NJIT Highlanders Men's Basketball GAME 24: NJIT (12-11, 3-4) at Lipscomb University (7-17, 3-4) Monday, Feb. 1, 2016 • 7:30 PM (CT) • Allen Arena • Nashville, TN • ESPN3 2015-16 Record|ASC:...... 12-11 | 3-4 2015-16 Record|ASC:...... 7-17 | 3-4 ASC Rank (Preseason):...... T-4th (3rd) ASC Rank (Preseason):...... T-4th (4th) NCAA RPI:...... 194 NCAA RPI:...... 272 2014-15 Record|ASC:...... 21-12 | n/a 2014-15 Record|ASC:...... 14-17 | 7-7 All-time vs. ASC:...... 3-4 All-time vs. NJIT:...... 1-0 Head Coach:...... Jim Engles Head Coach:...... Casey Alexander Record at NJIT (8th):...... 103-135 Record at LU (3rd):...... 36-49 Career Record (8th):...... 103-135 Career Record (5th):...... 60-85 2015 CIT SEMIFINALISTS • MEMBER OF THE ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE SINCE 2015

2015-16 SCHEDULE BROADCAST INFORMATION: RECORDS NOVEMBER (4-3) Video: ESPN3 (WatchESPN app) Jonathan Seamon (play-by-play), Justin Seamon (analysis) Overall 12-11 14 at Kentucky L, 87-57 Audio: njithighlanders.com (FREE) Matt Provence (play-by-play) Home 6-5 16 at South Florida W, 60-57 Away 6-6 19 BOSTON UNIVERSITY W, 90-76 HIGHLIGHTS: Conference 3-4 21 LAFAYETTE W, 80-66  Lipscomb leads the season series and all-time series against NJIT, 1-0, after an 81-72 win at Home 1-3 23 at Providence L, 83-76 Fleisher Athletic Center on Jan. 27. Away 2-1 27 at Albany L, 74-73 Non-Conf. 9-7  29 MAINE-FORT KENT W, 89-60 NJIT is at the halfway point of its Atlantic Sun schedule. The Highlanders are 3-4 after playing Home 5-2 each team once -- which is good for a share of fourth place in conference standings. DECEMBER (4-3) Away 4-5  NJIT is 6-6 on the road this season. Win a win tonight, the Highlanders will set a new Current streak W1 5 UMASS LOWELL W, 90-77 program record for road wins (7) in a season. Previously, they won six in 2013-14 & 2014-15. Long. W streak W3 7 KENT STATE L, 80-75  NJIT leads the A-Sun in road wins (6). First-place North Florida is second (5) with a 5-6 record. Long. L streak L2 10 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 92-86 OT Leading at Half 8-1 12 at Columbia L, 65-56  NJIT has never trailed in any of its three conference wins this season: a 71-59 win at Stetson on Tailing at Half 4-9 20 at St. John’s W, 83-74 Jan. 16, an 83-63 win against Jacksonville on Jan. 21 and a 75-67 win at Kennesaw St. on Saturday. Tied at Half 0-1 28 STONY BROOK L, 83-61  NJIT finished 4-5 in January -- its first sub-.500 month since December ’14 -- after winning re- Overtime 1-1 30 at St. Francis U. W, 77-65 cords in all five in-season months in 2015: Jan. (6-1), Feb. (5-1), March (4-1), Nov. (4-3) & Dec (4-3). Travel Days 1-1 JANUARY (4-5) Day 7-1  In its Division-I history, NJIT is now 27-22 (.551) all-time in conference play -- with all but its most Night (6 PM on) 5-10 2 UMBC W, 86-83 recent seven A-Sun games during its four official seasons in the now-defunct Great West Conference. 6 at Yale L, 83-65 Ranked Teams 0-1  9 USC UPSTATE* L, 80-78 Senior Ky Howard needs just seven points to become the fifth Highlander in the D-I era to Power Conf. 2-2 reach the 1,000-point milestone, joining Jheryl Wilson ‘11 (1359), Isaiah Wilkerson ’12 (1577), 14 at Florida Gulf Coast* L, 82-78 OT All-Time (D-I) 108-188 Chris Flores ‘13 (1724) and Damon Lynn ’17 (1463). 16 at Stetson* W, 71-59 Division I 84-188 21 JACKSONVILLE* W, 83-63  Since Dec. 30, 2014, the Highlanders have won 28 of their last 42 (66.7%) games. Non Division I 24-0 24 NORTH FLORIDA* L, 94-80 27 LIPSCOMB* L, 81-72 PROBABLE STARTERS 30 at Kennesaw State* W, 75-67 No. Name PO YR HT WT Notes FEBRUARY (0-0) 0 Ky Howard G Sr. 6-4 185 • A-Sun: 3rd apg (4.5), 10th FT% (.767), 12th FG% (.492), 15th ppg (13.0) 1 at Lipscomb* 7:30 p.m. NJIT’s D-I career • Last 9 G: Avg’g 13.1 ppg, 43-52 FT... 4th in NJIT’s D-I era in reb (479) 6 KENNESAW STATE* 4:00 p.m. assists leader (360) • Just 7 points away from becoming NJIT’s 5th 1,000-point D-I scorer 11 STETSON* 7:00 p.m. 2 Tim Coleman F Jr. 6-5 210 • A-Sun: T4th in bpg (0.9), 5th spg (1.5), 5th rpg (7.2), 11th ppg (14.3) 13 FLORIDA GULF COAST* 4:00 p.m. • L9: 15.3 ppg, 49-94 FG (.521), 16-36 3FG... 10+ pts in each of last 11 G 18 at North Florida* 2:00 p.m. • vs. JU (1/21): 10 pts, 12 reb (4th dbl-dbl this year; 7th of career) 20 at Jacksonville* 7:00 p.m. 5 Damon Lynn G Jr. 5-11 165 • A-Sun: 2nd in 3PT/G (3.5), 3rd spg (1.6), 5th ppg (17.7), 10th apg (3.3) 25 at USC Upstate* 7:00 p.m. Preseason All A-Sun • L9: 18.7 ppg (6 G w/ 20+ pts)... Career: At least 1 3FG in 83 of 85 G MARCH (0-0) NJIT 3FG King (313) • D-I Act. Career Rnk: 1st in 3FG/G (3.7), 1st in 3FG (313), 12th ppg (17.5) 1-6 Atlantic Sun Tournament (sites TBD) 15 Terrence Smith F Jr. 6-6 195 • Leads A-Sun in FG% (.583)... ‘13-14: Ranked 3rd in NCAA (.629) • L4: 11.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg... L7: 9.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 0.8 apg, 33-46 FG (.717) HOME GAMES IN CAPS • Missed all ‘14-15 after surgery to repair Jones fracture (foot) *Atlantic Sun Conference Game 24 Manny Tselentakis G Sr. 6-5 205 • Last 4 G: 3.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg... Grabbed at least 2 o-reb in each of L4 (2.8) • In his 15 starts: Avg’g 2.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 1.1 apg in 15.5 mpg • vs. UMFK (11/29): C-h in ast (6); s-h in pts (10) & stl (4), added 5 reb REST OF ROTATION No. Name PO YR HT WT Notes 3 Chris Jenkins G/F So. 6-4 215 • Last 5 G: 9.8 ppg, 1.0 apg, 1.2 spg... L14: 8.2 ppg in 17.9 mpg • C-h 19 pts at SJU, 12/20 (7-8, 5-6)... DNP ‘14-15 (transfer from Hofstra) #NewarksTeam 11 Winfield Willis G Sr. 6-0 180 • Preseason All A-Sun... Tore achilles 12/7... Last 7 G: 12.3 ppg, .466 FG 23 Osa Izevbuwa G Jr. 6-3 230 • Last 7 G: 6 pts, 7 reb in 35 minutes... Prior 4 G: 4.8 ppg and 2.5 rpg 25 Rob Ukawuba G Jr. 6-3 210 • L4: 12.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 16-32 FG... vs. LU (1/27): 13 pts in 1st career GS MBB CONTACT: • at PC (11/23): Career-high 20 pts (6-8, 4-6, 4-5) with 4 reb in 22 M MATT PROVENCE 33 Vlad Shustov F So. 6-9 225 • at KSU (1/30): First GS of career; notched 4 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast in 11 M CELL: 610-504-1037 • Missed 9 G, 12/28-1/23 (plantar faciitis)... vs. UMFK: C-h 7 reb; 3 blk [email protected] 34 Mohamed Bendary F Fr. 6-9 235 • L4: 6.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg (12-17 FG)... vs. LU (1/27): 1st GS (0 pts, 5 reb)

@NJITHoops • vs. UNF (1/24): Career-high 16 pts (8-10 FG); Played for Bob Hurley in HS 2015-16 HIGHLANDERS @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB

A-SUN PRESEASON POLLS ATLANTIC SUN STANDINGS Conference Overall OSPREYS SWEEP PRESEASON Standings Rec Win % PF PA Rec Win % PF PA Home Away Neut L10 STK POLLS, SUPERLATIVES North Florida 7-0 1.000 88.9 75.1 18-6 .750 85.6 77.4 11-0 5-6 2-0 8-2 W 8 Jacksonville 5-2 .714 74.3 72.3 13-11 .542 74.8 73.2 10-0 3-9 0-2 7-3 W 3 MACON, Ga. - North Florida enters the FGCU 4-3 .571 78.3 73.1 13-10 .565 77.5 71.2 11-4 2-5 0-1 7-3 L 3 2015-16 Atlantic Sun Men’s Basketball NJIT 3-4 .429 76.7 75.1 12-11 .522 76.0 75.0 6-5 6-6 0-0 5-5 W 1 season as the favorites to repeat after gar- Lipscomb 3-4 .429 85.3 85.6 7-17 .292 78.3 80.9 4-6 2-8 1-3 3-7 L 1 nering first place in both preseason coach- Stetson 2-5 .286 73.0 83.1 8-15 .348 79.0 83.0 5-4 2-10 1-1 4-6 L 2 es’ and media polls. USC Upstate 2-5 .286 74.1 82.3 8-16 .333 72.7 77.6 5-8 3-8 0-0 5-5 W 1 The defending regular season and tour- Kennesaw State 2-5 .286 78.3 82.1 6-17 .261 70.5 79.0 5-6 1-11 0-0 3-7 L 1 nament champions secured seven of the A-SUN OFFENSIVE RANKINGS eight first place votes in the coaches’ poll, RK NAME GP FG PCT 3PT PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS while picking up 24 of the 31 first place 1 North Florida 24 716-1468 48.8 303-707 42.9 320-430 74.4 8.5 26.3 34.8 17.2 11.0 5.4 5.5 15.9 85.6 votes in the media poll. FGCU came in sec- 2 Stetson 23 638-1434 44.5 193-549 35.2 347-483 71.8 9.9 25.2 35.1 15.7 13.2 7.0 2.1 17.2 79.0 ond in both polls, as the Eagles collected 3 Lipscomb 24 636-1467 43.4 263-692 38.0 344-484 71.1 9.5 26.2 35.7 17.3 13.5 6.5 3.0 19.0 78.3 4 FGCU 23 666-1434 46.4 134-374 35.8 317-488 65.0 12.6 28.7 41.2 13.7 13.2 7.0 4.1 19.3 77.5 the final first place vote in the coaches’ poll 5 NJIT 23 592-1343 44.1 203-579 35.1 360-476 75.6 10.1 25.3 35.4 15.7 13.4 6.8 2.7 19.7 76.0 and six first place nods in the media poll. 6 Jacksonville 24 640-1481 43.2 223-556 40.1 293-446 65.7 10.2 28.3 38.5 12.9 11.5 6.2 2.8 18.6 74.8 League newcomer NJIT earned the final 7 USC Upstate 24 645-1430 45.1 172-485 35.5 282-441 63.9 13.5 24.8 38.3 15.9 14.3 5.6 3.3 19.3 72.7 first place vote in the media poll. 8 Kennesaw State 23 589-1345 43.8 139-372 37.4 305-448 68.1 10.1 23.1 33.2 12.2 14.0 6.9 3.3 19.7 70.5 A-SUN DEFENSIVE RANKINGS Preseason Coaches Poll RK NAME GP FG PCT 3PT PCT OFF DEF REB MRGN AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Rank (1st-Place Votes) Total Pts 1 FGCU 23 588-1418 41.5 154-502 30.7 11.8 25.0 36.8 4.4 11.9 13.4 6.9 3.2 18.3 71.2 2 Jacksonville 24 622-1447 43.0 207-599 34.6 9.8 28.8 38.5 0.0 14.0 12.7 4.8 3.0 18.2 73.3 1. North Florida (7) 63 3 NJIT 23 595-1382 43.1 208-591 35.2 12.3 24.7 36.9 -1.5 15.2 13.5 6.0 3.9 19.1 75.0 2. FGCU (1) 54 4 North Florida 24 724-1613 44.9 138-428 32.2 13.9 25.3 39.2 -4.3 14.5 11.1 6.2 2.6 18.2 77.4 3. NJIT 49 5 USC Upstate 24 657-1441 45.6 220-578 38.1 11.7 24.0 35.7 2.6 17.5 11.7 7.0 3.2 16.4 77.6 4. Lipscomb 42 6 Kennesaw State 23 656-1390 47.2 169-493 34.3 12.9 26.0 38.9 -5.7 14.0 13.0 7.2 3.3 18.6 79.0 5. Jacksonville 28 7 Lipscomb 24 665-1497 44.4 221-610 36.2 11.5 27.8 39.3 -3.6 16.1 13.7 6.6 4.2 19.6 80.9 8 Stetson 23 728-1521 47.9 181-512 35.4 12.1 28.2 40.3 -5.1 16.6 13.2 6.9 4.8 18.5 83.0 6. USC Upstate 26 T7. Kennesaw State 13 SCORING REBOUNDING ASSISTS STEALS T7. Stetson 13 RK NAME SCH PPG RK NAME SCH RPG RK NAME SCH APG RK NAME SCH SPG 1 D Moore UNF 20.1 1 B Pegg SU 9.7 1 D Moore UNF 5.9 1 D Fernandez JU 1.7 Preseason Media Poll 2 K Ray KSU 18.5 2 M Norelia FGCU 8.7 2 N Moran LU 4.9 2 D Myles SU 1.7 3 Y Brown KSU 18.3 3 E Pepper LU 8.1 3 K Howard NJIT 4.5 3 D Lynn NJIT 1.6 Rank (1st-Place Votes) Total Pts 4 K Babineaux JU 18.0 4 C Davenport UNF 7.5 4 A Rivera SU 4.4 4 K Ray KSU 1.5 5 D Lynn NJIT 17.7 5 T Coleman NJIT 7.2 5 D Myles SU 4.3 5 T Coleman NJIT 1.5 1. North Florida (24) 235 6 J Hampton LU 16.3 6 A Williams KSU 6.3 6 K Babineaux JU 3.7 6 N Moran LU 1.4 2. FGCU (6) 208 7 B Beech UNF 16.0 7 B Beech UNF 6.3 7 R Reid FGCU 3.7 7 C Terrell FGCU 1.3 3. Lipscomb 156 8 M Norelia FGCU 15.8 8 M White JU 5.9 8 C Davenport UNF 3.6 8 B Beech UNF 1.3 4. NJIT (1) 154 9 M White JU 15.8 9 D Daniels UNF 5.8 9 J Span USCU 3.3 9 C Miller LU 1.3 5. USC Upstate 136 10 D Newton SU 15.7 10 D Newton SU 5.7 10 D Lynn NJIT 3.3 10 A Rivera SU 1.3 6. Jacksonville 96 7. Kennesaw State 73 JUNE 12, 2015 8. Stetson 58

