@NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS NJITN MEN'S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GAME 9: NJIT (5-3; 11-20 in 2016-17) at RUGTGERS (6-3; 15-18 in 2016-17) Thurday, Dec. 7, 2017 • 7:00 PM • Rutgers Athle c Center (RAC) • Piscataway, NJ • BTN PLUS 2017-18 Record|ASUN:...... 5-3 | 0-0 2017-18 Record|B1G:...... 6-3 | 0-2 2016-17 Record|ASUN:.11-20 | 3-11 2016-17 Record|B1G:....15-18 | 3-15 ASUN Rank (Preseason):...... 8th B1G (Preseason):...... 13th NCAA RPI:...... 114 NCAA RPI:...... 140 All-Time vs. B1G:...... 1-3 NJIT All-Time vs. RU:...... 0-5 Head Coach:...... Brian Kennedy Head Coach:...... Steve Pikiell Record at NJIT (2nd):...... 16-23 Record at RU (2nd):...... 21-21 Career Record (2nd):...... 16-23 Career Record (13th):...... 213-177 898-805 ALL-TIME (SINCE 1922) • CIT SEMIFINALISTS 2015, 2016 • MEMBER OF THE ASUN CONFERENCE SINCE 2015
2017-18 SCHEDULE BROADCAST INFORMATION: RECORDS NOVEMBER (4-3) Video: BTN PLUS Kevin Fitzgerald (pbp); Dom Savino (analyst) Overall 5-3 11 WAGNER L, 60-49 Audio: Rutgers IMG Sports Network Jerry Recco (pbp); Joe Boylan (analyst) Home 5-1 14 LAFAYETTE W, 96-80 HIGHLIGHTS: Away 0-2 18 at No. 22 Seton Hall L, 82-53 Neutral 0-0 The Rutgers Scarlet Knights lead the all- me series with NJIT, 5-0 -- including a 77-53 win ASUN 0-0 22 KEAN UNIVERSITY (NJ) W, 116-63 on Dec. 22, 2011, at The RAC in the last mee ng. RU's last four wins have come in Piscataway. Home 0-0 25 DREXEL W, 65-53 Away 0-0 28 LIU BROOKLYN W, 73-69 The two teams played for fi ve-consecu ve seasons from 2007-08 to 2011-12, star ng with Rutgers' 66-55 victory on Dec. 12, 2007, at Fleisher Athle c Center. Non-Conference 5-3 30 at No. 19 West Virginia L, 102-69 Home 5-1 All- me, NJIT is 1-3 against BIG TEN foes; fi rst this season. The Highlanders went 0-2 against Away 0-2 DECEMBER (1-0) the B1G last year -- with a 79-68 loss at No. 17 Purdue on Nov. 26, 2016, and a 74-68 defeat at Neutral 0-0 3 UMASS LOWELL W, 78-65 Minnesota on Dec. 6, 2016. NJIT's win came at No. 17 Michigan on Dec. 6, 2014 (72-70). Current streak W1 7 at Rutgers 7 PM Long. W streak W3 NJIT's fi ve losses to Rutgers came when the Knights were in the BIG EAST prior to 2014-15. 9 IONA 4 PM Long. L streak L1 12 at Colgate 7 PM In its last game, NJIT extended its home winning streak to fi ve with a 78-65 win over UMass Leading at Half 4-0 16 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 4 PM Lowell (5-3) on Sunday. The Highlanders have won eight of their last 11 versus the America East. Tailing at Half 1-3 Tied at Half 0-0 22 BRYN ATHYN (PA) 2 PM At 5-3, NJIT has now ed its best-ever start through eight games of a season with 2015-16. Over me 0-0 28 at Buff alo 7 PM Sophomore Anthony Tarke led NJIT in scoring with a season-high 18 points. The preseason Travel Days 0-1 Day 3-1 JANUARY (0-0) All-ASUN selec on has now led the Highlanders in scoring in back-to-back contests (15.5 ppg). Night (6 PM on) 2-2 NJIT forced a season-high 23 turnovers, which included 14 more steals. The Highlanders 3 at Brown 7 PM Ranked Teams 0-2 lead the ASUN and rank 20th in the na on in steals per contests (9.4). 6 USC UPSTATE* 4 PM Power Conf. 0-2 11 at Stetson* 7 PM With a victory, NJIT will start a season 6-3 for the fi rst me in program history. All-Time 131-214 Division I 105-214 13 at Florida Gulf Coast* 7 PM With a win, NJIT will snap a nine-game, road losing streak that started a er the Highland- 18 NORTH FLORIDA* 7 PM ers' notched a 64-61 win at Stony Brook on Dec. 28, 2016. NJIT is 0-1 on the road this season. Non Division I 27-0 20 JACKSONVILLE* 4 PM 24 at Kennesaw State* 7 PM 27 LIPSCOMB* 4 PM PROBABLE STARTERS 29 KENNESAW STATE* 7 PM # Name PO YR HT WT Notes 0 Abdul Lewis F R-Jr. 6-10 225 • Ranks 1st in ASUN in rpg (9.9), 2nd in dbl-dbls (3), 24th in ppg (10.4) FEBRUARY (0-0) Preseason All-ASUN • Ranks 30th in D-I in rpg... 9th in D-I in ac ve career rebounding (8.8)
3 at Lipscomb* 4 PM (CT) • 2016-17: Set NJIT reb records for single-season (264) & single-game (19)
8 FLORIDA GULF COAST* 7 PM • 2014-15 (South Alabama): Averaged 7.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg (led USA; 7th in SBC) 11 Shyquan Gibbs G Fr. 6-1 150 • Leads ASUN in 3FG% (.800; 8-10); would be 2nd in FG% (.607) if qualifi ed 10 STETSON* 4 PM /SHY-qwan/ • Last 16 G (back to LY): Avg'g 6.5 ppg on 39-76 FG (.513), 18-33 3FG (.545) 15 at Jacksonville* 7 PM • Valedictorian led St. Anthony’s HS to a NJ State Championship (26-0) 17 at North Florida* 7 PM 12 Anthony Tarke G/F Fr. 6-6 205 • 2nd in ASUN in bpg (1.2), t14th spg (1.1), 18th ppg (11.8), 19th rpg (4.9) 22 at USC UPSTATE* 7 PM /TARK/ Preseason All-ASUN • Has led NJIT in scoring in each of last 2 G (15.5 ppg on 13-27 FG, 4-7 3FG) ASUN CHAMPIONSHIPS • 2016-17: Ranked 7th in ASUN in FG% (.523), 9th spg (1.1), 11th o-rpg (1.6) 26 ASUN Quarterfi nals TBD 14 Reilly Walsh G So. 6-3 180 • Ranks t14th in ASUN in spg (1.1); Started all 8 G (firsts of NCAA career) ASUN All-Academic • Last 11 G (back to LY): 5.0 ppg (55)... First 14 G of career: 1.6 ppg (38) MARCH (0-0) 15 Diandre Wilson G Jr. 6-2 170 • 6th in ASUN in 3FG% (.476), 8th spg (1.8), 8th FG% (.542), 22nd ppg (11.2) 1 ASUN Semifi nals TBD /dee-ON-dray/ • Last 5 G: Averaging 12.4 ppg (62) on 23-40 FG (.574), 6-11 3FG (.545) 4 ASUN Finals TBD • 2016-17 (Mo CC): NJCAA All-Amer. 1st-team; 22.3 ppg (11th in na on) CCo-Captains HOME GAMES IN CAPS REST OF ROTATION *ASUN Conference Game # Name PO YR HT WT Notes 2 San Antonio Brinson F Fr. 6-8 200 • Missed fi rst 2 G (concussion); 11/22 vs. Kean: 7 pts, 2 reb, 3 ast in 11 M • Highest-rated recruit in program history; out of South Kent School (CT) 3 Chris Jenkins G/F Sr. 6-4 215 • Ranks 5th in 3FG% (.478), 19th in 3FG/G (1.4); LY: Ranked 13th in both • In NCAA career, 85.4% of FGM are 3FG -- for 492 (87.1%) of 565 points 4 Zach Cooks G Fr. 5-9 155 • Ranks t10th in ASUN in spg (1.5), 11th in 3FG% (.444), 17th in apg (2.4) • ASUN's 5th-leading FR scorer at 7.1 ppg... Last 7 G: Averaging 7.9 ppg MBB CONTACT: 10 David Kachelries G Fr. 6-1 160 • Last 6 G: Averaging 5.0 ppg on 13-22 FG, 2-5 3FG in just 9.3 mpg MATT PROVENCE 23 Shawndale Jones G Fr. 6-3 230 • Last 5 G: Avg'g 8.2 ppg...11/22 vs. Kean: Game-high 23 pts on 10-16 FG • Hoopseen.com: "Could be steal of class" in ASUN... 8.5 ppg in 2 EXH G CELL: 610-504-1037 32 Donovan Greer G Jr. 6-3 165 • Last 4 G: Avg'g 6.0 ppg (24) on 8-18 FG... First 3 G: 1.0 ppg on 1-13 FG [email protected] • 2016-17: Limited to 4 G (ankle)... Transfer from San Jacinto (8.8 ppg) 34 Mohamed Bendary F Jr. 6-9 235 • Holds career .654 FG% (83-127)... 12/3 vs. UML: Tied c-h with 16 pts @NJITHoops 2017-18 HIGHLANDERS
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS
2017-18 ASUN STANDINGS: Conference Overall Standings Rec Win % PF PA Rec Win % PF PA H A N L10 Strk Lipscomb 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 6-3 .667 76.6 75.3 3-0 3-3 0-0 6-3 W 2 NJIT 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 5-3 .625 74.9 71.8 5-1 0-2 0-0 5-3 W 1 FGCU 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 6-4 .600 83.9 71.8 5-2 1-2 0-0 6-4 L 2 FGCU GRABS PRESEASON TOP SPOT; Stetson 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 6-4 .600 78.8 74.0 3-3 3-1 0-0 6-4 W 1 GOODWIN & AMINU COLLECT North Florida 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 3-7 .300 78.4 85.9 3-0 0-6 0-1 3-7 W 2 INDIVIDUAL HONORS Jacksonville 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 3-7 .300 71.9 78.9 1-3 0-4 2-0 3-7 L 3 USC Upstate 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 3-8 .273 72.6 80.2 2-1 0-6 1-1 3-7 L 4 LAKEPOINT, GA -- A er winning back-to-back Kennesaw State 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 1-7 .125 68.0 77.4 1-1 0-6 0-0 1-7 L 5 ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Champi- onship tles, FGCU was voted the favorites ASUN OFFENSIVE RANKINGS: to three-peat in the Preseason Coaches & RK NAME GP FG PCT 3PT PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Media Polls. Lipscomb, which fi nished second 1 FGCU 9 268-548 48.9 57-174 32.8 158-215 73.5 12.4 28.2 40.7 15.3 13.6 7.6 3.1 18.3 83.4 during the regular season last year, was voted 2 Stetson 10 299-666 44.9 89-253 35.2 101-167 60.5 9.6 27.5 37.1 16.4 10.0 7.2 2.4 18.6 78.8 second in both polls, while North Florida fol- 3 North Florida 10 279-632 44.1 116-289 40.1 110-150 73.3 11.9 23.6 35.5 14.4 16.5 6.5 3.4 17.0 78.4 4 Lipscomb 9 230-534 43.1 67-208 32.2 162-231 70.1 10.1 28.6 38.7 12.9 16.7 6.1 3.8 22.4 76.6 lowed the Bisons in third. 5 NJIT 8 224-469 47.8 60-163 36.8 91-146 62.3 8.8 25.1 33.9 13.8 14.5 9.4 3.3 22.4 74.9 FGCU senior guard Brandon Goodwin was 6 USC Upstate 11 283-667 42.4 120-336 35.7 113-153 73.9 9.0 21.9 30.9 14.1 12.1 7.0 1.9 17.4 72.6 the unanimous selec on for Preseason Player 7 Jacksonville 10 260-620 41.9 58-182 31.9 141-220 64.1 10.4 27.2 37.6 11.2 15.3 7.2 3.1 18.0 71.9 of the Year by the league's head coaches. He 8 Kennesaw State 8 199-473 42.1 50-134 37.3 96-152 63.2 10.9 22.5 33.4 14.5 14.8 6.6 1.8 16.6 68.0 was a unanimous ASUN Newcomer of the Year last season and capped off his incred- ASUN DEFENSIVE RANKINGS: ible year with ASUN Championship MVP RK NAME GP FG PCT 3PT PCT OFF DEF REB MAR AST TO STL BLK PF PTS honors a er leading the Eagles to their third 1 FGCU 9 228-541 42.1 52-177 29.4 10.0 21.9 31.9 8.8 11.7 14.1 6.6 2.6 20.1 69.6 ASUN Men's Basketball Championship crown. 2 NJIT 8 200-463 43.2 58-177 32.8 11.6 25.4 37.0 -3.1 11.5 16.8 6.4 4.3 18.0 71.8 Goodwin scored 18.2 PPG last season. 3 Stetson 10 259-591 43.8 84-218 38.5 8.6 29.6 38.2 -1.1 13.5 15.2 4.7 3.8 15.9 74.0 4 Lipscomb 9 232-524 44.3 56-200 28.0 8.8 27.3 36.1 2.6 12.1 15.8 6.2 4.8 22.1 75.3 North Florida's Wajid Aminu took home 5 Kennesaw State 8 229-498 46.0 58-174 33.3 12.3 25.9 38.1 -4.8 15.4 13.0 7.3 3.4 18.8 77.4 the ASUN Preseason Defensive Player of the 6 Jacksonville 10 284-632 44.9 84-266 31.6 10.5 29.7 40.2 -2.6 16.0 15.2 6.3 3.2 19.1 78.9 Year award. The reigning ASUN Freshman of 7 USC Upstate 11 300-622 48.2 105-251 41.8 10.2 27.9 38.1 -7.2 18.6 13.7 6.3 2.5 14.5 80.2 the Year had 36 blocks last season, 20 of them 8 North Florida 10 328-676 48.5 63-194 32.5 13.4 25.5 38.9 -3.4 17.8 13.0 10.0 4.8 15.3 85.9 coming in conference play. That mark set a new UNF freshman single-season record. He SCORING LEADERS: FIELD GOAL% LEADERS: also corralled 6.5 rebounds per game. RK PLAYER CL GP FG 3FG FT PTS PPG RK PLAYER CL GP FG FGA Pct NJIT rounded out the fi nal selec on by the 1. MATHEWS,Garrison-LIP JR 9 52 23 49 176 19.6 1. SIMMONS, Antravious-FGCU SR 9 28 41 .683 league's head coaches and media poll. 2. HOGAN, Jace-JU JR 7 53 1 29 136 19.4 2. TERRELL, Chris an-FGCU SR 9 49 81 .605 3. GOODWIN, Brandon-FGCU SR 9 45 11 53 154 17.1 3. DOYLE, Ricky-FGCU JR 8 26 43 .605 PRESEASON COACHES POLL: 4. MYLES, Divine-STET SR 9 54 12 28 148 16.4 4. MARBERRY,Rob-LIP JR 9 50 88 .568 5. SCOTT, James-KSU SO 8 50 14 15 129 16.1 5. DAY, Trip-UNF FR 10 30 53 .566 Rank (1st-Place Votes) Total Pts 6. JOHNSON, Zach-FGCU JR 9 44 11 35 134 14.9 6. MYLES, Divine-STET SR 9 54 98 .551 1. FGCU (7) 63 7. GANDIA-ROSA, Ivan-UNF SO 10 55 28 9 147 14.7 7. MASTERSON, Nick-KSU SR 8 33 60 .550 2. Lipscomb 55 8. MOORE, Malik-UPST JR 10 47 11 38 143 14.3 8. WILSON, Diandre-NJIT JR 8 32 59 .542 3. North Florida (1) 46 9. NOTAE, JD-JU FR 9 45 16 21 127 14.1 9. IYIOLA, Abayomi-STET FR 10 44 85 .518 4. USC Upstate 33 10. MARBERRY,Rob-LIP JR 9 50 0 24 124 13.8 10. GANDIA-ROSA, Ivan-UNF SO 10 55 107 .514 5. Kennesaw State 28 6. Stetson 22 REBOUNDING LEADERS ASSIST LEADERS 7. Jacksonville 21 RK PLAYER CL GP OFF DEF TOT RPG RK PLAYER CL GP No. APG 8. NJIT 20 1. LEWIS, Abdul-NJIT JR 8 21 58 79 9.9 1. RIVERA, Angel-STET SR 10 61 6.1 2. HOGAN, Jace-JU JR 7 24 34 58 8.3 2. HARRIS, Devin-JU SR 9 49 5.4 PRESEASON MEDIA POLL: 3. HARRIS, Devin-JU SR 9 10 62 72 8.0 3. GOODWIN, Brandon-FGCU SR 9 39 4.3 Rank (1st-Place Votes) Total Pts 4. MARBERRY,Rob-LIP JR 9 24 43 67 7.4 4. SPAN, Jure-UPST JR 10 43 4.3 1. FGCU (48) 398 5. AMINU, Wajid-UNF SO 10 20 48 68 6.8 5. GANDIA-ROSA, Ivan-UNF SO 10 41 4.1 2. Lipscomb 338 6. TERRELL, Chris an-FGCU SR 9 9 52 61 6.8 6. MYLES, Divine-STET SR 9 33 3.7 7. IYIOLA, Abayomi-STET FR 10 25 39 64 6.4 7. MASTERSON, Nick-KSU SR 8 26 3.3 3. North Florida (2) 256 8. THOMPKINS, Ramel-UPST SR 10 11 50 61 6.1 8. COOPER,Kenny-LIP SO 7 22 3.1 4. Jacksonville 206 9. PEPPER,Eli-LIP JR 9 12 42 54 6.0 9. HOOKER, Tyler-KSU SO 8 25 3.1 5. Kennesaw State 190 10. NOTAE, JD-JU FR 9 13 40 53 5.9 10. BUCKLAND,Michael-LIP SO 9 28 3.1 6. USC Upstate 176 7. Stetson 116 STEALS LEADERS BLOCKS LEADERS 8. NJIT 112 RK PLAYER CL GP No. SPG RK PLAYER CL GP No. BPG 1. JOHNSON, Zach-FGCU JR 9 22 2.4 1. MARBERRY,Rob-LIP JR 9 13 1.4 PRESEASON INDIVIDUAL HONORS: 2. SCOTT, James-KSU SO 8 16 2.0 2. TARKE, Anthony-NJIT SO 8 10 1.3 Preseason Player of the Year: COOPER,Kenny-LIP SO 7 14 2.0 3. AMINU, Wajid-UNF SO 10 12 1.2 Brandon Goodwin, FGCU 4. MYLES, Divine-STET SR 9 17 1.9 4. HINTON, Jalyn-JU FR 8 9 1.1 NOTAE, JD-JU FR 9 17 1.9 5. HORCHLER, Noah-UNF SO 10 11 1.1 Defensive Player of the Year: 6. BLOUNT, Osborn-UNF SR 10 18 1.8 6. HOGAN, Jace-JU JR 7 7 1.0 Wajid Aminu, North Florida GLASFORD, B.J.-STET SR 10 18 1.8 LOCKLEY, Bryson-KSU SO 6 6 1.0 8. WILSON, Diandre-NJIT JR 8 14 1.8 8. SCOTT Jr, RaySean-FGCU SO 7 6 0.9 PRESEASON ALL CONFERENCE TEAM: 9. HARRIS, Devin-JU SR 9 15 1.7 9. DENNIS, Larry-STET SR 10 8 0.8 Pos Name School Year 10. COOKS, Zach-NJIT FR 8 12 1.5 10. DIGGS, Avery-UPST FR 9 7 0.8 *G Brandon Goodwin FGCU Sr. *G Zach Johnson FGCU Jr. 3FGM LEADERS 3FG% LEADERS *C Rob Marberry Lipscomb Jr. RK PLAYER CL GP No. 3PG RK PLAYER CL GP FG FGA Pct *G Garrison Mathews Lipscomb Jr. 1. ESCOBAR, JT-UNF SO 10 34 3.4 1. GIBBS, Shyquan-NJIT SO 8 8 10 .800 *G Mike Cunningham USC Upstate Jr. 2. GANDIA-ROSA, Ivan-UNF SO 10 28 2.8 2. MASTERSON, Nick-KSU SR 8 18 32 .563 *G Divine Myles Stetson Sr. 3. THOMPKINS, Ramel-UPST SR 10 27 2.7 3. ESCOBAR, JT-UNF SO 10 34 65 .523 G Nick Masterson Kennesaw State Sr. 4. MATHEWS,Garrison-LIP JR 9 23 2.6 4. TERRELL, Chris an-FGCU SR 9 14 29 .483 5. SPAN, Jure-UPST JR 10 23 2.3 5. JENKINS, Chris-NJIT SR 8 11 23 .478 F Abdul Lewis NJIT Jr. 6. MASTERSON, Nick-KSU SR 8 18 2.3 6. WILSON, Diandre-NJIT JR 8 10 21 .476 F Anthony Tarke NJIT So. 7. SAMS, Garre -UNF SO 10 22 2.2 7. GANDIA-ROSA, Ivan-UNF SO 10 28 59 .475 F Wajid Aminu North Florida So. DOYLE, Luke-STET SR 10 22 2.2 8. SPAN, Jure-UPST JR 10 23 50 .460 * Denotes unanimous selecƟ on 9. CUNNINGHAM, Mike-UPST JR 10 21 2.1 9. MATHEWS,Garrison-LIP JR 9 23 51 .451 10. HELGELAND, Cody-JU SR 9 17 1.9 10. BLOUNT, Osborn-UNF SR 10 14 32 .438
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS HIGHLANDERS BY THE NUMBERS NJIT: QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION . Loca on: University Heights, Newark, NJ 1 2 3 9.9 903 Founded: 1881 Enrollment: 11,400 (undergraduate & graduate) Senior (G/F Chris Years as NJIT Head Years as member Rebounds per Victories in the Nickname/Colors: Highlanders/Red & White (Blue accent) Jenkins) on NJIT's Coach for Brian of the ASUN a er game for history of the Affi lia on: NCAA Division I roster, a er losing Kennedy, who two seasons as an Abdul Lewis, NJIT men's hoops Transi on to Division I: 2006-07 four senior start- started as top independent. NJIT which leads the program, which ers. Seven of the assistant at NJIT was in the Great ASUN and ranks dates back to Conference: Atlan c Sun (3rd season) 13 Highlanders are for his fi rst four West Conference 30th among D-I 1922 (102 against University President: Dr. Joel Bloom EdD underclassmen. seasons on staff . from 2009-13. na onal leaders. D-I programs). Director of Athle cs: Lenny Kaplan Athle c Dept. Phone: 973-596-3636 THREE-POINT LAND-ERS!: NJIT website: www.njit.edu NJIT ranks third in the ASUN in three-point fi eld-goal percentage at .368. Yet, the Highlanders have Athle cs website: www.njithighlanders.com four members in the top 11 in ASUN individual ranks. Sophomore Shyquan Gibbs leads the confer- Tickets website: www.nji x.com ence at .800 (8-for-10), while senior Chris Jenkins (.478; 11-for-23) ranks fi h, junior Diandre Wilson Twi er: @NJITHoops (.476; 10-for-21) ranks sixth and freshman Zach Cooks sits 11th at .419 (9-for-21). Facebook: NJIT Men’s Basketball
