UNION, N.J. – The William Paterson men's basketball team (6-11, 1-9 NJAC) dropped a New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) road game to Kean (8-9, 5-5 NJAC), 89-76, Jan. 17.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Pioneers trailed by seven (34-27) with 4:25 on the clock in the first half before scoring six unanswered points over the span of a minute to trim the deficit to one (34-33).
• The Cougars countered by outscoring William Paterson, 10-4, in the closing three minutes of the opening stanza to carry a seven-point advantage (44-37) into the halftime break.
• Kean extended its lead to double figures (54-41) after going on a 10-4 run to begin the second half.
• William Paterson made it a six-point game (56-50) with 11:17 remaining in the game following a 9-2 run, but that would be as close as the Pioneers would get as the Cougars pushed their lead back to double-digits en route to securing the 89-76 home win.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Senior Shawn Summers Jr. (Montclair, N.J./Montclair) scored 20 points on 8-of-14 (.571) shooting with a team-high six rebounds.
• Junior Neftali Valentin (Hackensack, N.J./Hackensack) went 7-for-13 (.538) from the floor with three made shots from deep for a career-high 20 points.
• Graduate student MJ Moncrieffe (Maplewood, N.J./Marist) had eight points and five rebounds.
• Junior Andre Wells (Matawan, N.J./Matawan) logged eight points and a team-best four assists.

 
UP NEXT:

• The Pioneers head to Glassboro, N.J., Saturday, Jan. 20, for a 3:00 p.m. conference game at Rowan.  

 
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