Preseason Individual Honors NJIT ATHLETICS FINDS Preseason Player of the Year: ITS HOME IN THE SUN Beau Beech, North Florida NEWARK, NJ — The Atlantic Sun Conference and New Jer- NJIT’s journey officially began in February 2003, when Defensive Player of the Year: sey Institute of Technology held a news conference Friday the Board of Trustees unanimously approved a plan to re- Demarcus Daniels, North Florida on the NJIT campus to announce that the Highlanders will classify men’s soccer to Division I from Division II. Within become the eighth full member institution of the Atlantic two years, the NCAA approved NJIT’s request to begin the Preseason All-ConferenceTeam Sun, effective July 1, 2015. reclassification process for its entire athletics program. “It has been an almost 10-year journey to find the right Men’s soccer began Division I competition in 2004 Position, Name, School, Year conference home for our athletic teams and I am excited and the remaining programs began Division I competition *G, Julian DeBose, FGCU, Sr. that the Atlantic Sun is that home,” said NJIT Director of in 2006-07. Men’s soccer became Division I championship- Athletics Lenny Kaplan. eligible in 2005 and women’s soccer followed in 2007. *G, Kori Babineaux, Jacksonville, Sr. NJIT will compete for Atlantic Sun championships in The remaining programs, operating under a longer *G, Josh Williams, Lipscomb, Jr. six men’s sports and seven women’s sports in the 2015-16 NCAA-mandated reclassification process, became champi- *G, Damon Lynn, NJIT, Jr. seasons. The number will grow to seven men’s sports and onship-eligible as of September 1, 2009. *F/G, Beau Beech, North Florida, Sr. 14 total in 2016-17, when men’s soccer, which has been This new affiliation with the Atlantic Sun Conference *G, Dallas Moore, North Florida, Jr. in the Sun Belt Conference since 2014, transitions to the marks the first time that NJIT has been a full member of an PG, Yonel Brown, Kennesaw State, Sr. A-Sun in the fall of 2016. automatic qualifying NCAA Division I multisport conference. G, Winfield Willis, NJIT, Sr. As one of 32 multisport conferences in NCAA Division The other members of the Atlantic Sun are (listed alpha- I, the Atlantic Sun’s champions receive automatic qualifying betically): Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers); Jack- F, Demarcus Daniels, North Florida, Sr. berths into NCAA Division I postseason championship play. sonville (FL) University; Kennesaw (GA) State University; F, Chris Davenport, North Florida, Jr. In addition to championship and postseason opportunities Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN); University of North for teams, individual student-athletes from NJIT will be eli- Florida (Jacksonville); University of South Carolina Upstate * Denotes unanimous selection gible for conference honors on a weekly and seasonal basis. (Spartanburg); and, Stetson University (DeLand, FL). @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB HIGHLANDERS BY THE NUMBERS NJIT: QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location: University Heights, Newark, NJ 3 6 7 103 313 Founded: 1881 Conference Atlan- Road wins for Points needed by Wins by Jim Three-pointers made Enrollment: 7,550 (undergraduate); 3,096 (graduate) tic Sun conference NJIT, which ties senior Ky Howard Engles in his head by Damon Lynn Nickname/Colors: Highlanders/Red and White (Blue accent) wins for NJIT, the program record to reach 1,000 in coaching career; in his career -- the Affiliation: NCAA Division I which has not (‘13-14; ‘14-15) his career. He would reached 100 with most by any D-I Transition to Division I: 2006-07 trailed in any of and is the most in become the 5th an 86-83 win over player in the NCAA Conference: Atlantic Sun (1st season) these three games. the A-Sun in ‘15-16. in NJIT’s D-1 era. UMBC on 1/2. during the span. University President: Dr. Joel Bloom EdD Director of Athletics: Lenny Kaplan A FEW MORE HIGHLIGHTS...: Athletic Dept. Phone: 973-596-3636 NJIT website: www.njit.edu  Prior to this season, the Highlanders had never played a D-I game against A-Sun team, either past or Athletics website: www.njithighlanders.com current members; though they lost, 73-63, in a D-II game against North Florida on Jan. 3, 2004, in Fort My- Tickets website: www.njittix.com ers in a tournament hosted by FGCU. Twitter: @NJITHoops  The double-double for Tim Coleman vs. Jacksonville (10 points, 12 rebounds) was the fourth of his Facebook: NJIT Men’s Basketball season and seventh of his career -- both are team-highs among active Highlanders. HEAD COACH JIM ENGLES  NJIT is 2-5 all-time in Florida -- but 2-1 this season, including a 60-57 win at South Florida on Nov. 16. Alma Mater: Dickinson ’90 The first four losses came in tournaments hosted by UCF prior to the Jim Engles era. Seasons: 8th at NJIT/8th overall  The Highlanders finished their rigorous non-conference schedule at 9-7, their best all-time start Career Record: 103-135 (.433) / 238 games through 16 games of a season. Atlantic Sun Record: 3-4 FEAST OR FAMINE: TEAM INFORMATION The Highlanders have played to extremes in their seven A-Sun conference games this season. Assistant Coaches: Brian Kennedy, Jesse Agel, Kim Waiters  In their three wins, NJIT has never trailed. They’ve held a lead for a combined 116:45 of the 120:00 Dir. of Basketball Ops: Andrew McGlynn minutes (97.3%) in these games, while being tied for the other combined 3:15 (2.7%). Athletic Trainer: Matt Koscs 2014-15 Record: 21-12  In their four losses, NJIT has rarely held a lead. They’ve trailed for a combined 146:48 of the 185:00 2014-15 Postseason: 3-1 (advanced to semifinals of CIT) minutes (89.0%) in these games, while being ahead for a combined 8:27 (5.1%) and tied for the remaining Final RPI: 134 9:45 (5.9%). Returning/Lost (Starters): 9/2 (4/1) DEFENSE WINS...: PROGRAM RECORDS In their three A-Sun victories -- in which they’ve never trailed -- the Highlanders have held their opponents to a combined .367 FG% (61-for-166) and .355 3FG% (27-for-76)... In their four conference defeats, op- Inaugural Season: 1922 ponents have shot .494 FG% (120-for-243) and .405 3FG% (47-for-116). All-Time Record: 878-782 (.529) / 1660 games Pre-NCAA (1922-73): 264-270 (.494) KENNESAW STATE-MENTS: Division III Era (1974-96): 118-133 (.470) Some takeaways from the Highlanders’ 75-67 win at Kennesaw State on Saturday: Division II Era (1997-06): 118-133 (.470) • Despite NJIT holding a 19-point lead (29-10) in the first half (9:27), KSU tied the game 43-43 with Division I Era (2006-pres): 108-188 (.365) / 296 games 13:57 remaining. The Highlanders then went on a 6-0 run -- and a 14-5 spurt over a longer stretch -- to Vs. Division I Teams: 84-188 (.309) / 272 games outscore the Owls, 32-24 from that point on, Vs. Division III Teams: 18-0 (1.000) Vs. Non NCAA Teams: 6-0 (1.000) • The Highlanders fell just short (35-34) of out-rebounding their opponent for a fifth consecutive game. Conference Titles (Reg): 1 (Great West 2012-13) Even so, NJIT has a 189-164 (+5.0) rebounding edge in its last five games. Conference Titles (Tour): 0 • Junior Damon Lynn scored 19 of his game-high 22 points in the second half and finished 11-for-13 from the line. The A-Sun’s fifth-leading scorer (17.7 ppg) has now scored 20+ points in 10 games FLEISHER ATHLETIC CENTER this season. Year Opened: 1967 Capacity: 1,500 • Junior Rob Ukawuba scored in double-digits (17 points) for the third time in the last four games, dur- Home Record (D-I Era): 73-55* (.570) / 128 games ing which time he averages 12.5 ppg on 16-for-32 (.500). Home Record (Engles): 70-43* (.619) / 113 games • Sophomore Vlad Shustav (4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists in 11 minutes) made his first career start. Home Record (Conference): 17-6** (.739) *Does not include 0-9 in home games at Prudential Center • Junior Terrence Smith did not play for a second straight game due to knee soreness. Over his past **Does not include 0-2 in conference home games at Prudential Center seven games, the junior has hit 33-of-46 FG (.717). SPORTS INFORMATION MOHAMED, A LOW-POST PROPHET?: Asst. AD, Sports Info: Tim Camp Freshman Mohamed Bendary, who didn’t play much high school basketball while at St. Anthony’s of Phone / Email: 973-596-8461 / [email protected] Jersey City, has started to blossom. He scored a career-high 16 points on 8-of-10 FG while grabbing five Assistant SID: Stephanie Pillari rebounds against UNF on Jan. 24. Over his last four games, the 6’9” big is averaging 6.0 ppg on 12-of-17 Phone / Email: 973-596-8324 / [email protected] shooting (.706) and 4.8 rpg... In fact, over his last 11 games, he’s at 3.5 ppg and 4.6 rpg in just 15.9 mpg. Men’s BB Contact: Matt Provence CEASE AND ASSIST!: Phone / Email: 610-504-1037 / [email protected] Including a season-high 24 assists on Jan. 21 vs. Jacksonville, the Highlanders are averaging 18.0 apg over ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE their past four games (72) -- a span that also included 17 assists against both UNF (Jan. 24) and Lipscomb Established: 1978 (Jan. 27)... Currently, the Highlanders rank 24th in the nation in assists (362) and 54th in assists per game Former Name: Trans America Athletic Conf. (1978–01) (15.7)... Individually, senior Ky Howard ranks third in the A-Sun at 4.5 apg and junior Damon Lynn ranks 10th at 3.3 apg... Last season, NJIT finished 36th in the nation in assists per game (14.9). Number of Teams: 8 Headquarters: Macon, Georgia PUTTING THE 'FREE' IN 'FREE THROWS': Commissioner: Ted Gumbart (since 2007) NJIT currently leads the A-Sun and ranks 16th in the nation in free-throw percentage at .756... Individu- Asst Commissioner (Media): Patrick McCoy ally, junior Damon Lynn ranks fifth in the A-Sun and 116th in the nation (.827), while junior Tim Coleman Website: www.atlanticsun.org ranks eighth in the A-Sun and 197th in the nation (.796)... Senior Winfield Willis is at .955 (21-for-22), but ‘14-15 Champions: North Florida doesn’t have enough attempts to qualify (min. of 2.5 made per game). @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB

RHYMIN' & STEALIN': SCORING LEADERS (ALL-TIME) NJIT has two players in the Top 5 in the A-Sun in steals: junior Damon Lynn (3rd, 1.6 spg) and junior Tim Coleman (5th; 1.5 spg)... In fact, Lynn has recorded exactly two thefts in each of the past six games... In the NJIT 86-83 Rk Points Name Years victory over UMBC on Jan. 2, Lynn tied the NJIT single-game record with six steals -- which is the most in a D-I game 1 2028 Clarence Pierce 1992-96 in the A-Sun this season and tied for the most overall with USC Upstate’s Malik Moore, who recorded six thefts in a game against Toccoa Falls College (NCCAA) on Nov. 30. 2 1909 Demond Cowins 2000-04 KY HOWARD: HIGHLANDER HELPER!: 3 1875 Chris Miles 1985-89 On Jan. 6 at Yale, senior guard Ky Howard became NJIT’s Division-I career assist leader at 331, moving past Chris 4 1755 Lance Andrews 1989-93 Flores ‘13 (330) to first place. The Philadelphia native is also the active leader among all A-Sun players with 360. 5 1724 Chris Flores 2009-13 Currently, Howard ranks fifth in the A-Sun this season with 98 assists -- a total that places him 83rd among all NCAA D-I men’s basketball players. He also holds the NJIT single-game assist record of 11, set on Dec. 23, 2014, at #7 6 1638 Tom Callagher 1981-85 Villanova (ironically, against a Wildcats team for which his brother, Ashley, serves as an assistant coach). The business 7 1617 Clayton Barker 2002-07 management major set the season assist record with 105 in 2013-14, a mark that was toppled by teammate Damon Lynn’s 123 the following year (2014-15). 8 1577 Isaiah Wilkerson 2008-12 In the school’s all-time assist records, which span back to 1922 and include NJIT’s pre-NCAA program along with 9 1485 Damon Lynn 2013-pres. its Division I, II and III eras, Howard ranks sixth (356) behind leader Lance Andrews ‘93 (611). 10 1390 Warren Rodgers 1983-87 Jim Engles on Howard: “He has developed every year and has been a great ambassador for our program. He’s a terrific individual, a terrific player and he’s been wonderful to coach. 11 1359 Jheryl Wilson 2007-11 KY COUNTDOWNS CONTINUE: 12 1345 Andrew South 1992-95 Now that senior point guard Ky Howard is NJIT’s all-time Division-I assist leader (360), he needs another two helpers 13 1250 Reggie James 1985-89 to crack the Top 5 all-time, which includes the program’s pre-NCAA, D-I, D-II and D-III eras dating back to 1922 (Rus- 14 1231 Ken Chance 1982-86 sell Murdock ‘92 has 361)... The Philadelphia native is also just seventh points away from 1,000 in his career, which would make him the fifth member of NJIT’s 1,000-point club at the Division I level and the program’s 27th all-time. 15 1224 Bob Zanzalari 1978-82 LYNN-SANITY, PART 1: SCORER 16 1202 Marc Milbourne Swan 2003-07 Junior guard Damon Lynn, whose 17.7 ppg ranks 5th in the A-Sun and 90th in the nation, has scored in double figures 17 1192 Sal Gagliardo 1981-85 in 34 of his last 36 games going back to 2014-15. During this span, which started Jan. 19, 2015, Lynn is averaging 18 1179 Kraig Peters 2004-08 18.4 ppg (661)... In his career, he has scored 20+ points in 36 of his 85 games and 30+ in three affairs (34, 32, 32). • Lynn has scored 20+ points in six of his last nine games, averaging 18.7 ppg during the span. 19 1177 Phil Renaud 2000-04 • Lynn currently sits in 9th place on NJIT’s all-time career scoring list (1,485). 20 1143 Larry Tosato 1952-56 • He became NJIT’s all-time 3PT leader (313) when he passed Clarence Pierce ‘96 (259) on Nov. 29. • Lynn had a remarkable streak of 72 straight games with at least one three-pointer made snapped by UNF. Still, BOLD indicates all points scored in D-I era in his 84-game NCAA career, he has only had one other game without a trey: vs. UMass Lowell, Dec. 7, 2013. • Lynn, who finished last season ranked second in the nation at 3.8 3FG/G, is averaging 3.5 3FG/G to start the SCORING LEADERS (D-I ERA) new campaign -- which ranks second the A-Sun and eighth in the nation. Rk Points Name Years LYNN-SANITY, PART 2: ROADIE 1 1724 Chris Flores 2009-13 Including a game-high and NJIT season-high 32 points at St. John’s (Dec. 20), junior G Damon Lynn has led NJIT in 2 1577 Isaiah Wilkerson 2008-12 seven of the 11 road games this season. He posted 19 points at No. 2 Kentucky (11/14), 27 at South Florida (11/16), 24 at Providence (11/23) and 23 at UAlbany (11/27)... For the season, he’s averaging 20.3 ppg (244) while shooting 3 1485 Damon Lynn 2013-pres. .395 3FG (47-119) in 12 road games; 14.8 ppg (163) while shooting .295 3FG (33-112) in 11 home games. 4 1359 Jheryl Wilson 2007-11 "I'M A COLE-MAN!" 5 993 Ky Howard 2012-pres. Over his last nine games, junior Tim Coleman is averaging 15.3 ppg (138) while shooting an impressive .521 FG (49-for- 6 898 Tim Coleman 2013-pres. 94) and .444 3FG (16-for-36)... He ranks 11th in the A-Sun in scoring at 14.3 ppg and fifth in rebounding at 7.2 rpg... Ad- ditionally, the stat-sheet stuffer places tied for fourth and blocks (0.9) and fifth in steals (1.5) per game...His double-double 7 819 PJ Miller 2009-12 vs. Jacksonville (10 points, 12 rebounds) on Jan. 21 marked his team-leading fourth of the season and the seventh of 8 729 Winfield Willis 2013-pres. his career -- both which lead all active Highlanders... In the 92-86 win at St. Francis Brooklyn on Dec. 10, both Coleman (27 points, 12 rebounds) and senior guard Ky Howard (23 pts, 10 reb) recorded double-doubles -- marking the first 3-PT FGM LEADERS (ALL-TIME) time in program history two NJIT players accomplished the feat in the same game. Rk Points Name Years WHATCHU TALKIN' ABOUT... JENKINS?: 1 313 Damon Lynn 2014-pres. Since the injury to senior Winfield Willis (12/7 vs. KSU), sophomore Chris Jenkins has averaged 9.1 ppg (109) in the 12 games. During the span, he’s shot 30-for-71 (.423) from three-point territory... The native of Hillside, N.J., 2 259 Clarence Pierce 1992-96 was named Atlantic Sun Co-Newcomer of the Week on Dec. 21... In his first game with extended minutes this season, 3 237 Chris Flores 2009-13 Jenkins scored a career-high 19 points (7-for-8 FG; 5-for-6 3FG) in the victory at St. John’s on Dec. 20... His previous 4 229 Lance Andrews 1989-93 career high was 17 points, scored as a member of the Hofsta Pride against Monmouth in his NCAA debut on Nov. 8, 2013. The five three-pointers drained tied Jenkins’ career high from his first collegiate game. 5 210 Clayton Barker 2002-07 BOLD indicates all 3-PT FGM in D-I era

