Galloway, NJ – Stockton University (12-12, 7-10 NJAC) could not overcome a cold shooting second period and dropped a 63-52 game to New Jersey City University (13-10, 13-4 NJAC) on Saturday afternoon. Stockton Freshman Imene Fathi (Wildwood) scored a career-high 23 points to lead all scorers in the contest.
 
The Ospreys jumped out to a 18-15 lead after one quarter, on the strength of Fathi tallying six points on a pair of three pointers and Adriyana Jennings (Camden/Winslow Twp.) scoring four more markers.
 
Stockton could not find the range in the second period as the Gothic Knights took control of the game. The home team shot just 3-12 (25%) while NJCU hit 7-16 (43.7%) and 9-10 (90%) from the charity stripe to outscore the Ospreys 24-7 in what turned out to be the deciding factor in the contest.
 
Freshmen Skylar Fowlkes (Vineland/Vineland) with four points and Ikechi Wokocha (Galloway/Absegami) adding a three-point basket, accounted for all of the Ospreys markers in the quarter as the Knights fashioned a 39-25 lead at the break.
 
The Ospreys righted the ship in the final two quarters, scoring 27 points to NJCU's 24, but the Ospreys could not get closer than eight points during the final 20 minutes of play in the 63-52 defeat.
 
Fathi hit a career-high five three pointers, as Stockton made nine threes on the day, posting a season-high. Madison Dulude (Sewell/Washington Twp.) led the team with six rebounds.
 
For NJCU, Damaris Rodriguez tallied 22 points with six rebounds and a game-high five assists. Jada Camacho chipped in with 14 points, with Jimmirah Johnson grabbing a game-high nine rebounds.
 
Stockton will finish the regular season with a trip to Kean University on Wednesday night. Gamer time in Union, NJ is set for 6 pm.