the clock for a 59-56 lead. Thiel would sink both foul shots before Lance Brown drained a jumper for the Pioneers to take a, 61-58, lead with 1:02 left to play. Treadwell would make both of his foul shots with 53 seconds left in the game to come within one, 61-60. Ramapo's Brown came up with a big block on defense that went out of bounds in Ramapo's favor before the team called a timeout with 17 seconds on the clock. The Roadrunners were able to get two shots off in the final seconds of the game before WPU came up with a defensive rebound with three clicks left on the clock to come away with a 61-60 victory.