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Alex Rosario
Freshman guard Alex Rosario

Men's Basketball

Devils Fall To TCNJ, 86-69

MADISON, NJ - The College at Florham Devils were beaten by The College of New Jersey, 86-69, in non-conference action on Wednesday evening.

With the loss, the Devils dropped to 0-10.

TCNJ got out to a 21-10 lead with 10:11 left in the first half before the Devils went on a 9-2 run over the next three minutes to cut the deficit to 23-19.  Freshman forward Derek Hall (Oak Ridge, NJ/Jefferson) had five points in the spurt for FDU.  The Lions responded immediately though, ripping off 17-4 run to close the half with a 40-24 lead.

The Lions kept up the same pace in the second half, building their lead to as many as 24 points and the closest FDU got was 14 points (42-28) with just 1:35 gone by in the stanza.

Freshman guard Alex Rosario (Bound Brook, NJ/Bound Brook) had a career-high 20 off the bench on 8-of-9 shooting while junior center Ricky Fetske (Galloway, NJ/Absegami) added 18 points and nine rebounds.  Hall also came off the bench with a career-high 11 points.

The Devils return to action on Saturday, January 9, 2010, at King's beginning at 3 pm.
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