THOU SHALT STEAL!: HEAD COACH BRIAN KENNEDY NJIT ranks 20th in the na on and fi rst the ASUN in steals per game at 9.4 -- a total that is 1.8 spg higher Alma Mater: Monmouth ’90 than the team ranking second in the conference (Florida Gulf Coast, 7.6)... The Highlanders boast fi ve Seasons: 2nd as Head Coach (6th season at NJIT) players in the top 15 of the ASUN in spg, as junior Diandre Wilson ranks eighth (1.8) and freshman Career Record: 16-23 (.410) Zach Cooks sits ed for 10th (1.5), while junior Reilly Walsh and sophomores Shyquan Gibbs and ASUN Record: 3-11 (.214); 0-1 in Postseason Anthony Tarke are in a three-way ed for 13th (1.1). TEAM INFORMATION TARKE DIRTY TO ME!: Assistant Coaches: Jeff Raff erty (2nd season) With a game-high 18 points against UMass Lowell on Sunday, sophomore Anthony Tarke has led NJIT Stephen Sauers (1st season) in scoring in back-to-back games (15.5 ppg) and in six of the last 11 games (13.5 ppg) going back to last Kim Waiters (3rd season) season. In addi on to ranking 18th in the ASUN in ppg (11.8) and 19th in rpg (4.9), Tarke sits second in Dir. of Basketball Ops: Joe Gutowski (1st season) the conference in bpg (1.3)... The preseason ASUN All-Conference selec on and member of the 2017 Athle c Trainer: Ma Koscs ASUN All-Freshman fi nished his fi rst NCAA campaign ranked sixth in the ASUN in FG% (.522), ninth in 2016-17 Record: 11-30 spg (1.1), ed for ninth in o-rpg (1.6) 18th in rpg (4.7) and 24th in ppg (9.9). His total of 307 points was 2016-17 Postseason: n/a the most by an NJIT freshman since Damon Lynn scored 500 points in 2013-14. The Gaithersburg, Md., Final RPI: 293 na ve led all freshmen in scoring in ASUN conference play at 12.5 ppg. Returning/Lost (Starters): 8/5 (1/4)
AB-NORMAL!: SPORTS INFORMATION Junior Abdul Lewis had a monster performance against LIU Brooklyn on Nov. 28 in which he posted Men’s BB Contact: Ma Provence game-highs in points (23) and rebounds (18) while dishing out a team-high four assists. The Newark Phone / Email: 610-504-1037 / [email protected] na ve was one point shy of his career-high scoring output set at Florida Gulf Coast on Jan. 21, 2017, Assistant SID: Stephanie Pillari and one rebound short of his NJIT single-game record of 19 set Jan. 19, 2017 at Stetson. Phone / Email: 973-596-8324 / [email protected] • Lewis leads the ASUN in rpg (9.9) -- a fi gure that ranks 30th in Division I. He also sits ninth among all ac ve D-I players in career rebounding average at 8.8 rpg. He has led (or co-led) the Highlanders in PROGRAM RECORDS rebounds in seven of eight games this season. Inaugural Season: 1922 • The 6'10" big also ranks second in the conference in double-doubles (3) a er star ng his season All-Time Record: 903-808 (.528) / 1,711 games with 12 points and a game-high 12 rebounds against Wagner (Nov. 11) and 10 points and a game-high Pre-NCAA (1922-73): 264-270 (.494) 15 rebounds against Lafaye e (Nov. 14)... He logged fi ve double-doubles in his fi rst year at NJIT in Division III Era (1974-96): 368-160 (.697) / 528 games 2016-17, one short of Tim Coleman's team-high Division II Era (1997-06): 118-133 (.470) / 251 games • Going back to last season, the South Alabama transfer is averaging 12.9 ppg (257) and 10.0 rpg Division I Era (2006-pres): 132-215 (.380) / 347 games (199) over his last 20 contests. Vs. Division I Teams: 105-215 (.328) / 320 games • Last year, Lewis also set the NJIT single-season rebounding record (264). Vs. Division III Teams: 20-0 (1.000) Vs. Non NCAA Teams: 7-0 (1.000) DON'T FORGET ABOUT 'DRE: Conference Titles (Reg): 1 (Great West 2012-13) Over his last four games, junior Diandre Wilson is averaging 12.4 ppg (62) on 23-for-40 FG (.575) and Conference Titles (Tour): 0 6-for-11 3FG (.545). The transfer from Mo Community College (Flint, Mich.) currently ranks ed for Na onal Postseason Tour: 6-2 sixth in the ASUN in 3FG% (.476), eighth in both in FG% (.542) and spg (1.8) and 22nd in ppg (11.3). • It took just two games for Wilson make his presence felt at the Division-I level, as he scored a WELLNESS & EVENTS CENTER (WEC) game-high 20 points against Lafaye e on Nov. 14 -- shoo ng an impressive 7-for-9 from the fl oor and Address: 100 Lock St., Newark, NJ, 07102 3-for-4 from deep. Year Opened: 2017 • The na ve of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., scored 1,253 career points in his two seasons at Mo . Capacity: 3,500 • Last year, he ranked 11th in the na on with 22.3 ppg en route to being honored as a NJCAA All- Home Record (WEC): 5-1 (.833) / 6 games American First-Team selec on. Wilson scored in double-fi gures in 29 games and posted six 30-plus- Home Record (D-I Era): 92-61* (.601) / 153 games point eff orts in guiding Mo to a 25-7 record and a trip to the NJCAA District 10 Tournament semifi nals. Home Record (Kennedy): 13-5 (.722) • As a freshman in 2015-16, he led the na on in free throw a empts (290) and ranked 19th in scor- Home Record (Conference): 23-10** (.697); doesn’t inc. ASUN tourney ing (19.5 ppg). *Does not include 0-9 in home games at PrudenƟ al Center **Does not include 0-2 in conference home games at PrudenƟ al Center NEVER ENOUGH COOKS IN THE KITCHEN: ASUN CONFERENCE Freshman Zach Cooks currently ranks ed for 10th in the ASUN in steals per game (1.5) -- which Established: 1978 included an NJIT season-high fi ve the s against Kean (Nov. 22). He's also places 11th in 3FG% (.429), Former Name: Trans America Athle c Conf. (1978–01) 13th in assist-to-turnover ra o (1.5) and 17th in assists per game (2.4). Number of Teams: 8 • Cooks is also the fi h-leading freshman scorer in the ASUN at 7.1 ppg. Headquarters: Macon, Georgia • Over his last seven games, he's averaging 7.9 ppg (55) on 17-of-35 FG (.486), 9-of-21 3FG (.429). Commissioner: Ted Gumbart (since 2007) ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY!: Asst Commissioner (Media): Patrick McCoy Website: www.asunsports.org Sophomore Shyquan Gibbs currently leads the ASUN in three-point fi eld-goal percentage (.800; 8-for- 2016-17 Champs (Reg): Florida Gulf Coast 10) and would rank second in fi eld-goal percentage (.607; 17-for-28), if he had enough a empts to 2016-17 Champs (Tour): Florida Gulf Coast qualify... Going back to last season, he is averaging 6.5 ppg (110) in his last 17 G -- shoo ng a robust NJIT All-Time Record: 11-17 (.393); doesn’t inc. ASUN tournament 39-for-76 FG (.513) and 18-for-33 3FG (.545)... The former pupil of Bob Hurley at St. Anthony's moved into the star ng lineup for the Highlanders' fi nal 12 contests during his freshman campaign. NJIT Tournament Record: 0-2 (.000)
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS
FLEA... FROM THREE!: TWO MORE HIGHLANDERS GO PRO: Senior Chris Jenkins currently ranks fifth in the ASUN in 3FG% (.478) and 19th in three- Two members of NJIT’s Class of 2017 are playing basketball professionally, as both pointers per game (1.4) after finishing 13th in both categories a season ago... Including guards Tim Coleman (Union, NJ) and Rob Ukawuba (East Brunswick, NJ) have a freshman season at Hofstra University, 85.3% of Jenkins' FGM (191) are 3FG (163) signed to compete in the Na onal Basketball League of Canada. -- including all 10 this season -- which accounts for 489 (87.0%) of his career 565 Coleman signed a professional contract with the Halifax Hurricanes, located in points... The na ve of Hillside, NJ, currently ranks ed for 68th among all ac ve D-I Novia Sco a, a er comple ng his NJIT career as the program’s all- me leading players with 164 career treys. rebounder (762) and fourth all- me leading scorer (1,429). As a senior, he ranked fi h in the ASUN Conference in steals per game (1.2), sixth in rebounding and ABLE TO SLAY KEAN: blocks per game (6.9) and 15th in points per game (12.5). He departed the NCAA In its 116-63 victory over Kean University on Wednesday, NJIT posted its largest ranks as the only ac ve Division-I player with at least 1,400 points, 750 rebounds, point total since the D-III Highlanders' 118-74 win over Conordia (NY) on Jan. 4, 225 assists (244), 150 steals (154) and 135 blocks (135). 1999. The team connected on a robust 44-of-65 FG (.677) and 14-of-24 3FG (.583) Ukawuba was selected by the Windsor Express in the second round of the NBLC while se ng a program record with 32 assists (previously 29 in a 113-61 win over dra a er averaging 7.9 ppg and 4.3 rpg as a senior last season. PSU-Abington on Nov. 14, 2011)... In the game, all 13 players on the roster entered He appeared on ESPN SportCenter's Top 10 plays twice last season for a dunk over the scoring column while freshmen combined for 55 points on an impressive 22- Purdue's 6-foot-9 Caleb Swanigan (current Portland Trail Blazer) on Nov. 26, 2016, for-32 (.688) shoo ng. Shawndale Jones paced the a ack with a game-high 23 and a reverse dunk from a half-court, alley-oop feed from teammate Damon Lynn points while Zach Cooks fi nished with 17 points on the strength of fi ve triples... against Jacksonville on Jan. 12, 2017. NJIT improved to 27-0 all- me against non D-I opponents. A year prior, guard Ky Howard '16 was been selected by the Greensboro Swarm in the 2016 NBA Development League Dra . #PROTECTTHEWEC: A er calling Fleisher Athle c Center "home" for the past 50 years, NJIT has a new NON-CONFERENCE, NO NONSENSE!: court in the state-of-the-art Wellness and Events Center (WEC) beginning with the The Highlanders will again have a grueling, non-conference schedule that features 2017-18 season -- and have started 5-1... The WEC is a three story, 220,000-square- road games at West Virginia, Seton Hall, Rutgers and Buff alo and home lts against foot building that features a 3,500-seat basketball arena that compares favorably the likes of Lafaye e, Drexel, LIU Brooklyn and Iona... However, a er traveling for with many Division-I mid-major facili es throughout the country. The design of the 11 (68.8%) of their 16 non-conference contests a year ago, the Highlanders play $102 M building features a number of fl exible spaces that can be quickly confi g- nine (60.0%) of 15 non-conference games at the WEC this season. ured to support the numerous and varied missions of the university community. Designed and engineered by AECOM and built by Torcon, the exterior design rein- THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION: forces the university's posi on as a leader in engineering and technology educa- Head Coach Brian Kennedy begins his second season at the helm of the NJIT pro- on, featuring a 52-foot-high glass wall on the north facade that off ers an excellent gram a er four seasons as a top assistant under Jim Engles. Since joining the pro- view of the adjacent athle c fi eld as well as NJIT's academic campus. Previously, gram, “BK” has helped guide NJIT to a combined 82-78 record -- including back-to- the Highlanders played in Fleisher Athle c Center since 1967 and posted an 8-4 back, 20-win seasons and back-to-back appearances in the CIT semifi nals (2014-16). record there last season and an 87-60 mark during its Division-I era. A talented recruiter, Kennedy was extremely instrumental in luring some of the Highlanders most talented all- me performers -- such as Tim Coleman, Damon A NEW ERA IN NEW-ARK: Lynn, Anthony Tarke and Rob Ukawuba -- to Newark. That reputa on has con n- A er the program bid adieu to four star ng seniors, the Highlanders are a young ued with the new 2021 class, which -- on paper -- is the highest rated recrui ng team with a much diff erent look. In large part to losing the school’s all- me leading class in program history with San Antonio Brinson, Zach Cooks, Shawndale Jones scorer in Damon Lynn (2,153) and rebounder in Tim Coleman (762), the Highland- and David Kachelries. ers return just 46.1% of their scoring – including just 42.6% of their three-point fi eld goals -- and 51.5% of their rebounding from a season ago. In fact, the roster features just one senior and just 40 combined starts at NJIT from its upperclass- men – returning just 37.4% of its starts and 53.9% of its minutes... Of the 13 players on the roster, there is one senior (7.7%), fi ve juniors (38.5%), three sophomores (23.0%) and four freshmen (30.8%).
FORWARD THINKING: Two Highlanders – junior F Abdul Lewis and sophomore F Anthony Tarke – were among the three forwards selected to the Preseason ASUN All-Conference Team... In his fi rst season with NJIT, Lewis averaged 9.7 ppg to go along with 8.5 rebounds per game – a total that ranked second in the ASUN. The transfer from University of South Alabama set program records for single-season rebounds (264) and single- game rebounds (19). A two- me ASUN Newcomer of Week as a sophomore, Lewis' growth was evidenced by the fact he averaged 13.4 ppg and 8.5 rpg over 14 games in ASUN play... Tarke, the fi rst-ever Highlander selected to the postseason ASUN All-Freshman Team, became the focus of the off ense following the season-ending injury to Damon Lynn on Jan 21, 2017. Over his last 14 games, the Gaithersburg, Md., na ve averaged 14.0 ppg while shoo ng .565 (74-for-131 FG). Among ASUN freshman, Tarke ranked second in per-game averages for points (9.9), rebounds (4.7), steals (1.1) and blocks (0.5). He fi nished with 307 points, the highest scoring HIGHLANDERS SIGN KJELL DE GRAAF FOR 2018: total by an NJIT freshman since Lynn scored 500 points in 2013-14... The only other NJIT men's basketball head coach Brian Kennedy announced that Kjell De Graaf frontcourt player honored was Lipscomb center Rob Marberry. has signed a na onal le er of intent to a end NJIT and play basketball for the THE YOUNG AND THE... TALENTED!: Highlanders beginning in the fall of 2018. De Graaf, a 6-foot-10 na ve of Ro erdam, Netherlands, is currently play- "I'm very impressed with NJIT's 2017 class. Their speed, athleƟ cism and basketball ing for the Canarias Basketball Academy in Gran Canaria, Spain. This season, he savvy are what it takes to build a solid program in the AtlanƟ c Sun Conference." is averaging 14.5 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game while shoo ng -- Adam Finkelstein, NaƟ onal RecruiƟ ng Analyst for ESPN, RecruiƟ ng NaƟ on 45-percent from three-point territory for the Elite A Team. "We are very excited to have Kjell join our family here at NJIT," said Kenne- Head Coach Brian Kennedy welcomes in the highest-rated recrui ng class in the dy. "He is regarded as one of the highest rated scholar-athletes in all of Europe history of the program which, by many sources, was ranked as the top recruit- and plays at the pres gious school, The Academy in Spain/Gran Canaria." ing class in the ASUN this season... Forward San Antonio Brinson (Augusta, Ga.) The Academy, considered the top prep school in Europe both academically in a 6-foot-8, 200-pounder arrives at NJIT as one of the highest-rated recruits in and athle cally, has sent over 80 players to Division-I schools in recent years. program history a er a ending South Kent School (CT)... Zach Cooks (Lawrencev- A very good student with a 3.8 grade point average, De Graaf is interested ille, Ga.), who fi gures to handle a share of the point guard du es, displayed both in NJIT's Honors Program and in studying either chemical engineering or bio- excellent ball-handling and play-making abili es while at Berkmar High School in medical engineering. He is currently a post-graduate student a er spending his Lilburn, Ga... Shawndale Jones (Pi sburgh, Pa.) is a 6-3 combo guard who athle - fi rst two years of high school at The Thornbecke Voortgezet Ondrewijsin (Hol- cism shined not only on the hardwood, but also on the gridiron as a WR/CB at The land) and his last two at The Canterbury School (Gran Canaria, Spain). Kiski School in Saltsburg, Pa. In its recap of all ASUN early signings, Hoopseen.com De Graaf has also played on the Netherlands Junior Na onal Team since commented that Jones "could be the steal of the class"... Guard David Kachelries he was 14 years old and was a member of the 14u European Championship (Emmaus, Pa.), described as playing with an incredibly high motor, fi nished his high team in 2013. He commi ed to NJIT a er also considering Fordham, New Mex- school career as Emmaus' all- me leading scorer with 1,910 points. ico, Old Dominion, Bucknell and Gonzaga.
