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Senior guard Adam Katz

Men's Basketball

Balanced Effort Gives Devils 73-61 Win Over TCNJ

Box Score MADISON, NJ - Sophomore forward Will Green finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds, senior guard Adam Katz poured in 16 points and junior forward Derek Hall tallied 15 points and eight boards to lead the College at Florham Devils to a 73-61 victory over TCNJ in non-conference action on Tuesday evening.

With the win, the Devils improved to 5-6.

The Devils got off to a hot start, opening up an 18-4 lead with 12:42 left in the first half thanks to five points apiece from Katz and Green.  After the Lions closed to 18-11 just over a minute later, the Devils ripped off a 20-12 run over the next 11 minutes to grab a 38-23 advantage with 0:22 remaining in the half after a three-pointer from sophomore guard Trevor Sykes.  Sykes had six points in the run for FDU.  TCNJ made it 38-26 at intermission after they hit a three of their own with 0:04 to go.

The Lions got as close as they would get for the rest of the game just 2:24 into the second stanza when they closed to within six, 38-32, but the Devils responded with 17-6 run to take a 55-38 lead with 10:00 to go in the game.  Green and Hall were the catalyst's in the run with six points each.  TCNJ made one last push, getting to 58-48 with 7:01 remaining but FDU quickly got it back up to 17, 65-48, with 5:54 to go on their way to the win.

Sykes ended the game with eight points and four rebounds while junior guard Mike Williamson added seven points off the bench.

The Devils return to action on Thursday, January 5, 2012, at home against Rosemont beginning at 7 pm.
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