NEW YORK – Junior forward Deshawn Singleton (Passaic, NJ/Passaic HS) paced Rutgers-Newark with 17 points and three assists, but John Jay reeled off eight straight points in the final 30 seconds of regulation to force overtime and set up a 75-68 Bloodhound victory.
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Senior forward David Cherry (Linden, NJ/Roselle Catholic) collected 13 points and eight rebounds but Rutgers-Newark lost its second game in a row – both to opponents from the City University of New York Athletic Conference.
Junior guard De'Vion Manning (Maplewood, NJ/St. Benedict's Prep) tallied 10 points while junior forward Phil Barnes (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) added seven points and three steals while tying Cherry for team-high honors with eight rebounds
The Scarlet Raiders (6-3) seemed in complete control after Singleton connected on a pair of free throws to make it 59-51 with just 39 ticks remaining, but senior guard Godfrey Mascall drained a 3-point jumper with a half a minute remaining. John Jay then came up with back-to-back steals on Raider possessions – the first resulting in a fastbreak layup by junior forward Vaughn Mason with 24 seconds left and the second setting up the game-tying 3-point jumper with 17 seconds remaining by junior guard Gary Brady.
Rutgers-Newark call timeout with 13 seconds left to set up the final shot in regulation, but junior guard Tim Smith (Mullica Hill, NJ/Camden Catholic) missed a jumper with three seconds left and John Jay's Daniel Desir cleared the rebound.
In overtime, senior guard Miguel Garcia broke the ice with a layup before Mascall and Mason connected on jumpers to give the Bloodhounds (2-5) a six-point lead that swelled to as many as nine.
A commanding 47-34 edge in rebounding for the Raiders was off set by an icy 33.8% shooting percentage and 26 turnovers.
Mascall and Mason netted a game-high 20 points apiece. Mascall posted six assists, three steals and four rebounds while Mason notched a double-double with a game-high 10 rebounds to go along with three assists, three steals and a blocked shot. Reserve sophomore forward Chris Jaeger added 10 points, six rebounds, three steals and two blocks for John Jay while Brady finished with 11 points and three steals.
Rutgers-Newark hosts York NY in a men's and women's doubleheader on Saturday in The Golden Dome in the Raiders' final action before the fall examination break. The women tip off at 2 p.m. before the men tangle at 4 o'clock.