LYNN AMONG ACTIVE D-I CAREER LEADERS ASSIST LEADERS (ALL-TIME) 3FGM/GAME 3FGM PPG Rk Points Name Years 1 Damon Lynn , NJIT 3.68 1 Damon Lynn , NJIT 313 1 James Daniel , Howard 20.9 1 611 Lance Andrews 1989-93 2 Jaylen Bland , UC Riverside 3.33 2 Tanner Samson , Elon 308 2 Obi Emegano , Oral Roberts 20.1 3 Andrew Rowsey , Marquette 3.30 3 Brian Sullivan , Davidson 304 3 Andrew Rowsey , Marquette 19.7 2 485 Joe Marcotte 1993-95 4 Chase Fischer , BYU 3.07 4 Buddy Hield , Oklahoma 289 4 Stefan Moody , Ole Miss 19.3 3 388 Clayton Barker 2002-07 5 Jordan Howard , Central Ark. 3.00 5 Beau Beech , North Florida 284 5 Zeek Woodley , Northwestern St. 19.1 4 379 Ahmad Rasool 2000-03 6 Jared Brownridge , Santa Clara 2.92 6 Shane Richards , Manhattan 283 6 Ladarius Tabb , Alabama A&M 19.0 5 361 Russell Murdock 1989-92 7 Wesley Person , Troy 2.78 7 Adam Smith , Georgia Tech 271 7 QJ Peterson , VMI 18.9 8 Trent Mackey , North Florida 2.78 8 A.J. English , Iona 266 8 John Brown , High Point 18.7 6 360 Ky Howard 2012-pres. 9 James Daniel , Howard 2.77 9 Kellen Dunham , Butler 264 9 Trey Freeman , Old Dominion 18.2 7 332 Clarence Pierce 1992-96 10 Brian Sullivan , Davidson 2.74 10 Micah Mason , Duquesne 259 12 Damon Lynn , NJIT 17.5 BOLD indicates all 3-PT FGM in D-I era @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB RPI RISERS: A-SUN TEAMS RPI REBOUND LEADERS (D-I) The Highlanders have started the season at 12-11 through 23 games, despite a challeng- North Florida 101 ing schedule (five of the opponents made the NCAA Tournament last season, while five Rk Points Name Years NJIT 194 others had postseason tournament berths)... They currently hold a ranking of 194 in the 1 616 Isaiah Wilkerson 2008-12 NCAA Division I Rating Percentage Index (RPI)... In the initial rankings (Nov. 30), NJIT FGCU 220 ranked 59th -- the highest the Highlanders have appeared at any point of the program’s 2 492 Jheryl Wilson 2007-11 Jacksonville 263 history... Last season, the Highlanders finished with a final NCAA RPI of 134 -- eas- 3 482 Dan Stonkus 2006-10 ily shattering the program’s previous season-ending high of 298 in 2012-13. The mark Lipscomb 272 represented the sixth highest RPI increase in Division I from the prior season (306). 4 479 Ky Howard 2012-pres. Kennesaw St. 273 5 471 Chris Flores 2009-13 TOUGH ROAD SCHEDULE: Stetson 298 6 452 Tim Coleman 2013-pres. NJIT has started 6-6 on the road so far, with four losses to teams that played in a na- USC Upstate 303 tional postseason tournament last year and the other two being the Top 2 teams in the 7 436 Nesho Milosevic 2006-08 Ivy League 2015-16 preseason rankings: 8 419 Daquan Holiday 2011-15 1. Kentucky 11/14 L, 87-57 The Wildcats were ranked No. 2 in the nation (Now 14th) 2. Providence 11/23 L, 83-67 The Friars, who made the NCAAs last year, are ranked No. 12 9 336 Terrence Smith 2012-pres. 3. Albany 11/27 L, 74-73 The Danes, who’ve made the NCAAs the last 3 years, are 14-5 10 308 Odera Nweke 2011-15 4. Columbia 12/12 L, 65-56 The Lions, who were preseason No. 2 in the Ivy, are 11-6 5. Yale 1/6 L, 83-65 The Bulldogs, who were preseason No. 1 in the Ivy, are 9-5 6. FGCU 1/14 L, 82-78 The Eagles, who made the 2015 CIT, were preseason No. 2 Their first four road wins were also very impressive, defeating: South Florida (a power conference team), St. Francis Brooklyn (an NIT participant last year), St. Francis University (a CIT participant last year) and St. John’s (a BIG 2015-16 ROSTER FACTS EAST team and NCAA Tournament participant last year). (Full Roster Appears on Page 12) • With four road games remaining, NJIT has a chance to set a new all-time season record. They’ve currently tied the mark with 6 road victories, first accomplished in 2013-14 and tied in 2014-15. BY STATE/LOCATION: STRAIGHT OUTTA JERSEY: Florida (1): NJIT gets 61.3% of its scoring from New Jersey natives: juniors Damon Lynn (Hillside; 23.0%), Tim Coleman (Union; Terrence Smith 19.0%) and Rob Ukawuba (East Brunswick; 9.7%), sophomore Chris Jenkins (Hillside; 6.2%) and freshmen Mohamad Maryland (1): Bendary (Jersey City; 3.3%) and Derek McKnight (Teaneck; 0.1%). Winfield Willis "JOHNNIES" ON THE SPOT! New Jersey (8): Mohamed Bendary Several Highlanders made key contributions in NJIT’s historical 83-74 win at St. John’s on Dec. 20: Tim Coleman • Junior guard Damon Lynn’s 32 points were an NJIT season-high and two points shy of his own school record of Chris Jenkins 34 points, accomplished at North Carolina A&T on Jan. 18, 2014. In fact, it ties the second-highest, single-game Abdul Lewis scoring output in NJIT history with his 32 points against Fisher (Mass.) College on Feb. 7, 2015, and the 32 Damon Lynn points tallied by Chris Flores versus Fisher College on Jan. 30, 2013. Derek McKnight • Sophomore Chris Jenkins scored a career-high 19 points on 7-for-8 -- 5-for-6 from behind the three-point line. James McMillon His previous career high was 17 points, scored as a member of the Hofsta Pride against Monmouth in his NCAA Rob Ukawuba debut on Nov. 8, 2013. The five three-pointers drained also tied his career high from his first collegiate game. New York (2): • Junior Tim Coleman scored 10 points with a team-high 11 rebounds -- notching his team-leading, third double- Osa Izevbuwa double of the season and the sixth of his NJIT career. He also added a team-high three blocks while also contribut- Reilly Walsh ing three assists and a steal. Pennsylvania (2): • Senior Ky Howard had a game-high nine assists -- an NJIT season-high and two helpers shy of his own school Seth Callahan record of 11 assists, set at #7 Villanova on Dec. 12, 2014. In fact, it ties the second-highest, single-game assist Ky Howard mark of nine with P.J. Miller vs. Chicago State, Jan. 12, 2013, and Lamar Kearse vs. Longwood on Feb. 25, 2012. Greece (1): DYNAMIC DUO: Emmanuel Tselentakis In an article published by Bleacher Report on Sept. 13, NJIT head coach Jim Engles and junior guard Damon Lynn Russia (1): ranked #11 on a list of the top player-coach duos in college basketball for 2015-16. The list, compiled by featured Vlad Shustov columnist Brian Pedersen, listed 22 player-coach duos that include a “who’s who” of famous college coaches and mar- quee players. Bleacher Report, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting System, is one of the 100 most widely viewed BY CLASS: websites in the US according to Alexa. Here are the top 12 on the list: Seniors (3): 1. Wichita’s Gregg Marshall & Baker/VanVleet 7. Oklahoma’s Lon Kruger & Buddy Hield Ky Howard 2. UNC’s Roy Williams and Marcus Paige 8. Maryland’s Mark Turgeon & Melo Trimble Emmanuel Tselentakis 3. UVA’s Tony Bennett & Malcolm Brogdon 9. Indiana’s Tom Crean & Yogi Ferrell Winfield Willis 4. Providence’s Ed Cooley & Kris Dunn 10. Michigan’s John Beilein & Caris LeVert 5. Kansas’ Bill Self & Perry Ellis 11. NJIT’s Jim Engles & Damon Lynn Juniors (5): 6. Michigan St.’s Tom Izzo & Denzel Valentine 12. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski & Grayson Allen Tim Coleman Osa Izevbuwa Damon Lynn NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR 1.3: Terrence Smith Last season was a very special year for NJIT Head Coach Jim Engles, who guided the Highlanders to a program-record Rob Ukawuba 21 wins and to the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (won first three rounds for the deepest national Sophomores (4): postseason run in program history). For his efforts, the eighth-year head coach was honored by CollegeInsider.com as Chris Jenkins the 2014-15 John McLendon National Coach of the Year -- given to one men’s basketball coach across the full Abdul Lewis spectrum of college basketball competition — NCAA Division I, II, and III; NAIA; and junior college. Engles also was a James McMillon finalist for three other national honors: the Hugh Durham Award (top mid-major coach), the Jim Phelan Award (top Vlad Shustov coach in Division I) and the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (given for combination of on-court success and moral integrity off the court)... Regionally, the Staten Island native was the Peter A. Carlesimo Coach of the Year Freshmen (4): by the Metropolitan (NY) Basketball Writers and was tabbed the “Best Coach” in New York Post’s Best Everything for Mohamed Bendary NY-Area Hoops... Previously, the three-time Skip Prosser finalist was named Great West Conference Coach of the Seth Callahan Year in 2012-13, GWC Coach of the Year in 2010-11 by CollegeInsider.com and was one of 11 finalist for Associ- Derek McKnight ated Press National Coach of the Year in 2010-11, as well. Reilly Walsh @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB

RANKINGS BOX (THRU 1/30) SOURCE 14-15 15-16 LU Update: January 25, 2016 (Week 11) NCAA RPI 134 194 272 Basketball State 92 194 278 RK TEAM (1ST VOTES) REC PTS PRE CONFERENCE OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Wright State 55, 1. Saint Mary’s (21) 17-2 764 2 West Coast Stephen F Austin 52, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 47, ESPN BPI 190 195 258 2. Valparaiso (4) 17-4 715 1 Horizon Hofstra 45, Tennessee State 33, Yale 41, Oakland Pomeroy Rating 166 203 250 3. Wichita State (4) 14-5 704 5 Missouri Valley 36, Navy 26, Pepperdine 19, Northern Iowa 18, RealTime RPI 147 195 278 4. Little Rock (2) 17-2 690 3 Sun Belt Omaha 18, Albany 17, Montana 16, Columbia 15, 5. Gonzaga 15-5 669 4 West Coast Princeton 9, Siena 8, Toledo 8, William & Mary 6, Sagarin Ratings 162 205 260 6. Chattanooga 17-3 580 8 Southern New Mexico State 4, UNC Wilmington 4, College of 7. Evansville 17-4 549 6 Missouri Valley Charleston 3, Iona 2, UNC Asheville 2, Weber State ALL-TIME RECORDS 8. Southern Illinois 18-3 492 11 Missouri Valley 2, CSU Bakersfield 1, Hampton 1, North Dakota BY D-I CONFERENCES 9. Monmouth 15-5 486 7 Metro Atlantic State 1, Winthrop 1. 10. Grand Canyon 18-2 479 10 WAC America East (11-20) MAC (0-1) 11. UT Arlington 14-4 453 9 Sun Belt NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll, now in its 17th season American Athletic (1-0) MEAC (7-7) 12. Hawaii 16-2 421 13 Big West of existence, is made up of teams from the following Atlantic 10 (1-5) NEC (11-11) 13. UC Irvine 16-5 402 14 Big West conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Atlantic Sun (3-4) Pac 10 (0-1) 14. Akron 15-4 372 15 Mid-American Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, ACC (0-3) Patriot (8-20) 15. BYU 14-7 338 12 West Coast Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Mis- Big 10 (1-1) SEC (0-1) 16. Belmont 15-6 260 18 Ohio Valley souri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, South- BIG EAST (1-21) Sun Belt (1-0) 17. South Dakota State 16-5 257 17 Summit ern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, Big Sky (0-1) Independents (7-15) 18. North Florida 17-6 198 19 Atlantic Sun West Coast, Western Athletic. Big South (0-1) 19. James Madison 16-5 177 22 Colonial CAA (0-3) 20. Stony Brook 15-4 141 25 America East *NJIT entered the season ranked 24th. Conference USA (0-3) 21. Northern Illinois 16-3 136 23 Mid-American *NJIT ranked 25th in the Nov. 23 poll (Week 3). Great West (27-41) 22. Kent State 14-5 87 NR Mid-American *NJIT received votes in Weeks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Horizon (1-0) 23. IPFW 16-6 83 21 Summit Ivy League (1-14) 24. ETSU 13-7 68 NR Southern MAAC (3-14) 25. Mercer 14-6 64 16 Southern

INDIVIDUAL HONORS 2014-15 2015-16 Associate Press PRESEASON WEEKLY All-America Dec. 14-20 Damon Lynn (Honorable Mention) Atlantic Sun Conference (official) Nov. 16-22 Preseason All-Atlantic Sun CollegeInsiders.com My5 Atlantic Sun Player of the Week CollegeInsider.com Damon Lynn (Mid-Major Players of the Week) Damon Lynn John McLendon Award (Coach of Year) Winfield Willis Tim Coleman Atlantic Sun Co-Newcomer of the Week Jim Engles NJHoops.com College Player of the Week Chris Jenkins CIT All-Tournament Team Ky Howard CollegeSportsMadness.com College Sports Madness Tim Coleman College Sports Madness Preseason All-Atlantic Sun Atlantic Sun Player of the Week Atlantic Sun Player of the Week Damon Lynn (1st Team) Damon Lynn Eastern College Athletic Conf. (ECAC) Damon Lynn Tim Coleman (2nd Team) NJHoops.com ECAC Division I All-Star New Jersey Division I Player of the Week Damon Lynn (3rd team) SB Nation’s Mid-Major Madness Dec. 7-13 ECAC Division I Play of the Week Damon Lynn Preseason All-American Atlantic Sun Player of the Week Tim Coleman—Jan. 5 Metropolitan Basketball Writers Assoc. Damon Lynn (Honorable Mention) Ky Howard Division I Men’s Co-Player of the Week Metropolitan Basketball Writers Assoc. Damon Lynn Peter A. Carlesimo Coach of the Year Jim Engles All-Met Men’s Division I Damon Lynn (2nd Team) HIGHLANDERS IN THE TOP 100 IN THE NATION National Assoc. of Basketball Coaches PLAYER STAT TOTAL NCAA A-SUN All-District 13 Damon Lynn Total 3-point FGM 80 4 2 Damon Lynn (1st Team) Damon Lynn Three-Point Field Goals Per Game 3.48 8 2 Damon Lynn Minutes Per Game 37:31 10 2 Damon Lynn Total Points 407 45 5 Damon Lynn Total Steals 37 67 3 Tim Coleman Defensive Rebounds per Game 5.91 69 4 Ky Howard Total Assists 98 83 5 Damon Lynn Points Per Game 17.7 90 5 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB TONIGHT'S OPPONENT: TALE OF THE TAPE: TEAM RANKINGS* (NCAA/CONF.)