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS
NJIT - GAME HIGHS OPPONENT - GAME HIGHS POINTS 116 KEAN(11/22/17) POINTS 102 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 96 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) 82 atSetonHall(11/18/17) 78 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) 80 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) 73 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) 69 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) 69 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 65 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) FIELDGOALSMADE 44 KEAN(11/22/17) FIELDGOALSMADE 35 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 38 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) 30 atSetonHall(11/18/17) FIELDGOALATTEMPTS 70 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) FIELDGOALATTEMPTS 71 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 65 KEAN(11/22/17) 63 KEAN(11/22/17) FIELDGOALPERCENTAGE.67744-65 KEAN(11/22/17) FIELDGOALPERCENTAGE .51927-52 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) .54338-70 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) .51026-51 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) 3PTFIELDGOALSMADE 14 KEAN(11/22/17) 3PTFIELDGOALSMADE 14 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 13 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) 10 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) 3PTFGATTEMPTS 27 atSetonHall(11/18/17) 3PTFGATTEMPTS 34 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 26 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) 24 KEAN(11/22/17) 3PTFGPERCENTAGE.58314-24 KEAN(11/22/17) 3PTFGPERCENTAGE .50010-20 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) .50013-26 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) .41214-34 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) .5005-10 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) FREETHROWSMADE 22 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) FREETHROWSMADE 17 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 18 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 15 WAGNER(11/11/17) FREETHROWATTEMPTS 27 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) FREETHROWATTEMPTS 30 WAGNER(11/11/17) 25 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) 23 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 25 DREXEL(11/25/17) FREETHROWPERCENTAGE.82414-17 KEAN(11/22/17) FREETHROWPERCENTAGE .88022-25 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) .73917-23 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) .78915-19 atSetonHall(11/18/17) REBOUNDS 40 KEAN(11/22/17) REBOUNDS 42 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 38 DREXEL(11/25/17) 42 DREXEL(11/25/17) ASSISTS 32 KEAN(11/22/17) ASSISTS 19 atSetonHall(11/18/17) 15 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) 17 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) STEALS 16 KEAN(11/22/17) STEALS 10 KEAN(11/22/17) 14 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) 9 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) BLOCKEDSHOTS 5 DREXEL(11/25/17) BLOCKEDSHOTS 8 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 5 KEAN(11/22/17) 7 atSetonHall(11/18/17) 5 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) TURNOVERS 23 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) TURNOVERS 19 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 22 KEAN(11/22/17) 18 atSetonHall(11/18/17) FOULS 23 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) 18 WAGNER(11/11/17) 23 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) FOULS 26 DREXEL(11/25/17) 21 WAGNER(11/11/17) 25 WAGNER(11/11/17
NJIT - GAME LOWS OPPONENT - GAME LOWS POINTS 49 WAGNER(11/11/17) POINTS 53 DREXEL(11/25/17) 53 atSetonHall(11/18/17) 60 WAGNER(11/11/17) 65 DREXEL(11/25/17) 63 KEAN(11/22/17) 69 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 65 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) 73 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) 69 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) FIELDGOALSMADE 15 WAGNER(11/11/17) FIELDGOALSMADE 19 DREXEL(11/25/17) 20 atSetonHall(11/18/17) 20 WAGNER(11/11/17) FIELDGOALATTEMPTS 47 WAGNER(11/11/17) 20 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) 54 atSetonHall(11/18/17) FIELDGOALATTEMPTS 51 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) FIELDGOALPERCENTAGE.31915-47 WAGNER(11/11/17) 52 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) .37020-54 atSetonHall(11/18/17) FIELDGOALPERCENTAGE.32819-58 DREXEL(11/25/17) 3PTFIELDGOALSMADE 4 WAGNER(11/11/17).36420-55 WAGNER(11/11/17) 5 DREXEL(11/25/17) 3PTFIELDGOALSMADE 3 DREXEL(11/25/17) 5 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) 4 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) 5 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) 3PTFGATTEMPTS 14 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) 3PTFGATTEMPTS 10 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) 20 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) 17 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) 3PTFGPERCENTAGE.1433-21 DREXEL(11/25/17) 17 atWestVirginia(11-30-17).2864-14 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) 3PTFGPERCENTAGE.1824-22 WAGNER(11/11/17).2866-21 WAGNER(11/11/17) .2505-20 DREXEL(11/25/17) FREETHROWSMADE 9 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) FREETHROWSMADE 5 atSetonHall(11/18/17) 10 KEAN(11/22/17) 7 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) FREETHROWATTEMPTS 17 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) FREETHROWATTEMPTS 10 atSetonHall(11/18/17) 18 KEAN(11/22/17) 11 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) FREETHROWPERCENTAGE.48012-25 DREXEL(11/25/17) FREETHROWPERCENTAGE.5005-10 atSetonHall(11/18/17).5299-17 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) .50010-20 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) REBOUNDS 28 KEAN(11/22/17) .50015-30 WAGNER(11/11/17) 30 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) REBOUNDS 29 atSetonHall(11/18/17) ASSISTS 5 DREXEL(11/25/17) 29 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) 8 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) ASSISTS 7 WAGNER(11/11/17) STEALS 3 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) 8 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 5 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) STEALS 3 atSetonHall(11/18/17) BLOCKEDSHOTS 0 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) 7 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 3 KEAN(11/22/17) BLOCKEDSHOTS 0 atSetonHall(11/18/17) 3 DREXEL(11/25/17) 1 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17) TURNOVERS 12 atSetonHall(11/18/17) TURNOVERS 8 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) 12 atWestVirginia(11-30-17) 10 LIUBROOKLYN(11/28/17) FOULS 14 LAFAYETTE(11/14/17) FOULS 19 KEAN(11/22/17) 14 atSetonHall(11/18/17) 20 UMASSLOWELL(12/3/17)
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS
NJIT - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Points...... 23 LEWIS, Abdul vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) Points...... 25 Carter, Jevon at West Virginia (11-30-17) 23 JONES, Shawndale vs Kean (11/22/17) 22 FRANCIS, Blake vs Wagner (11/11/17) 20 WILSON, Diandre vs Lafayette (11/14/17) 19 RODRIGUEZ, Desi at Seton Hall (11/18/17) 18 TARKE, Anthony vs UMass Lowell (12/3/17) 19 Petrie, Alex vs Lafayette (11/14/17) 17 COOKS, Zach vs Kean (11/22/17) 17 JONES, Ryan vs UMass Lowell (12/3/17) Field Goals Made...... 10 JONES, Shawndale vs Kean (11/22/17) Field Goals Made...... 8 JONES, Ryan vs UMass Lowell (12/3/17) 9 LEWIS, Abdul vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) 7 Carter, Jevon at West Virginia (11-30-17) Field Goal Att...... 17 LEWIS, Abdul vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) 7 RODRIGUEZ, Desi at Seton Hall (11/18/17) 16 JONES, Shawndale vs Kean (11/22/17) Field Goal Att...... 15 Isabell, Tramaine vs Drexel (11/25/17) FG Pct (min 5 made)...... 857 6-7 COOKS, Zach vs Kean (11/22/17) 14 Carter, Jevon at West Virginia (11-30-17) .833 5-6 WILSON, Diandre vs Kean (11/22/17) FG Pct (min 5 made)...... 833 5-6 Vaughn Laki Anderson vs Kean (11/22/17) 3-Point FG Made...... 5 COOKS, Zach vs Kean (11/22/17) .750 6-8 Stephens, E.J. vs Lafayette (11/14/17) 3 TARKE, Anthony vs UMass Lowell (12/3/17) 3-Point FG Made...... 5 Carter, Jevon at West Virginia (11-30-17) 3 WILSON, Diandre vs Kean (11/22/17) 4 Bolden, James at West Virginia (11-30-17) 3 JENKINS, Chris at Seton Hall (11/18/17) 3-Point FG Att...... 11 Carter, Jevon at West Virginia (11-30-17) 3 WILSON, Diandre vs Lafayette (11/14/17) 7 Mojica, Sammy vs Drexel (11/25/17) 3 JENKINS, Chris vs Lafayette (11/14/17) 7 Lee, Kurk vs Drexel (11/25/17) 3-Point FG Att...... 8 GREER, Donovan vs Wagner (11/11/17) 7 FRANCIS, Blake vs Wagner (11/11/17) 7 JENKINS, Chris at Seton Hall (11/18/17) 3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made)..... 1.000 3-3 Klinewski, Matt vs Lafayette (11/14/17) 3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made)..... 1.000 3-3 TARKE, Anthony vs UMass Lowell (12/3/17) 1.000 2-2 CALE, Myles at Seton Hall (11/18/17) 1.000 3-3 WILSON, Diandre vs Kean (11/22/17) Free Throws Made...... 9 FRANCIS, Blake vs Wagner (11/11/17) 1.000 2-2 GIBBS, Shyquan vs Wagner (11/11/17) 8 CLARK, Raiquan vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) Free Throws Made...... 6 LEWIS, Abdul vs Wagner (11/11/17) Free Throw Att...... 11 FRANCIS, Blake vs Wagner (11/11/17) 5 LEWIS, Abdul vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) 10 Lee, Kurk vs Drexel (11/25/17) 5 TARKE, Anthony vs Wagner (11/11/17) FT Pct (min 3 made)...... 1.000 7-7 HERNANDEZ, Joel vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) Free Throw Att...... 11 TARKE, Anthony vs Wagner (11/11/17) 1.000 6-6 Carter, Jevon at West Virginia (11-30-17) 10 LEWIS, Abdul vs Wagner (11/11/17) 1.000 4-4 Petrie, Alex vs Lafayette (11/14/17) FT Pct (min 3 made)...... 1.000 4-4 JONES, Shawndale at West Virginia (11-30-17) 1.000 4-4 Klinewski, Matt vs Lafayette (11/14/17) 1.000 4-4 COOKS, Zach at West Virginia (11-30-17) 1.000 3-3 RODRIGUEZ, Desi at Seton Hall (11/18/17) Rebounds...... 18 LEWIS, Abdul vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) Rebounds...... 12 CLARK, Raiquan vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) 15 LEWIS, Abdul vs Lafayette (11/14/17) 11 Williams, Austin vs Drexel (11/25/17) Assists...... 5 COOKS, Zach vs Kean (11/22/17) Assists...... 6 Carter, Jevon at West Virginia (11-30-17) 5 JONES, Shawndale vs Kean (11/22/17) 6 HERNANDEZ, Joel vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) Steals...... 5 COOKS, Zach vs Kean (11/22/17) 6 CARRINGTON, Khadeen at Seton Hall (11/18/17) 4 WILSON, Diandre vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) 6 COOPER, JoJo vs Wagner (11/11/17) 4 KACHELRIES, David vs Kean (11/22/17) Steals...... 5 Carter, Jevon at West Virginia (11-30-17) Blocked Shots...... 3 TARKE, Anthony vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) 3 NOEL, Obadiah vs UMass Lowell (12/3/17) 3 TARKE, Anthony vs Drexel (11/25/17) 3 COLEMAN, Zach vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) Turnovers...... 6 LEWIS, Abdul at West Virginia (11-30-17) 3 Mojica, Sammy vs Drexel (11/25/17) 5 LEWIS, Abdul vs UMass Lowell (12/3/17) 3 COOPER, JoJo vs Wagner (11/11/17) 5 WILSON, Diandre vs Drexel (11/25/17) Blocked Shots...... 5 Konate, Sagaba at West Virginia (11-30-17) 5 LEWIS, Abdul at Seton Hall (11/18/17) 4 MAMUKELASHVILI, S. at Seton Hall (11/18/17) Fouls...... 5 GIBBS, Shyquan vs Wagner (11/11/17) Turnovers...... 6 HARRIS, Matt vs UMass Lowell (12/3/17) 5 LEWIS, Abdul vs Wagner (11/11/17) 6 CLARK, Raiquan vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) Minutes...... 38 LEWIS, Abdul vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) Fouls...... 5 GANTZ, Josh vs UMass Lowell (12/3/17) 37 LEWIS, Abdul vs Lafayette (11/14/17) 5 HERNANDEZ, Joel vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) 36 GIBBS, Shyquan vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) 5 Williams, Austin vs Drexel (11/25/17) 36 WALSH, Reilly vs Drexel (11/25/17) 33 WILSON, Diandre vs LIU Brooklyn (11/28/17) 33 TARKE, Anthony at Seton Hall (11/18/17
2017-18 Individual Team-Leaders 2017-18 Ind. Stat Distribution (includes es) Points Reb Ast Dbl Player Name Pts Reb Ast Blk Stl Player 10+ 20+ 10+ 5-9 10+ Dbl Bendary, Mohamed 2 Bendary 1 Brinson, San Antonio 1 Brinson Cooks, Zach 4 1 Cooks 2 1 Gibbs, Shyquan 1 2 Gibbs 1 Greer, Donovan Greer 1 Jenkins, Chris 1 Jenkins Jones, Shawndale 1 1 Jones 1 1 1 Kachelries, David 1 1 1 Kachelries Lewis, Adbul 2732 Lewis 5 1 3 3 Price, Taj 1 Price Tarke, Anthony 32242 Tarke 6 Walsh, Reilly 1 2 1 3 Walsh 1 Wilson, Diandre 1 1 1 2 Wilson 5 1
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS TONIGHT'S OPPONENT: TALE OF THE TAPE: TEAM RANKINGS (NCAA/CONF.) RUTGERS HIGHLANDERS (5-3, 0-0) 17-18 NCAA ASUN SCARLET KNIGHTS (6-3, 0-2) 17-18 NCAA B1G STAT CATEGORIES STATS RANK RANK STAT CATEGORIES STATS RANK RANK PISCATAWAY, NJ – The NJIT Highlanders (5-3) will play the last of three Power 5 foes this season when they Scoring Off ense 74.9 188 6 Scoring Off ense 70.3 266 13 visit in-state rival Rutgers (6-3, 0-2 Big Ten) on Thursday Scoring Defense 71.8 174 2 Scoring Defense 56.9 2 1 night. Opening p from Rutgers Athle c Center (RAC) is set for 7 p.m. and the game can be seen on BTN Plus. Scoring Margin 3.1 178 3 Scoring Margin 13.4 60 4
NJIT won their fi h straight at home with a 78-65 win Field-Goal Percentage 47.8 77 2 Field-Goal Percentage 39.5 329 14 over UMass Lowell on Sunday, while Rutgers ba led for 3-Point Field-Goal PCT 36.8 117 3 3-Point Field-Goal PCT 26 343 14 all 40 minutes in a 62-52 loss vs. No. 3 Michigan State on Tuesday. Free-Throw Percentage 62.3 334 7 Free-Throw Percentage 63.7 321 14
With a win, head coach Brian Kennedy's squad would 3-point FGM 60 171 5 3-point FGM 42 320 14 snap a nine-game road losing streak da ng back to last 3-pt Field Goal A empts 163 209 7 3-pt Field Goal A empts 159 246 14 season. The Highlanders' last road win came in a 64-61 victory at Stony Brook on Dec. 28, 2016. 3-Point FG Per Game 7.5 183 4 3-Point FG Per Game 4.7 343 14
NJIT would also notch their best nine-game start in O-Rebounds Per Game 8.75 290 8 O-Rebounds Per Game 17 1 1 school history with a victory on Thursday a er having D-Rebounds per Game 25.13 214 5 D-Rebounds per Game 29 43 3 matched their best start through eight games with the win on Sunday. Rebounds 271 225 7 Rebounds 414 9 2
The Scarlet Knights have dropped three straight a er a Rebounds Per Game 33.88 274 6 Rebounds Per Game 46 3 1 6-0 start to the season. Rebound Margin -3.1 281 5 Rebound Margin 10 16 3
The Highlanders fell 82-53 to No. 22 Seton Hall on Nov. Assists 110 176 7 Assists 105 229 14 18 and dropped a 102-69 decision at No. 19 West Vir- Assists Per Game 13.8 195 6 Assists Per Game 11.7 299 14 ginia on Nov. 30 in their other ba les against Power 5 foes this season. In the Seton Hall contest, NJIT trailed Assist-Turnover Ra o 0.95 229 5 Assist-Turnover Ra o 1.08 149 11 by just four points in the early going of the second half. Turnovers (Fewest) 116 219 3 Turnovers (Fewest) 97 87 3 All-Time Series Turnovers Per Game 14.5 230 4 Turnovers Per Game 10.8 16 3
Thursday marks the sixth all- me mee ng between NJIT Turnovers Forced 16.75 42 1 Turnovers Forced 15.78 84 3 and Rutgers, but the fi rst between the two schools since a 77-53 Scarlet Knights win on Dec. 22, 2011 at The RAC. Turnover Margin 2.3 96 3 Turnover Margin 5212 FG Percentage Defense 43.2 177 2 FG Percentage Defense 36.7 10 2 Rutgers leads the all- me series 5-0 with all fi ve previ- ous mee ngs coming during the Scarlet Knights' tenure 3-Pt FG Defense 32.8 141 5 3-Pt FG Defense 30.5 70 1 as a Big East member. Blocks 26 177 4 Blocks 52 9 6 The two teams played for fi ve consecu ve seasons from Blocked Shots Per Game 3.3 186 3 Blocked Shots Per Game 5.8 26 6 the 2007-08 campaign un l the 2011-12 season. Steals 75 21 1 Steals 64 77 5 NJIT is 1-3 all- me against B1G foes with the lone win coming in a 72-70 upset victory at No. 17 Michigan on Steals Per Game 9.4 20 1 Steals Per Game 7.1 117 3 Dec. 6, 2014. Last season, the Highlanders ba led in a Personal Fouls (Fewest) 179 302 6 Personal Fouls (Fewest) 146 130 2 79-68 loss at No. 17 Purdue on Nov. 26, 2016 and a 74- 68 defeat at the hands of Minnesota on Dec. 6, 2016. Personal Fouls Per Game 22.4 328 7 Personal Fouls Per Game 16.2 35 3
Knights in Shining Armor Winning PCT 62.5 127 3 Winning PCT 66.7 108 9
The game was ed at hal ime, but Rutgers fell short in During his seven seasons at Stony Brook, Pikiell won four the visitors a 25-23 lead with 3:06 to play in the fi rst half, the 62-52 loss to No. 3 Michigan State on Tuesday as the America East regular season tles and led his team to the sophomore forward Anthony Tarke buried a three on the Spartans closed on a 17-9 run over the fi nal 8:14. school's fi rst NCAA Tournament appearance in 2016 as a other end to kickstart a 12-3 run over the remainder of No. 13 seed where they fell to No. 4 Kentucky. the half as NJIT took a 35-28 lead into the locker room. The Scarlet Knights shot just 25.8% (17-66) from the fl oor and 4-15 (26.7%) from beyond the arc in the con- The Connec cut na ve was also a four- me recipient of NJIT led by double digits for the majority of the second test. the America East Coach of the Year award. half and led by as many as 20 at 56-36 with 11:19 to play.
Senior forward Deshawn Freeman paced Rutgers with Senior guard Jake Dadika's father, Rick, played his college Tarke led the Highlanders with a season-high 18 points 13 points and was joined in double fi gures by fresh- basketball at Rutgers from 1985-90 and scored 1,023 on 7-of-12 shoo ng including a 3-of-3 performance man guard Geo Baker and sophomore forward Eugene points in his career. The elder Dadika helped lead the from downtown, while junior center Mohamed Bendary Omoruyi who added 11 points apiece. Scarlet Knights to the 1989 A-10 tle and an NCAA Tour- matched his career-high with 16 points on 7-of-9 shoot- nament berth. ing and was joined in double fi gures by freshman guard Head coach Steve Pikiell's squad is allowing a Big Ten Zach Cooks and junior forward Abdul Lewis who added best 56.9 points per game and has held seven of their Sophomore guard Issa Thiam's father, Assane, played 10 points apiece. nine opponents under 70 points. Rutgers also ranks sec- basketball for the Senegal na onal team at the 1972 ond in the conference in fi eld goal percentage defense, Summer Olympics. Bendary had previously scored 16 on Jan. 24, 2016 vs. holding foes to 36.7% shoo ng on the year. North Florida. Assistant coach Brandin Knight helped lead Pi to two Freeman leads the team in rebounding at 9.2 boards Sweet 16 appearances (2002, 2003) in his playing days Tarke has paced NJIT in scoring in back-to-back games per game and ranks second in scoring (11.6 ppg). Junior and is the Panthers' all- me leader in assists (785) and and is averaging 15.5 points per game during that stretch. guard Corey Sanders paces the Scarlet Knights at 11.9 steals (298). Knight's No. 20 jersey is re red by his alma ppg, while Baker (11.4 ppg) and Omoruyi (10.9 ppg) also mater. The Highlanders forced 23 River Hawk turnovers in Sun- average in double fi gures. day's win including 14 steals as they currently lead the NJIT Outlook ASUN and are ed for 20th in the na on in steals per Pikiell is in his second year as the head man at Rutgers game (9.4). a er leading Stony Brook to six postseason appearances The Highlanders won their fi h straight at the brand- in seven seasons at the helm of the Seawolves. new Wellness and Events Center (WEC) with the 78-65 NJIT con nues to rank second in the ASUN in both scor- win over UMass Lowell on Sunday. ing defense (71.8 ppg) and fi eld goal percentage defense Rutgers went 15-17 (3-15 Big Ten) a year ago in Pikiell's (43.2%). fi rst season. A er UMass Lowell's Rinardo Perry hit a layup to give Write-up courtesy of Joe Fitzhenry
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS LAST TIME OUT: NJIT 78, UMASS LOWELL 65 IN NEWARK (12/3/17) NJIT USES FIRST HALF RUN TO TOP UMASS LOWELL, 78-65 Bendary Matches Career-High with 16 Points in FiŌ h-Straight Home Win; NJIT Ties its Best Start All-Time
NEWARK, NJ – Junior center Mo- the Highlanders' Diandre Wilson Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics hamed Bendary matched his ca- converted a layup to stretch the UMass Lowell vs NJIT 12/3/17 2pm at Newark, NJ - Wellness & Events Center reer-high with 16 points on 7-of-9 lead back to double digits and ig- UMass Lowell 65 • 5-3 shoo ng and the NJIT Highland- nite a 17-6 run for NJIT over the Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min ers (5-3) won their fi h straight next six minutes. Cooks capped 12 GANTZ, Josh f 0-20-10-01125 0030010 at home with a 78-65 victory over the run with a pair of free throws 35 BENNETT, Connor f 4-6 0-0 0-0 5 4 9 4 8 2 0 1 1 29 01 PERRY, Rinardo g 5-121-42-4033313210028 the UMass Lowell River Hawks and the hosts led by as many as 20 05 JONES, Ryan g 8-12 1-2 0-1 0 6 6 2 17 2 3 0 0 31 22 HARRIS, Matt g 1-70-40-01452 2060022 (5-3) on Sunday a ernoon at the at 56-36 with 11:19 le to play. 00 JONES, Shawn 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 1 3 0 1 22 03 BOROVAC, Stefan 3-31-10-11673 7031022 Wellness and Events Center (WEC) 11 NOEL, Obadiah 3-4 1-2 6-9 1 1 2 0 13 2 2 0 3 24 in Newark. Tarke paced head coach Brian Ken- 24 NACCARATO, Joey 0-00-00-00000 00000 2 25 SMITH, Dontavious 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 10 nedy's squad with a season-high Team 101 The Highlanders have now won 18 points on 7-of-12 shoo ng in- Totals 26-51 4-14 9-17 11 27 38 23 65 9 23 4 5 200 FG % 1st Half: 13-27 48.1% 2nd half: 13-24 54.2% Game: 26-51 51.0% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 4-14 28.6% Rebounds three straight mee ngs against cluding a three-of-three perfor- FT % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd half: 9-15 60.0% Game: 9-17 52.9% 3,1 the River Hawks and lead the all- mance from beyond the arc, while NJIT 78 • 5-3 me series, 4-3. Bendary added 16 and the pair Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min was joined in double fi gures by 00 LEWIS, Abdul f 4-80-02-6314310250025 12 TARKE, Anthony f 7-12 3-3 1-2 2 4 6 2 18 3 1 0 3 32 NJIT has also matched the best Cooks (10 points) and junior for- 11 GIBBS, Shyquan g 1-50-00-00112 2100221 eight-game start in school history ward Abdul Lewis (10 points). 14 WALSH, Reilly g 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 16 15 WILSON, Diandre g 3-80-13-40332 9111227 at 5-3 (2015-16). 01 PRICE, Taj 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 02 BRINSON, San Antonio 0-20-00-00001 00001 5 Bendary had previously scored 16 03 JENKINS, Chris 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 04 COOKS, Zach 3-71-33-4112110320219 A er UMass Lowell's Rinardo Per- points on Jan. 24, 2016 vs. North 10 KACHELRIES, David 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 ry hit a layup to give the visitors a Florida at Fleisher Athle c Center. 23 JONES, Shawndale 3-40-00-02242 6000112 32 GREER, Donovan 1-3 1-1 2-2 0 2 2 4 5 1 2 0 1 22 25-23 lead with 3:06 to play in the 34 BENDARY, Mohamed 7-90-02-3213216100114 Team 0 1 1 fi rst half, Anthony Tarke buried a NJIT shot 30-of-61 (49.2%) from Totals 30-61 5-10 13-21 10 19 29 20 78 13 12 1 14 200 FG % 1st Half: 14-28 50.0% 2nd half: 16-33 48.5% Game: 30-61 49.2% Deadball three on the other end to kickstart the fl oor and 5-of-10 (50.0%) 3FG % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 0-4 0.0% Game: 5-10 50.0% Rebounds a 12-3 run over the remainder of from downtown in the game, FT % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd half: 11-16 68.8% Game: 13-21 61.9% 1 Officials: Tony Henderson, Matt Potter, Kenny Totten the half as NJIT took a 35-28 lead while UMass Lowell was 26-of-51 Technical fouls: UMass Lowell-None. NJIT-None. in the locker room. (51.0%) from the fi eld and 4-of-14 Attendance: Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast UMass Lowell 28 37 65 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench (28.6%) from three. UML 36 9 8 10 25 The run was capped by a layup NJIT 35 43 78 NJIT 48 26 11 12 37 Last FG - UML 2nd-02:03, NJIT 2nd-03:26. Score tied - 5 times. from freshman guard Zach Cooks Jones led the way for the River Largest lead - UML by 2 1st-18:46, NJIT by 20 2nd-12:57. Lead changed - 3 times. UML led for 01:27. NJIT led for 34:45. Game was tied for 03:48. with one second le in the open- Hawks with 17 points on 8-of-12 ing stanza. shoo ng, while Perry and fresh- from Cooks, Wilson and sopho- The Highlanders are back in ac- man guard Obadiah Noel added more guard Shyquan Gibbs. on on Thursday night when they A jumper from Ryan Jones brought 13 points apiece for head coach head to Piscataway to ba le in- UML within nine at the 17:31 mark Pat Duqe e's squad. A er UML hit the fi rst bucket of state rival Rutgers (6-1). Opening of the second half, but that was the game, NJIT would go on to p from Rutgers Athle c Center the closest the River Hawks would The Highlanders forced 23 UMass score 12 of the next 14 including a (RAC) is set for 7 p.m. get the rest of the way. Lowell turnovers in the game in- layup from Shawndale Jones that cluding 14 steals, led by three opened up a 12-4 advantage with Write-up courtesy of Joe Fitzhenry Following the jumper from Jones, the s from Tarke and two apiece 13:28 le in the opening stanza.
