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02.08 | Men's Basketball
Junior Gabriel Paul scored a career-best 25 points during a 72-65 win against Ramapo.
WAYNE, N.J. – Men’s basketball junior guard Gabriel Paul (Hillside, N.J./Hillside) was named the William Paterson Pioneer of the Week Feb. 8.

Paul led all scorers with a career-high 25 points during a 72-65 win against Ramapo Feb. 3, adding five rebounds and four assists against the Roadrunners.
02.04 | Men's Basketball
WAYNE, N.J. - William Paterson senior Joseph Ellis (Newark, N.J./Newark Science) was named the NJHoops.com Division III January Player of the Month, the group announced Feb. 3. Ellis, a 6-1 guard, averaged a team-best 16.4 points per game as the Pioneers were a perfect 9-0 during the month, adding 3.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals per contest.
02.03 | Men's Basketball
WAYNE, N.J. - No. 13 William Paterson (21-1, 10-0 NJAC) secured the top seed in the upcoming New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Men's Basketball Tournament with a 72-65 victory against visiting Ramapo (15-6, 6-4 NJAC) Feb. 3. Junior Gabriel Paul (Hillside, N.J./Hillside) scored a career-high 25 points and senior Joseph Ellis (Newark, N.J./Newark Science) added 24 to help lead the Pioneers to their school-record 19th consecutive victory.
02.02 | Men's Basketball
WAYNE, N.J. - The William Paterson men's basketball team moved up three spots to 13th in the Feb. 2 D3hoops.com Top 25 National Poll. The Pioneers are 20-1 overall and 9-0 in New Jersey Athletic Conference play, most recently defeating Rowan by an 85-61 score Jan. 30 for William Paterson's school-record 18th-straight victory.
1.30.10
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GLASSBORO, N.J. – Four Pioneers were in double figures in scoring as No. 16 William Paterson (20-1, 9-0 NJAC) opened up a 28-point first-half lead and cruised from there, defeating host Rowan (14-6, 5-4 NJAC) by an 85-61 score Jan. 30. The victory extended WP’s win streak to 18 games while securing the Pioneers’ second straight 20-win season.

William Paterson, the New Jersey Athletic Conference’s (NJAC) North Division leader and the only team still undefeated in league play, used several big runs during the opening period to pull away from the Profs, who started the day tied with Richard Stockton (5-3 NJAC) for the top spot in the NJAC’s South Division.

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1.27.10
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The country’s best Division III scoring defense had one of its best nights of the season as No. 16 William Paterson (19-1, 8-0 NJAC) held host New Jersey City (9-9, 3-5 NJAC) to just 39 points for a 19-point victory, 58-39, on Jan. 27.

For the Pioneers, who began the week first in Division III in scoring defense (53.7 ppg) and fourth in field-goal percentage defense (.365), the 39 points were the fewest allowed this winter as WP limited NJCU to 29.8 (14-47) percent shooting overall, including a 1-for-11 (.091) effort from three-point range.

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1.26.10
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WAYNE, N.J. – The William Paterson men’s basketball team climbed five spots to 16th in the latest D3hoops.com Top 25 National Poll (Jan. 26).

The Pioneers are 18-1 overall and 7-0 in New Jersey Athletic Conference play, most recently defeating Rutgers-Camden by a 57-44 score Jan. 23 for William Paterson’s school-record 16th straight victory. 

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1.23.10
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WAYNE, N.J. – Senior guard Joseph Ellis (Newark, N.J./Newark Science) scored 11 of his game-high 17 points during the first half as No. 21 William Paterson (18-1, 7-0 NJAC) jumped out early on visiting Rutgers-Camden (5-11, 0-7 NJAC), earning a 57-44 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) victory Jan. 23.

The win extended the Pioneers’ school-record winning streak to 16 games and kept William Paterson atop the league standings. The Pioneers scored the first nine points of the contest, holding the Scarlet Raptors off the scoreboard until the 14:40 mark as WP quickly built a 25-4 advantage with 6:50 remaining in the first half.

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1.20.10
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MONTCLAIR, N.J. – No. 21 William Paterson (17-1, 6-0 NJAC) established a new school record with its 15th consecutive men’s basketball victory, defeating host Montclair State (9-8, 2-5 NJAC) by a 54-43 score Jan. 20 at Panzer Athletic Center.

Senior guard Joseph Ellis (Newark, N.J./Newark Science) scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half, helping the Pioneers to overcome a two-point halftime deficit and better the program’s previous 14-game record win streak established from Jan. 16 – Feb. 24, 1984.


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Wed, Feb 03 | 8:00 p.m.
WPU 72
Ramapo College 65
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