LIPSCOMB U. HIGHLANDERS (12-11, 3-4) 15-16 NCAA A-SUN LU BISONS (7-17, 3-4) 15-16 NCAA A-SUN STATS RANK RANK STATS RANK RANK A quirk in the schedule finds NJIT playing a rematch STAT CATEGORIES STAT CATEGORIES against Lipscomb just five nights after the team played Scoring Offense 76 120 5 Scoring Offense 78.3 69 3 their first-ever contest last Wednesday in Newark (Lip- Scoring Defense 75 255 3 Scoring Defense 80.9 331 7 scomb was an 81-72 winner). Aside from being the northernmost school in the At- Scoring Margin 1 189 4 Scoring Margin -2.6 247 5 lantic Sun Conference (aside from NJIT, of course), Nash- Field-Goal Percentage 44.1 172 5 Field-Goal Percentage 43.4 213 7 ville-based Lipscomb is the only A-Sun member located in the Central Time Zone 3-Point Field-Goal PCT 35.1 157 8 3-Point Field-Goal PCT 38 40 3 NJIT looks to return to the wins column when it Free-Throw Percentage 75.6 16 1 Free-Throw Percentage 71.1 117 4 wraps up the third in a three-game Atlantic Sun Confer- ence home stand by taking on first-time foe Lipscomb, 3-point FGM 203 22 4 3-point FGM 263 2 2 which comes in from Nashville, TN. 3-pt Field Goal Attempts 579 12 3 3-pt Field Goal Attempts 692 3 2 After beating NJIT, Lipscomb lost it next game, 92- 91, in overtime at home vs. USC Upstate. NJIT, mean- 3-Point FG Per Game 8.8 40 4 3-Point FG Per Game 11 5 2 while, won its next game at Kennesaw State, meaning O-Rebounds Per Game 10.13 235 4 O-Rebounds Per Game 9.5 277 7 the Highlanders and Bisons are tied for fourth in the A-Sun D-Rebounds per Game 25.26 191 5 D-Rebounds per Game 26.21 126 4 with 3-4 conference records, one game behind 4-3 Florida Gulf Coast and two games behind second-place Jackson- Rebounds 814 108 6 Rebounds 857 43 4 ville, which is 5-2. Defending champ North Florida (7-0) Rebounds Per Game 35.39 238 5 Rebounds Per Game 35.71 219 4 is threatening to run away at the top after beating every team the first time through the schedule. Rebound Margin -1.5 239 4 Rebound Margin -3.6 290 5 Assists 362 24 4 Assists 416 3 1 A LOOK AT LIPSCOMB (7-17; 3-4) Assists Per Game 15.7 54 4 Assists Per Game 17.3 16 1 Lipscomb is one of three private institutions in the eight- Assist-Turnover Ratio 1.18 102 4 Assist-Turnover Ratio 1.29 53 2 member Atlantic Sun. A coeducational liberal arts uni- versity founded in 1891, Lipscomb is affiliated with the Turnovers (Fewest) 308 297 5 Turnovers (Fewest) 323 324 7 Churches of Christ. Turnovers Per Game 13.4 218 5 Turnovers Per Game 13.5 225 6 On January 16, the Bisons were reeling, with eight straight losses and a 4-16 overall record, including 0-3 in Turnovers Forced 13.48 130 2 Turnovers Forced 13.71 113 1 the A-Sun. Then they beat Stetson and followed that with Turnover Margin 0.1 181 5 Turnover Margin 0.3 168 2 a convincing 91-75 win over Florida Gulf Coast, which was picked second in the coaches’ preseason poll. Lip- FG Percentage Defense 43.1 170 3 FG Percentage Defense 44.4 239 4 scomb made it three in a row when it beat the Highlanders 3-Pt FG Defense 35.2 224 5 3-Pt FG Defense 36.2 274 7 in Newark, before the streak ended at home vs. Upstate. Key to the Lipscomb win against FGCU was 19 3-point Blocks 61 235 7 Blocks 73 170 5 baskets, which tied the Bisons for the most made threes Blocked Shots Per Game 2.7 267 7 Blocked Shots Per Game 3 221 5 in a Division I game this season (North Florida broke the Steals 156 72 4 Steals 155 74 5 record later that day with 20 3-points vs. NJIT). The Bi- sons then fired in 15 3-pointers against the Highlanders. Steals Per Game 6.8 114 4 Steals Per Game 6.5 142 5 On the season, Lipscomb has attempted 692 3-pointers Personal Fouls (Fewest) 454 283 6 Personal Fouls (Fewest) 456 291 7 (almost than 29 per game) and made 263. Also against NJIT the first time, Lipscomb held the Personal Fouls Per Game 19.7 197 8 Personal Fouls Per Game 19 139 4 Highlanders to 38 pct. accuracy from the floor, NJIT’s Winning PCT 52.2 176 4 Winning PCT 29.2 303 7 lowest field goal percentage in nearly a month. Casey Alexander is in his third season as Lipscomb’s *through games of Jan. 30 *through games of Jan. 30 head coach following a two-year stint in charge at A-Sun rival Stetson. 2015-16 Individual Team-Leaders 2015-16 Ind. Stat Distribution

LISPCOMB TEAM STATS & LEADERS: (includes ties) Points Reb Ast Dbl Player Name Pts Reb Ast Blk Stl Player 10+ 20+ 10+ 5-9 10+ Dbl Scoring (team 78.3 ppg; -2.6 ppg): JC Hampton (6-0, Jr; 16.3 ppg) Mohamed Bendary 1 2 4 1 Bendary 1 Nathan Moran (5-9, So; 12.4 ppg) Seth Callahan Callahan Garrison Matthews (6-5, Fr; 9.1 ppg) Tim Coleman 5 11 2 10 10 Coleman 19441 4 Rebounding (team 35.7 rpg; -3.6 rpg): Ky Howard 4 2 11 2 6 Howard 15229 2 Eli Pepper (6-8, Fr; 8.1 rpg) Osa Izevbuwa Izevbuwa Assists: Moran (118) Chris Jenkins 1 1 2 Jenkins 5 Blocks: Pepper (19) Damon Lynn 12 2 8 1 12 Lynn 21 10 1 6 1 Steals: Moran (33) Derek McKnight McKnight James McMillon 3-pt FGM: Moran (61); Hampton (56) McMillon Vlad Shustov 4 Shustov A LOOK AT NJIT (12-11; 3-4 A-SUN) Terrence Smith 1 2 3 2 Smith 61 1 Damon Lynn scored 19 of his game-high 22 points in the Manny Tselentakis 1 2 3 1 Tselentakis 11 second half, as NJIT upped its A-Sun away record to 2-1. Rob Ukawuba 13134Ukawuba 71 It was also the sixth road win overall for the Highlanders, matching the program standard reached in each of the Reilly Walsh Walsh preceding two seasons. Winfield Willis 1 2 2 Willis 41 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB LAST TIME VS. LIPSCOMB: LIPSCOMB 81, NJIT 72 (1/27/16 IN NEWARK, NJ) VISITING LIPSCOMB TOPPLES HIGHLANDERS IN A-SUN MEN'S BASKETBALL NEWARK, NJ--Lipscomb scored its third NJIT had a 39-33 advantage in total consecutive Atlantic Sun Conference rebounds, led by 9 rebounds from Howard, men’s basketball win, toppling NJIT 81-72 who also had 6 assists. Senior Emmanuel Wednesday night in the Fleisher Athletic Tselentankis contributed a season-best 8 Center in a game whose start was delayed boards. nearly an hour due to grid-locked rush hour Two statistics that tipped the scales in traffic in downtown Newark. Lipscomb’s favor Wednesday were its 15 With Wednesday’s victory, Lipscomb, 3-point field goals made on offense and the from Nashville, Tennessee, has evened its fact that it held NJIT to 38 percent shoot- A-Sun record to 3-3. The Bisons, who lost ing (24-for-63) on the defensive end. eight in a row between December 12 and The Bisons made 8 first-half threes and January 16, have now won their last three 7 in the second half, as seven different men to go to 7-16 overall. made shots from downtown. Lipscomb’s 15 Garrison Mathews, a 6-foot-5 freshman 3-pointers came three days after North Flor- guard, was game-high scorer with 19 points ida scorched the Highlanders for 20 3-point for Lipscomb. He also paced the winners baskets. with 9 rebounds and added 4 assists for the NJIT’s shooting percentage vs. Lip- Bisons, who were credited with assists on scomb was its lowest in nearly a month, go- 20 of their 26 baskets on the night. ing back to when the Highlanders shot 39 Sophomore guard Nathan Moran came percent in a non-conference loss to Stony off the visitors’ bench to score 18, all of Brook on December 28. them coming on 6-for-15 shooting from NJIT began the night with just two of 3-point distance. Moran, who is 5-foot- its Game One starters-Howard and Lynn- 9, had a game-leading 7 assists without on the floor at tip-off vs. Lipscomb and it a turnover and also led his team with 4 was apparent within a few minutes that steals. the Highlanders needed to claw for points Cam Miller (12 points), Eli Pepper (11 in order to stay in contention. points), and J.C. Hampton (10 points) were The Highlanders took an early 4-3 lead, also double-figure scorers for Lipscomb. but they were down 15-7 on Mathews’ The loss Wednesday dropped NJIT to second 4-point play (3-pointer, plus free 2-4 in its first season as a member of the throw) for Lipscomb at the 13:50 mark of Atlantic Sun and the Highlanders are back the opening half. at .500 (11-11) overall. Lipscomb later took its biggest lead of Juniors Damon Lynn and Tim Coleman the opening half, 11 points, when a dunk each scored 17 points to share the NJIT by Pepper made the score 31-20 with 5:33 scoring lead, followed by Ky Howard, with remaining. 14 points, and Rob Ukawuba, who scored NJIT closed the gap to 37-31 with 1:42 13. left, but JJ Butler’s three sent the teams Terrence Smith, who started in all of into the locker room at halftime with the layup for Ukawuba staked the home team close as they got before losing 81-72. NJIT’s first 21 games, was unavailable Bisons holding a 40-31 advantage. to a 56-54 advantage with 10:13 remain- Having won one of three games on the against Lipscomb, opening the door for Mo- Lipscomb’s Mathews had 10 points at ing, However, Lipscomb came up with a home stand that ended with Wednesday’s hamed Bendary’s first college start. the half, while Ukawuba, normally NJIT’s 10-2 run in 2:10 and never trailed again. loss, NJIT will play its next two away The 6-foot-9 freshman, who scored a sixth man, had 9 first-half points in his first The decisive rally was aided by two bas- from home, visiting Kennesaw State in a career-high 16 points on 8-for-10 shoot- start of the season. kets off of steals and capped by Moran’s 4:30 pm contest on Saturday in Georgia, ing in the last game vs. North Florida, did NJIT began the second half well, scor- 3-pointer that gave his team a 64-56 lead followed by a quick rematch against Lip- not score against Lipscomb, due, in part, to ing the first 9 points and knotting the score with 8:03 left. scomb in Nashville on Monday. February 1, four personal fouls in just 10 minutes of ac- at 40-40 after Lynn’s 3-pointer with 16:17 The Highlanders made a 5-0 run of their in a 6:30 pm (CST) start. tion. He did, however, come down with 5 left. own to get to 66-63 on Howard’s drive to rebounds, while blocking a pair of shots. The teams jockeyed for the lead and a the rim with 6:08 left, but that was as Written by Tim Camp

NJIT SET FOR UNPRECEDENTED LIVE TV & VIDEO COVERAGE JIT made its mark on the national scene in 2014-15 and this season, at least 25 directly to ESPN3. Others can access ESPN3 through WatchESPN if they receive Highlanders games will be shown live on a combination of ESPN3, Fox Sports 1 ESPN programming from an affiliated service provider. Those users will need to pro- Nand SEC Network Plus. All 30 games will be covered live on TV or on the internet. vide the username and password they use in online communication with their regular ESPN3 will be the live platform for every NJIT game played in the Atlantic Sun, service provider (usually found on regular billing material from the service provider). home and away, throughout every regular season game and into the postseason tour- The Atlantic Sun is a national leader in presenting its games live via ESPN3, nament. ESPN3 is ESPN’s live multi-screen sports network. It is accessible online at Every A-Sun home game is produced on-campus in association with ESPN by all the WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app members, which includes NJIT beginning this season. As a result, ev- and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, ery A-Sun basketball game will be shown on ESPN3. The conference Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. championship game will air on ESPN2 on March 6. The network is currently available to more than 99 million homes at no additional The Highlanders non-conference game at South Florida in Tampa will air live on cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription ESPN3 on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. In addition, NJIT and ESPN3 will offer live telecasts of from an affiliated service provider. The network is also available at no cost to ap- every non-conference home game vs. Division I opponents. proximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via The only home game that won’t be on ESPN3 is Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. vs. Maine Fort computers, smartphones and tablets connected to on-campus educational and on- Kent and that contest will be streamed live on www.njithighlanders.com. base military broadband and Wi-Fi networks. NJIT’s two road games in the BIG EAST -- Providence (Nov. 23) and St. John’s This means devices connected to NJIT’s on-campus computer network can link (Dec. 20) will air live nationally on Fox Sports 1 (FS1). @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB LAST TIME OUT: NJIT 75, KENNESAW STATE 67 (1/27/16) NJIT MEN PASS ANOTHER A-SUN ROAD TEST AT KENNESAW STATE