Mohamed Bendary Anthony Tarke
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS
2016-17 ROSTER FACTS BY STATE: BY CLASS: Last Update: December 4, 2017 Florida (1): Seniors (1): Diandre Wilson Chris Jenkins RK TEAM (1ST VOTES) REC PTS PRE CONFERENCE OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: South Dakota 51, 1. Gonzaga (31) 7-1 775 1 West Coast Stephen F Aus n 50, Central Michigan 46, Port- Georgia (2): Juniors (5): 2. UT Arlington 7-1 718 4 Sun Belt land State 39, Grand Canyon 38, UNC Asheville San Antonio Brinson Mohamed Bendary 3. Saint Mary's 6-2 716 3 West Coast 31, Jacksonville State 27, Eastern Michigan 26, Zach Cooks Donovan Greer 4. Vermont 6-2 677 2 America East Harvard 26, Illinois State 26, San Diego 23, Toledo Abdul Lewis 5. Valparaiso 8-0 606 8 Missouri Valley 21, UC Santa Barbara 19, Northern Colorado 17, Maryland (1): Diandre Wilson 6. Albany 8-1 595 5 America East Bowling Green 15, Bradley 13, Monmouth 13, Anthony Tarke Reilly Walsh 7. BYU 6-2 552 10 West Coast Evansville 12, Akron 11, Lamar 10, Murray State 9, 8. Charleston 5-2 526 9 Colonial Troy 9, UC Irvine 9, Navy 6, Tennessee Tech 6, Elon New Jersey (5): Sophomores (3): 9. Loyola Chicago 8-1 457 7 Missouri Valley 5, Iona 5, Utah Valley 5, Kent State 3, Winthrop Mohamed Bendary Shyquann Gibbs 10. Northern Kentucky 6-2 429 11 Horizon 3, Ball State 2, Buff alo 2, Idaho 1, North Carolina Shyquan Gibbs Taj Price 11. Louisiana 6-2 420 12 Sun Belt A&T 1, Central Connec cut State 1, Wagner 1. Chris Jenkins Anthony Tarke 12. Northern Iowa 4-2 384 19 Missouri Valley Abdul Lewis 13. Oakland 5-3 323 15 Horizon NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll, now in its 19th season Taj Price Freshmen (3): 14. Towson 8-1 317 23 Colonial of existence, is made up of teams from the fol- San Antonio Brinson 15. Missouri State 7-2 313 18 Missouri Valley lowing conferences: America East, Atlan c Sun, New York (1): Zach Cooks 16. FGCU 6-3 291 13 Atlan c Sun Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Reilly Walsh Shawndale Jones 17. Georgia Southern 6-2 267 17 Sun Belt Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlan c, Mid-American, David Kachelries 18. Belmont 5-4 233 6 Ohio Valley Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Val- Pennsylvania (2): 19. South Dakota State 7-3 214 14 Summit ley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Shawndale Jones 20. Bucknell 4-5 184 20 Patriot Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast, Western Athle c. David Kachelries 21. Mercer 5-3 143 16 Southern 22. Georgia State 5-2 135 22 Sun Belt Texas (1): 23. Furman 5-3 86 21 Southern Donovan Greer 24. New Mexico State 6-1 80 NR Western Athl. 25. UC Davis 5-2 52 NR Big West
ASUN RANKINGS NCAA RPI KEN POM 1 Lipscomb 43 1 Florida Gulf Coast 122 2 NJIT 114 2 Lipscomb 124 3 FGCU 153 3 NJIT 266 4 North Florida 232 4 North Florida 272 5 Kennesaw St. 270 5 USC Upstate 307 6 USC Upstate 311 6 Kennesaw St. 311 7 Jacksonville 321 7 Stetson 314 8 Stetson 328 8 Jacksonville 325 Rankings as of 12/5/17
HIGHLANDERS IN THE TOP 100 IN THE NATION ACTIVE D-I RANKS PLAYER STAT TOTAL NCAA A-SUN CAREER RPG Abdul Lewis Defensive Rebounds per Game (247 ranked) 7.25 30 1 Abdul Lewis Rebounds Per Game (248 ranked) 9.9 30 1 1 James Thompson IV , Eastern Mich. 11.1 2 Angel Delgado , Seton Hall 10.6 Abdul Lewis Total Rebounds (245 ranked) 79 39 1 3 Rokas Gustys , Hofstra 10.6 Abdul Lewis Double Doubles (223 ranked) 3 44 2 4 Alize Johnson , Missouri St. 10.6 5 Chima Moneke , UC Davis 9.8 StaƟ sƟ cs as of 12/4/17 6 John Konchar , Fort Wayne 9.1 7 Jemerrio Jones , New Mexico St. 9.0 8 Jordan Murphy , Minnesota 9.0 9 Abdul Lewis , NJIT 8.8 10 Muusa Dama , Eastern Ill. 8.8 StaƟ sƟ cs as of 12/4/17
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS
2017-18 NJIT MEN'S BASKETBALL SEASON PREVIEW
A er calling Fleisher Athle c Center "home" for the past 50 seasons, the NJIT points over the fi nal two games last season. Addi onally, athle c sophomore Taj men's basketball team will offi cially become a tenant of the state-of-the-art Well- Price (Newark, NJ) will look to provide more depth in the low post. ness and Events Center (WEC) for its 2017-18 season opener on Nov. 11. The recrui ng class as well as the frontcourt received a signifi cant boost with Not only will the Highlanders be revealing this brand new arena when they play the April signing of freshman San Antonio Brinson. The 6-foot-8, 200-pound for- host to Wagner, they will also be unveiling a much diff erent look on the fl oor. ward arrived at NJIT as one of the highest-rated recruits in program history a er "2017-18 presents a new era for NJIT basketball," said NJIT Head Coach Brian a ending South Kent School (CT). Kennedy. "We have graduated arguably the top class in the school's history head- lined by All-American Damon Lynn and All-ASUN player Tim Coleman. They have BACKCOURT been replaced by a solid recrui ng class that will be called on to contribute right away along with our returning players." Lynn's injury last year le a big void in the backcourt. Perhaps the biggest benefi - The Highlanders lost four senior starters from last season, including the pro- ciary was point guard Shyquan Gibbs, a product of Bob Hurley's legendary pro- gram's all- me leading scorer (Lynn) and all- me leading rebounder (Coleman). gram. The St. Anthony High School (Jersey City, NJ) valedictorian fi nished his fi rst They also bid adieu to a venue in which the team posted an 8-4 record last season collegiate season ranked 12th in the ASUN in assists-to-turnover ra o (1.6) and and an 87-60 mark during its Division-I era. 25th in steals per game (0.7). More impressively, he averaged 6.8 ppg while shoot- Just as it was not an easy process to erect the WEC, it will not be easy to replace ing .457 (22-for-48 FG) over his last nine aff airs. Lynn's 2,153 career points or Coleman's 762 career rebounds. Yet, the key for the Versa le junior Reilly Walsh (Staten Island, NY) proved last season that he could 2017-18 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team may be summed up in one word: also facilitate the off ense. The 2017 ASUN All-Academic selec on averaged 8.0 ppg depth. over his last three aff airs and poured in a career-high 15 points in the fi nal game of The Highlanders' high hopes heading into the 2016-17 season took a large hit the season in the quarterfi nal round of the ASUN tournament at Lipscomb. when Lynn tore his Achilles just four games into conference play. Despite an im- NJIT also features a pair of accomplished long-range shooters. Senior Chris Jen- pressive 8-8 start through a grueling non-conference schedule, NJIT fi nished 11-19 kins (Hillside, NJ) has placed in the top 13 in the ASUN in three-pointers per game overall and seventh in the ASUN. during each of his fi rst two seasons at NJIT a er transferring from Hofstra Univer- If there could be a "silver lining" to Lynn's absence, it came in the form of valu- sity. Although injured a majority of last season, junior Donovan Greer (Houston, able, on-the-job experience for several TX) scored 11 points in his Highlanders key newcomers. debut at Lipscomb on Feb. 4 a er aver- Two of those newcomers, junior Ab- aging 8.8 ppg as freshman at San Jacinto dul Lewis (Newark, NJ) and sophomore College-Central (Pasadena, TX) in 2015- Anthony Tarke (Gaithersburg, MD) were 16. both impressive enough in their NJIT Junior Diandre Wilson provides an- debuts to garner preseason All-ASUN other scoring threat in Coach Kennedy's honors this October. Another, freshman arsenal, as the NJCAA All-American Shyquan Gibbs (Hillside, NJ), took over fi rst-team honoree scored 1,253 career as the star ng point guard for the last 12 points in two seasons at Mo CC. games of the season and received a sig- The three freshmen guards are ex- nifi cant educa on in nearly 32 minutes pected to carve their way into the rota- per game during the span. on. Added to the mix this season is the Zach Cooks fi gures to handle a share highest-rated recrui ng class in the his- of the point guard du es. He displayed tory of the program consis ng of San both excellent ball-handling and play- Antonio Brinson (Augusta, GA), Zach making abili es while at Berkmar High Cooks (Lawrenceville, GA), David Kachel- School in Lilburn, Ga. ries (Emmaus, PA) and Shawndale Jones Shawndale Jones is a 6-3 combo (Pi sburgh, PA). guard who athle cism shined not only In addi on, the program added a on the hardwood, but also on the grid- high-scoring junior college transfer in Di- iron as a WR/CB at The Kiski School in andre Wilson (Fort Lauderdale, FL), who ranked 11th in the na on while averaging Saltsburg, Pa. In its recap of all ASUN early signings, Hoopseen.com commented 22.3 point per game as a sophomore at Mo Community College in St. Flint, Mich., that Jones "could be the steal of the class." in 2016-17. David Kachelries, described as playing with an incredibly high motor, fi nished his "We will defi nitely have one of the youngest teams in Division-I basketball this high school career as Emmaus' all- me leading scorer with 1,910 points. year," said Kennedy, whose roster features just one senior compared to seven un- derclassmen. "But we will be talented and will play a deep roster led by Abdul OUTLOOK Lewis and Anthony Tarke, who are both entering their second year with the pro- gram." Last year, NJIT got a glimpse of the future in the fi nal two games of the regular season. A er ini ally struggling to adjust on the fl y following Lynn's injury, the FRONTCOURT Highlanders reinvented their iden ty in me to post impressive, back-to-back wins against Stetson and USC Upstate. With a pair of preseason All-ASUN selec ons, NJIT could have one of the best front- This crash course provided valuable experience for a youthful roster that fea- courts in the conference. In fact, Lewis and Tarke were two of just three forwards tures just one senior and just 40 combined starts at NJIT from its upperclassmen. to receive such honors. Another posi ve factor could be a home-court advantage developed in the new, Lewis, a 6-foot-10 product of Newark East Side High School, lived up to expecta- 3,500-seat basketball arena that will compare favorably with many mid-major fa- ons in his fi rst season at NJIT a er transferring from University of South Alabama. cili es throughout the country. A er traveling for 11 of their 16 non-conference He fi nished the season averaging 9.7 ppg and 8.5 rebounds per game while se ng contests a year ago, the Highlanders play nine of 15 non-conference games at the program records for single-season rebounds (264) and single-game rebounds (19). WEC this season. A two- me ASUN Newcomer of Week as a sophomore, Lewis' growth was evi- S ll, the young squad will be put to task early with another challenging sched- denced by the fact he averaged 13.4 ppg and 8.5 rpg over 14 games in ASUN play. ule that features road games at West Virginia, Seton Hall, Rutgers and Buff alo and Tarke, the fi rst-ever Highlander selected to the postseason ASUN All-Freshman home lts against the likes of Drexel, LIU Brooklyn and Iona. Team, became the focus of the off ense following the Lynn injury. Over his last 14 How the Highlanders fare in the ASUN a er being selected eighth in the pre- games, he averaged 14.0 ppg while shoo ng .565 (74-for-131 FG). Among ASUN season coaches and media poll will largely depend on the pace of their learning freshman, Tarke ranked second in per-game averages for points (9.9), rebounds curve in advance of the conference opener on Jan. 6 against USC Upstate. (4.7), steals (1.1) and blocks (0.5). He fi nished with 307 points, the highest scoring "I'm excited about the make-up of our roster and the opening of the WEC pro- total by an NJIT freshman since Lynn in 2013-14 (500). vides tremendous opportuni es for our students and athletes here at NJIT," said Junior Mohamad Bendary (Jersey City, NJ) con nues to show improvement Kennedy. "We have signifi cant challenges ahead of us this season, but we certainly while providing size (6'9") off the bench. The St. Anthony's product scored 16 have the building blocks in place for the future as we con nue to grow the program."
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS
NUMERICAL No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. Hometown/High School (Last School) 0 Abdul Lewis Jr. 6-10 225 F Newark, NJ / Newark East Side (University of South Alabama) 1 Taj Price So. 6-7 210 F Newark, NJ / Newark East Side 2 San Antonio Brinson Fr. 6-8 200 F Augusta, GA / Thomson/South Kent School (CT) 3 Chris Jenkins Sr. 6-4 215 G/F Hillside, NJ / Gill St. Bernard’s (Hofstra University) 4 Zach Cooks Fr. 5-9 155 G Lawrenceville, GA / Berkmar 10 David Kachelries Fr. 6-1 160 G Emmaus, PA / Emmaus 11 Shyquan Gibbs So. 6-1 150 G Hillside, NJ / St. Anthony 12 Anthony Tarke So. 6-6 205 G/F Gaithersburg, MD / Gaithersburg 14 Reilly Walsh Jr. 6-3 180 G Staten Island, NY / St Peter's Boys 15 Diandre Wilson Jr. 6-2 170 G Fort Lauderdale, FL / Blanche Ely (Mo Community College) 23 Shawndale Jones Fr. 6-3 185 G Pi sburgh, PA / The Kiski School 32 Donovan Greer Jr. 6-3 165 G Houston, TX / Hillcrest Academy 34 Mohamed Bendary Jr. 6-9 235 F Jersey City, NJ / St. Anthony's
ALPHABETICAL No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. Hometown/High School (Last School) 34 Mohamed Bendary Jr. 6-9 235 F Jersey City, NJ / St. Anthony's 2 San Antonio Brinson Fr. 6-8 200 F Augusta, GA / Thomson/South Kent School (CT) 4 Zach Cooks Fr. 5-9 155 G Lawrenceville, GA / Berkmar 11 Shyquan Gibbs So. 6-1 150 G Hillside, NJ / St. Anthony 32 Donovan Greer Jr. 6-3 165 G Houston, TX / Hillcrest Academy 3 Chris Jenkins Sr. 6-4 215 G/F Hillside, NJ / Gill St. Bernard’s (Hofstra University) 23 Shawndale Jones Fr. 6-3 185 G Pi sburgh, PA / The Kiski School 10 David Kachelries Fr. 6-1 160 G Emmaus, PA / Emmaus 0 Abdul Lewis Jr. 6-10 225 F Newark, NJ / Newark East Side (University of South Alabama) 1 Taj Price So. 6-7 210 F Newark, NJ / Newark East Side 12 Anthony Tarke So. 6-6 205 G/F Gaithersburg, MD / Gaithersburg 14 Reilly Walsh Jr. 6-3 180 G Staten Island, NY / St Peter's Boys 15 Diandre Wilson Jr. 6-2 170 G Fort Lauderdale, FL / Blanche Ely (Mo Community College)
PRONUNCIATIONS: Taj Price TAAJ (like: Taj Mahal) Head Coach: Brian Kennedy (Monmouth ’90), second season David Kachelries KACK-ull-reese Assistant Coaches: Jeff Raff erty (Springfi eld ’97), second season Shyquan Gibbs SHY-qwan Stephen Sauers (Albany ’90), fi rst season Damon Lynn dah-MONN Kim Waiters (Robert Morris ’11), third season Anthony Tarke TARK Dir., Basketball Opera ons: Joe Gutowski (Roanoke College ’13), fi rst season Diandre Wilson dee-ON-dray Basketball Manager: Aditya Patel (NJIT ’19) Shawndale Jones Shawn-DELL Head Athle c Trainer: Ma Koscs Mohamed Bendary ben-DARR-ee
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS HEAD COACH BRIAN KENNEDY 51 | Monmouth ’90 | 2nd Season as Head Coach (16-23) | 6th Season at NJIT
@BKennedyhoops KENNEDY'S CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS: HEAD COACH (2): • NJIT has posted a 86-79 record since Kennedy's addi on to the coaching staff • 2015-16: Top Assistant for semifi nal run to 2016 CollegeInsider.com Tournament YEAR SCH CONF W-L PCT NOTE • 2014-15: Top Assistant for semifi nal run to 2015 CollegeInsider.com Tournament 2016-17 NJIT ASUN 11-20 .355 First year as Head Coach • 2012-13: Assistant for Great West Conference regular season championship 2017-18 NJIT ASUN 5-3 .625 • 1999-00: Assistant for DePaul’s fi rst NCAA Tournament berth in eight seasons TOTAL 16-23 .410 • 1999-00: Assistant for DePaul, which made earned a Top-25 ranking • 1999: Assistant for DePaul for the Number 1 Recrui ng Class in the na on • 1998-99: Assistant for DePaul which reached the quarterfi nals of the 1999 NIT ASSISTANT COACH (9): • 1989-90: Team captain as a senior point guard for the Monmouth Hawks (NEC) YEAR SCH CONF HEAD COACH W-L NOTE PLAYER SUCCESS: 1997-98 DePaul CUSA Pat Kennedy 7-23 • Recruited/coached two AP All-America honorable men on honorees at NJIT: 1998-99 DePaul CUSA Pat Kennedy 18-13 NIT Quarterfinalist Chris Flores (‘12-13) and Damon Lynn (‘14-15) 1999-00 DePaul CUSA Pat Kennedy 21-12 NCAA Tournament • Recruited/coached future NBA players while at DePaul: Andre Brown, Steven Hunter, Paul McPherson, Quen n Richardson and Bobby Simmons. 2000-01 DePaul CUSA Pat Kennedy 12-18 2001-02 DePaul CUSA Pat Kennedy 9-19
rian Kennedy, 51 was introduced as the 11th head men’s basketball coach 2012-13 NJIT Great West Jim Engles 16-13 Regular Season Champs in program history on April 15, 2016, a er serving as the NJIT's top assistant 2013-14 NJIT Ind. Jim Engles 13-16 Bunder Jim Engles for four seasons (2012-16). 2014-15 NJIT Ind. Jim Engles 21-12 CIT Tournament Coach Kennedy, whose involvement with the sport of basketball literally cov- 2015-16 NJIT ASUN Jim Engles 20-15 CIT Tournament ers his en re life, is the son of the late Bob Kennedy, a former college and high school coach and the nephew of Pat Kennedy, who was a Division I head coach for 31 years at Iona, Florida State, DePaul, Montana, and Towson. DIVISION-I PLAYING CAREER (3): The Kennedy family business, the Hoop Group, began in the Trenton, NJ, CYO in 1963 with summer basketball camps and moved in 1969 to Cherry Valley, PA, and the Pocono Invita onal began. YEAR SCH CONF W-L GP PPG RPG APG BPG SPG In 1991, the Hoop Group acquired the Eastern Invita onal camp and renamed 1986-87 Princeton IVY 16-19 3 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 it the Hoop Group Elite Camp. A few years later, the Hoop Group began running grassroots tournaments and the subsequent years have seen numerous alumni go 1988-89 Monmouth NEC 15-13 27 6.8 2.1 4.1 0.0 1.4 on to play in the NBA, including Kobe Bryant, Amar’e Stoudemire 2010 #1 overall 1989-90 Monmouth* NEC 17-12 27 5.2 2.6 4.0 0.1 1.3 pick John Wall, 2011 #1 pick Kyrie Irving and 13 other fi rst-round picks that year. Numerous legendary coaches have lectured at the camp, including the late Jim * Team Captain Valvano and Hall of Famers Lou Carnesecca, Rollie Massimino, Hoop Group Skills Camp Director Bob Hurley, Bob Knight, and Herb Magee. date in the history of the program were vital to the Highlanders men’s basketball Brian Kennedy, who played at both Princeton and Monmouth (1990 graduate), reaching unprecedented success. took over the family business a er gradua ng from Monmouth in 1990 and was The extremely inexperienced 2013-14 team fi nished with a 13-16 record. But President and co-founder when it was rebranded from the Pocono Invita onal to over the three seasons, the squads won a combined 52 games -- including 20 win the Hoop Group and became the largest basketball instruc onal organiza on in seasons in 2014-15 (21-12) and in 2015-16 (20-15). In fact, in each of those two the world. seasons, the Highlanders advanced to the semifi nals of the na onal CollegeInsider. He entered the college coaching ranks in 1997 as an assistant coach at DePaul com Postseason Tournament (CIT). on the staff headed by his uncle Pat. There, he was In addi on, the Highlanders won their fi rst-ever part of one of major college basketball’s great turn- game over a ranked opponent when they upset arounds, as the Blue Demons, who won fewer than #17/#16 Michigan in December 2014 and scored fi ve games the year before he arrived, made the NIT their fi rst-ever win over a BIG EAST Conference oppo- quarterfi nals in 1999 and then the NCAA Tourna- nent when they topped St. John’s in December 2015. ment in 2000 as a team ranked in the Top 25. Two members of that fi rst recrui ng class put their “BK” as he is known to his many friends, was in- names all over the NJIT record books. Damon Lynn, volved in all aspects of the DePaul program and was who was picked second-team all-state (all groups) a leader in eff orts that brought in a group named by the Star-Ledger as a senior at Union Catholic High as the na on’s top recrui ng class in 1998 by The School, became the program's all- me leading scorer Spor ng News. on Nov. 11, 2016, and fi nished his career with 2,153 Among the players he helped bring to DePaul points. He currently ranks fi h in Division-I history fi ve future NBA players: Quen n Richardson, Bobby with 434 career three-pointers. Simmons, Steven Hunter, Paul McPherson, and An- Tim Coleman came in the same class, entering dre Brown. NJIT a er gradua ng from St. Anthony High School in He stepped aside from coaching from 2002 Jersey City, NJ, where he played for Naismith Memo- through 2009, when he worked on Wall Street in rial Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley. At St. Anthony, the fi nancial sector. Coleman was a contributor on teams that won New He returned to the Hoop Group as Athle c Jersey state Tournament of Champions crowns fol- Director, serving in that capacity from 2009 un l lowing his sophomore and junior seasons. 2012, when he joined the staff at NJIT. Coleman carried that success into his NJIT career, In his fi rst year as an assistant, the Highlanders as he fi nished as the program's all- me leading re- captured their fi rst Division I league tle when they Kennedy with members of his inaugural recrui ng class (players bounder (762) and fourth all- me scorer (1,462). He were regular season champions of the old Great le to right): Tim Coleman, Damon Lynn and Rob Ukawuba departed the NCAA ranks as the only ac ve Division-I West Conference. player with at least 1,400 points, 750 rebounds, 225 As with DePaul in his fi rst turn as a college coach, Kennedy spearheaded the assists (244), 150 steals (154) and 135 blocks (135). recrui ng eff orts for NJIT and he faced a major task in his fi rst recrui ng year, with Coleman and Rob Ukawuba, also part of BK's inaugural recrui ng class, are now all three double-fi gure scorers from the 2012-13 Great West champions graduat- both playing professionally in the Na onal Basketball League of Canada. ing in May 2013. Brian Kennedy is the proud father of four children: daughters Taylor, Tatum, and Kennedy's fi rst recrui ng class (Class of 2017) has gone down as the best to Kelly; and son Brian, Jr.
