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For the second consecutive season, the
women's and men's senior basketball student-athletes in the NJAC will take
on their counterparts from the Skyline Conference in the NJAC-Skyline Senior Basketball
Games. Both contests will be held at Stevens Institute of Technology in
Hoboken on March 21, with the women's game set to tip-off at 6:00 PM,
followed by the men's game at 8:00 PM. Admission is free for both
contests.
In the inaugural meetings between the two conferences last season at NJCU,
the NJAC women topped the Skyline women 68-60, while the NJAC men posted a
159-112 win over their Skyline rivals.
This year's women's game
will feature three teams that participated in the NCAA Division III
Tournament. Skyline Conference champion Mount Saint Mary made its eighth
straight NCAA Tournament appearance. NJAC champion Kean advanced to the
Elite Eight, while NJAC runner-up William Paterson advanced to the second
round. The NJAC and Skyline also sent a total of five teams to the ECAC
Metro NY/NJ Championship Tournament. Stevens and Farmingdale State
qualified out of the Skyline, while Montclair State, Rutgers-Newark, and
Richard Stockton all earned berths out of the NJAC. Fifth-seeded Montclair
defeated second-seeded Farmingdale in the championship game, 85-70.
On the men’s side, a total of three teams reached the NCAA
Tournament. Making its first-ever appearance in the NCAA's,
Stevens won a pair of games before losing to eventual national champion
Amherst in the Sweet 16. Skyline champion Manhattanville lost in the first
round to eventual Elite Eight qualifier Guilford. NJAC champion Ramapo
earned a first round victory before falling to Stevens in the second
round. Three Skyline schools (Old Westbury, St. Joseph's-Patchogue, and
Farmingdale State), and three NJAC institutions (NJCU, Richard Stockton
and Rutgers-Newark) were selected to the ECAC Metro NY/NJ Championship
Tournament. Sixth-seeded Richard Stockton advanced to the championship
game before falling to top-seeded NYU.
Stevens Athletics will be providing Live Stats for each of the games. The
women’s results will appear at
www.stevensducks.com/livestats/wbball/xlive.htm.
The men’s game can be found at
www.stevensducks.com/livestats/mbball/xlive.htm.
The 2007 season will mark the seventh
consecutive year that the NJAC basketball seniors have competed in a
Senior Game against the senior student-athletes from an opposing conference. |