Mahwah, NJ:  In the opening round of the 2015-2016 New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship Tournament the #5 seeded Lions of the College of New Jersey knocked out the #4 seeded Ramapo College Roadrunners, 105-95 to advance to the semi-final round of the tournament.  The Lions will face off with the #1 seeded Gothic Knights of New Jersey City University on Wednesday, February 24th at 7pm in Jersey City.  Ramapo wraps up the season at 16-10 overall. 
 
The Lions drained 13 three-point goals in the game and Eric Murdock collected a huge triple-double that included 21 points, 11 rebounds, and 14 assists to lead the Lions to their 15th win of the season.  Elias Bermudez recorded a team leading 25 points while Glover collected 21 points including seven three-point goals.  Nick Alaimo and Eric Klacik posted 13 and 12 points respectively in the win as the team combined hitting 34-53 (64%) on the night.
 
Glover came out on fire and drained two three-point goals to start the game to give the Lions a quick 6-0 lead over Ramapo, before Christopher Moseley got the Roadrunners on the board with 18:10 on the clock with a two-point basket.  TCNJ would go up 10-2 with a goal from Michael Cohen forcing a Ramapo timeout.  With 14:01 left in the half, the Lions would take a 17-8 lead after Bermudez nailed down a jump shot to force Ramapo's second timeout of the half.  Over the next two-plus minutes, the two teams would trade baskets leaving TCNJ in the lead, 19-12 with 11:55 to go.  The Lions would go up nine until Josh Ford landed a long shot to cut the lead 15-21 at 10:40.  Over the next four minutes Ramapo pushed to cut the spread to three when James Long drained a three-point goal of his own with 7:58 to go.  Exactly two minutes later a three-point basket from Frank Nock would put Ramapo within two points, 27-29, and the back end of a two shot foul from Ford at 4:58 would get Ramapo within just one point, 30-31.  Two free throws and a three-point goal from Eric Murdock would put the Lions up six, 36-30 and with 2:30 to play, TCNJ led 38-31 after a jumper from Bermudez.  Down the stretch the Lions would answer each of Ramapo's baskets putting TCNJ in the lead, 42-40 heading into the locker room.  Bermudez led the Lions with 14 first half points as the team went 15-24 (63%) from the field.  Nock scored the high for Ramapo with 12 points.  Ramapo hit a combined 10-24 (42%) in the half.
 
Glover opened the second half in the same fashion as the first as he drained a three to put the Lions up 45-40 just 11 seconds in.  Under a minute later Murdock drained a three to put TCNJ ahead 48-42 and another three from Glover at 18:02 gave the Lions a 53-44 advantage.  Glover would hit another long shot at 16:56 for a double-digit, 56-46 lead, before two jump shots from Thomas Bonacum and one from David Haye would close the gap to 52-56. Klacik and Moseley traded three-point baskets before Glover nailed down his seventh of the game to go up 62-55 with 15:11 on the clock.  It continued to rain threes over the next four minutes which would put TCNJ in the lead 74-64 before an 11-point advantage (81-70) came with 8:12 to go with a jump shot from Bermudez.  With the Lions on top, 85-70, the Roadrunners connected six straight points that included a dunk from Moseley followed by a steal from Moseley and a two-point goal from Moseley to close the gap, 76-85 with 6:25 to play.  Over the next two minutes Josh Ford would collect points to put Ramapo within six points, 83-89, but it wasn't enough as the Lions continued to answer each point taking home the 105-95 win.  Long led Ramapo with 11 second half points as the team went 19-44 (43%) while Murdock collected a team leading 14 points for TCNJ.  The Lions combined hitting 19-29 (66%).
 
Nock led Ramapo with 19 points as he wraps up his collegiate career while four other Roadrunners collected double-digit points.  Bonacum and Long finished the game with 16 each and Ford and Moseley collected 14 and 12 points respectively.  Nock and Moseley led with eight boards each and Ford dished out a team leading five assists.  The team hit 29-68 (43%) in the loss.