Raritan recap
The Lions lost the first game of the back-to-back 87-86 against Raritan Valley Community College on Tuesday night.
The Lions jumped out to a 9-2 lead 3 minutes into the game which prompted Raritan's coach to call a timeout and wake up his team. Both teams came out of that timeout sloppy as there were 7 turnovers in the following 2 minutes. Raritan would slowly chip away at Dundalk's lead, with 12 minutes to go the Lions were up 19-14. With 9 minutes remaining in the first half Raritan closed the gap to 2, 27-25 but Dundalk would go on a 7-0 run to go up 34-25 with 7:39 left in the half. Dundalk's lead would go back and forth from single and double digits the remainder of the half, with 3 minutes to go the score was 44-34 and we ended the half with a score of 52-40.
Dundalk outscored Raritan 13-8 coming out of halftime adding to their 12 point lead causing Raritan to take a timeout and regroup with 14:51 left to play, Dundalk leads 65-48. Out of the timeout Dundalk got a stel scored a layup giving them the largest lead of the night 19 and it was all downhill from here. Raritans press wreaked havoc for Dundalk. Raritan would score 5 straight points before a Dundalk timeout was called to try and find some answers. Those answers were not found during the timeout as Raritan would outscore Dundalk 23-6 over seven minutes and tie the game at 71-71 with 8:16 left to play, Dundalk timeout. Raritan would take the lead 73-71 and for the first time in the game Dundalk was trailing and would be for the rest of the game. This game was back and forth the rest of the way but Dundalk could not regain the lead. Raritans biggest lead was 5 points with 2:33 left in the game but Dundalk never gave up. With 30 seconds left Raritan would score a dunk off a nice bounce pass to give them a 4 point lead. The Lions sprinting down the court drain a three and it's a 1 point game with 21 seconds left, Dundalk timeout. Once Raritan gets the ball over half court they foul. Raritan misses the first of a 1-and-1, Dundalk charges down and misses the open three and foul with 1 second left on the clock. Raritan missed both of those free throws but there was not enough time left on the clock for anything to happen.
Antonio Jenkins had a double double with 19 points and 15 rebounds. Naasir Johnson led the team with 21 points.