KENNESAW, GA--With the Atlantic Sun impressive 15-2 in home games. With the Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Conference regular season men’s basketball nucleus of last year’s team back, most High- NJIT vs Kennesaw State schedule reaching its midpoint, NJIT headed lander fans expected their strength at home 1/30/16 4:30 p.m. at Convocation Center (Kennesaw, Ga.) south needing a win to stay relevant in the to carry over into this season. And it did early NJIT 75 • 12-11, 3-4 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds A-Sun standings and that’s exactly what on, as NJIT won its first four home games ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min the Highlanders accomplished late Saturday and went 5-2 in pre-conference home games. 02 COLEMAN, Tim f 3-7 1-5 5-6 0 7 7 1 12 5 2 2 1 31 afternoon, as they topped Kennesaw State, However, once A-Sun play began, the 33 SHUSTOV, Vlad f 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 0 11 00 HOWARD, Ky g 0-20-11-20334 1420223 75-67. expected home court firewall has not been 05 LYNN, Damon g 4-11 3-8 11-13 0 4 4 0 22 2 2 0 2 38 Damon Lynn, NJIT’s junior guard, led the there. It began with an 80-78 loss to USC 24 TSELENTAKIS,Emmanu g 1-20-10-02244 2020125 03 JENKINS, Chris 4-10 4-9 0-0 0 2 2 2 12 0 0 0 2 23 Highlanders (12-11; 3-4 A-Sun) with a game- Upstate in the home opener and then, after 23 IZEVBUWA, Osa 1-41-30-00110 3010010 high 22 points, with 19 coming in the second a home win, NJIT fell at home vs. defend- 25 UKAWUBA, Rob 5-9 1-2 6-8 3 1 4 3 17 1 0 0 1 23 34 BENDARY, Mohamed 1-30-00-03252 2011216 half. Lynn, who missed his only first-half foul ing A-Sun champ North Florida and then vs. Team 0 2 2 shot, came up big at the line in the second Lipscomb to begin the first round through the Totals 21-53 10-29 23-29 9 25 34 18 75 14 11 3 11 200 FG % 1st Half: 11-27 40.7% 2nd half: 10-26 38.5% Game: 21-53 39.6% Deadball half, making 11 of 12 attempts there, includ- A-Sun at 2-4, including 1-3 at home. 3FG % 1st Half: 6-16 37.5% 2nd half: 4-13 30.8% Game: 10-29 34.5% Rebounds ing seven in the last 5:42 to help snuff out As a result, the Highlanders have been FT % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7% 2nd half: 17-20 85.0% Game: 23-29 79.3% 3,1 KSU’s comeback hopes. forced to stay in the hunt by producing on Kennesaw State 67 • 6-17, 2-5 In addition to Lynn, the Highlanders got the road, where, says conventional wisdom, Total 3-Ptr Rebounds ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 17 points from their sixth man Rob Ukawuba it’s much more difficult to win than it is at 02 JONES, Jordan f 1-20-00-22353 2001015 and 12 points apiece from Tim Coleman and home. 05 MORENA, Bernard f 2-6 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 2 5 1 1 1 0 21 21 MASTERSON, Nick f 0-30-10-01231 0001016 Chris Jenkins. Instead, NJIT has defied the conventional 00 RAY, Kendrick g 6-15 3-5 0-1 3 2 5 4 15 2 5 0 0 29 Coleman added game-high totals of 7 and Saturday’s win in Georgia boosted the 04 BROWN, Yonel g 7-19 3-10 2-2 2 3 5 4 19 4 2 0 1 40 03 HECTOR, Tracy 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ rebounds and 5 assists and shot 5-for-6 at Highlanders to 2-1 in A-Sun away games. 11 CLARKE, Kyle 2-30-05-61121 9330021 the foul line, while Jenkins got his points on They lost their first conference away game 14 WILLIAMS, Aubrey 4-4 0-0 0-1 2 2 4 5 8 0 1 2 1 25 23 PRUITT, Nigel 1-31-10-00223 3021114 4-for-9 shooting from 3-point distance. at Florida Gulf Coast, one of the league’s top 32 JANKOVIC, Kosta 2-4 2-3 0-2 0 5 5 1 6 1 2 0 1 19 Kennesaw State (6-17; 2-5 A-Sun) got teams, falling 82-78 in overtime. Since then, Team 011 1 the majority of its scoring from star guards NJIT has a decisive road win at Stetson and Totals 25-59 9-20 8-16 12 23 35 24 67 11 17 6 4 200 FG % 1st Half: 11-26 42.3% 2nd half: 14-33 42.4% Game: 25-59 42.4% Deadball Yonel Brown and Kendrick Ray, who com- now, the hard-fought victory at Kennesaw 3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 9-20 45.0% Rebounds bined for 34 of KSU’s 67 points. State. FT % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 8-16 50.0% 4,3 Officials: Jon Broska, John Dillon, Freddie Williams No one likes to be saddled with the term The Highlanders, who have been troubled Technical fouls: NJIT-None. Kennesaw State-None. “must-win” ahead of a game and the way by slow starts in many of their defeats go- Attendance: 1623 college basketball is structured there really ing back to mid-December, stayed away Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast NJIT 34 41 75 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench NJIT 20 18 13 5 34 isn’t quite such a thing as a must-win in the from early trouble with a strong opening at Kennesaw State 29 38 67 regular season, since all conferences but Kennesaw State and when Lynn drained a KSU22116 1026 Last FG - NJIT 2nd-01:28, KSU 2nd-00:11. Score tied - 1 time. one (the Ivy League) determine their cham- 3-pointer for the Highlanders near the half- Largest lead - NJIT by 19 1st-10:16, KSU None. Lead changed - 0 times. pion and NCAA Tournament representative in way mark of the opening half, they were on NJIT led for 38:15. KSU led for 00:00. Game was tied for 01:45. postseason conference tournaments. top of the Owls, 27-8. Still, NJIT, which is in its first season as Reeling, but still upright, Kennesaw State a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, rallied for an 18-2 run of its own and trailed has pride at stake as it tries to earn the re- 29-26 after a fast-break layup by the speedy spect of its seven new A-Sun opponents. Brown with 3:51 left in the opening half. Never having played any of the Atlantic NJIT answered with five points, to go up of free throws with 16:16 remaining. man’s second giving his team a 49-43 lead Sun teams before this season, NJIT was 34-26, but Kosta Jankovic hit a 3-pointer for However, Kennesaw State staged an- just past the halfway point of the second nonetheless voted third in the conference KSU, bringing the halftime score to 34-29. other comeback, using a 10-2 run in 2:19 to half. coaches’ preseason poll, based largely on its For the Highlanders, Jenkins, a transfer forge a 43-43 tie after Ray Kendrick’s jump The Highlanders extended their advan- strong showing last season, when it won 21 who has emerged as a 3-point threat, hit shot with 13:57 left. tage to 64-54 on Coleman’s 3-point basket games, including an upset of #17/#16 Michi- three of them to top his team’s scoring in the NJIT, which never trailed in its first two with 3:09 left and they later led by 10 on gan and capped the year with a run to the first half with 9 points. Meanwhile, Brown, A-Sun wins over Stetson and Jacksonville four separate occasions in the last 1:28 be- semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tourna- Jordan Jones, and Jankovic all had 6 points and hadn’t trailed at Kennesaw State, ei- fore finishing with the 75-67 victory. ment. each for the Owls. ther, broke the 43-43 tie on a layup from In winning those program-record 21 The visitors used a solid second-half start Ukawuba, before Lynn and Coleman each Written by Tim Camp games, the Highlanders were an extremely to take a 41-33 lead after Lynn canned a pair connected on two free throws, with Cole- NJIT WELLNESS AND EVENTS CENTER... OPENING 2017 NJIT hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, WEC’s amenities include: (1) an arena with a 3,500 Nov. 12, for the Wellness and Events Center (WEC), a capacity, (2) a 25-meter swimming pool with diving area, sleek new building that has the promise to become the (3) a fitness center with cardio equipment and weights, social centerpiece of a revamped campus. (4) lounges, study areas and multipurpose rooms, (5) an The Wellness and Events Center, already nicknamed indoor 10,000 square feet turf space, (6) two practice WEC, is a $102 M building that will be constructed on courts for intramural and intercollegiate sports, (7) a the site of the current Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Sta- running track that will encircle the concourse of the dium athletic field. WEC will extend across the length of first-floor arena. the field, which will later be rebuilt on the north side of WEC is a major part of a $300 million building plan the building. The construction of WEC, to begin after the to overhaul the campus. Other parts of the plan include groundbreaking, will be finished in the Fall of 2017. the Central King Building, whose classrooms and labs As the name implies, WEC is a multi-purpose build- are state of the art; the Life Sciences and Engineering ing that will offer something for everyone at NJIT. The Building, ground for which was broken on Oct. 1; the 200,000-square-foot building will be in equal parts a new parking deck, located behind NJIT’s Enterprise De- fitness center, a study space, a gathering spot and a velopment Center on Warren Street; and the renovation sports arena that will double as a conference and events of classrooms and labs all over campus. The renovation center. WEC will offer students a place to relax and stay plan reflects the university’s evolution from a commuter fit; athletes a place to practice and play games; and the school to a nationally-ranked research university. In- university a place to host on-campus events and profes- deed, NJIT’s growing reputation has prompted a surge sional conferences. in enrollment that totals more than 11,000 students. @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB 2015-16 NJIT TEAM HIGHS/LOWS HIGHS LOWS WIN MARGIN 29 MAINE FORT KENT (11/29/15) DEFEAT MARGIN 30 at Kentucky (11/14/15) WIN MA. (ROAD) 12 at Stetson (1/16/16) DEFEAT (HOME) 22 STONY BROOK (12/28/15) POINTS 92 at St. Francis Brooklyn (12/10/15) POINTS 56 at Columbia (12/12/15) FGM 33 2x, last: UNF (1/24/16) FGM 17 at Kentucky (11/14/15) FGA 67 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (11/19/15) FGA 46 at Yale (01/06/16) FG PCT .525 at St. Francis Brooklyn (12/10/15; 32-61) FG PCT .309 at Kentucky (11/14/15; 17-55) 3FGM 13 3x, last: USC UPSTATE (1/9/16) 3FGM 2 UNF (1/24/16) 3FGA 35 at FGCU (1/14/16) 3FGA 12 UNF (1/24/16) 3 PT FG PCT .550 at St. John’s (12/20/15; 11-20) 3 PT FG PCT .167 UNF (1/24/16; 2-12) FTM 23 2x, last: at Kennesaw St. (1/30/16) FTM 7 2x, last: at Stetson (01/16/16) FTA 31 at St. Francis Brooklyn (12/10/15) FTA 11 at UAlbany (11/27/15) FT PCT .938 USC UPSTATE (1/9/16; 15-16) FT PCT .438 at Columbia (12/12/15; 7-16) REBOUNDS 45 KENT STATE (12/7/15) REBOUNDS 23 at Kentucky (11/14/15) ASSISTS 24 JACKSONVILLE (1/21/16) ASSISTS 8 at Kentucky (11/14/15) STEALS 11 2x, last: at Kennesaw St. (1/30/16) STEALS 3 3x, last: at Yale (01/06/16) BLOCKS 8 MAINE FORT KENT (11/29/15) BLOCKS 0 3x, last: at Stetson (01/16/16) TO (COMMITTED) 22 at Providence College (11/23/15) TO (COMMITTED) 8 at Columbia (12/12/15) FOULS 26 2x, last: at UAlbany (11/27/15) FOULS 11 MAINE FORT KENT (11/29/15) 2015-16 OPPOSING TEAM HIGHS/LOWS HIGHS LOWS POINTS 94 UNF (1/24/16) POINTS 57 at South Florida (11/16/15) FGM 33 STONY BROOK (12/28/15) FGM 16 at Stetson (01/16/16) FGA 83 at St. Francis Brooklyn (12/10/15) FGA 46 at South Florida (11/16/15) FG PCT .579 STONY BROOK (12/28/15; 33-57) FG PCT .320 at Stetson (01/16/16; 16-20) 3FGM 20 UNF (1/24/16) 3FGM 3 LAFAYETTE (11/21/15) 3FGA 49 at St. Francis Brooklyn (12/10/15) 3FGA 14 2x, last: STONY BROOK (12/28/15) 3 PT FG PCT .519 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (11/19/15; 14-27) 3 PT FG PCT .200 at Providence College (11/23/15; 4-20) FTM 25 at Providence College (11/23/15) FTM 7 UMASS LOWELL (12/5/15) FTA 34 at St. John’s (12/20/15) FTA 9 MAINE FORT KENT (11/29/15) FT PCT .889 MAINE FORT KENT (11/29/15; 8-9) FT PCT .455 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (11/19/15; 10-22) REBOUNDS 54 at Kentucky (11/14/15) REBOUNDS 27 MAINE FORT KENT (11/29/15) ASSISTS 23 UNF (1/24/16) ASSISTS 9 at Stetson (01/16/16) STEALS 10 at St. John’s (12/20/15) STEALS 2 at FGCU (1/14/16) BLOCKS 9 2x, last: at South Florida (11/16/15) BLOCKS 1 3x, last: LIPSCOMB (1/27/16) TO (COMMITTED) 21 at South Florida (11/16/15) TO (COMMITTED) 9 at Providence College (11/23/15) FOULS 25 at St. Francis Brooklyn (12/10/15) FOULS 11 MAINE FORT KENT (11/29/15) 2015-16 INDIVIDUAL HIGHS HIGHLANDERS OPPONENTS POINTS 32 Damon Lynn at St. John’s (12/20/15) POINTS 30 Jairus Lyles vs UMBC (1/2/16) FGM 10 Tim Coleman at St. Francis BK (12/10/15) FGM 10 2x, last: Jameel Warney vs Stony Brook (12/28/15) FGA 20 Damon Lynn at South Florida (11/16/15) FGA 21 Jairus Lyles vs UMBC (1/2/16) FG PCT (min 5) 1.000 Terrence Smith vs UMBC (1/2/16; 6-6) FG PCT (min 5) .857 2x, last: Sam Downey at Yale (01/06/16 3FGM 7 Damon Lynn at UAlbany (11/27/15) 3FGM 6 3x, last: Beau Beech vs UNF (1/24/16) 3FGA 15 2x, last: Damon Lynn at FGCU (1/14/16) 3FGA 14 2x, last: Marcel White vs Jacksonville (1/21/16) 3 PT FG PCT (min 2) 1.000 8x, most: 3-3, Coleman (2) vs. BU & USC Upstate 3 PT FG PCT (min 2) .750 2x (2-2); last: Mark Corneilus vs. UML (12/5/15) FTM 11 Damon Lynn at Kennesaw State (1/30/16) FTM 9 3x, last: Jairus Lyles vs UMBC (1/2/16) FTA 13 Damon Lynn at Kennesaw State (1/30/16) FTA 12 2x, last: Matt Klinewski vs. Lafayette (11/21/15) FT PCT (min 3) 1.000 17x, most: 8-8, Coleman at Saint Francis (12/30/15) FT PCT (min 3) 1.000 Kris Dunn at Providence College (11/23/15; 9-9) REBOUNDS 14 2x, last: Terrence Smith at FGCU (1/14/16) REBOUNDS 14 Yankuba Sima at St. John’s (12/20/15) ASSISTS 9 Ky Howard at St. John’s (12/20/15) ASSISTS 11 Yunus Hopkinson at St. Francis BK (12/10/15) STEALS 6^ Damon Lynn vs UMBC (1/2/16) STEALS 7 Kris Dunn at Providence College (11/23/15) BLOCKS 4 Mohamed Bendary vs USC Upstate (1/9/16) BLOCKS 5 2x, last: Luke Petrasek at Columbia (12/12/15) TO (COMMITTED) 7 Damon Lynn vs UMBC (1/2/16) TO (COMMITTED) 6 3x, last: Jahad Thomas vs. UMass Lowell (12/5/15) FOULS 5 7x, last: Ky Howard vs UNF (1/24/16) FOULS 5 9x, last: Aubrey Williams at Kennesaw St. (1/30/16) MINUTES 45 3x, last: Damon Lynn at FGCU (1/14/16) MINUTES 40 2x, last: Yonel Brown at Kennesaw State (1/30/16) * set NJIT D-I record; ^tied NJIT D-I record @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB 2015-16 NJIT MEN'S BASKETBALL SEASON PREVIEW