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS
NJIT HIGHLANDERS ASSISTANT COACHES JEFF RAFFERTY STEPHEN SAUERS SPRINGFIELD ’97 | 2ND SEASON AT NJIT ALBANY ’90 | 1ST SEASON AT NJIT
eff Raff erty joined the NJIT staff a er serving nine tephen Sauers joined NJIT in August 2017 with Jyears at the University of Delaware -- where he S25 years of coaching experience at the Division- earned the tle of Associate Head Coach for the I level. A 1990 graduate of University of Albany, 2013-14 season... The 1997 graduate of Spring- Sauers spent the last two seasons as head coach fi eld College enjoyed one of his highlight seasons for Canarias Basketball Academy in Gran Canarias, in 2013-14, when the Blue Hens fi nished 25-10, tying for the second-most Spain, a er two seasons as top assistant at UC-Riverside (2013-15). Sauers wins in program history, and made the 2014 NCAA Tournament as the #13 played basketball for his father -- Hall of Fame Coach Richard "Doc" Sauers seed in the East Regional...Raff erty’s work in helping to build the UD pro- -- at Albany, where he was a two-year starter, captain and team MVP as a gram was recognized by FOXSports.com as one of the Top 10 Mid-Major senior. He helped lead the Great Danes to a four-year record of 77-34 and Assistant Coaches in the country in 2008 and by RecruitDirt.com as the a trip to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen (1990). He then started his coaching ca- top assistant coach in the CAA in 2012... Prior, he was an assistant coach at reer at Marist as a Graduate Assistant Coach (1990-91), and moved up the the University of New Hampshire and for four years as the top assistant at ladder to Assistant Coach (1993-96), Senior Assistant Coach (1996-01) and UMass Lowell (then Division II). In his me at UML, the River Hawks were Associate Head Coach (2001-04). He le the Red Foxes to serve as head a combined 94-30 and made back-to-back trips to the D-II na onal Elite coach at United States Military Academy Prep School in 2004-05, guiding Eight in 2003 and 2004... He coached in NCAA Division III at Union College the team to a school-best 16 wins. A er a s nt with the Hoop Group, he (2000-01) and at his alma mater, Springfi eld, which was a combined 40-17 returned to the college ranks as Director of Basketball Opera ons and Bas- and reached the Division III Sweet Sixteen in his second season on staff . He ketball Camps for Seton Hall for two seasons (2006-08). He later returned began his coaching career with an internship with the NBA’s Boston Cel cs to Pirates as Interim Assistant Coach and Director of Basketball Opera ons and coached in 1997-98 at one- me NJIT opponent Texas Pan American. from 2010-13 a er a s nt as an Assistant Coach at Iona College (2008-10). KIM WAITERS JOE GUTOWSKI ROBERT MORRIS ’11 | 3RD SEASON AT NJIT ROANOKE ’13 | 1ST SEASON AT NJIT
im Waiters enters his third season in his fi rst oe Gutowski joined the NJIT men's basketball Kfull- me college coaching posi on a er joining Jstaff in August 2017 as Director of Basketball NJIT as an assistant in July 2015... In his two sea- Opera ons. A er star ng his coaching career as sons in Newark, the Highlanders have gone 41-27 an assistant for Chris ansburg High School in Chris- with back-to-back appearances in the semifi nals of ansburg, Va., Gutowski entered the college ranks the CIT... Waiters got involved with coaching when he was an undergradu- in 2014-15 as an Assistant Coach and Recrui ng Coordinator for Muhlen- ate at Robert Morris (PA) University, working as a student assistant... A er berg College men's basketball program in Allentown, Pa. Beginning in gradua ng in 2011 with a bachelor’s of Business Management, Waiters March 2015, Gutowski worked for The Hoop Group, the largest basketball became the Director of Skills Camps at the Pocono Invita onal, a pres - instruc on organiza on in the world. He became the Director of The Hoop gious overnight camp that began opera on in 1963... From the Pocono Group Skills Camp in the Pocono Mountains a er spending mul ple years Invita onal, Waiters headed to The Hoop Group, the largest basketball working within the Skills, Elite, and Team Tournaments Divisions. Gutowski instruc on organiza on in the world. He directed 10 Premier Grassroots graduated in 2013 with a bachelor's in Health and Physical Educa on from AAU team tournaments and 16 high school events featuring premier Roanoke College in Salem, Va. Gutowski was named to the Dean’s List, teams from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Maryland. “Kim is an received the Daniel Poe Klein Scholarship and was honored as Virginia AH- outstanding person who has the poten al to be one of the top young bas- PERD Major of the Year Award winner. He replaces Andrew McGlynn, who ketball coaches in the country,” said former NJIT Head Coach Jim Engles. served two seasons at the post before being named Director of Basketball “He is a tremendous addi on to our coaching staff , a reless recruiter, Opera ons for La Salle University. terrifi c rela onship builder and someone who believes in the values that align with both the NJIT community and our men’s basketball program.”
INDIVIDUAL HONORS 2016-17 2017-18 PRESEASON Dec. 26 - Jan. 2 IN-SEASON PRESEASON ASUN Newcomer of the Week Cancun Challege (Nov. 22-23) ASUN Conference (offi cial) Abdul Lewis ASUN Conference (offi cial) Mayan Division All-Tournanment Preseason All-Atlan c Sun Jan. 10- 16 Damon Lynn Preseason All-Atlan c Sun Damon Lynn ASUN Newcomer of the Week Abdul Lewis Tim Coleman Anthony Tarke Anthony Tarke POSTSEASON Jan. 16-22 WEEKLY ASUN Newcomer of the Week ASUN Conference (offi cial) WEEKLY Abdul Lewis Nov. 14-20 Second-Team All-Conference ASUN Player of the Week Feb. 20- 23 Damon Lynn Damon Lynn ASUN Newcomer of the Week Anthony Tarke All-Freshman Team Nov. 14-20 Anthony Tarke ASUN Co-Player of the Week Tim Coleman All-Academic Team Reilly Walsh
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS ABDUL LEWIS 0 R-JR | F | 6-10 | 225 | Newark, NJ | Newark East Side (South Alabama)
LEWIS' GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min HIGHLIGHTS: 11-11 WU+ 3-9 0-0 6-10 4-8 12 5 12 4 3 0 0 31 • Currently ranks 9th among all ac ve Division-I players in career rebounding average (8.8 rpg) 11-14 LC+ 5-11 0-1 0-1 5-10 15 2 10 0 4 2 1 37 • Set NJIT's single-season record with 264 rebounds in 2016-17 (previously 262 set by Tim Coleman in 2015-16) 11-18 @ SH+ 4-9 0-3 2-4 0-5 5 4 10 2 5 0 0 31 • 1/19/17 at SU: Set the program single-game rebounding record with 19 (prev. 17. Daquan Holiday, 1/12/13) 11-22 KU+ 1-1 0-0 1-2 1-6 7 2 3 2 0 0 0 17 • Transferred from University of South Alabama (Sun Belt Conference) in Mobile following the 2014-15 season 11-25 DU+ 3-6 0-1 2-2 4-7 11 3 8 2 2 0 0 27 11-28 LIU+ 9-17 0-0 5-9 4-14 18 2 23 4 4 0 0 38 HONORS/AWARDS: 11-30 @ WV+ 2-5 1-3 2-2 0-7 7 4 7 1 6 1 0 29 • 2017-18 (JR): Selected to the preseason ASUN All-Conference Team 12-3 UML+ 4-8 0-0 2-6 3-1 4 3 10 2 5 0 0 25 • 2016-17 (SO): ASUN Newcomer of Week, Jan. 16-22... Averaged 22.0 ppg, 14.0 rpg in 2 G (20-19 at SU, 1/19) 12-7 @ RU • 2016-17 (SO): ASUN Newcomer of Week, Dec. 26-Jan. 1... Double-double (10 pts, 12 reb) in win at Stony Brook 12-9 IU 12-12 @ CU 2017 18: 12-16 FDU • Currently leads ASUN in rpg (9.9)... Ranks 2nd in double-doubles (3), 19th in apg (2.1), 24th in ppg (10.4) 12-22 BAC • Has led or co-led NJIT in rebounding in 7 of 8 games...*Ranks 30th in Division-I in rpg (9.9) 12-28 @ UB • Vs. D-I Opponents (7 G): Averaging 11.4 ppg (80) and 10.3 rpg (72) 1-3 @ BU • Last 20 contests (going back to last season): Averaging a double-double at 12.9 ppg (257) and 10.0 rpg (199) 1-6 USCU • 11/28 vs. LIU: Recorded game-highs in pts (23) and reb (18^) w/ team-high 4 ast; ^one shy of own NJIT record 1-11 @ SU • 11/14 vs. Lafaye e: Recorded second straight, double-double with 12 points and a game-high 15 rebounds 1-13 @FGCU • 11/11 vs. Wagner: Started season with a double-double (12 points, 12 rebounds); Recorded 5 in 2016-17 1-18 UNF • Averaged 10.5 ppg, 6.5 ppg in two exhibi on games; including 17 pts, 7 reb, 3 stl, 2 ast, 1 blk vs. St. Peter's 1-20 JU 2016 17: 1-24 @ KSU • ASUN ranks (fi nal): 3rd in rpg (8.5 rpg), 4th o-rpg (2.8), 22nd FG% (.449), 25th ppg (9.7); 5th in double-doubles (5) 1-27 LU • In ASUN play, ranked 2nd in rpg (9.4) and 15th in ppg (13.4) 1-29 KSU • Finished 73rd in Division-I at 8.5 rpg; 108th in total rebounds (264) 2-3 @ LU • Last 12 G: Averaged 15.1 ppg (174) and 10.0 rpg (120), scoring 20+ in 5 G and grabbing 10+ rebounds in 5 G 2-8 FGCU • Had double-digit rebounds in 11 G this season, inc. in 9 of last 19 G -- averaging 9.6 rpg (182) during the span 2-10 SU • 2/27 at Lipscomb: Grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds to set NJIT single-season record (264); added 8 points 2-15 @ JU • 1/25 at Kennesaw State: Posted a game-high 16 rebounds in a career-high tying 38 minutes; added 8 points 2-17 @ UNF • 1/21 at FGCU: Set a new career-high with 24 points (7-13, 0-0, 10-11); added 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal 2-22 @USCU • 1/19 at Stetson: Led NJIT w/ career-highs in points (20) & rebounds (19*); *set a program single-game record 2-26 TBA • 1/7 at USC Upstate: Scored a then-season high 15 pts with a team-high tying 10 rebounds for his 3rd dbl-dbl 3-1 TBA • 12/28 at Stony Brook: Notched his 2nd NJIT double-double w/ 10 points (5-8 FG) and a game-high 11 rebounds 3-4 TBA • 12/17 at Temple: Set a career-high w/ 6 assists while tying then-career high w/ 13 rebounds; also added 4 pts + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record • 11/17 at Lafaye e: Recorded his fi rst NJIT double-double with 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • 11/11 vs. Sarah Lawrence: Started NJIT career with 6 points and a game-high 12 rebounds; added 1 ast & 1 stl Points 2015 16: Season: 23 vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 • Did not compete under NCAA transfer rules Career: 24 at FGCU -- 1/21/17 Rebounds 2014 15 SOUTH ALABAMA : Season: 18 vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 • As a freshman, appeared in all 33 games (started 27) for the Jaguars Career: 19* at Stetson -- 1/19/17 • Averaged a team-leading 6.7 rpg -- which ranked seventh in the Sun Belt Assists • Ranked fi h on USA at 7.0 ppg; posted a .468 FG% (88-for-188) Season: 4 (2); last: vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 • Reached double-fi gure scoring totals in eight games Career: 6 at Temple -- 12/17/16 • Posted a career-high 17 points on two occasions: 12/6 vs. Middle Tennessee & 2/21 @ Georgia Southern Blocks • Registered nine double-fi gure rebounding games, with a high of 13 on 2/21 @ Georgia Southern Season: 2 vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 • Had two double-doubles: 12/6 vs. Middle Tennessee (17 pts, 12 reb) & 2/21 @ Georgia Southern (17, 13) Career: 2 (5); last: vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 • 1/25 vs. NJIT: Fell one point shy of a double-double against hometown college team (9 points, 10 rebounds) Steals HIGH SCHOOL: Season: 1 vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 Abdul Lewis was a standout for two New Jersey state champion teams at Newark’s East Side High School... Born Career: 2 vs. Kennesaw St. -- 1/30/17 in Newark, Lewis was All-State Group 3, All-Essex County, All-Newark, and All-Super Essex Conference following 3-Pointers a senior season that saw East Side claim a second consecu ve state crown and post a 30-2 record for a team Season: 1 at West Virginia -- 11/30/17 ranked second in the state. He averaged 11.2 points and 10.5 rebounds. Abdul was second-team All-Newark Career: 2 at Lipscomb -- 2/4/17 and Essex County All-Junior a er his team capped his junior year with a Group 3 state tle... Minutes Season: 38 vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 PERSONAL: Career: 38 (3); last: vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 Adbul-Wai Lewis... son of Terri Pe away and Wayne Lewis... undecided major... born 12/27/95 in Newark, NJ *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record LEWIS' CAREER STATISTICS (SOUTH ALABAMA 2014-15) MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2014-15 33 27 910 27.6 88 188 .468 1 4 .250 55 104 .529 63 164 227 6.9 91 3 22 72 18 9 232 7.0 2015-16 DID NOT PLAY (NCAA Transfer Rules) 2016-17 31 31 850 27.4 109 245 .445 8 30 .267 74 111 .667 86 178 264 8.5 101 9 44 67 16 16 300 9.7 2017-18 8 8 235 29.4 31 66 .470 1 8 .125 20 36 .556 21 58 79 9.9 25 1 17 29 3 1 83 10.4 2018-19 CAREER 72 66 1995 27.7 228 499 .457 10 42 .238 149 251 .594 170 400 570 7.9 217 13 83 168 37 26 615 8.5
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS TAJ PRICE 1 SO | F | 6-7 | 210 | Newark, NJ | Newark East Side
/TAAJ/ like: Taj Mahal PRICE'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min COACH KENNEDY ON PRICE: 11-11 WU DNP (CD) “Taj is a Newark product who played his HS basketball under Coaches Tavares, Garvin and Hawkins at East Side. 11-14 LC 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 He is a reless worker who has a very high basketball ceiling and I believe he is just scratching the surface with 11-18 @ SH 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 his abili es. Taj will be called upon to give us immediate support “up front” as he improves his perimeter skills. 11-22 KU 2-4 0-0 3-4 1-4 5 3 7 2 1 0 0 15 His Post Grad year playing for the famed Roadrunners AAU team run by Coach Sandy Pyonin and at The Phelps 11-25 DU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 School under Coach Brian Shanahan really helped to prepare him for the rigors he will face this year.” 11-28 LIU DNP (CD) 11-30 @ WV DNP (CD) 2017 18: 12-3 UML 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 • Career vs. Non-D-I Opponents: Averaging 9.7 ppg (29) and 5.7 rpg (17) in 15.7 mpg (47) in 3 G 12-7 @ RU • 11/22 vs. Kean: Logged season-highs is points (7), rebounds (5), assists (2) and minutes (15) 12-9 IU • 11/14 vs. Lafaye e: Scored 2 points with a rebound and an assist in 4 M in his fi rst ac on of the season 12-12 @ CU 12-16 FDU 2016 17: 12-22 BAC • DNP in 10 of the last 16 G... Didn't scored (or take a shot) in fi nal 7 G a er a career-high 13 pts, 12/22 vs. Dean 12-28 @ UB • Vs. Non-D-I Opponents: Averaged 11.0 ppg (22) and 6.0 rpg (12) in 16.0 mpg (32) 1-3 @ BU • 12/22: Notched career-high 13 pts (4-7 FG, 5-7 FT)... a er not scoring since opener (0-1 FG in 9 M over 5 G, 7 DNP) 1-6 USCU • 11/11 vs. Sarah Lawrence: Started season with 9 points (4-10, 1-6) and 1 rebound in 17 minutes off bench 1-11 @ SU 1-13 @FGCU HIGH SCHOOL: 1-18 UNF A forward from Newark’s East Side High School, Taj Price, joins sophomore transfer Abdul Lewis on the High- 1-20 JU lander squad a er the pair guided East Side to the 2014 NJSIAA North 2 Group 3 State tle, defea ng Summit, 1-24 @ KSU 54-25. East Side, ranked second in the state in 2014, posted a 30-2 overall record. ...Price averaged 9.4ppg and 1-27 LU 4.9rpg during his senior campaign and a ended The Phelps School, a prep school, in Pennsylvania, during the 1-29 KSU 2015-16 season... 2-3 @ LU 2-8 FGCU PERSONAL: 2-10 SU Taj Awan-Ali Price... intends to major in engineering at NJIT 2-15 @ JU 2-17 @ UNF 2-22 @USCU 2-26 TBA 3-1 TBA 3-4 TBA + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 7 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 7 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Rebounds Season: 5 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 5 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Assists Season: 2 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 2 (2); last: vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Blocks Season: Career: 1 vs. Dean College (USCAA) -- 12/22/16 Steals Season: 1 at Seton Hall -- 11/18/17 Career: 1 (3), last: at Seton Hall -- 11/18/17 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: 15 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 18 vs. Dean College (USCAA) -- 12/22/16 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record PRICE'S CAREER STATISTICS MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 14 0 52 3.7 7 12 .583 0 0 .000 8 11 .727 4 13 17 1.2 12 0 3 4 1 2 22 1.6 2017-18 5 0 23 4.6 3 5 .600 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 2 4 6 1.2 4 0 3 1 0 1 9 1.8 2018-19 2019-20 CAREER 19 0 75 3.9 10 17 .588 0 0 .000 11 15 .733 6 17 23 1.2 16 0 6 5 1 3 31 1.6
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS SAN ANTONIO BRINSON 2 FR | F | 6-8 | 200 | Augusta, GA | Thomson/South Kent School (CT)
BRINSON'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min COACH KENNEDY ON BRINSON: 11-11 WU DNP (concussion) "He is an excellent basketball player as well as a tremendous person and accomplished student. He joins our 11-14 LC DNP (concussion) program as one of the highest-rated recruits in the programs history. He's a high-major athlete that I think 11-18 @ SH 0-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 NJIT fans are going to love. He reminds me a bit of Anthony Tarke, as both fl ew a bit under the radar and both 11-22 KU 3-4 0-1 1-2 0-2 2 1 7 3 2 1 0 11 possess excellent length, versa lity, athle cism and upside. The sky is the limit for him. He should have a great 11-25 DU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 career here at NJIT." 11-28 LIU 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 7 11-30 @ WV 2-7 0-0 1-2 2-3 5 2 5 0 2 0 0 14 2017 18: 12-3 UML 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 • DNP in NJIT's fi rst two games this season a er sustaining a concussion in preseason 12-7 @ RU • 11/22 vs. Kean: Recorded career-highs is points (7), rebounds (2), assists (3) and minutes (11) 12-9 IU • 11/18 @ Seton Hall: Played his fi rst career NCAA game and logged his fi rst point and rebound in 7 minutes 12-12 @ CU • Scored 2 points with 3 rebounds in lone exhibi on game vs. St. Peter's (DNP vs. Princeton ) 12-16 FDU 12-22 BAC HIGH SCHOOL: 12-28 @ UB The 6-foot-8, 200-pound forward, comes to NJIT a er a ending South Kent School in Connec cut. South 1-3 @ BU Kent School, which plays in the New England Preparatory School Athle c Conference, advanced to the AAA 1-6 USCU Semifi nals against Northfi eld and played in the Na onal Prep School Championship Tournament fi rst round, 1-11 @ SU defea ng Tilton and advancing to the quarterfi nals against Hargave Military Academy. ...Brinson graduated 1-13 @FGCU Thomson High School in 2016, which he also a ended as a freshman. As a sophomore and junior, Brinson at- 1-18 UNF tended Aqanis High School in Augusta, Georgia, where he was named to the 2015 All-State Class A honorable 1-20 JU men on. ...He played AAU for the Georgia Power, based in Augusta, leading the team in points and rebounds. 1-24 @ KSU 1-27 LU PERSONAL: 1-29 KSU San Antonio Brinson... intends to major in business informa on systems at NJIT 2-3 @ LU 2-8 FGCU 2-10 SU 2-15 @ JU 2-17 @ UNF 2-22 @USCU 2-26 TBA 3-1 TBA 3-4 TBA + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 7 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 7 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Rebounds Season: 5 at West Virginia -- 11/30/17 Career: 5 at West Virginia -- 11/30/17 Assists Season: 3 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 3 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Blocks Season: 1 (2); last: vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 Career: 1 (2); last: vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 Steals Season: 1 (2); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Career: 1 (2); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: 14 at West Virginia -- 11/30/17 Career: 14 at West Virginia -- 11/30/17 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record BRINSON'S CAREER STATISTICS MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2017-18 6 0 47 7.8 6 16 .375 0 3 .000 3 6 .500 2 6 8 1.3 6 0 3 4 2 2 15 2.5 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 CAREER 6 0 47 7.8 6 16 .375 0 3 .000 3 6 .500 2 6 8 1.3 6 0 3 4 2 2 15 2.5
