EWING, N.J. (12/7/22) – Heem Burno totaled 32 points, 11 steals and seven assists as the Kean University men's basketball team remained unbeaten and pushed their winning streak to nine games with a 78-62 victory over the College of New Jersey at Packer Hall on Wednesday evening.

Letrell West tallied 16 points for the Cougars who improve to 9-0 overall and 4-0 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. Danny Bodine totaled 21 points and nine rebounds for the Lions who fall to 2-5 overall and 1-4 in the NJAC.

Kean trailed 35-31 at halftime after shooting 37.1% from the floor and 33.3% from downtown. West notched 11 of the Cougars 31 first half points. Bodine was perfect in the opening stanza with 17 points on 7-for-7 shooting. TCNJ used a 13-2 run to take their largest lead of the half at 23-12 with 9:07 remaining. The Cougars responded with a 10-3 run to shave the Lions lead down to 23-22 with 6:40 remaining. TCNJ and Kean traded buckets for the final six minutes as the Lions maintained the four-point advantage.

The second half was all Burno as the junior tallied 26 points on 8-for-13 shooting, knocked down four triples and collected eight steals. Kean traded buckets with TCNJ for nearly 14 minutes before closing the contest on a 26-7 run over the final six minutes. Burno notched 14 points and three steals during the run as Kean pushed their lead to double-digits in the final two minutes.

Griffin Barker totaled 11 points and nine rebounds, while Jalien Jamison collected eight points, four rebounds and four assists.

Head Coach David Turco and the Cougars will return to action on Saturday, December, 10^th, hosting the Gothic Knights of New Jersey City University at 1:00 p.m.