Box Score RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Felician University junior guard C.J. Mwila (Livonia, Mich./Livonia Stevenson) registered career highs of 23 points and eight rebounds to lead the Golden Falcons to an 81-68 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference men's basketball victory over visiting Concordia (N.Y.) College on Wednesday night at Job Gymnasium.
Mwila shot 7 for 9 from three-point range, leading Felician (4-5, 2-3 CACC) to an 11-for-21 mark (52.4 percent) from beyond the arc. His seven threes tied the Golden Falcon school record also held by Marcin Ziobron and Jason Romer. Mwila's previous collegiate high scoring total was 12 points, set last Saturday.
Mwila topped five double-figure scorers for Felician. Junior guard Jamal Reid (Newark, N.J./East Side) totaled 17 points and seven rebounds, and freshman guard Omari Hurston (Elizabeth, N.J./Roselle Catholic) (4-6 FG, 3-4 3FG) netted a season-best 11 points.
Freshman forward Stephen Millhaven (Port Washington, N.Y./St. Thomas More) recorded 20 points and 10 rebounds for Concordia (4-8, 2-3). Millhaven had half of the Clippers' 10 three-pointers.
With seven minutes, 50 seconds, remaining in the first half, Felician trailed, 27-11. But the Golden Falcons came all the way back, outscoring the Clippers, 26-9, for the balance of the period to take a one-point lead into halftime.
Millhaven canned a three-pointer on Concordia's first possession of the second half, but Felician then took the lead for good with a 10-0 run. A tip-in by Marko Kozul (Astoria, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) put the Golden Falcons ahead, 55-43, with 12:49 to play. The Clippers pulled to within 57-52 on a pair of Michael Dwyer (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) free throws at the 8:26 mark, only to see Felician score the next eight points when two Mwila threes sandwiched a Kennedy Chukwuocha (Willingboro, N.J./Medford Tech) dunk. Concordia could only come within an eight-point deficit in the final five minutes.
Chukwuocha and Jeyvi Miavivululu (Paterson, N.J./Paterson Catholic) (seven rebounds) tallied 10 points each for Felician, which held Concordia to 37-percent shooting from the floor.
Andrew Peacock (Washington, D.C./Paul VI [Va.]) contributed 12 points off the bench for the Clippers.