UNION, N.J. (12/13/25) – Three Cougars finished in double-digits as the Kean University men's basketball team dropped a New Jersey Athletic Conference contest to New Jersey City University, 73-65 on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Phil Brown Jr. notched six points as the Cougars opened the contest trading buckets.
• The Cougars pushed their lead to double digits behind a 16-6 run that included a combined 10 points from Braelen Crump and Daniel Dextraze.
• NJCU closed the opening stanza on an 8-4 run that included six points from Bakari Rogers-Robinson as Kean maintained a 36-26 lead at the break.
•  The Cougars opened the second half with three straight buckets as Kean pushed their lead to the largest of the game at 42-28.
• The Gothic Knights answered with a 13-4 run to bring the Cougars lead down to 46-41 with 14 minutes to play.
• Kean and NJCU traded buckets for the next 10 minutes, before NJCU closed the game on a 16-3 run, including nine points from Rodgers-Robinson.

INSIDE THE BOX

• Kareem Irby totaled 12 points.
• Brown Jr. posted 10 points, seven rebounds and three assists.
• Crump notched nine points.
• Malachi Jeffers-Viera finished with eight points and seven rebounds.

UP NEXT

• Kean hosts Albright to close out 2025.