ll good things come to an end was the adage record-setting junior guard Damon and he’s a physical defender.” Lynn cited when talking about the Highlanders fairytale season in 2014–15. The stable of guards also includes a hard-nosed player in senior Emmanuel Tselen- A After all, his sophomore year was a magical ride that featured an NJIT program- takis and a talented scorer in junior Osa Izevbuwa along with four newcomers: sopho- record 21 wins -- including one on the road against No. 17 Michigan -- and culminated more James McMillon and freshmen Seth Callahan, Derek McKnight and Reilly in a trip to the semifinals of the national CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Walsh. Walsh, a product of Engles’ alma mater (St. Peter’s), averaged 25 ppg last (CIT)… all while under the spell of being the nation’s lone independent. season to earn the Warren Jaques Award, presented annually to the top high school player on Staten Island. So how is it possible to author a sequel to this classic? Engles sees this deep rotation as advantageous. “The way we play helps our team concept. We really play with four guards,” said “I feel like our team is even better than last year’s team with Terrence [Smith] the 47-year-old Engles. “There are a lot of opportunities within the way we play for returning and the freshmen coming in,” said senior point guard Ky Howard, who hit the these guys to get what they need to get. Plus, there’s competitiveness within practice game-winning three-pointer in NJIT’s second round CIT win over Cleveland State. “And because they’re competing for time, which leads to a healthy practice environment.” our team chemistry is way better than it’s ever been since I’ve been here.” Eighth-year head coach Jim Engles, whose mind always works as fast as his FRONTCOURT pencil sketches plays, shared a similar opinion with his senior responsible for converting his papers into points. The Highlanders only lost two players from last season – but the graduated “We have a very good team coming back and there’s a definite amount of confi- Daquan Holiday and Odera Nweke accounted for better than 90% of the minutes at dence,” said Engles, who won a national Coach of the Year (John McClendon Award) the center position. and was a finalist for three others. “We’re experienced now. A lot of these guys have Whereas Engles addressed the significance of these two losses, he was quick to played in a lot of quality games… and won some quality games.” point out that the frontcourt essentially has two key “additions.” One such game was widely considered the upset of the year in college basketball, One is actually a returnee – and a good one – as redshirt junior Terrence Smith when the Highlanders took down the Wolverines, 72-70, in Ann Arbor on Dec. 6, 2014. missed all of 2014-15 after sustaining a Jones fracture early in preseason practice last But the Highlanders didn’t stop with that chapter, as they went on to knock-off two year. He returns to the rotation completely healthy after finishing as NJIT’s leading other first-place teams (St. Francis Brooklyn; Yale) and later record the program’s first rebounder (6.0) and second-leading scorer (12.2) as a sophomore in 2013-14. three national postseason tournament wins since its transition to Division I. “Having Terrence back allows us some flexibility because he’s a legitimate post Despite all the on-court success last season, the true climax may have been long scorer,” said Engles of his athletic, 6’6” big. “He was a big part of our offense two years after the final buzzer of the 2014-15 campaign. For on June 12, NJIT was no longer in ago. We can do some different things on the block that we weren’t able to do last year.” NCAA purgatory; the Highlanders found a home in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Smith also finished his sophomore campaign ranked third in the nation in field- goal percentage at .629 -- which set a program single- A chance to play in a conference tournament. season record. In just 40 games in his collegiate career, the Fort Lauderdale native has four double-doubles. “That was the biggest thing I wanted to do – play Engles will also rely heavily on 6’9” freshman Mo- on that stage -- coming out of high school,” said Lynn, hamed Bendary, a product of St. Anthony’s High who set program records in points (578) and assists School and Hall-of-Fame Coach Bob Hurley. Though still (123) last season while draining the second-most three- inexperienced, the Jersey City native is, according to En- pointers (126) in the nation. “And now we get that gles, a “very big physical kid, a good athlete and a tough chance to do it.” defender who has shown very good flashes in practice.” What will help the Highlanders chances are the The 6-9 sophomore Vlad Shustov, who came on fact most of the characters remain the same. Despite strong in the final two months last season, will also be losing their two centers to graduation, NJIT returns leaned on for significant minutes to fill the void left in nine players, four starters, 81.4% of the minutes and the middle. 86.5% of their points from last season. And maybe Meanwhile, the Highlanders figure to get both scor- most amazingly, the team that ranked 22nd in the na- ing and solid physical play from undersized forwards tion in three-pointers returns 100% (all 837 points) of their 279 treys from a year ago. Tim Coleman and Rob Ukawuba, both juniors. Yet, with perhaps their most challenging schedule all-time, the Highlanders will Coleman, a preseason All-Atlantic Sun selection by College Sports Madness, could have to retain the “chip on their shoulders” that helped transform the team that no be considered one of the most overlooked players in the region. The St. Anthony’s conference wanted into a preseason NCAA Tournament selection by several highly re- product averaged 14.3 ppg in the final 21 games of the season while becoming the first garded experts. player to log more than 30 blocks (42) and 30 steals (37) in the same season. “We have to have some substance to our confidence,” Engels said. “Last year is In fact, before Coleman, no Highlander ever had finished a season averaging at gone. We will reference it because we did some good things, but we have a competitive least one block and one steal per game – a feat which the 6’5” Coleman has now ac- non-conference schedule; a competitive conference; and a new-found respect from our complished in each of his first two campaigns. opponents.” Ukawuba, who logs time up to the “four” despite measuring just 6’3”, averaged 9.8 ppg over his last 10 contests – and posted a .595 field-goal percentage over his last 17. BACKCOURT “Tim and Rob are a lot alike. Toughness. Competitiveness. It’s their identity,” said Engles. “We’ve been a pretty good defensive team because of guys like that. Even Reviewing a stat sheet will quickly reveal the Highlanders’ strength lies within though we are undersized, we’ve been able to hold our own on the glass.” its backcourt. They return an elite scorer in Lynn, who averaged a school-record 17.5 ppg while also setting a new NJIT benchmark for assists (123) en route to All-America The Highlanders will also rely on intangibles to find success in the program’s first honorable mention honors by the Associated Press. year ever competing in an automatic qualifying conference; one of which is only fitting They return a complimentary scorer and a dynamic defender in senior Winfield for student-athletes representing an institution know for academic excellence. Willis, who averaged 12.2 ppg while shooting a team-best .437 from downtown. Both “One of the strengths of our team is that we have an intelligent group of kids who of whom were Preseason All-Atlantic Sun Conference selections. are able to digest a lot of different things I throw at them,” said Engles. “It helps us And they return a premier point guard in Howard, who led the team in both re- because it allows us to do a lot of different things both offensively and defensively.” bounds (5.7) and assists (3.9) per game; a guy Engles referred to as a “tremendous Then, there is the motivation of playing in a conference tournament and having a overall player who facilitates everything we do on offense” and a “leader on the court chance to participate in March Madness. in so many different ways.” Engles referred to this opportunity by saying, “It means everything.” Plus, NJIT added another long-range specialist in sophomore Chris Jenkins. The Willis, who started his collegiate career at Division II Clarion (Pa.) University, called native of Hillside, N.J., sat out 2014-15 due to NCAA transfer rules after averaging 5.4 a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament “the number one goal.” ppg as a freshman for Hofstra University in the Colonial Athletic Association. But in drafting how the 2015-16 season can become a sequel with an even more “He’s a high-level shooter. A high-impact shooter who can make shots in a very exciting plot, perhaps it was the most tenured Highlander, Ky Howard, who said it best. quick period of time,” said Engles of Jenkins, a product of Gill St. Bernard’s. “Chris “Coming into college, that’s all you ever really want as an athlete. So I’ve got one allows us to spread the court a little bit more, which is going to help our other players. shot my senior year. It makes for a great story.” He really fits into the way we play. He’s a big physical guard who can post up or shoot One the Highlanders hope comes to an even better end. AdityaPatel(NJIT’19) KimWaiters(RobertMorris’11), firstseason JesseAgel(Vermont‘84),third season Strength&Conditioning Head Head Athletic Trainer Baltimore,MD/St.Paul’sSchool(ClarionUniversity) StatenIsland,NY/St.Peter’sBoys Basketball Managers Dir., BasketballOperations G EastBrunswick,NJ/Brunswick G 180 180 6-0 G 6-3 Assistant Coaches 210 FortLauderdale,FL/Dillard Tomsk,Siberia,Russia/Absegami(Galloway,NJ) Sr. Head Coach 6-3 Fr. Thessaloniki,Greece/AmericanCollegeofAnatolia(SaintLouisU.) F F Newark,NJ/SciencePark/Newark Jr. 195 *will sitoutthe2015-16seasonduetoNCAAtransferrules 225 G Hillside,NJ/UnionCatholic Teaneck,NJ/GastonDaySchool(Gastonia,NC) 6-6 205 6-9 G Willis,Winfield G G 6-5 185 Irvington,NJ/NewarkEastSide(UniversitySouthAlabama) 11 Jr. So. Walsh,Reilly 165 160 Hillside,NJ/GillSt.Bernard’s(HofstraUniversity) 6-1 14 5-11 Sr. Philadelphia,PA/TheShipleySchool Ukawuba,Rob StatenIsland,NY/McKee/StatenIslandTech(WillistonState) F 6-1 G/F 25 So. 225 Tselentakis,Emmanuel 215 Jr. Union,NJ/St.Anthony’s(Jersey City,NJ) 24 G 6-10 G Fr. Smith,Terrence 6-4 185 15 230 So. F HanoverTownship,PA/G.A.R.(Wilkes-Barre,PA) Shustov,Vlad 6-4 33 6-3 So. Hometown/HighSchool(LastSchool) 210 McMillon,James 13 Pos. G 6-5 Sr. McKnight,Derek Jr. JerseyCity,NJ/St.Anthony’s(JerseyNJ) 10 Wt. 165 Lynn,Damon 5-11 Jr. 5 Ht. F Lewis,Abdul* 12 Jenkins,Chris Fr. 235 Yr. 3 6-9 Izevbuwa,Osa Tomsk,Siberia,Russia/Absegami(Galloway,NJ) 23 JerseyCity,NJ/St.Anthony’s(JerseyNJ) Howard,Ky EastBrunswick,NJ/Brunswick 0 Fr. Coleman,Tim F F 2 Callahan,Seth 225 G 235 StatenIsland,NY/McKee/StatenIslandTech(WillistonState) 4 6-9 210 Bendary,Mohamed 6-9 34 Thessaloniki,Greece/AmericanCollegeofAnatolia(SaintLouisU.) 6-3 StatenIsland,NY/St.Peter’sBoys FortLauderdale,FL/Dillard G So. Name No. Fr. 230 G Jr. G F 6-3 ALPHABETICAL Newark,NJ/SciencePark/Newark 205 180 195 Irvington,NJ/NewarkEastSide(UniversitySouthAlabama) 6-5 6-3 Jr. 6-6 Baltimore,MD/St.Paul’sSchool(ClarionUniversity) MohamedBendary G 34 VladShustov F 185 Sr. Fr. Hillside,NJ/UnionCatholic 33 Teaneck,NJ/GastonDaySchool(Gastonia,NC) Jr. G 225 RobUkawuba 6-1 180 25 6-10 HanoverTownship,PA/G.A.R.(Wilkes-Barre,PA) G EmmanuelTselentakis G 6-0 24 So. 165 160 So. Hillside,NJ/GillSt.Bernard’s(HofstraUniversity) OsaIzevbuwa Union,NJ/St.Anthony’s(Jersey City,NJ) 23 G 5-11 Philadelphia,PA/TheShipleySchool Sr. 6-1 TerrenceSmith G/F 165 15 F Hometown/HighSchool(LastSchool) 5-11 215 ReillyWalsh Jr. G 14 Fr. Pos. 210 6-4 JamesMcMillon 185 13 Wt. Fr. 6-5 AbdulLewis* 6-4 So. 12 Ht. WinfieldWillis Jr. 11 Sr. Yr. DerekMcKnight 10 DamonLynn 5 SethCallahan 4 ChrisJenkins 3 TimColeman 2 KyHoward 0 Name No. NUMERICAL @NJITHOOPS GAMENOTES JimEngles(Dickinson’90),eighthseason : BrianKennedy (Monmouth’90),fourthseason : Winston Nwanne(NJIT ’18) : MattKoscs : AndrewMcGlynn(Towson ’12),firstseason : ob Fisk : Bobby Jesse Mohamed Vlad Rob Osa Damon Ky Emmanuel Hwr KIE(like‘pie’) Howard

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2015-16 NJIT HIGHLANDERS MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB HEAD COACH JIM ENGLES 47 | Dickinson ’90 | 8th Season at NJIT (103-135) | 8th Season Overall

@CoachJimEngles JIM ENGLES CAREER

HONORS/AWARDS: HEAD COACH: • 2014-15 National Coach of the Year (John McLendon Award) • 2014-15 Metropolitan (NY) Basketball Writers Peter A. Carlesimo YEAR SCH CONF W-L PCT NOTE Coach of the Year 2008-09 NJIT Ind. 1-30 .032 Snapped NJIT’s 51-G losing strk • 2014-15 National finalist for Skip Prosser Man of the Year 2009-10 NJIT Great West 10-21 .323 First year of conference affiliation • 2014-15 Finalists for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year 2010-11 NJIT Great West 15-15 .500 Rec’d vote for AP National COY • 2014-15 Finalist for the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year 2011-12 NJIT Great West 15-17 .469 Advanced to finals of GWC Tour. • 2014-15 Named “Best Coach” in New York Post’s “Best Everything for NY-Area Hoops” 2012-13 NJIT Great West 16-11 .593 GWC Regular season champions • 2014-15 Tabbed “Best Nonconference Coach of the Year” by ESPN.com 2013-14 NJIT Ind. 13-16 .448 Lone Division I independent • 2012-13 Great West Conference Coach of the Year 2014-15 NJIT Ind. 21-12 .636 Advanced to semifinals of CIT • 2012-13 National finalist for Skip Prosser Man of the Year 2015-16 NJIT Atlantic Sun 12-11 .522 First year in an AQ conference • 2010-11 Finalist for Associated Press National Coach of the Year TOTAL 103-135 .433 • 2010-11 College Insider Great West Coach of the Year • 2010-11 National finalist for Skip Prosser Man of the Year ASSISTANT COACH: HIGHLIGHTS: • Since Jan. 8, 2011, NJIT has posted an impressive 90-74 (.549) overall record YEAR SCH CONF HEAD COACH • 2015-16: Earned the 100th win of his head coaching career on 1/2 vs. UMBC 1991-92 Wagner NEC Tim Capstraw • 2015-16: Ranked No. 24 in the Preseason CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 1992-93 Wagner NEC Tim Capstraw • 2014-15: Led NJIT to the Semifinals of the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Tournament 1993-94 Wagner NEC Tim Capstraw • 2014-15: Shattered program record with 21 wins (prev. 16 in 2012-13) 1994-95 Wagner NEC Tim Capstraw • 2014-15: Signature win, 72-70, at #17 Michigan on 12/6/14 in NJIT’s first ever 1995-96 Wagner NEC Tim Capstraw game against a Top 25 opponent 1996-97 Wagner NEC Tim Capstraw • 2012-13: Led NJIT to a Great West Conference regular season championship 1997-98 Rider MAAC Don Harnum • 2011-12: Advanced to finals of the 2012 Great West Conference Tournament 1998-99 Rider MAAC Don Harnum • 2008-09: Earned first NCAA win on 1/21/09 vs. Bryant (61-51); snapped NJIT’s 1999-00 Rider MAAC Don Harnum 51-game losing streak 2000-01 Rider MAAC Don Harnum PLAYER SUCCESS: 2001-02 Rider MAAC Don Harnum 2002-03 Rider MAAC Don Harnum • Recruited/coached three Associated Press All-America honorable mention honorees: Isaiah Wilkerson (‘11-12), Chris Flores (‘12-13) and Damon Lynn (‘14-15) 2003-04 Columbia Ivy Joe Jones • Recruited/coached four men playing professional ball internationally (Wilkerson, 2004-05 Columbia Ivy Joe Jones Mexico in 2014-15, NBA D League prior; Flores, Germany since 2013-14; 2005-06 Columbia Ivy Joe Jones Daquan Holiday, signed to play in Germany for 2015-16; Sean McCarthy, 2006-07 Columbia Ivy Joe Jones signed to play in Germany for 2015-16) 2007-08 Columbia Ivy Joe Jones 2014-15: • Led NJIT to the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (won first three COLLEGE PLAYER: rounds for deepest national postseason run in program history) • Set an all-time, single-season record with 17 wins against Division I opponents YEAR SCH CONF W-L NOTE • Won games against teams from nine different Division I conferences (NJIT record) 1987-88 Dickinson Middle Atlantic (DIII) 12-13 • Won road games against teams from five different Division I conferences (NJIT record) 1988-89 Dickinson Middle Atlantic (DIII) 14-10 • Won games against three teams that won either their regular season or 1989-90 Dickinson Middle Atlantic (DIII) 17-12 Advanced to ECAC Championship postseason conference championships • Set a program record for most home wins in a season at 15 (prev. 12 in 2012-13) • Set a program record for best home winning percentage at .882 (prev. 12-3 in 2012-13) • Finished 16-3 from Dec. 30 on for the best 19-game stretch in program history 2003-08 (AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY): • Third highest total in “Others Receiving Votes” in CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Top assistant at Columbia from 2003-04 until being hired at NJIT. Highlights included: • Posted the sixth highest RPI increase in Division I at 134 (up from 304 in 2013-14) • A six-win improvement in the Ivy League his first year • Recording 16 wins in 2006-07, the most for Columbia in 15 years 2013-14: • Won 13 games despite being the nation’s lone Division I independent 1997-03 (AT RIDER COLLEGE): Teams averaged better than 15 wins a season. Highlights included: 2012-13: • Winning the 2001-02 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season championship • Posted a then program record with 16 wins (latter surpassed with 21 in 2014-15) • A berth in the 1998 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) • Coached Chris Flores, 2013 GWC Player of Year & NABC District 13 1st team • Ranked ninth in Division I in FG% Defense (.381) 1991-97 (AT WAGNER COLLEGE): Began as a grad assistant and moved up to a full-time assistant. Highlights included: 2011-12: • A jump from four wins to 16 wins in first season as an assistant • Posted a then program record-tying 15 wins (also won 15 in 2010-11) • An appearance in the 1993 Northeast Conference championship game • Coached Isaiah Wilkerson, ‘12 GWC Player of Year & AP hon. mention All-American PERSONAL: 2010-11: Resides in Convent Station, NJ, with his wife, Meegan, and their daughters Kelcie and • Posted a then program record with 15 wins (shattering prev. mark of 10 in ‘09-10) Ryenn... His grandfather, Ken Engles, was a player and coach at Georgetown... His • Finished second place in the Great West with a 9-3 conference record uncle, John, was a star at Penn under Hall-of-Fame coach Chuck Daly... • One of only 11 coaches to receive vote for Associated Press National Coach of Year @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB

“He took over a program that endured a 51-game losing streak “I think Jim’s done an unbelievable job. Absolutely unbelievable. and just won the Great West conference after a 16-12 campaign You watch them -- they had Providence beat, they were up 15 and a 6-2 league mark. Won 15 games in each of the two previ- at St. John’s, they come in here and have us life and death. I ous seasons and could be in line to move up the coaching ladder. think Jim has done a terrific job, they didn’t have a conference No, should be in line to move up the coaching ladder.” forever, they fly all across the country to play teams and have - Jeff Goodman, CBS Sports, NCAA Basketball writer a good group of kids who play hard. He coaches them up the right way.” - Kevin Williard, Seton Hall Basketball Head Coach “Jim Engles, who has supervised this rise from a smoking cra- ter, wont get any national coach of the year consideration, but maybe he should.” - Mike Lopresti, USA Today, College Basketball writer “This is a program on the rise. Don’t laugh. Under fifth-year head coach Jim Engles, NJIT has picked itself up from the worst of the worst of Division 1 college hoops to a respectable team. “We are a better team than they are, but I think Jimmy (Engles) Three times this season, they’ve gone on the road to Big East has done a terrific job there and you see the progression and I schools: Providence, St. John’s and now Seton Hall. Three times also think you see no matter what the score was, they played they’ve nearly emerged with a win. That says a lot about the hard for 40 minutes and they made us work for 40 minutes.” work that Engles has done in Newark with a roster that’s razor- - John Thompson III, Georgetown Head Coach thin, a budget that’s hardly manageable and a conference that doesn’t play for an NCAA Tournament automatic bid.” - Brendan Prunty, Newark Star Ledger Sports writer NJIT HEAD COACH JIM ENGLES WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT “He’s performed a minor miracle there. You are talking about one of the latest schools to go Division 1 with very little resources and not much tradition, he needs to grind it out and find guys “Jim Engles has done a remarkable job and really deserves at schools don’t want but Engles knows how to build programs.” least some consideration for national coaching honors.” - Paul Biancardi, ESPN College Basket Analyst - Matt Drake, College Insider Basketball writer

