JERSEY CITY, NJ (NJCUGothicKnights.com) | Junior swingman Kaihrique Irick (Teaneck, NJ/Teaneck) notched his sixth 20-point scoring effort of the season, matching his career-high with 27 points, and all five Gothic Knight starters netted double figures as New Jersey City University won its 11th game, holding off a late comeback bid from John Jay College, 83-71, in a non-conference men's basketball game on Monday night at the John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center on 'Coach Charlie Brown Court.'
NJCU improved to 11-2—it's best 13-game start since winning 25 of its first 27 games during the 1989-90 campaign. John Jay dropped to 7-8, dropping its fourth straight outing. NJCU leads the all-time series, 14-0.
NJCU blocked 15 shots in the game—its most since rejecting 15 against Berkeley College on December 8, 2008 and four different players blocked at least three each.