NEWARK, <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /><ST1:STATE w:st="on">NJ</ST1:STATE>—Sophomore guard <DFN>Jheryl Wilson</DFN> scored 26 points, including 20 in the first half, as NJT defeated visiting Bryant, 61-51, Wednesday night to halt a 51-game losing streak.<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O
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The Highlanders, who last won on February 19, 2007 (78-74 at Longwood), never trailed by more than three points and took the lead for good when <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1LACE w:st="on">Wilson</ST1LACE></ST1:CITY> hit a jump shot to make it 12-10 for NJIT with 13:02 left in the first half of Wednesday’s game against fellow Division I Independent Bryant.<O></O>
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NJIT’s streak had covered parts of three seasons—the last four games of the 2006-07 season; all 29 games in 2007-08; and, the first 18 games this season.<O></O>
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> </O>The Highlanders, who last won on February 19, 2007 (78-74 at Longwood), never trailed by more than three points and took the lead for good when <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1
LACE w:st="on">Wilson</ST1LACE></ST1:CITY> hit a jump shot to make it 12-10 for NJIT with 13:02 left in the first half of Wednesday’s game against fellow Division I Independent Bryant.<O></O><O
> </O>NJIT’s streak had covered parts of three seasons—the last four games of the 2006-07 season; all 29 games in 2007-08; and, the first 18 games this season.<O
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