NJIT HIGHLANDERS ASSISTANT COACHES BRIAN KENNEDY JESSE AGEL Monmouth ’90 | 4th Season at NJIT Vermont ’84 | 3rd Season at NJIT ennedy has deep roots in basketball. As a player, he rior to joining NJIT, Agel was a coach at the Division I performed in two New Jersey Division I programs, first level since 1988 and head coach at Brown University Kat Princeton (1987) and later at Monmouth (1988-90), Pfrom 2008-12... A University of Vermont grad, Agel led eventually serving as the Hawks’ team captain... Kennedy Harwood Union (VT) High School -- coincidentally nick- remained in basketball after graduation, working with his named the Highlanders -- to a state championship and family’s basketball business, The Hoop Group, which later has become the largest 21-2 record one season. He joined the UVM staff in 1988 as an assistant coach organization dealing with camps, player development and tournaments. Kennedy and was promoted to associate head coach of the Catamounts in 1996... During took his first job as an assistant coach in 1997 at DePaul University, joining the that time, he played an integral part in Vermont’s rise to become arguably the best staff headed by his uncle Pat Kennedy. In his five seasons with the Blue Demons, mid-major Division I program in the East for a four-year period in the early 2000s... Kennedy helped DePaul get back to the NCAA Tournament in 2000, the school’s Each year from 2001-02 to 2004-05, captured an America East Conference cham- first appearance in March Madness in almost a decade... In 2002, Kennedy went pionship, winning the regular season in 2001-02, three straight AEC tournaments back to the business world and spent seven years as a financial advisor for UBS and from 2003 to 2005 and both a regular season and postseason title in 2004-05... as a sales trader and investor for Institutional Equities in Connecticut... Kennedy UVM’s three consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament was highlighted by a first- returned to his family business and served as an athletic director for The Hoop Group round upset win in 2005 against Syracuse, 60-57 in OT... Agel moved on to Brown before returning to the college coaching ranks with NJIT... Kennedy’s brother Rob is in 2006-07 as an assistant to head coach Craig Robinson... He was then promoted the highly respected President of The Hoop Group and is a TV basketball analyst for to head coach in 2008 following Robinson’s departure for Oregon State, guiding the several different broadcasting organizations, including ESPN and Comcast. Bears to back-to-back, double-digit win totals in 2009-10 and 2010-11. KIM WAITERS ANDREW McGLYNN Robert Morris ’11 | 1st Season at NJIT Towson ’12 | 1st Season at NJIT im Waiters, in his first full time college coaching posi- ndrew McGlynn joined the NJIT men’s basketball tion, joined the NJIT men’s basketball staff as an as- staff after working as a Video Coordinator at La Salle Ksistant in July 2015... Waiters got involved with coaching AUniversity in 2014-15... McGlynn entered college coach- when he was an undergraduate at Robert Morris in Pa... ing as a graduate assistant for the University of Detroit At Robert Morris, Waiters worked as a student assistant Mercy men’s basketball program, managing video opera- and after graduating in 2011 with a bachelor’s of Business Management, Waiters tions and assisting with opponent scouting. In 2013, Detroit Mercy clinched an became the Director of Skills Camps at the Pocono Invitational, a prestigious over- NIT berth, McGlynn’s first season on staff... He was head student manager for the night camp that began operation in 1963... From the Pocono Invitational, Waiters Towson men’s basketball program for four seasons and graduated in 2012 with a headed to The Hoop Group, the largest basketball instruction organization in the bachelor’s in Sport Management and received his MBA in Business Administration world. Waiters directed 10 Premier Grassroots AAU team tournaments and 16 high from Detroit Mercy in 2014... Beginning in June 2011, McGlynn was an intern for school events featuring premier teams from Pennsylvania, N.J., N.Y. and Maryland. The Hoop Group, the largest basketball instruction organization in the world. @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB KY HOWARD 0 FR | G | 6-3 | 185 | Philadelphia, PA | St. Thomas More Prep (CT)

HOWARD GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK+ 4-8 1-1 4-6 1-1 2 2 13 1 2 0 0 29 • Became NJIT’s D-I career assist leader w/ #331 at Yale on 1/6/16... Ranks 6th all-time with 360 assists (since ’22) 11/16 @ USF+ 2-9 1-2 5-6 1-9 10 2 10 2 3 1 4 30 • Has at least one point, rebound and assist in his last 44 games and in 97 of 101 contests in his career 11/19 BU+ 7-11 2-2 4-4 0-8 8 3 20 6 5 0 1 32 • Just 7 points from 1,000 in his career, looking to become the 5th member of NJIT’s 1,000-pt club in the D-I era 11/21 LC+ 6-9 2-3 3-4 1-3 4 2 17 7 5 0 1 37 • His only game in career without a rebound was in his first as a freshman, 11/10/12 @ Providence (19 minutes) 11/23 @ PC+ 2-4 1-1 5-6 0-7 7 3 10 2 3 1 0 32 • Dad, Maurice, was drafted in second round by Cleveland of 1976 NBA Draft (Maryland); Played two years in NBA 11/27 @ UA+ 4-11 1-3 0-0 1-1 2 1 9 3 0 0 2 24 • Brother, Ashley, is an assistant coach at Villanova University 11/29 MFK DNP (Concussion Symptoms) 12/5 UML+ 4-7 0-2 7-10 2-3 5 1 15 6 2 0 0 34 HONORS/AWARDS: 12/7 KSU+ 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 2 2 7 5 0 0 28 • 2015-16 (SR): A-Sun Player of Week, Dec. 7-13... In 3 G, averaged 16.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 6.3 apg; shot .581 (18-31) 12/10 @ SFB+ 8-13 1-3 6-6 1-9 10 2 23 5 2 0 2 45 • 2015-16 (SR): Selected as NJHoops.com College Player of Week, Nov. 16-22 (15.7 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 5.0 apg, 2.5 spg) 12/12 @ CU+ 9-15 1-3 4-7 2-2 4 5 23 7 3 0 1 37 • 2012-13 (FR): Honored as Great West Conference Rookie of the Year by CollegeHoopsDaily.com 12/20 @ SJU+ 3-6 0-1 6-8 0-6 6 4 12 9 5 0 2 27 • 2012-13 (FR): Selected as Great West Conference Freshman of the Year CollegeSportsMadness.com 12/28 SBU+ 5-9 0-1 0-2 0-1 1 2 10 5 4 0 2 35 • 2012-13 (FR): Official Great West Conference All-Newcomer team 12/30 @ SFU+ 1-5 0-2 2-5 0-4 4 2 4 2 2 0 1 23 1/2 UMBC+ 6-8 0-1 7-8 0-5 5 3 19 3 3 0 1 33 • 2012-13 (FR): Finalist for the Newcomer* of the Year and Sixth Man awards (*included non-freshmen) 1/6 @ YU+ 1-5 0-1 8-10 1-0 1 3 10 4 6 0 1 32 2015-16 (SR): 1/9 USCU+ 5-11 3-4 6-6 2-2 4 2 19 7 4 0 0 40 1/14 @ FGC+ 4-11 0-3 8-9 1-4 5 4 16 2 2 0 0 36 • Ranks 3rd in A-Sun apg (4.5), 10th in FT% (.767), 12th in FG% (.492), 15th in ppg (13.0)... Scored 10+ in 17 of 22 G 1/16 @ SU+ 2-7 2-2 3-4 1-1 2 4 9 3 3 0 0 34 • Last 9 G: Avg’g 13.1 ppg (118); 43-52 FT (.827)... Last 14 G: 13.5 ppg (189), shooting .488 FG (59-121) 1/21 JU+ 5-6 2-2 2-2 0-2 2 3 14 4 2 0 1 25 • 1/27 vs. Lipscomb: Was flirting with a triple-double before second-half cramping issues; finished 14 pts, 9 reb, 6 ast 1/23 UNF+ 5-8 1-1 5-8 1-3 4 5 16 3 3 0 0 35 • 12/12 at Columbia: Again tied career-high 23 points in 2nd straight game; added game-high 7 assists and 4 rebounds 1/27 LU+ 5-13 1-5 3-3 6-3 9 3 14 6 4 1 1 30 • 12/10 at St. Francis: Tied career-high w/ 23 points & added 10 rebounds for 2nd double-double of year, 5th of career 1/30 @ KSU+ 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-3 3 4 1 4 2 0 2 23 • 11/27 at UA: Left game early (concussion symptoms), had 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists in 23 minutes 2/1 @ LU • 11/16 at USF: Posted his fourth career double-double (10 points, 10 rebounds) with two assists and four steals 2/6 KSU • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky: Scored 13 points (4-8, 1-1, 4-6) with two rebounds and an assist 2/11 SU • Entered season as 2nd-leading returning distributor (3.9 apg), 3rd rebounder (5.7 rpg) in N.J. Division I basketball 2/13 FGC 2/18 @ UNF 2014-15 (JR): 2/20 @ JU • Finished as the team’s per-game leader in rebounds (5.7) and assists (3.9); fourth-leading scorer (10.9) 2/25 @ USCU • Led team in rebounding in 10 of his 17 games; including a career-high 12 vs. UML (11/22) 3/1 TBD • Prior to injury, ranked 12th in Division I in FG% (.520) among guards + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record • 3/23 vs. Cleveland State (CIT): Drained game-winning trey w/ :19.7 left in the second round of the CIT • 3/16 vs. New Hampshire (CIT): Flirted with triple-double, logging 10 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists • 3/4 vs. Howard: Returned from 10-game absence (ankle) to post team highs in rebounds (8) and assists (4) SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • 12/23 at #7 Villanova: Set NJIT record with 11 assists, also contributed four points and four rebounds Points • 12/12 at Holy Cross: Career-high 23 points (7-8 FG, 1-1 3FG, 8-11 FT) w/ game-high five assits Season: 23 (2); last: at Columbia -- 12/12/15 • 12/6 at #17 Michigan: Scored 17 pts (7-9 FG) with five rebounds and a game-high 6 assists in 72-70 win Career: 23 (3); last: at Columbia -- 12/12/15 2013-14 (SO): Rebounds Season: 10 (2); last: at St. Francis BK -- 12/10/15 • Led team in assists per game (3.9) and set then NJIT record with 105 assists (Damon Lynn 123 in ‘14-15) • Finished ranked third on team in both scoring (9.1 ppg) & third rebounding (4.2 rpg) Career: 12 vs. UMass Lowell – 11/22/14 • Led team in assists in 15 games, rebounding in 3 games, blocks in 3 games and steals in 2 games Assists • Scored in double-figures 10 times, with two double-figure rebound games Season: 9 at St. John’s -- 12/20/15 Career: 11* at #7 Villanova – 12/23/14 2012-13 (FR): Blocks • Finished as both the second-leading freshman scorer (7.2 ppg) & rebounder (4.6) in the Great West Conference Season: 1 (3); last: vs. Lipscomb -- 1/27/16 • Led team in rebounding seven times and grabbed at least eight boards in six affairs... Double-digit scorer eight times Career: 1 (13); last: vs. Lipscomb -- 1/27/16 Steals PREP: Season: 4 at South Florida -- 11/16/15 Attended St. Thomas More Prep (CT) in 2011-12 and was New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEP- Career: 4 at South Florida -- 11/16/15 SAC) honorable mention... 3-Pointers Season: 3 vs. USC Upstate -- 1/9/16 HIGH SCHOOL: Career: 3 vs. USC Upstate -- 1/9/16 All-time leading scorer (1,261 points) at The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, PA ... Main Line Player of the Year ...played Minutes AAU ball for Team Phenom ... also a member of the football and cross country teams... Season: 45 at St. Francis BK -- 12/10/15 PERSONAL: Career: 45 at St. Francis BK -- 12/10/15 Aidien Kyran Howard ... son of Joanne Davis-Howard and Maurice Howard ... business management major ... father *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record (Maurice) played his college ball at Maryland ... second round pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1976. HOWARD 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 2012-13 29 3 650 22.4 80 173 .462 6 18 .333 44 82 .537 38 94 132 4.6 53 2 67 64 4 22 210 7.2 2013-14 27 26 704 26.1 79 178 .444 4 7 .571 84 125 .672 23 90 113 4.2 75 3 105 77 4 19 246 9.1 2014-15 23 17 730 31.7 80 159 .503 11 33 .333 80 108 .741 34 98 132 5.7 59 0 90 68 3 11 251 10.9 2015-16 22 22 701 31.9 89 181 .492 19 44 .432 89 116 .767 22 80 102 4.6 62 2 98 70 3 22 286 13.0 CAREER 101 68 2785 27.6 328 691 .475 40 102 .392 297 431 .689 117 362 479 4.7 249 7 360 279 14 74 993 9.8 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB TIM COLEMAN 2 JR | F | 6-5 | 210 | Union, NJ | St. Anthony’s

COLEMAN GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK+ 3-9 0-3 4-4 1-3 4 3 10 0 3 1 4 20 • Became the first player in NJIT history to reach 30 blocks (42) and 30 steals (37) in a season (2014-15) 11/16 @ USF+ 2-9 1-4 2-4 2-1 3 5 7 0 1 0 1 21 • Only player in NJIT history to average better than 1.0 block and 1.0 steal per game for a season... and he’s ac- 11/19 BU+ 6-9 3-3 2-3 1-5 6 3 17 2 2 0 3 20 complished the feat in each of his first two seasons (had 29 blocks, 30 steals in 24 games in 2013-14) 11/21 LC+ 6-12 2-3 2-2 2-12 14 4 16 3 4 1 0 31 11/23 @ PC+ 1-5 0-1 2-2 1-7 8 5 4 2 3 0 2 21 HONORS/AWARDS: 11/27 @ UA+ 4-8 1-3 4-4 0-1 1 4 13 3 1 0 2 25 • 2015-16 (JR): Preseason All-Atlantic Sun Second-Team selection by College Sports Madness 11/29 MFK+ 7-11 0-1 7-8 3-6 9 0 21 3 0 2 0 23 12/5 UML+ 4-7 2-2 5-8 2-6 8 4 15 3 0 0 1 27 • 2014-15 (SO): Named to the CIT All-Tournament Team by CollegeInsider.com (15.0 ppg and 7.3 rpg in four games) 12/7 KSU+ 6-13 1-5 7-8 1-5 6 4 20 2 1 2 3 32 • 2014-15 (SO): Honored with ECAC Division I Play of the Week (1/5) with thunderous dunk vs. Saint Francis (12/30) 12/10 @ SFB+ 10-17 3-5 4-4 3-9 12 2 27 1 3 1 2 33 12/12 @ CU+ 1-5 0-3 1-3 2-8 10 3 3 1 2 0 1 25 2015-16 (JR): 12/20 @ SJU+ 3-9 1-2 3-3 1-10 11 2 10 3 5 3 1 37 • Ranks T4th in A-Sun bpg (0.9), 5th in spg (1.5), 5th in rpg (7.2), 11th in ppg (14.3)... Also ranks 10th in 3FG% (.402) 12/28 SBU+ 4-9 2-7 2-2 1-5 6 2 12 0 2 1 0 26 • Last 9 G: Averaging 15.3 ppg (138) on 49-94 FG (.521), 16-36 3FG (.444)... Last 21 G: 14.9 ppg (312), 7.6 rpg (159) 12/30 @ SFU+ 3-8 2-4 8-8 2-5 7 4 16 3 3 2 3 32 • Last 21 G at Fleisher Althletic Center: Averaging 16.4 ppg (341) while shooting .556 FG (120-216) 1/2 UMBC+ 6-9 2-3 5-8 2-2 4 4 19 1 3 1 2 20 • 1/21 vs. Jacksonville: Scored 10 points with a game-high 12 rebounds for 4th double-double of year, 7th of career 1/6 @ YU+ 6-8 3-4 1-1 1-6 7 4 16 1 5 3 0 28 • 12/20 at St. John’s: Netted 10 points with a team-high 11 rebounds for 3rd double-double of year, 6th of career 1/9 USCU+ 7-11 3-3 2-2 2-4 6 4 19 3 0 0 1 24 1/14 @ FGC+ 4-10 1-5 2-4 0-4 4 4 11 1 2 2 0 42 • 12/10 at St. Francis: Set career-high w/ 27 points & added 12 rebounds for 2nd double-double of year, 5th of career 1/16 @ SU+ 7-13 3-5 4-5 1-7 8 2 21 3 0 0 2 34 • 12/7/15 vs. Kent State: Scored a team-high 20 points (6-13 FG) with 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks 1/21 JU+ 4-14 0-4 2-2 1-11 12 1 10 4 1 0 2 32 • 11/16-22: Named to CollegeInsiders.com “My5” (Mid-Major Players of Week), averaged 13.3 ppg, 7.7 rpg in 3 G 1/23 UNF+ 5-8 1-2 2-2 1-7 8 4 13 0 2 0 1 23 • 11/21 vs. Lafayette: Posted fourth double-double of career with 16 points and a game-high 14 rebounds (tied c-h) 1/27 LU 7-14 1-5 2-5 0-5 5 4 17 3 2 0 2 34 • 11/19 vs. Boston: Drained a career-high three 3FG (3-for-3) en route to season-highs in points (17) and rebounds (6) 1/30 @ KSU+ 3-7 1-5 5-6 0-7 7 1 12 5 2 2 1 31 • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky: Recorded 10 points and four rebounds with a team-high four steals and one block 2/1 @ LU • Entered season as fifth-leading returning rebounder (5.1 rpg) in New Jersey Division I men’s basketball 2/6 KSU 2/11 SU 2014-15 (SO): 2/13 FGC 2/18 @ UNF • Finished second on the team in rebounding (5.1 rpg), blocks (1.3 bpg) and steals (1.1 spg); third in scoring (11.5 ppg) 2/20 @ JU • Led team in blocks 14 times, in rebounds 13 times, in steals nine times and in both scoring and assists four times 2/25 @ USCU • Posted a .526 FG%, which would have ranked 50th in Division I had he qualified (required average of 5.0 FGM/G) 3/1 TBD • Has at least one point-rebound-assist-block-steal in 14 of his last 23 G (61%) + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record • Last 21 games (12/23-on): Averaged 14.2 ppg after starting the season at 6.8 ppg through his first 12 games • 3/23 vs. Canisius (CIT): Posted second career double-double (22 points, 11 rebounds) with four assists and four steals • 3/16 vs. New Hampshire (CIT): Scored a career-high 23 points (7-12, 2-5, 7-10) with seven rebounds and three blocks SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • 11/29 at Duquesne: Game-saving block on a go-ahead 3PT attempt with :09 left and NJIT leading Duquesne, 83-81 Points 2013-14 (FR): Season: 27 at St. Francis BK -- 12/10/15 Career: 27 at St. Francis BK -- 12/10/15 • Played 24 of team’s 29 games, with 11 starts (DNP in five game due to injury, 12/28 through 1/16) Rebounds • Finished second on the team in rebounding (4.9 rpg), blocked shots (29) and steals (28) Season: 14 vs. Lafayette College -- 11/21/15 • 2/22 vs. Fisher (NAIA): Posted career-highs in rebounds (14) and blocks (6) while adding 13 points and five assists Career: 14 (2), last: vs. Lafayette -- 11/21/15 • 11/17 vs. New Hampshire: Scored 15 points (6-10 FG) in his second career NCAA start Assists HIGH SCHOOL: Season: 5 at Kennesaw St. – 1/30/16 Career: 5 (3); last: at Kennesaw St. – 1/30/16 Coleman, a resident of Union, NJ, is a graduate of St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, where he was coached by Blocks Bob Hurley, a 2010 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame... Played on Friar teams that won Season: 3 (2), last: at Yale – 1/6/16 the NJSIAA State Tournament of Champions following his sophomore and junior years and he entered his final high Career: 6 vs. Fisher (NAIA) – 2/22/14 school game (a defeat in the Non-Public ‘B’ final) having been on the winning side in 93 of the previous 94 games... As Steals a senior for St, Anthony, Coleman averaged 8 ppg and 5 rpg. One of his memorable efforts came in the New Jersey Season: 4 at #2 Kentucky -- 11/14/15 Non-Public ‘B’ North title game vs. fellow Jersey City power, Hudson Catholic, which entered the tilt with one loss. Career: 4 (3); last: at #2 Kentucky -- 11/14/15 St. Anthony, ranked 1st in the state at the time, would defeat 2nd-ranked Hudson decisively, 57-42... Against a Hud- 3-Pointers son Catholic front line led by Top 75 national recruit Reggie Cameron, a 6-foot-8 power forward now at Georgetown, Season: 3 (4), last: Stetson – 1/16/16 Coleman came up big. On that night, the 6-5 Coleman matched Cameron in points (12) and rebounds (10) and also Career: 3 (4), last: Stetson – 1/16/16 posted a game-best four blocked shots. Coleman also grabbed nine rebounds in a regular season tilt against nationally- Minutes ranked St. Benedict’s Prep of Newark... Season: 42 at FGCU – 1/14/16 PERSONAL: Career: 42 at FGCU – 1/14/16 Timothy James Coleman... son of Genene Ware and Erwin Coleman... science, technology & society major... born *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record 1/4/95 in Newark, NJ... COLEMAN 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 2013-14 24 11 489 20.4 61 147 .415 10 33 .303 57 77 .740 30 87 117 4.9 79 5 30 38 29 28 189 7.9 2014-15 33 32 831 25.2 131 249 .526 35 84 .417 84 130 .646 38 131 169 5.1 95 2 57 71 42 37 381 11.5 2015-16 23 22 641 27.9 109 225 .484 33 82 .402 78 98 .796 30 136 166 7.2 73 2 47 47 21 34 329 14.3 2016-17 CAREER 80 65 1961 24.5 301 621 .485 78 199 .392 219 305 .718 98 354 452 5.7 247 9 134 156 92 99 899 11.2 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB CHRIS JENKINS 3 SO | G/F | 6-4 | 215 | Hillside, NJ | Gill St. Bernard’s (Hofstra)