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS CHRIS JENKINS 3 SR | G/F | 6-4 | 215 | Hillside, NJ | Gill St. Bernard’s (Hofstra)
JENKINS' GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min HIGHLIGHTS: 11-11 WU 2-5 2-5 0-0 0-4 4 1 6 0 0 0 1 15 • Currently ranks t68th among all ac ve Division-I players in career 3FGM with 164 (includes season at Hofstra) 11-14 LC 3-4 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 18 • Transferred from Hofstra University (CAA) in Hempstead, NY, following the 2013-14 season 11-18 @ SH 3-7 3-7 0-0 1-0 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 20 11-22 KU 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-1 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 5 HONORS/AWARDS: 11-25 DU 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 • 2015-16 (SO): A-Sun Co-Newcomer of Week, Dec. 14-20... Scored a career-high 19 points at St. John’s (12/ 20) 11-28 LIU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 8 11-30 @ WV 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 13 2017 18: 12-3 UML 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 • Ranks ed for 5th in ASUN in 3FG% (.478) and 19th in ASUN in 3FG/G (1.4) 12-7 @ RU • Last 4 G: 3 points on 1-5 FG, 1-4 3FG... Started season averaging 10.0 ppg through fi rst 4 contests 12-9 IU • In NCAA career, 85.4% of FGM (192) are 3FG (164) -- inc. all 11 FGM this season -- for 492 (87.1%) of his 565 pts 12-12 @ CU • 11/11 vs. Wagner: Knoked down 2-of-5 fi eld goals (all3 FG) for 6 points and a career-high-tying 4 reb in 15 M 12-16 FDU • Averaged 9.0 ppg in two exhibi on games; scored all 18 pts on 6-8 FG, 6-8 3FG vs. Princeton 12-22 BAC 12-28 @ UB 2016 17: 1-3 @ BU • ASUN fi nal ranks: 13th in 3FG/G (1.9) and 13th in 3FG% (.370) 1-6 USCU • As Starter (8 G)*: 6.3 ppg on 16-58 FG (.276), 16-52 3FG (.308)... Off Bench (21 G): 6.4 ppg on .429 FG, .404 3FG 1-11 @ SU * Prior 9 G before joining star ng lineup (1/25-2/18): Avg'd 9.3 ppg (84) on 30-for-69 FG (.435), 24-for-57 3FG (.421) 1-13 @FGCU • 2/16 vs. FGCU: Scored a season-high 17 points on a career-high-tying 5 triples in a season-high-tying 32 M 1-18 UNF • 1/25 at Kennesaw State: Started for the fi rst me in his NCAA career; scored 6 points (2-9, 2-9 3 FG) in 32 M 1-20 JU • 1/12 vs. Jacksonville: Finished with a season-high 15 points, all from beyond the arc on 5-for-9 3FG shoo ng 1-24 @ KSU • 12/22 vs. Dean College: Scored a then season-high 14 points in just 8 minutes, draining 5-for-9 FG, 4-for-6 3FG 1-27 LU • 12/14 at Iona: Scored a then season-high 13 pts (5-11, 3-9, 0-0) w/ season-highs in reb (3), ast (2) & min (31) 1-29 KSU • 11/26 at Purdue: Scored a then season-high 12 points on 4-for-6 3FG in a season-high 30 minutes 2-3 @ LU 2-8 FGCU 2015 16: 2-10 SU • A-Sun Ranks: 8th in 3FG% (.399), 9th in 3FG/G (2.0), T-13th in 3FGM (57) and 37th in ppg (7.0) 2-15 @ JU • Last 13 G: Averaged 7.9 ppg (103) on .403 3FG (31-for-77) 2-17 @ UNF • Since Willis Injury (12/10): 8.0 ppg (191), 55-136 3FG (.404) in 24 G... Prior: 1.5 ppg in 5.8 mpg in 4 G (5 DNP) 2-22 @USCU • 3/16 vs. Army (CIT): Did no play due to illness 2-26 TBA • 2/25 at USCU: Scored 9 points on 3-8 3FG -- including a go-ahead triple from corner with less than :07 le 3-1 TBA • 2/18 at UNF: Scored a team-high 16 points (5-12, 3-9, 3-3) with an assist; 2nd me led team in scoring 3-4 TBA • 2/1 at Lipscomb: Tied career-high with 5 3FGM; scored 15 points on 5-8 shoo ng, all from beyond perimeter • 1/16 at Stetson: Set career-highs in assists (3) & steals (3) while adding 14 pts, 2 reb in a season-high 28 min + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record • 12/28 vs. Stony Brook: Scored 15 points in a then season-high 27 min, again tying career-high with 5 3FGM SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • 12/20 at St. John’s: Scored a career-high 19 points on 7-for-8 shoo ng and 5-for-6 from beyond the arc Points • 12/10 at St. Francis: Played a season-high 10 minutes, posted a season-high 2 rebounds Season: 9 (2); last: at Seton Hall -- 11/18/17 • 11/29 vs. UMFK: Scored his fi rst six points as a Highlander, shoo ng 2-6 (all 3FGA) in a then season-high 9 min Career: 19 at St. John’s -- 12/20/15 • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky (fi rst contest as a Highlander): Played three minutes and logged a steal Rebounds Season: 4 vs. Wagner -- 11/11/17 2014 15: Career: 4 (3); last: vs. Wagner -- 11/11/17 • Was not able to compete under NCAA transfer rules Assists Season: 1 (4); last: at West Virginia -- 11/30/17 2013 14 HOFSTRA : Career: 3 (2); last: at Jacksonville -- 2/11/16 • Played in 28 out of Hofstra’s 33 contests, averaging 5.4 ppg Blocks • Ranked third on the team with 42 three-point baskets made Season: • Scored a career-high 17 points (5-12, 1-2) in opener (11/8 vs. Monmouth); hit a career-high, fi ve 3-pointers Career: 1 (6); last: at Temple -- 12/17/16 • Hit four 3-pointers on two occasions (12/30 vs. NJIT; 1/19 @ SMU) Steals • 12/30: Scored 12 points in game vs. NJIT (4-8, 4-7), added a rebound, assist, steal and block in 30 minutes Season: 1 (2); last: at Seton Hall -- 11/18/17 Career: 3 at Stetson -- 1/16/16 HIGH SCHOOL: 3-Pointers A ended Gill St. Bernard’s High School in Gladstone, NJ, for his senior season (2012-13), where he helped Season: 3 (2); last: at Seton Hall -- 11/18/17 guide the Knights to a 19-8 record and a No. 17 state ranking by the Newark Star Ledger…earned third-team all- Career: 5 (4); last: vs. FGCU -- 2/16/17 Somerset county honors and ranked 29th-best player in the state by ESPN…one of the state’s top three-point Minutes shooters, sinking 59 for an average of (3.3 pg), including seven in the NJSIAA/ShopRite South Jersey, Non-Public Season: 20 at Seton Hall -- 11/18/17 B semifi nal against the Patrick School. ...averaged 12.9 points and 4.1 rebounds in 2012-13, while scoring a Career: 33 vs. Monmouth – 11/8/13 (debut) season-high 29 points (on nine 3-pointers) against St. Joseph in the NJSIAA Tournament on February 27, 2013… he averaged 17 ppg for Morristown-Beard as a junior before transferring to Gill St. Bernard’s... *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record JENKINS' CAREER STATISTICS (HOFSTRA 2013-14) MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2013-14 28 0 593 21.2 49 160 .306 42 141 .298 11 16 .688 4 32 36 1.3 30 0 15 13 5 14 151 5.4 2014-15 DID NOT PLAY (NCAA transfer rules) 2015-16 28 0 481 17.2 68 166 .410 57 143 .399 4 9 .444 1 21 22 0.8 30 0 9 14 0 11 197 7.0 2016-17 29 8 528 18.2 64 170 .376 54 146 .370 2 3 .667 5 32 37 1.3 32 0 16 17 1 5 184 6.3 2017-18 8 0 87 10.9 11 24 .458 11 23 .478 0 0 .000 1 6 7 0.9 7 0 4 2 0 2 33 4.1 CAREER 93 8 1689 18.2 192 520 .369 164 453 .362 17 28 .607 11 91 102 1.1 99 0 44 46 6 32 565 6.1
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS ZACH COOKS 4 FR | G | 5-9 | 155 | Lawrenceville, GA | Beckmar
COOKS' GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min COACH KENNEDY ON COOKS: 11-11 WU 1-4 0-0 0-2 0-2 2 2 2 2 1 0 2 19 “I saw him playing in an AAU game last summer and I said, 'That's the kid that I want, right there.' He is a tre- 11-14 LC 3-7 0-3 1-1 0-2 2 1 7 1 1 0 1 15 mendous outside shooter and a leader on the court. He's sees the court very well. He's also one of the best 11-18 @ SH 2-5 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 15 on-the-ball defenders I've seen in a long me at the high-school level." 11-22 KU 6-7 5-6 0-0 1-3 4 2 17 5 2 0 5 22 11-25 DU 2-5 1-3 2-2 0-1 1 4 7 3 2 0 1 19 2017 18: 11-28 LIU 1-2 1-1 2-3 0-0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 11 • Ranks ranks t10th in ASUN in spg (1.5), 11th in 3FG% (.429), 13th in ast/TO ra o (1.5) and 17th in apg (2.4) 11-30 @ WV 0-2 0-2 4-4 0-1 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 20 • ASUN's 5th-leading freshman scorer at 7.1 ppg... Leads NJIT freshmen in ppg (7.1) and mpg (17.5) 12-3 UML 3-7 1-3 3-4 1-1 2 1 10 3 2 0 2 19 • Last 7 G: Averaging 7.9 ppg (55) in 17-35 FT (.486), 9-21 3FG (.429) 12-7 @ RU • 11/22 vs. Kean: Notched career-highs in points (17), rebounds (4), assists (5) and steals (5) in 22 minutes 12-9 IU • 11/11 vs. Wagner: Registered 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in 19 minutes in his NCAA debut 12-12 @ CU • Scored 2 pts w/ game-highs in assists (5) & steals (4) in lone exhibi on game vs. Princeton (DNP vs. St. Peter's) 12-16 FDU 12-22 BAC HIGH SCHOOL: 12-28 @ UB A 5-foot-9 point guard known for both excellent ball-handling and play-making abili es. ...spent his fi rst two 1-3 @ BU high school seasons at Norcross HS. ...he transferred to Berkmar HS last season and helped guide the Patriots 1-6 USCU to a Sweet 16 in the State Tournament. ...averaged 11.4 points per game and 2.5 assists per game at Berkmar as 1-11 @ SU a junior while earning a Scholar Athlete Award. ...Cooks plays AAU basketball with the Southern Stampede and 1-13 @FGCU named co-MVP of the 2016 Best of the South AAU Tournament a er averaging 27 points per game. 1-18 UNF 1-20 JU PERSONAL: 1-24 @ KSU Zach Cooks.... intends to major in marke ng 1-27 LU 1-29 KSU 2-3 @ LU 2-8 FGCU 2-10 SU 2-15 @ JU 2-17 @ UNF 2-22 @USCU 2-26 TBA 3-1 TBA 3-4 TBA + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 17 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 17 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Rebounds Season: 4 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 4 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Assists Season: 5 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 5 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Blocks Season: Career: Steals Season: 5 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 5 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 3-Pointers Season: 5 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 5 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Minutes Season: 22 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 22 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record COOKS' CAREER STATISTICS MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2017-18 8 0 140 17.5 18 39 .462 9 21 .429 12 16 .750 2 11 13 1.6 14 0 19 13 0 12 57 7.1 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 CAREER 8 0 140 17.5 18 39 .462 9 21 .429 12 16 .750 2 11 13 1.6 14 0 19 13 0 12 57 7.1
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS DAVID KACHELRIES 10 FR | G | 6-1 | 160 | Emmaus, PA | Emmaus
/KACK-ull-reese/ KACHELRIES' GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min COACH KENNEDY ON KACHELRIES: 11-11 WU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 “He is a very electric player. He's only six-foot but he can dunk on you at any me and is also a tremendous 11-14 LC 4-6 1-1 0-2 0-1 1 1 9 2 0 1 2 15 outside shooter.” 11-18 @ SH 3-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 7 1 2 0 0 8 11-22 KU 3-5 0-1 2-2 1-0 1 2 8 4 1 1 4 21 2017 18: 11-25 DU 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 • Last 6 G: Averaging 5.0 ppg (30) on 13-22 FG (.591), 2-5 3FG (.400) in just 9.3 mpg (56) 11-28 LIU DNP (CD) • 11/30 at No. 19 West Virginia: Scored 8 pts on 3-6 FG in just 8 minutes; added 1 rebound and 1 steal 11-30 @ WV 3-6 0-2 0-0 1-0 1 2 6 0 0 0 1 8 • 11/18 at No. 22 Seton Hall: Knocked down all 3 FGA (1 3FG) for 7 points in 8 minutes 12-3 UML 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 • 11/14 vs. Lafaye e: Scored the fi rst 9 pts of his NCAA career (4-6 FG; 1-1 3FG) added 1 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl & 1 blk 12-7 @ RU • Scored 10 pts on 4-6 FG, 2-2 3FG shoo ng with 2 stl in lone exhibi on game vs. St. Peter's (DNP vs. Princeton) 12-9 IU 12-12 @ CU HIGH SCHOOL: 12-16 FDU Emmaus High School all- me leading scorer David Kachelries ended his high school career with 1,910 points. 12-22 BAC ... Kachelries earned Class 6A second-team honors while averaging 23.8ppg. ... the 6-foot-1 point guard, a fi rst- 12-28 @ UB team all-league and third-team all-State selec on as a junior led the Green Hornets to a third-place fi nish in 1-3 @ BU the District 11 tournament and advance to the second round of the PIAA 4A state tournament in 2016. ....As a 1-6 USCU junior, he averaged 20.8 points per game, including 5.3 assists, 2.1 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game. ...a stand- 1-11 @ SU out shooter and 1,000-point career scorer, Kachelries, drained 54 three-pointers while pos ng a 60 fi eld-goal 1-13 @FGCU percentage. ...In the PIAA opener, he posted a 37-point performance against Mar n Luther King (Philadelphia) 1-18 UNF H.S. ...plays AAU with Sports U/Team Izod, one of the top basketball powers in New Jersey. 1-20 JU 1-24 @ KSU PERSONAL: 1-27 LU David Kachelries... son of Bob and Susan Kachelries... undecided major 1-29 KSU 2-3 @ LU 2-8 FGCU 2-10 SU 2-15 @ JU 2-17 @ UNF 2-22 @USCU 2-26 TBA 3-1 TBA 3-4 TBA + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 9 vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 Career: 9 vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 Rebounds Season: 1 (4); last: at West Virginia -- 11/30/17 Career: 1 (4); last: at West Virginia -- 11/30/17 Assists Season: 4 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 4 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Blocks Season: 1 (2); last: vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 1 (2); last: vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Steals Season: 4 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 4 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 3-Pointers Season: 1 (2); last: at Seton Hall -- 11/18/17 Career: 1 (2); last: at Seton Hall -- 11/18/17 Minutes Season: 21 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 21 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record KACHELRIES' CAREER STATISTICS MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2017-18 7 0 58 8.3 13 21 .619 2 5 .400 2 4 .500 2 2 4 0.6 5 0 7 4 2 7 30 4.3 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 CAREER 7 0 58 8.3 13 21 .619 2 5 .400 2 4 .500 2 2 4 0.6 5 0 7 4 2 7 30 4.3
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS SHYQUAN GIBBS 11 SO | G | 6-1 | 150 | Hillside, NJ | St. Anthony’s
/SHY-qwan/ GIBBS' GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min COACH KENNEDY ON GIBBS: 11-11 WU+ 3-4 2-2 1-1 0-2 2 5 9 0 1 1 0 24 “Shyquan is a coach’s dream. He is a Valedictorian in the classroom and a State Champion on the court His ap- 11-14 LC+ 6-8 2-3 0-0 0-3 3 2 14 2 0 0 2 25 pren ceship under his father Shelton (former St. Peter’s college great and current Snyder HS Head Coach) and 11-18 @ SH+ 2-2 1-1 2-2 1-3 4 1 7 1 3 0 0 28 Hall of Fame Coach Bob Hurley have Shy more than prepared for great success as a Highlander.” 11-22 KU+ 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 16 11-25 DU+ 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-3 3 4 5 2 3 0 1 21 HIGHLIGHTS: 11-28 LIU+ 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 4 3 2 0 0 2 36 • Scored the fi rst four points in history of the Wellness & Events Center (WEC) on a four-point play, 11/11 vs. WU 11-30 @ WV+ 2-4 1-1 2-2 0-3 3 3 7 1 0 0 2 19 12-3 UML+ 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 21 2017 18: 12-7 @ RU • Leads ASUN in 3FG% (.800; 8-for-10)... Would rank 2nd in FG% (17-28, .607), but does not qualify 12-9 IU • Going back to last season, is averaging 6.5 ppg (110) in his last 17 G on 39-76 FG (.513), 18-33 3FG (.545) 12-12 @ CU • 11/14 vs. Lafaye e: Scored 14 points on 6-8 FG, 2-3 3FG along with 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steaks in 25 M 12-16 FDU • 11/11 vs. Wagner: Logged 9 points, 2 rebounds and and fi rst block in NCAA career in 24 M before fouling out 12-22 BAC • Averaged 6.0 ppg, 2.5 apg in two exhibi on games (both starts), including 9 pts vs. St. Peter's 12-28 @ UB 1-3 @ BU 2016 17: 1-6 USCU • ASUN fi nal ranks: 12th in assists/TO ra o (1.6), 25th in spg (0.7)... First 21 G: 38 points... Last 9 G: 61 points 1-11 @ SU • Last 9 G: 6.8 ppg (61), 1.6 rpg (14), 2.0 apg (18), 1.3 spg (12) on 22-for-48 FG (.457), 10-for-23 3FG (.435) 1-13 @FGCU • As a Starter* (13 G): 5.4 ppg (70), 2.0 apg (26) with just 1.2 TO/G (15)...*fi rsts starts of career 1-18 UNF • Started season averaging 23.5 mpg in fi rst 4 G... then just 8.3 mpg and 1 DNP over NJIT's next 9 G 1-20 JU • 2/27 at Lipscomb: Started and played just 3 minutes as result of a toe injury (did not record a stat) 1-24 @ KSU • 2/23 vs. USC Upstate: Scored 10 points, including game-winning FTs with 0:07 le ; added 4 ast, 3 reb, 1 stl 1-27 LU • 1/30 vs. Kennesaw St.: Played all 40 M and scored career-high 16 pts (6-8, 2-2, 2-3); go-ahead layup w/ :17 le 1-29 KSU • 1/28 vs. Lipscomb: Scored then-career-high 14 points (5-6, 2-3, 2-4) w/ 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals in 39 M 2-3 @ LU • 1/25 at Kennesaw State: Played a career-high 38 minutes and didn't commit a TO; had 4 points and 2 assists 2-8 FGCU • 1/14 vs. North Florida: Made fi rst start of NCAA career; posted 2 pts w/ game-high 4 asts in career-high 32 M 2-10 SU • 12/22 vs. Dean: Scored 5 pts w/ career-highs in asts (7) and stls (3) in 28 min... a er just 8.3 mpg in prior 8 G 2-15 @ JU • 11/30 vs. Saint Francis: Recorded then-career-high 6 pts (2-2, 0-0, 2-2) and 4 rebounds in 27 M; added 2 asts 2-17 @ UNF • 11/17 at Lafaye e: Scored a then career-high 4 points in a career-high 31 minutes 2-22 @USCU • 11/11 vs. Sarah Lawrence: Started NCAA career with 3 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists in 19 minutes 2-26 TBA 3-1 TBA HIGH SCHOOL: 3-4 TBA Shyquan Gibbs a graduate of St. Anthony’s High School in Jersey City, where he was coached by Bob Hurley, a 2010 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, will be the third St. Anthony alumnus on + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record the Highlander roster, which features senior Tim Coleman and sophomore Mohamed Bendary. ...Gibbs, ranked SEASON/CAREER HIGHS among the top 25 New Jersey players in the Class of 2016 by NJHoops.com, led the Friars (26-0) to be ranked No.1 Boys High School basketball team in New Jersey and fourth-best in the na on, according to USA Today. Points ...as a junior, Gibbs helped the Friars to a 28-2 record and sixth consecu ve NJSIAA Non-Public, North B Cham- Season: 14 vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 pionship. ...Gibbs played for the Jersey City Boys Club on the AAU circuit. Career: 16 vs. Kennesaw State -- 1/30/17 Rebounds PERSONAL: Season: 4 at Seton Hall -- 11/18/17 Shyquan Wanya Gibbs. ... son of Shelton and Elyse Gibbs... Shelton, a long me boys basketball coach at Henry Career: 4 (2); last: at Seton Hall -- 11/18/17 Snyder (NJ) H.S., is a member of the Saint Peter's (NJ) University Athle c Hall of Fame and s ll ranks fourth Assists on the Peacocks' all- me career scoring list... Shyquan’s older brother, Shelton Jr., was a key player on St. Season: 2 (2); last: vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 Anthony’s 2004 undefeated team... Gibbs, who intends to major in business at NJIT, was named St. Anthony Career: 7 vs. Dean College (USCAA) -- 12/22/16 High School Valedictorian, News12 co-Scholar-Athlete of the Week (November 15, 2015) and recipient of the Blocks Investors Bank Academic Excellence Award. Season: 1 vs. Wagner -- 11/11/17 Career: 1 vs. Wagner -- 11/11/17 Steals Season: 2 (4); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Career: 3 (3); last: vs. USC Upstate -- 2/23/17 3-Pointers Season: 2 (2); last: vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 Career: 2 (6); last: vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 Minutes Season: 36 vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 Career: 40 vs. Kennesaw State -- 1/30/17 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record GIBBS' CAREER STATISTICS MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 30 13 623 20.8 35 95 .368 11 37 .297 18 27 .667 6 28 34 1.1 44 0 49 30 1 22 99 3.3 2017-18 8 8 190 23.8 17 28 .607 8 10 .800 7 7 1.000 1 18 19 2.4 22 1 11 7 1 9 49 6.1 2018-19 2019-20 CAREER 38 21 813 21.4 52 123 .423 19 47 .404 25 34 .735 7 46 53 1.4 66 1 60 37 2 31 148 3.9
