WAYNE, N.J. – The William Paterson men's basketball team (8-7, 2-6 NJAC) fell short to Ramapo (7-8, 3-5 NJAC) in a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) contest, 69-66, on Jan. 11 at the Sports and Recreation Center.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Roadrunners held a 12-point advantage (63-51) with 3:55 remaining in the game before William Paterson erupted for a 15-4 run to make it a one-point game (67-66) with less than a minute remaining. During the run, junior Shawn Summers Jr. (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) scored eight points, including two timely 3-pointers.
• Ramapo buried a shot with 26 seconds on the clock to extend the lead to three, 69-66, and the Roadrunners went on to grab the win as the Pioneers were unable to get a quality look at the basket in the closing seconds.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Summers Jr. posted his third career 20-point performance after shooting 8-of-12 (.667) from the field and 2-of-4 (.500) from deep for a team-high 21 points.
• He added five rebounds and four assists to his stat line.
• Junior Tyreek Montgomery (Neptune, N.J./Admiral Farragut) logged 10 points and seven rebounds.
• Senior Adryan Lopez (Garfield, N.J./Lyndhurst) and sophomore Neftali Valentin (Hackensack, N.J./Hackensack) each tallied nine points.

 
UP NEXT:

• The Pioneers return to action on Saturday, Jan. 14, to take on Rutgers-Camden in Camden, N.J., with tipoff slated for 3:00 p.m.  

 
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