CAMDEN, N.J. (January 27, 2018) – The Rutgers University-Newark men's basketball team picked up a 66-56 road New Jersey Athletic Conference win at Rutgers University-Camden Saturday afternoon.
 
The Scarlet Raiders used a 9-0 run in the latter stages of the second half to take control and earn their second-straight conference win on the road. Rutgers-Newark improves 8-11 overall and 4-9 in conference play, while Rutgers-Camden drops to 3-16 overall and 1-12 in the conference. The Scarlet Raiders will battle Ramapo College Wednesday night in The Golden Dome and tip-off is slated for 8 p.m.
 
Down two with 8:54 left, the Scarlet Raiders turned a 52-50 deficit into a 59-52 lead. Junior forward Mark Thomas started the run with five-straight points and senior guard Erick Loften-Harris ended it with two big free throws with 5:30 left in the game.
 
Camden would cut the lead to six, but a three-pointer from sophomore guard Barneys and two more foul shots from Loften-Harris gave the guests an 11-point edge with just 3:19 on the clock and the Raiders never looked back.
 
Thomas had a marvelous all-around game, tallying 12 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists and two steals. Barneys poured in a team-high 16 points to go with five rebounds, and Loften-Harris rang up 12 points, eight rebounds and two steals. Freshman Quincy Rutherford totaled nine points and four rebounds in 14 solid minutes off the bench.
 
Rutgers-Newark raced in front out of the gate, holding Rutgers-Camden without a point for the first 5:55 of the game and taking a 9-0 lead following a three-pointer from Barneys.
 
Camden hit back-to-back three's to get within three (9-6), but a layup midway through the opening period from Loften-Harris put the Scarlet Raiders back on top by five (15-10).
 
Four-straight scores from junior guard Emmanuel Kema helped the guests match their largest lead of the first half at 29-20, but the hosts closed the period on a 14-4 run to take a 34-33 lead into the intermission.

The two teams went shot-for-shot early in the second half ahead of the game-changing 9-0 spurt for the Scarlet Raiders.
 
Rutgers-Newark shot very well from the field, converting at a 52.1 percent clip (25-for-48). R-N went 6-for-16 from distance and 10-for-12 (83.3 percent) at the line, pulling down 37 caroms and assisting on 11 baskets. The Raiders racked up eight steals, scoring 30 points in the paint and 15 off R-C turnovers.
 
Camden shot 40.4 percent from the floor, 9-for-25 from distance and 5-for-9 at the line. The hosts totaled just 21 rebounds overall, dishing out four total assists and compiling 11 steals.
 
After a tough start, Rutgers-Newark has won three of its last five games inside the NJAC and is just one game out of a conference tournament berth with five league games still to be played.