NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Ta'zhon Daniels (New Haven, Conn.) became the newest member of the 1,000-point club and Jayquan Kirkland (Stratford, Conn.) hit seven three-pointers as the Albertus Magnus College men's basketball team cruised to a 95-71 win over Rutgers University-Newark on Tuesday afternoon.

With the victory, head coach Mitch Oliver now has 350 wins in his career at Albertus.

Kirkland finished with a career and game-high 31 points on 11-for-13 shooting, including 7-for-8 from three. Daniels scored 17 points, including 13 in the second half.

Daniels became the 21st member of the 1,000-point club at Albertus and currently has 1,008 points in his career.

Ray Ford, Jr. (Jersey City, N.J.) scored 14 points on 6-for-9 shooting with six rebounds and five assists. DJ Hamilton (Bronx, N.Y.) came off the bench to score 13 points.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus 95 | Rutgers-Newark 71

RECORDS: Albertus (3-3) | Rutgers-Newark (1-4)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Falcons never trailed in the game, jumping out to a 13-3 lead at the 15:20 mark behind threes from Ford, Jr. and Kirkland early on.
• Kirkland has scored in double digits in four of his last five games.
• Later in the first half, Kirkland went on a personal 9-0 run of his own as he hit a three on three consecutive possessions for the Falcons as they took a 24-6 lead with 12:06 left.
• Rutgers trimmed its deficit to 26-18 after two free throws by Osa Osagie, but a three from Kirkland kickstarted an 11-0 run by the Falcons as Ford, Jr. finished the run with a three of his own to make it a 37-18 game with 6:45 left in the first half. 
• Kirkland hit one more three in the half and Tahijj Hunter (Mount Laurel, N.J.) scored four points in the final 3:51 before halftime as the Falcons took a 50-26 lead into the locker room. Kirkland had 22 points in the first half, while Ford, Jr. had 14.
• Kirkland continued his hot shooting in the second half, scoring seven of the first eight points for the Falcons as they took a 58-34 lead less than four minutes in.
• Needing five more points in the second half to hit the 1,000 point milestone, Daniels hit a jumper in the lane to make it 61-38 with 13:16 left. On the next possession, Daniels buried a three in transition to give him 1,000 points in his career.
• The Falcons would lead by as much as 36 points in the game after a layup from Hamilton at the 7:25 mark. Rutgers would not get any closer than 21 points the rest of the way.

TEAM STATS

Albertus

52.4 FG% | 54.5 3PT% | 70.8 FT% 

Rutgers-Newark

31.8 FG% | 30.8 3PT% | 72.4 FT%

TOP PERFORMERS

Albertus

Jayquan Kirkland 31 PTS | 7-for-8 3PT | 11-13 FG 

Ta'zhon Daniels 17 PTS | 7 ASTS | 2 STLS

Ray Ford, Jr. 14 PTS | 6-9 FG | 6 REBS | 5 ASTS

Rutgers-Newark

Ayden Brown 16 PTS | 6 REBS

CJ Karis 13 PTS | 3-4 3PT | 5-6 FG

Raheem Murray 12 PTS | 3 REBS | 4 ASTS

NOTEWORTHY

• The Falcons shot a season-best 52.4% from the field and 54.5% form three while scoring a season-high 95 points.
• Albertus had a season-high 18 assists.

UP NEXT

The Falcons go on the road to take on Brooklyn College in a non-conference game at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 3rd.