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS ANTHONY TARKE 12 SO | F | 6-6 | 205 | Gaithersburg, MD | Gaithersburg
/TARK/ TARKE'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min COACH KENNEDY ON TARKE: 11-11 WU+ 4-10 0-4 5-11 1-3 4 3 13 0 3 2 2 32 “Anthony is a tremendous athlete who should have an immediate impact in the ASUN. His versa lity on the 11-14 LC+ 4-10 2-4 2-2 0-3 3 4 12 2 0 1 2 19 court should prove invaluable as the season progresses and he becomes adjusted to the college game. The 11-18 @ SH+ 2-12 1-6 0-2 1-4 5 1 5 1 2 0 0 33 experience he gained playing for Coach Ian Turnbull at Coastal Academy combined with his experience under 11-22 KU+ 5-7 0-1 2-2 0-5 5 2 12 2 2 1 0 14 the tutelage of Arty Jones are invaluable as he begins his career in Brick City.” 11-25 DU+ 4-13 1-5 4-5 0-7 7 3 13 1 3 3 0 32 11-28 LIU+ 4-14 0-5 0-1 1-2 3 3 8 2 0 3 1 29 HIGHLIGHTS: 11-30 @ WV+ 6-15 1-4 0-1 2-4 6 3 13 1 3 0 1 25 • 2017-18 (SO): Selected to the preseason ASUN All-Conference Team 12-3 UML+ 7-12 3-3 1-2 2-4 6 2 18 3 1 0 3 32 • 2016-17 (FR): Selected to the postseason ASUN All-Freshman Team (fi rst NJIT player to earn this honor) 12-7 @ RU • 2016-17 (FR): ASUN Newcomer of Week, Feb. 20-23... Notched team-high 18 pts with 7 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk in win 12-9 IU • 2016-17 (FR): ASUN Newcomer of Week, Jan. 9-15... Averaged 17.5 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.5 spg in 2 G 12-12 @ CU • Became 1st Highlander w/ double-double in NCAA debut vs. SLC, 11/11 (13 pts, 10 reb); just 5th FR to record feat 12-16 FDU • With 307 points, Tarke had the highest scoring total by an NJIT freshman since Damon Lynn in 2013-14 (500) 12-22 BAC 12-28 @ UB 2017 18: 1-3 @ BU • Ranks 2nd in ASUN in bpg (1.2), t14th in spg (1.1), 18th in ppg (11.8), 19th in rpg (4.9) 1-6 USCU • Has led NJIT in scoring in each of the last 2 games, averaging 15.5 ppg on 13-27 FG, 4-7 3FG 1-11 @ SU • Going back to last season, has lead NJIT in scoring in 6 of the last 11 G -- averaging 13.5 ppg (148) in span 1-13 @FGCU • 12/3 vs. UMass Lowell: Posted a game-high (and season-high) 18 points; team-highs in reb (6), ast (3), stl (3) 1-18 UNF • 11/30 at No. 19 West Virginia: Scored a team-high 13 points while adding 6 reb, 1 ast and 1 stl in 25 minutes 1-20 JU • 11/11 vs. Wagner: Posted team-highs in points (13) and blocks (2) with four rebounds and two points 1-24 @ KSU • Averaged 11.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg in two exhibi on games, inc. a game-high 19 pts vs. Princeton (7-13 FG, 5-8 3FG) 1-27 LU 1-29 KSU 2016 17: 2-3 @ LU • ASUN fi nal ranks: 6th in FG% (.522), 9th in spg (1.1), t9th in o-rpg (1.6), 18th in rpg (4.7) and 24th in ppg (9.9) 2-8 FGCU • Among ASUN freshman*, ranked 2nd in ppg (9.9), FG% (.522), rpg (4.7), o-rpg (1.6), spg (1.1) and bpg (0.5) 2-10 SU ^ In ASUN play, led all freshmen in scoring at 12.5 ppg -- which ranked 18th overall 2-15 @ JU • Led team in scoring the last 3 games (18.0 ppg; 2-1 record) and in 4 of the last 6 contests (17.1 ppg; 2-4 record) 2-17 @ UNF • Since joining star ng lineup^ (7 G): Averaged 17.3 ppg (115), 6.3 rpg (44)... ^fi rsts of career (2/4-2/18, 2/27) 2-22 @USCU • Last 14 G (1/12-on): Averaged 14.0 ppg (196), 5.1 rpg (71) on 74-for-131 FG (.565)... Last 22 G: 11.8 ppg (260) 2-26 TBA • In 2 G vs. BIG 10 opponents (Purdue, Minnesota): Averaged 10.0 ppg on .533 shoo ng (8-for-15) and 4.5 rpg 3-1 TBA • First 4 G of NCAA Career: Started season averaging 8.0 ppg and 7.3 rpg over 21.0 mpg 3-4 TBA • 2/27 at Lipscomb: Recorded a team-high 21 pts & 3 blk (career-high) in a career-high 39 M; added 7 reb, 2 ast • 2/23 vs. USC Upstate: Scored a team-high 18 points (7-13, 1-2, 3-4), with 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record • 2/18 vs. Stetson: Notched 3rd double-double w/ team-high 15 points & 10 boards; had blk & stl in fi nal 0:30 SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • 2/9 at UNF: Tied career-high w/ 23 pts; added 7 rebounds and game-high-tying totals in steals (3) & blocks (2) • 2/4 at Lipscomb: Earned fi rst career start and scored 5 points with a game-high-tying 8 rebounds and 2 assists Points • 1/14 vs. UNF: Scored career-high 23 pts w/ game-highs in boards (10) & steals (3); 2nd dbl-dbl (1st vs. D-I foe) Season: 18 vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 • 1/4 vs. Brown: Led team in scoring with a then-career high 16 pts; added 6 reb, 3* ast, 2* stl, 2 blk (* ed c-h) Career: 23 (2); last: at North Florida -- 2/9/17 • 12/10 at Kent State: Scored 11 points with 5 rebounds and game-high 3 steals in career-high tying 26 M Rebounds • 12/6 at Minnesota: Scored then career-high tying 13 points (5-11, 2-5, 1-2) w/ 5 rebounds and a steal in 21 M Season: 7 vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 • 11/26 at No. 17 Purdue: Recorded 7 points, 4 rebounds (inc. a team-high 3 o-reb) and 1 steal in just 10 M Career: 10 (3); last: vs. Stetson -- 2/18/17 • 11/11 vs. Sarah Lawrence: Started NCAA career with double-double (13 pts, 10 reb); added 2 ast and 1 blk Assists Season: 3 vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 HIGH SCHOOL: Career: 3 (5); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Anthony Tarke, a 2015 graduate of Gaithersburg High School, helped Gaithersburg to an 18-7 overall record Blocks and a ended Coastal Academy US in Neptune, New Jersey for the 2015-16 season. Season: 3 (2); last: vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 Career: 3 (3); last: vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 PERSONAL: Steals Anthony Shey Tarke... son of Elizabeth Tarke... intends to major in business Season: 3 vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Career: 3 (6); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 3-Pointers Season: 3 vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Career: 4 at Lipscomb -- 2/27/17 Minutes Season: 33 at Seton Hall -- 11/18/17 Career: 39 at Lipscomb -- 2/27/17 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record TARKE'S CAREER STATISTICS MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2016-17 31 6 687 22.2 119 228 .522 27 74 .365 42 72 .583 51 94 145 4.7 62 0 30 69 16 33 307 9.9 2017-18 8 8 216 27.0 36 93 .387 8 32 .250 14 26 .538 7 32 39 4.9 21 0 12 14 10 9 94 11.8 2018-19 2019-20 CAREER 39 14 903 23.2 155 321 .483 35 106 .330 56 98 .571 58 126 184 4.7 83 0 42 83 26 42 401 10.3
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS REILLY WALSH 14 JR | G | 6-3 | 180 | Staten Island, NY | St Peter’s Boys
WALSH'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min HIGHLIGHTS: 11-11 WU+ 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-4 4 2 2 0 2 0 3 27 • 2016-17 (FR): Selected ASUN All-Academic Team (fi rst NJIT player to earn this honor; only selec on with a 4.0) 11-14 LC+ 1-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 13 • Won the Warren Jaques Award in 2014-15, presented annually to the top high school player on Staten Island 11-18 @ SH+ 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 17 11-22 KU+ 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 11 2017 18: 11-25 DU+ 6-10 1-4 1-2 2-0 2 2 14 3 1 0 3 36 • Ranks t14th in ASUN in spg (1.1)... Has started all 8 games this season (fi rsts of NCAA career) 11-28 LIU+ 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 4 5 2 2 0 0 17 • Last 11 G (going back to last season): Averaging 5.0 ppg (55)... Averaged 1.6 ppg (38) in fi rst 24 G of career 11-30 @ WV+ 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 17 • 11/25 vs. Drexel: Scored a game-high 14 points (fi rst me in career led NJIT in scoring); added 3 ast, 3 stl, 2 reb 12-3 UML+ 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-3 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 16 • 11/11 vs. Wagner: Made fi rst start of his NCAA career; posted 2 points, 4 rebounds and a game-high 3 steals 12-7 @ RU • Averaged 3.0 ppg in two exhibi on games (both starts) 12-9 IU 12-12 @ CU 2016 17: 12-16 FDU • Last 3 G: Averaged 8.0 ppg (24) in 25 mpg (75)... L15: 3.8 ppg (57), 1.3 rpg (20), 1.1 apg (17) in 15.9 mpg (238) 12-22 BAC • Has played in last 13 games a er DNP in 8 of 12 contests from Nov. 11 through Jan. 12 12-28 @ UB • Vs. Non-D-I Opponents: Averaging 6.0 ppg (12), 3.5 rpg (7), 1.0 apg (2), 1.5 spg (3) & 1.0 bpg in 18.0 mpg (36) 1-3 @ BU • 2/27 at Lipscomb: Registered career highs in points (14), 3FG (4) and minutes (33), shoo ng 5-10 FG, 4-6 3FG 1-6 USCU • 2/18 vs. Stetson: Hit GW-3FG w/ 0:49 le ; set career-highs in pts (10), 3FG (3), min (31); ed c-h in reb (5), ast (3) 1-11 @ SU • 1/28 vs. Lipscomb: Played a career-high 26 M; scored 5 points with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals 1-13 @FGCU • 1/21 at FGCU: Handed out a career-high 3 assists in just 7 M; addd 3 points (1-1, 1-1, 0-1) and a steal 1-18 UNF • 1/4 vs. Brown: Scored his fi rst career points against a D-I opponent with 4 (1-2, 0-0, 2-2); added 2 reb and 1 stl 1-20 JU • 12/14 at Iona: Played a then-career-high 17 M a er logging 5 straight DNPs; posted a then-career-high 2 asts 1-24 @ KSU • 11/11 vs. Sarah Lawrence: Scored the fi rst 6 points of his NCAA career; career-highs in reb (5), ast (1), stl (3) 1-27 LU 1-29 KSU 2015 16: 2-3 @ LU • DNP in the last 10 games 2-8 FGCU • 2/6 vs. Kennesaw State: Logged a season-high six minutes and recorded his fi rst NCAA rebound 2-10 SU • 12/30 at St. John’s: Made his collegiate debut with four minutes off the bench in NJIT’s 83-74 victory 2-15 @ JU 2-17 @ UNF HIGH SCHOOL: 2-22 @USCU Playing at St. Peter’s, Walsh averaged 25 points per game as a senior, making 109 3-point baskets in the pro- 2-26 TBA cess. He topped 30 points in a game nine mes and topped 40 twice, including a season-best 43 points, includ- 3-1 TBA ing 10 threes, against Susan Wagner High. ...Walsh fi nished his high school career with 1,388 points, fourth on 3-4 TBA the all- me list at St. Peter’s and 17th all- me for the en re borough of Staten Island. He scored 751 of his points as a senior playing for coach Charles Driscoll. ...Walsh was a two- me Staten Island Advance all-star and + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record also a two- me all-Staten Island pick by the New York Daily News. He played in the New York City Mayors Cup SEASON/CAREER HIGHS All-Star game and was a New York Sportswriters Associa on Class AA all-state pick. He was also Most Valuable Player of the Staten Island division of the Catholic High Schools Athle c Associa on (CHSAA), the governing Points body of Catholic scholas c sports in New York City. ...Salutatorian of his gradua ng class at St. Peter’s, Reilly Season: 14 vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 followed in the footsteps of his father, John, who was the star ng point guard on the 1983 St. Peter’s team that Career: 14 (2); last: vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 is the only Staten Island team ever to capture the New York City CHSAA AA City championship. Rebounds Season: 4 vs. Wagner -- 11/11/17 PERSONAL: Career: 5 (2); last: Stetson -- 2/18/17 Reilly Walsh... son of John and Chris ne Walsh... John was the star ng point guard on the 1983 St. Peter’s team Assists that is the only Staten Island team ever to capture the New York City CHSAA AA City championship... undecided Season: 3 vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 major... born 4/16/97 in Staten Island, NY. Career: 3 (3); last: vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 Blocks Season: 1 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 2 vs. Dean College (USCAA) -- 12/22/16 Steals Season: 3 (2); last: vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 Career: 3 (3); last: vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 3-Pointers Season: 1 (3); last: vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 Career: 4 at Lipscomb -- 2/27/17 Minutes Season: 36 vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 Career: 36 vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record WALSH'S CAREER STATISTICS MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2015-16 6 0 22 3.7 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 1 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2016-17 21 0 306 14.6 22 50 .440 10 23 .435 8 12 .667 12 19 31 1.5 39 1 20 21 3 13 62 3.0 2017-18 8 8 154 19.3 13 22 .591 3 8 .375 2 6 .333 2 11 13 1.6 19 0 9 11 1 9 31 3.9 2018-19 CAREER 35 8 482 13.8 35 74 .473 13 32 .406 10 19 .526 14 31 45 1.3 59 1 29 32 4 22 93 2.7
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS DIANDRE WILSON 15 JR | G | 6-2 | 170 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Blanche Ely/Mo CC (MI)
/dee-ON-dray/ WILSON'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min COACH KENNEDY ON WILSON: 11-11 WU+ 0-3 0-3 3-4 1-0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1 12 “His experience at the Junior College level is an added bonus to a young and talented roster. He is a dynamic 11-14 LC+ 7-9 3-4 3-4 0-0 0 3 20 2 1 0 0 23 scorer and player, who possesses great court vision and is one of the be er players we have seen play off the 11-18 @ SH+ 2-7 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 3 5 0 2 0 0 15 pick-and-roll. We look forward to having him join the Highlander family.” 11-22 KU+ 5-6 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 13 3 2 0 3 15 11-25 DU+ 5-10 1-2 1-3 1-5 6 3 12 1 5 2 3 26 HIGHLIGHTS: 11-28 LIU+ 6-9 1-3 3-6 0-5 5 4 16 2 0 0 4 33 • 2016-17 (SO): Selected to NJCAA All-American fi rst-team (ranked 11th in na on averaging 22.3 ppg) 11-30 @ WV+ 4-7 1-2 3-4 0-3 3 0 12 1 1 0 1 26 12-3 UML+ 3-8 0-1 3-4 0-3 3 2 9 1 1 1 2 27 2017 18: 12-7 @ RU • Ranks 6th in the ASUN in 3FG% (.476), 8th in spg (1.8), 8th in FG% (.542), 22nd in ppg (11.2) 12-9 IU • Has scored in double-fi gures in 4 of the last 5 G, averaging 12.4 ppg (62) on 23-40 FG (.572), 6-11 3FG (.545) 12-12 @ CU • Last 7 G: Averaging 12.4 ppg (87) on 32-for-56 FG (.571), 10-for-18 3FG (.556) 12-16 FDU • 11/28 vs. LIU: Scored 16 points on 6-9 FG, 1-3 3FG; added 5 rebounds, 2 assists and a career-high 4 steals 12-22 BAC • 11/25 vs. Drexel: Scored 12 points with a career-high 6 rebounds and 2 blocks, career-high-tying 3 steals 12-28 @ UB • 11/22 vs. Kean: Scored 13 points on 5-6 FG, 3-3 3FG; added season-highs in assists (3) and steals (3) 1-3 @ BU • 11/14 vs. Lafaye e: Scored a game-high 20 points on 7-9 FG, 3-4 3FG, 3-4 FT; added 2 assists in 23 M 1-6 USCU • Averaged 9.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg in two exhibi on games, including 10 pts vs. Princeton; shot 6-12 FG 1-11 @ SU 1-13 @FGCU 2016 17 MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE : 1-18 UNF • An NJCAA All-American fi rst-team honoree, Wilson scored 1,253 career points in two seasons and ranked 1-20 JU 11th in the na on with 22.3 point per game in 2016-17. ...Wilson helped guide Mo to the NJCAA District 10 1-24 @ KSU Tournament semifi nals as the team fi nished with a 25-7 overall mark and 10-3 in the Michigan Community Col- 1-27 LU lege Athle c Associa on (MCCAA). The athle c guard scored in double-fi gures in 29 games and combined for 1-29 KSU six 30+ games, including a career-best 37 points vs. Oakland on February 4, 2017 2-3 @ LU 2-8 FGCU 2015 16 MOTT COMMUNITY COLLEGE : 2-10 SU • As a freshman, led na on in free throw a empts (290) and ranked 19th in scoring at 19.5 points per game 2-15 @ JU 2-17 @ UNF HIGH SCHOOL: 2-22 @USCU Wilson a ended Boyd Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, as a freshman through his junior 2-26 TBA campaign, guiding Boyd Anderson to the state fi nals as a junior. ...He graduated in 2015 and played one season 3-1 TBA at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, Florida. An all-Broward County Honorable Men on as a senior, 3-4 TBA Wilson led Blanche Ely to an undefeated season, 28-0, and State Championship. The Tigers became the second team in Broward history to fi nish as an undefeated state champion. + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record SEASON/CAREER HIGHS (D-I) PERSONAL: Diandre Wilson. ... son of Tricia Porter. ...intends to major in law, technology and society at NJIT Points Season: 20 vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 Career: 20 vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 Rebounds Season: 6 vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 Career: 6 vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 Assists Season: 3 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 3 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Blocks Season: 2 vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 Career: 2 vs. Drexel -- 11/25/17 Steals Season: 4 vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 Career: 4 vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 3-Pointers Season: 3 (2); last: vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 3 (2); last: vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Minutes Season: 33 vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 Career: 33 vs. LIU Brooklyn -- 11/28/17 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record WILSON'S CAREER STATISTICS (MOTT CC NJCAA STATS NOT INCLUDED IN CAREER TOTALS) MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2015-16 30 29 432 14.4 171 439 .390 34 142 .239 208 290 .717 41 96 137 4.8 79 2 145 67 17 61 584 19.5 2016-17 30 30 580 19.3 200 440 .455 65 180 .361 204 260 .785 23 115 138 1.6 54 - 120 80 18 51 669 22.3 2017-18 8 8 177 22.1 32 59 .542 10 21 .476 16 25 .640 3 18 21 2.6 16 0 10 15 3 14 90 11.3 2018-19 CAREER 8 8 177 22.1 32 59 .542 10 21 .476 16 25 .640 3 18 21 2.6 16 0 10 15 3 14 90 11.3
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS SHAWNDALE JONES 23 FR | G | 6-3 | 185 | Pi sburgh, PA | The Kiski School
