GALLOWAY, N.J. (Jan. 29, 2020) – The Stockton University men's basketball team placed 11 players in the scoring column, led by 15 points apiece from senior forward Jordan Taylor and freshman forward Jordan Williams, as it defeated Rutgers University-Camden, 80-65, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game here Wednesday night.
 
Stockton, which entered the night as the NJAC co-leader with The College of New Jersey, improved to 12-7 overall and 9-3 in conference play. The Ospreys, who have won 24 straight and 70 of their last 71 against Rutgers-Camden, hold a 78-8 lead in the all-time series.
 
The Scarlet Raptors fall to 6-13 overall and 3-9 in the NJAC.
 
Stockton scored the game's first nine points before the Scarlet Raptors went on a seven-point run to cut the gap to 9-7. Junior forward Ian McCarthy started the run with a three-pointer, while senior forward/center Isaac Destin had a pair of field goals.
 
Stockton, however, scored the next 18 points to open up a 27-7 lead and held a 37-21 advantage at the half. Taylor and Williams led seven Ospreys in the scoring column during the first half with eight points apiece. Sophomore guard Keysean Simmonds had a team-leading seven points for Rutgers-Camden.
 
The closest the Scarlet Raptors came in the second half was 10 points (43-33), while the Ospreys led by as many as 29 (73-44).
 
In addition to 15 points apiece by Taylor and Williams, Stockton saw a pair of players score 10 points: sophomore guard Kyion Flanders and freshman guard DJ Campbell. The Ospreys' 47-30 advantage off the boards was led by nine rebounds from senior forward Steve Ferebee.
 
Taylor added a game-high five assists for Stockton.
 
Junior guard Arian Azemi had 15 points for the Raptors to tie for game-high honors, while adding a team-high four assists and a game-high five steals. McCarthy finished with 13 points, Simmonds canned 12 and sophomore forward Jake Petrik added 10.
 
Destin barely missed a double-double, finishing with nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds. He added a game-high two blocked shots. His nine points lifted him past a pair of players into ninth place on the program's all-time list with 1,150. He is one point behind eighth-place Pete Vearling (1964-68) and 51 behind seventh-place Ray Pace (1,201).
 
Rutgers-Camden shot 18-for-58 (31.0 percent) from the floor, while Stockton was 29-for-63 (46.0).
 
 Rutgers-Camden returns to NJAC action Saturday with a 1 p.m. game at Kean University.