/shawn-DELL/ JONES' GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min COACH KENNEDY ON JONES: 11-11 WU 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 “Shawndale is a tremendous scorer. He can do a li le bit of everything... and he is a ferocious compe tor.” 11-14 LC 2-6 0-2 0-0 2-2 4 2 4 1 0 1 0 19 11-18 @ SH 0-3 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 HIGHLIGHTS: 11-22 KU 10-16 2-4 1-1 0-3 3 2 23 5 3 0 2 24 • In its recap of all ASUN early signings, Hoopseen.com commented that Jones "could be the steal of the class" 11-25 DU 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11-28 LIU 2-3 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 6 2017 18: 11-30 @ WV 2-8 1-2 4-4 2-1 3 0 9 1 0 0 1 15 • Last 5 G: Averaging 8.2 ppg (42)... Started at 1.3 ppg (4) over his fi rst 3 contests 12-3 UML 3-4 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 2 6 0 0 0 1 12 • 11/30 at No. 19 West Virginia: Scored 9 points (career-best against a D-I foe); added 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl in 15 M 12-7 @ RU • 11/22 vs. Kean: Scored a game-high 23* pts (10-16, 2-4, 1-1) with 3* reb, 5* assists, 2* steals (*career-highs) 12-9 IU • 11/14 vs. Lafaye e: Scored the fi rst 4 pts of his NCAA career, adding a career-high 4 reb and an ast in 19 M 12-12 @ CU • Averaged 8.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg in two exhibi on games, including 11 pts vs. St. Peter's; shot 5-9 FG, 1-3 3FG 12-16 FDU 12-22 BAC HIGH SCHOOL: 12-28 @ UB A 6-3 combo guard who athle cism shines not only on the hardwood, but also on the gridiron as a WR/CB at 1-3 @ BU The Kiski School in Saltsburg, PA. ... Prior to The Kiski School, Jones played two seasons at North Hills H.S. (Pi s- 1-6 USCU burgh) and averaged 20 points per game as a sophomore. ...In his fi rst season at The Kiski School, he was the 1-11 @ SU 2015 Peddie School Invita onal Tournament (PSIT) Most Valuable Player. ...played AAU for the TTG (Pi sburgh) 1-13 @FGCU and was the co-MVP of the 2016 BIG SHOTS MYRTLE BEACH tournament, where he led the en re league in 1-18 UNF scoring at 25 points per game 1-20 JU 1-24 @ KSU PERSONAL: 1-27 LU Shawndale Jones... son of Shawndale and Iesha Jones... communica ons/journalism major 1-29 KSU 2-3 @ LU 2-8 FGCU 2-10 SU 2-15 @ JU 2-17 @ UNF 2-22 @USCU 2-26 TBA 3-1 TBA 3-4 TBA + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 23 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 23 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Rebounds Season: 4 (2); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Career: 4 (2); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Assists Season: 5 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 5 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Blocks Season: 1 vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 Career: 1 vs. Lafaye e -- 11/14/17 Steals Season: 2 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 2 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 3-Pointers Season: 2 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 2 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Minutes Season: 24 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 24 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record JONES' CAREER STATISTICS MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2017-18 8 0 94 11.8 19 43 .442 3 10 .300 5 6 .833 8 8 16 2.0 7 0 7 6 1 5 46 5.8 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 CAREER 8 0 94 11.8 19 43 .442 3 10 .300 5 6 .833 8 8 16 2.0 7 0 7 6 1 5 46 5.8
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS DONOVAN GREER 32 JR | G | 6-3 | 165 | Houston, TX | Hillcrest Academy (San Jacinto CC)
GREER'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min HIGHLIGHTS: 11-11 WU 0-8 0-8 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 21 • Transferred from San Jacinto College-Central (NJCAA) in Pasadena, TX, following the 2015-16 season 11-14 LC 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 • Cousin (Jabari) played for the New Orleans Saints from 2004-13; cousin (Rashaun) played WR for Colorado St. 11-18 @ SH 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 11-22 KU 3-6 2-4 2-2 1-1 2 2 10 3 0 0 0 15 2017 18: 11-25 DU 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 15 • Last 4 G: Averaging 6.0 ppg (24) on 8-18 FG (.444), 4-10 3FG (.400)... First 3 G: 1.0 ppg on 1-13 FG, 1-12 3FG 11-28 LIU 3-6 1-3 0-0 1-1 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 13 • 11/22 vs. Kean: Scored a season-high 10 points (3-6, 2-4, 2-2); added 2 rebounds and 3 assists in 15 M 11-30 @ WV DNP • Averaged 14.5 ppg in two exhibi on games, inc. team-high-tying 17 vs. St. Peter's; shot 10-21 FG, 9-18 3FG 12-3 UML 1-3 1-1 2-2 0-2 2 4 5 1 2 0 1 22 12-7 @ RU 2016 17: 12-9 IU • Last 3 G: 1-14 FG, 1-12 3FG... First G: 4-5 FG, 2-3 3FG (2 DNP in between) 12-12 @ CU • Missed the fi rst 24 games with an ankle injury 12-16 FDU • 2/18 vs. Stetson: Made Newark debut... posted career-highs in reb (2), ast (3), stl (1) and M (19) a er 3 DNP 12-22 BAC • 2/4 at Lipscomb: Made his D-I debut and scored 11 points (4-5, 2-3, 0-0) in 9 M; drained fi rst 4 FG (3, 3FG) 12-28 @ UB 1-3 @ BU 2015 16 SAN JACINTO COLLEGE CENTRAL : 1-6 USCU • Star ng guard as a freshman for a team that posted a 20-10 overall record and was a Region XIV runner-up 1-11 @ SU • Averaged 8.8 ppg and 2.5 rpg; 11 double-digit games, inc. season-high 20 pts vs. Coastal Bend College on 1/30 1-13 @FGCU • Ranked 16th in Region XIV in 3FGM (58) 1-18 UNF 1-20 JU HIGH SCHOOL: 1-24 @ KSU Two- me fi rst-team all-District selec on... averaged 18 ppg as a senior. 1-27 LU 1-29 KSU PERSONAL: 2-3 @ LU Donovan Jacob Greer... son of Hope and Jacob Greer... business management major. 2-8 FGCU 2-10 SU 2-15 @ JU 2-17 @ UNF 2-22 @USCU 2-26 TBA 3-1 TBA 3-4 TBA + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 10 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 11 at Lipscomb -- 2/4/17 Rebounds Season: 2 (4); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Career: 2 (5); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Assists Season: 3 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 3 (2); last: vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Blocks Season: Career: Steals Season: 1 vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Career: 1 (3); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 3-Pointers Season: 2 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Career: 3 at Lipscomb -- 2/4/17 Minutes Season: 22 vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Career: 22 vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record GREER'S CAREER STATISTICS (SAN JACINTO NJCAA STATS NOT INCLUDED IN CAREER TOTALS) MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2015-16 29 22 635 21.9 85 220 .386 58 153 .379 26 33 .788 23 50 73 2.5 61 0 35 14 1 15 254 8.8 2016-17 4 0 41 10.3 5 19 .263 4 16 .250 1 2 .500 0 3 3 0.8 4 0 3 3 0 2 15 3.8 2017-18 7 0 99 14.1 9 31 .290 5 22 .227 4 4 1.000 3 7 10 1.4 12 0 6 4 0 1 27 3.9 2018-19 CAREER 11 0 140 12.7 14 50 .280 9 38 .237 5 6 .833 3 10 13 1.2 16 0 9 7 0 3 42 3.8
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS MOHAMED BENDARY 34 JR | F | 6-9 | 235 | Jersey City, NJ | St. Anthony’s
/ben-DARR-ee/ BENDARY'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min HIGHLIGHTS: 11-11 WU 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 8 • Holds a career .644 fi eld-goal percentage (76-for-118) 11-14 LC 1-2 0-0 1-1 1-2 3 4 3 0 2 0 0 5 11-18 @ SH 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 12 2017 18: 11-22 KU 3-4 0-0 0-0 1-5 6 1 6 0 0 1 1 14 • Last 5 G: Averaging 5.6 ppg on 13-for-17 (.765) shoo ng... started season at 2.3 ppg though fi rst 3 contests 11-25 DU 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 3 4 0 0 0 1 11 • Has recorded at least 1 point and 1 rebound in all but one game (0-0 in 2 M on 11/28 vs. LIU) 11-28 LIU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 • 12/3 vs. UMass Lowell: Tied his career-high with 16 points on 7-of-9 FG in just 14 M; added 3 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl 11-30 @ WV 1-2 0-0 0-2 1-2 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 14 • 11/22 vs. Kean: Logged season-highs in points (6) and rebounds (6) in 14 minutes 12-3 UML 7-9 0-0 2-3 2-1 3 2 16 1 0 0 1 14 • Averaged 4.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.0 bpg in two exhibi on games; shot 4-5 FG 12-7 @ RU 12-9 IU 2016 17: 12-12 @ CU • Last 2 G: Averaged 8.0 ppg (16*), 3.0 rpg (6) and 2.0 apg (4)... *16 points exceeded total in prior 12 G (14 pts) 12-16 FDU • Scored at least 2 points in 11 of his last 17 G, averaging 2.2 ppg (37) on 17-26 FG (.654) during the span 12-22 BAC • Registered at least 1 off ensive rebound in his last 4 G (1.8) and in 6 of his last 7 G (1.3) 12-28 @ UB • Recorded at least 1 rebound in each of fi rst 12 G (0 in 4 M at Temple)... Grabbed at least 1 board in 23 of 30 G 1-3 @ BU • Averaged 1.8 rpg in 8.9 mpg this season 1-6 USCU • 2/27 vs. Lipscomb: Scored 6 points on a perfect 3-for-3 FG, anded 3 rebounds and an assist in just 7 M 1-11 @ SU • 2/23 vs. USC Upstate: Scored a season-high 10 points (5-5 FG) with 3 rebounds and a career-high 3 assists 1-13 @FGCU • 2/16: Grabbed 5 boards -- a season-high vs. a D-I foe and most since season opener -- w/ a season-high 2 blocks 1-18 UNF • 11/11 vs. Sarah Lawrence: Started season with 5 points and 7 rebounds -- one board shy of career high (8) 1-20 JU 1-24 @ KSU 2015 16: 1-27 LU • A-Sun Ranks: 14th in bpg (0.5) 1-29 KSU • In A-Sun Conference Play: Ranked T-11th in bpg (0.6), T-15 in o-rpg (1.5) and 27th in rpg (4.1) 2-3 @ LU • Last 16 G: Averaging 3.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg (56, 55) -- shoo ng 28-for-40 FG (.700) 2-8 FGCU • Led team in blocks in seven games... Also led team in scoring twice and rebounding three mes 2-10 SU • Registered at least 2 points in 22 of his fi rst 34 games of NCAA career 2-15 @ JU • 2/20 vs. Jacksonville: Scored a team-high 14 points on 6-for-7 FG; added six rebounds in 17 minutes 2-17 @ UNF • 1/27 vs. Lipscomb: Made fi rst career start; held to just 10 M due to foul trouble; 0 pts (0-0 FG), 5 reb, 2 blk 2-22 @USCU • 1/24 vs. UNF: Sha ered old career high with 16 pts (8-10 FG), added 5 reb and an assist in a career-high 24 M 2-26 TBA • 1/21 vs. Jacksonville: Tied then-career high with 6 points (3-4 FG), added 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 17 M 3-1 TBA • 1/9 vs. USCU: Recorded a career-high 4 blocks (an NJIT season high) along with 3 rebounds and an assist 3-4 TBA • 1/6 at Yale: Logged a career-high 23 minutes; contributed 2 points, 3 rebounds (all off ensive) and 2 assists • 12/30 at Saint Francis: Grabbed a career-high and a game-high tying 8 rebounds; added 4 points and a steal + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^ ed NJIT Record • 12/28 vs. Stony Brook: Scored a then career-high 6 pts (2-4 FG) & added 5 reb in a then career-high 19 M SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • 12/7 vs. Kent State: Grabbed a team-high and then career-high 7 rebounds in just 11 minutes; added 2 points • 11/24 at Providence: Best game to date, scoring 4 points (2-2 FG) with 3 rebounds and an assist, steal and block Points • 11/16 at South Florida: Scored a then career-high four points (2-3 FG) with two rebounds in 12 minutes Season: 16 vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky: Scored three points with three rebounds and a block in his NCAA debut Career: 16 (2); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Rebounds HIGH SCHOOL: Season: 6 vs. Kean University -- 11/22/17 Bendary is a 2015 graduate of St. Anthony High School in his hometown, Jersey City. He was coached at St. An- Career: 8 at Saint Francis U -- 12/30/15 thony by Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley... Bendary joins NJIT two years a er Tim Coleman, Assists a 2013 St. Anthony grad, who was a stalwart for the record-se ng 2014-15 Highlanders, who won 21 games Season: 1 (2); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 and reached the semifi nals of the na onal postseason CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT)... A member of the Career: 3 vs. USC Upstate -- 2/23/17 Na onal Honor Society in high school, Bendary has a brother and two cousins who are NJIT graduates. Blocks Season: 1 (3), last: at West Virginia -- 11/30/17 PERSONAL: Career: 4 vs. USC Upstate -- 1/9/16 Mohamed M. Bendary... son of Nabila and Mohamed Bendary... his brother and two cousins graduated from Steals NJIT... business major... born 11/18/96 in Bayonne, NJ. Season: 1 (3); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Career: 2 at Kennesaw St. -- 1/30/16 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: 14 (3); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/3/17 Career: 24 vs. Jacksonville -- 1/21/16 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^Ɵ ed NJIT D-I Record BENDARY'S CAREER STATISTICS MIN TOTAL 3-PTS F-THROWS REBOUNDS SCORING YEAR GP GS TOT AVG FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 2015-16 34 1 408 12.0 42 64 .656 0 0 .000 10 19 .526 42 65 107 3.1 85 1 20 26 18 6 94 2.8 2016-17 30 0 266 8.9 25 41 .610 0 0 .000 7 12 .583 29 24 53 1.8 49 2 13 16 9 4 57 1.9 2017-18 8 0 80 10.0 16 22 .727 0 0 .000 3 6 .500 5 16 21 2.6 20 0 2 3 3 3 35 4.4 2018-19 CAREER 72 1 754 10.5 83 127 .654 0 0 .000 20 37 .541 76 105 181 2.5 154 3 35 45 30 13 186 2.6
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS NJIT HIGHLANDERS: 2017-18 STATISTICS THE STAT CREW SYSTEM NJIT Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 03, 2017) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 5-3 5-1 0-2 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 5-3 5-1 0-2 0-0
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 12 TARKE, Anthony 8-8 216 27.0 36-93 . 3 8 7 8-32 . 2 5 0 14-26 . 5 3 8 7 32 39 4.9 21 0 12 14 10 9 94 11.8 15 WILSON, Diandre 8-8 177 22.1 32-59 . 5 4 2 10-21 . 4 7 6 16-25 . 6 4 0 3 18 21 2.6 16 0 10 15 3 14 90 11.3 00 LEWIS, Abdul 8-8 235 29.4 31-66 . 4 7 0 1-8 . 1 2 5 20-36 . 5 5 6 21 58 79 9.9 25 1 17 29 3 1 83 10.4 04 COOKS, Zach 8-0 140 17.5 18-39 . 4 6 2 9-21 . 4 2 9 12-16 . 7 5 0 2 11 13 1.6 14 0 19 13 0 12 57 7.1 11 GIBBS, Shyquan 8-8 190 23.8 17-28 . 6 0 7 8-10 . 8 0 0 7-7 1.000 1 18 19 2.4 22 1 11 7 1 9 49 6.1 23 JONES, Shawndale 8-0 94 11.8 19-43 . 4 4 2 3-10 . 3 0 0 5-6 . 8 3 3 8 8 16 2.0 7 0 7 6 1 5 46 5.8 34 BENDARY, Mohamed 8-0 80 10.0 16-22 . 7 2 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-6 . 5 0 0 5 16 21 2.6 20 0 2 3 3 3 35 4.4 10 KACHELRIES, David 7-0 58 8.3 13-21 . 6 1 9 2-5 . 4 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 2 2 4 0.6 5 0 7 4 2 7 30 4.3 03 JENKINS, Chris 8-0 87 10.9 11-24 . 4 5 8 11-23 . 4 7 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 1 6 7 0.9 7 0 4 2 0 2 33 4.1 14 WALSH, Reilly 8-8 154 19.3 13-22 . 5 9 1 3-8 . 3 7 5 2-6 . 3 3 3 2 11 13 1.6 19 0 9 11 1 9 31 3.9 32 GREER, Donovan 7-0 99 14.1 9-31 . 2 9 0 5-22 . 2 2 7 4-4 1.000 3 7 10 1.4 12 0 6 4 0 1 27 3.9 02 BRINSON, San Antoni 6-0 47 7.8 6-16 . 3 7 5 0-3 . 0 0 0 3-6 . 5 0 0 2 6 8 1.3 6 0 3 4 2 2 15 2.5 01 PRICE, Taj 5-0 23 4.6 3-5 . 6 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-4 . 7 5 0 2 4 6 1.2 4 0 3 1 0 1 9 1.8 Team 11 4 15 1 3 Total...... 0 1600 224-469 . 4 7 8 60-163 . 3 6 8 91-146 . 6 2 3 70 201 271 0.0 179 2 110 116 26 75 599 0.0 Opponents...... 0 1600 200-463 . 4 3 2 58-177 . 3 2 8 116-177 . 6 5 5 93 203 296 0.0 144 - 92 134 34 51 574 0.0
TEAM STATISTICS NJIT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 599 574 11/11/17 WAGNER L 49-60 2907 Points per game 74.9 71.8 11/14/17 LAFAYETTE W 96-80 851 Scoring margin +3.1 - 11/18/17 at Seton Hall L 53-82 6743 FIELD GOALS-ATT 224-469 200-463 11/22/17 KEAN W 116-63 200 Field goal pct . 4 7 8 . 4 3 2 11/25/17 DREXEL W 65-53 677 3 POINT FG-ATT 60-163 58-177 11/28/17 LIU BROOKLYN W 73-69 407 3-point FG pct . 3 6 8 . 3 2 8 11-30-17 at West Virginia L 69-102 8882 3-pt FG made per game 7.5 7.3 12/3/17 UMASS LOWELL W 78-65 0 FREE THROWS-ATT 91-146 116-177 Free throw pct . 6 2 3 . 6 5 5 * - Conference game F-Throws made per game 11.4 14.5 REBOUNDS 271 296 Rebounds per game 33.9 37.0 Rebounding margin -3.1 - ASSISTS 110 92 Assists per game 13.8 11.5 TURNOVERS 116 134 Turnovers per game 14.5 16.8 Turnover margin +2.3 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.7 STEALS 75 51 Steals per game 9.4 6.4 BLOCKS 26 34 Blocks per game 3.3 4.3 ATTENDANCE 5042 15625 Home games-Avg/Game 6-840 2-7812 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Totals NJIT 301 298 599 Opponents 272 302 574
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS NJIT HIGHLANDERS: 2016-17 FINAL STATISTICS THE STAT CREW SYSTEM NJIT Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 07, 2017) All games
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 11-20 8-4 2-15 1-1 CONFERENCE 3-11 3-4 0-7 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 8-9 5-0 2-8 1-1
Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 05 LYNN, Damon 21-21 718 34.2 128-341 . 3 7 5 85-243 . 3 5 0 92-106 . 8 6 8 9 37 46 2.2 31 0 72 50 3 39 433 20.6 02 COLEMAN, Tim 31-30 904 29.2 130-318 . 4 0 9 26-88 . 2 9 5 100-136 . 7 3 5 42 172 214 6.9 110 7 75 69 32 38 386 12.5 12 TARKE, Anthony 31-6 687 22.2 119-228 . 5 2 2 27-74 . 3 6 5 42-72 . 5 8 3 51 94 145 4.7 62 0 30 69 16 33 307 9.9 00 LEWIS, Abdul 31-31 850 27.4 109-245 . 4 4 5 8-30 . 2 6 7 74-111 . 6 6 7 86 178 264 8.5 101 9 44 67 16 16 300 9.7 25 UKAWUBA, Rob 31-26 763 24.6 87-191 . 4 5 5 11-46 . 2 3 9 57-93 . 6 1 3 42 92 134 4.3 73 0 54 55 5 14 242 7.8 03 JENKINS, Chris 29-8 528 18.2 64-170 . 3 7 6 54-146 . 3 7 0 2-3 . 6 6 7 5 32 37 1.3 32 0 16 17 1 5 184 6.3 23 IZEVBUWA, Osa 24-20 375 15.6 43-115 . 3 7 4 18-56 . 3 2 1 12-14 . 8 5 7 12 25 37 1.5 25 1 9 18 0 12 116 4.8 32 GREER, Donovan 4-0 41 10.3 5-19 . 2 6 3 4-16 . 2 5 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0 3 3 0.8 4 0 3 3 0 2 15 3.8 11 GIBBS, Shyquan 30-13 623 20.8 35-95 . 3 6 8 11-37 . 2 9 7 18-27 . 6 6 7 6 28 34 1.1 44 0 49 30 1 22 99 3.3 14 WALSH, Reilly 21-0 306 14.6 22-50 . 4 4 0 10-23 . 4 3 5 8-12 . 6 6 7 12 19 31 1.5 39 1 20 21 3 13 62 3.0 13 MCMILLON, James 1-0 2 2.0 1-1 1.000 0 - 0 . 0 0 0 0 - 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 . 0 34 BENDARY, Mohamed 30-0 266 8.9 25-41 . 6 1 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 7-12 . 5 8 3 29 24 53 1.8 49 2 13 16 9 4 57 1.9 01 PRICE, Taj 14-0 52 3.7 7-12 . 5 8 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 8-11 . 7 2 7 4 13 17 1.2 12 0 3 4 1 2 22 1.6 21 ALSTON, Ron 21-0 111 5.3 11-31 . 3 5 5 4-16 . 2 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 6 11 17 0.8 17 0 7 9 2 3 26 1.2 Team 53 49 102 8 2 Total...... 31 6226 786-1857 . 4 2 3 258-775 . 3 3 3 421-599 . 7 0 3 357 777 1134 36.6 599 20 395 436 89 203 2253 72.7 Opponents...... 31 6225 814-1773 . 4 5 9 254-677 . 3 7 5 438-623 . 7 0 3 257 788 1045 33.7 585 - 439 416 89 196 2320 74.8
TEAM STATISTICS NJIT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2253 2320 11/11/16 SARAH LAWRENCE W 100-38 800 Points per game 72.7 74.8 11/14/16 at Utah State L 84-93 8584 Scoring margin -2.2 - 11/17/16 at Lafayette L o t 83-84 1539 FIELD GOALS-ATT 786-1857 814-1773 11/19/16 COLGATE W 74-68 802 Field goal pct . 4 2 3 . 4 5 9 % 11/22/16 vs Georgia State L 53-74 1610 3 POINT FG-ATT 258-775 254-677 % 11/23/16 vs Idaho State W 71-67 1610 3-point FG pct . 3 3 3 . 3 7 5 2 11/26/16 at Purdue L 68-79 10479 3-pt FG made per game 8.3 8.2 11/30/16 SAINT FRANCIS U W 83-70 752 FREE THROWS-ATT 421-599 438-623 12/3/16 at UMass Lowell W 75-74 1267 Free throw pct . 7 0 3 . 7 0 3 12/06/16 at Minnesota L 68-74 8189 F-Throws made per game 13.6 14.1 12/10/16 at Kent State L 71-87 2388 REBOUNDS 1134 1045 12/14/16 at Iona College L 80-94 1107 Rebounds per game 36.6 33.7 12/17/16 at Temple L 63-68 4934 Rebounding margin +2.9 - 12/22/16 DEAN COLLEGE (MA) W 92-50 400 ASSISTS 395 439 12/28/16 at Stony Brook W 64-61 3130 Assists per game 12.7 14.2 01/04/17 BROWN W 75-73 475 TURNOVERS 436 416 * 01/07/17 at USC Upstate L 65-75 354 Turnovers per game 14.1 13.4 * 01/12/17 JACKSONVILLE L 81-82 387 Turnover margin -0.6 - * 01/14/17 NORTH FLORIDA W 84-78 812 Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 1.1 * 01/19/17 at Stetson L 76-82 985 STEALS 203 196 * 01/21/17 at FGCU L 71-84 4545 Steals per game 6.5 6.3 * 01/25/17 at Kennesaw State L 65-71 771 BLOCKS 89 89 * 01/28/17 LIPSCOMB L 62-66 599 Blocks per game 2.9 2.9 * 01/30/17 KENNESAW STATE L 53-54 657 ATTENDANCE 7693 58872 * 02/04/17 at LIPSCOMB L 63-87 1737 Home games-Avg/Game 12-641 17-3274 * 02/09/17 at North Florida L 69-91 2011 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 2-1610 * 02/11/17 at Jacksonville University L 73-76 1176 * 02/16/17 FGCU L 73-80 577 Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals * 02/18/17 STETSON W 60-56 755 NJIT 1051 1196 6 2253 * 02/23/17 USC UPSTATE W 88-87 677 Opponents 1107 1206 7 2320 02/27/17 at LIPSCOMB L 66-97 2456
* = Conference game % = Cancun Challenge
#PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 9: AT RUTGERS 2017-18 NJIT HIGHLANDERS HEAD SHOT CHART
HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH DIR, BASKETBALL OPS BRIAN KENNEDY JEFF RAFFERTY STEPHEN SAUERS KIM WAITERS JOE GUTOWSKI
ABDUL TAJ SAN ANTONIO CHRIS ZACH 0 LEWIS 1 PRICE 2 BRINSON 3 JENKINS 4 COOKS
DAVID SHYQUAN ANTHONY REILLY DIANDRE 10 KACHELRIES 11 GIBBS 12 TARKE 14 WALSH 15 WILSON
SHAWNDALE DONOVAN MOHAMED MBB CONTACT NJIT SPORTS INFO 23 JONES 32 GREER 34 BENDARY MATT PROVENCE STEPHANIE PILLARI
#PROTECTTHEWEC