JENKINS GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 • Transferred from Hofstra University (CAA) in Hempstead, NY, following the 2013-14 season 11/16 @ USF 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11/19 BU DNP (CD) HONORS/AWARDS: 11/21 LC DNP (CD) • 2015-16 (SO): A-Sun Co-Newcomer of Week, Dec. 14-20... Scored a career-high 19 points at St. John’s (Dec. 20) 11/23 @ PC 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 11/27 @ UA DNP (CD) 2015-16: 11/29 MFK 2-6 2-6 0-0 0-0 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 9 • Last 5 G: Averaging 9.8 ppg, 1.0 apg, 1.2 spg (49, 5, 6), shooting .415 FG (17-for-41) and .405 3FG (15-for-37) 12/5 UML DNP (CD) 12/7 KSU DNP (CD) • Last 14 G: 8.2 ppg in 17.9 mpg (115, 250)... after... First 3 G: 0.0 ppg in 4.7 mpg (0, 14) 12/10 @ SFB 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 • 1/16 at Stetson: Set career-highs in assists (3) and steals (3) while adding 14 pts, 2 reb in a season-high 28 minutes 12/12 @ CU 1-4 1-4 0-0 0-1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 15 • 12/28 vs. Stony Brook: Scored 15 points in a then season-high 27 minutes, again tying career-high with 5 3FGM 12/20 @ SJU 7-8 5-6 0-0 0-1 1 4 19 0 0 0 1 24 • 12/20 at St. John’s: Scored a career-high 19 points on 7-for-8 shooting and 5-for-6 from behind the three-point line 12/28 SBU 5-8 5-7 0-0 0-0 0 1 15 1 2 0 0 27 • 12/10 at St. Francis: Played a season-high 10 minutes, posted a season-high 2 rebounds 12/30 @ SFU 3-6 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 9 • 11/29 vs. UMFK: Scored his first six points as a Highlander, shooting 2-6 (all 3FGA) in a then season-high 9 minutes 1/2 UMBC 3-7 1-4 0-0 0-1 1 2 7 0 1 0 0 23 • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky (first contest as a Highlander): Played three minutes and logged a steal 1/6 @ YU 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 16 1/9 USCU 2-10 1-9 0-0 1-0 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 19 2014-15: 1/14 @ FGC 4-9 4-9 0-0 0-1 1 2 12 0 3 0 1 27 1/16 @ SU 5-11 4-10 0-2 0-2 2 2 14 3 0 0 3 28 • Was not able to compete under NCAA transfer rules 1/21 JU DNP (hamstring) 1/23 UNF 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 2013-14 (HOFSTRA): 1/27 LU 3-9 3-8 0-0 0-2 2 2 9 1 0 0 0 20 • Played in 28 out of Hofstra’s 33 contests, averaging 5.4 ppg 1/30 @ KSU 4-10 4-9 0-0 0-2 2 2 12 0 0 0 2 23 • Ranked third on the team with 42 three-point baskets made 2/1 @ LU • Scored a career-high 17 points (5-12, 1-2) in opener (11/8 vs. Monmouth); hit a career-high, five 3-pointers 2/6 KSU • Hit four 3-pointers on two occasions (12/30 vs. NJIT; 1/19 @ SMU) 2/11 SU • 12/30: Scored 12 points in his game vs. NJIT (4-8, 4-7), added a rebound, assist, steal and block in 30 minutes 2/13 FGC 2/18 @ UNF HIGH SCHOOL: 2/20 @ JU 2/25 @ USCU Attended Gill St. Bernard’s High School in Gladstone, NJ, for his senior season (2012-13), where he helped guide 3/1 TBD the Knights to a 19-8 record and a No. 17 state ranking by the Newark Star Ledger…earned third-team all-Somerset + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record county honors and ranked 29th-best player in the state by ESPN…one of the state’s top three-point shooters, sinking 59 for an average of (3.3 pg), including seven in the NJSIAA/ShopRite South Jersey, Non-Public B semifinal against the Patrick School. ...averaged 12.9 points and 4.1 rebounds in 2012-13, while scoring a season-high 29 points SEASON/CAREER HIGHS (on nine 3-pointers) against St. Joseph in the NJSIAA Tournament on February 27, 2013…he averaged 17 ppg for Points Morristown-Beard as a junior before transferring to Gill St. Bernard’s... Season: 19 at St. John’s -- 12/20/15 Career: 19 at St. John’s -- 12/20/15 Rebounds Season: 2 (3); last: vs. Lipscomb -- 1/27/16 Career: 4 (2); last: 2/16/14 @ Drexel Assists Season: 3 at Stetson -- 1/16/16 Career: 3 at Stetson -- 1/16/16 Blocks Season: Career: 1 (5); last: 2/1/14 @ College of Charleston Steals Season: 3 at Stetson -- 1/16/16 Career: 3 at Stetson -- 1/16/16 3-Pointers Season: 5 at St. John’s -- 12/20/15 Career: 5 at St. John’s -- 12/20/15 Minutes Season: 28 at Stetson -- 1/16/16 Career: 33 vs. Monmouth – 11/8/13 (NCAA debut) *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied 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 17 0 274 16.1 41 97 .423 33 83 .398 0 2 .000 1 14 15 0.9 23 0 8 11 0 8 115 6.8 2016-17 CAREER 45 0 867 19.3 90 257 0.350 75 224 0.335 11 18 0.611 5 46 51 1.1 53 0 23 24 5 22 266 5.9 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB SETH CALLAHAN 4 FR | G | 5-11 | 165 | Hanover Township, PA | G.A.R. (Wilkes-Barre, PA)

CALLAHAN GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK DNP (CD) • Father, Bill, was a college basketball teammate of NJIT Head Coach Jim Engles at Dickinson College 11/16 @ USF DNP (CD) 11/19 BU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 2015-16: 11/21 LC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 • Has yet to miss a FG in his NCAA career, shooting 4-for-4 overall, 2-for-2 from beyond the arc 11/23 @ PC DNP (CD) • 11/29 vs. UMFK: Scored his first eight points in his NCAA career (3-3, 2-2), adding a rebound and a steal in 12 min. 11/27 @ UA DNP (CD) • 11/21 vs. Lafayette: Logged first career NCAA minute in an 80-66 win 11/29 MFK 3-3 2-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 8 0 1 0 1 12 12/5 UML DNP (CD) HIGH SCHOOL: 12/7 KSU DNP (CD) 12/10 @ SFB DNP (CD) A four-year starter and 1500 point scorer at G.A.R. High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Callahan guided the Grenadiers 12/12 @ CU DNP (CD) to a 21-6 record, capturing the 2015 Division II title in the Wyoming Valley Conference and advancing to the State 12/20 @ SJU DNP (CD) Tournament. ...Wyoming Valley Conference Division All-Star (three seasons and 2014-15 MVP). ...Times Leader first- 12/28 SBU DNP (CD) team all-conference, Seth averaged 16.3 ppg, shot 78.3 percent from the foul line, 61 3-pointers, 131 assists and 12/30 @ SFU DNP (CD) 123 steals. ... named The Citizens’ Voice Player of the Year for the 2015 season. ... played AAU for JBHoops. ... 1/2 UMBC DNP (CD) member of the national honor society... 1/6 @ YU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1/9 USCU DNP (CD) PERSONAL: 1/14 @ FGC DNP (CD) 1/16 @ SU DNP (CD) Seth William Callahan. ... son of Bill and Laura Callahan. ... biology major. ... mother (Laura) played volleyball at 1/21 JU 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Misericordia father (Bill) was former basketball player at Dickinson College and former High School Coach. ...born 1/23 UNF DNP (CD) 8/8/96 in Harrisburg, PA... 1/27 LU DNP (CD) 1/30 @ KSU DNP (CD) 2/1 @ LU 2/6 KSU 2/11 SU 2/13 FGC 2/18 @ UNF 2/20 @ JU 2/25 @ USCU 3/1 TBD + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 8 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 8 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Rebounds Season: 1 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 1 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Assists Season: Career: Blocks Season: Career: Steals Season: 1 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 1 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 3-Pointers Season: 2 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 2 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Minutes Season: 12 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 12 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record

CALLAHAN 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 5 0 16 3.2 4 4 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 1 10 2.0 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 CAREER 5 0 16 3.2 4 4 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 1 10 2.0 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB DAMON LYNN 5 JR | G | 5-11 | 165 | Hillside, NJ | Union Catholic

LYNN GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK+ 6-15 4-9 3-4 1-0 1 2 19 0 3 0 0 27 • His 313 three-pointers made since his freshman year (2013-14) ranks 1st in the nation 11/16 @ USF+ 9-20 5-12 4-5 0-1 1 0 27 1 1 0 1 40 • From 10/12/13-1/21/16, drained a 3-pointer in 72 consecutive games; Has at least one in 83 of 85 career contests 11/19 BU+ 5-13 2-8 5-6 0-1 1 1 17 3 1 0 1 40 • NCAA Active Career Ranks: 1st in 3FG/G (3.68), 1st in 3FG (313) and 12th ppg (17.5) 11/21 LC+ 3-12 2-8 3-4 1-2 3 1 11 6 0 0 1 39 • Currently, ranks 9th all-time at NJIT with 1,485 points (*3rd in D-I era)... Ranks 1st with 313 3FGM 11/23 @ PC+ 6-18 4-9 8-10 0-1 1 2 24 4 2 0 1 39 • First player in NJIT program history to reach 1,000 career points as a sophomore (1,078); fourth to 1,000 overall 11/27 @ UA+ 8-18 7-14 0-0 1-0 1 2 23 2 4 0 2 40 • 2014-15: Set an NJIT single-season record with 578 points (previously 517, Isaiah Wilkerson 2011-12) 11/29 MFK+ 5-11 5-10 0-0 0-2 2 0 15 3 2 0 0 24 • 2014-15: Set an NJIT single-season record with 123 assists (previously 105, Ky Howard 2013-14) 12/5 UML+ 3-10 2-9 6-6 0-3 3 1 14 8 2 0 3 39 • 2014-15: Finished second in the nation in both 3FG (126; EWU’s Tyler Harvey 128) and 3FG/G (3.8; Harvey 4.0) 12/7 KSU+ 5-17 4-15 0-0 0-4 4 0 14 1 3 0 0 40 • 2013-14: Set then NJIT record 107 3FG, fourth-highest for a freshman in NCAA history (122, Steph Curry ’ 06-07) 12/10 @ SFB+ 5-14 1-5 4-6 0-2 2 2 15 3 0 1 0 45 • 2013-14: Set NJIT single-game records for both scoring (34) and 3FG (9) at North Carolina A&T, 1/18/14 12/12 @ CU+ 4-17 3-10 0-0 1-0 1 2 11 2 1 0 1 30 12/20 @ SJU+ 9-16 5-10 9-10 0-6 6 3 32 3 3 0 3 40 HONORS/AWARDS: 12/28 SBU+ 1-9 1-9 2-2 0-3 3 1 5 1 3 0 2 27 • 2015-16 (JR): A-Sun Player of Week, Dec. 14-20... Scored season-high 32 points w/ 6 reb at St. John’s (Dec. 20) 12/30 @ SFU+ 4-14 2-7 2-2 1-7 8 1 12 5 3 0 2 39 1/2 UMBC+ 7-16 3-11 3-3 0-5 5 3 20 6 7 0 6 36 • 2015-16 (JR): Selected to the Atlantic Sun Preseason All-Conference Team 1/6 @ YU+ 7-15 4-11 4-4 0-4 4 2 22 1 3 0 1 39 • 2015-16 (JR): Preseason All-Atlantic Sun First-Team selection by College Sports Madness 1/9 USCU+ 6-13 6-12 4-5 0-2 2 2 22 3 0 0 1 39 • 2015-16 (JR): Received Preseason All-American honorable mention by SB Nation’s Mid-Major Madness 1/14 @ FGC+ 6-19 6-15 4-6 1-4 5 4 22 3 2 0 2 45 • 2015-16 (JR): With Jim Engles, selected as the 11th-best player-coach duos in men’s basketball by Bleacher Report 1/16 @ SU+ 6-13 3-9 0-2 1-9 10 0 15 3 4 0 2 40 • 2014-15 (SO): Selected to the All-District 13 1st Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 1/21 JU+ 7-13 5-11 1-1 0-2 2 0 20 7 1 0 2 37 • 2014-15 (SO): Named Honorable Mention All-America by the Associated Press 1/23 UNF+ 3-18 0-8 2-2 0-2 2 0 8 7 1 0 2 40 • 2014-15 (SO): Selected to Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division I Men’s Basketball All-Star 3rd team 1/27 LU+ 4-13 3-12 6-7 0-2 2 1 17 2 5 0 2 40 • 2014-15 (SO): Selected to All-Met Men’s Division I 2nd team by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association 1/30 @ KSU+ 4-11 3-8 11-13 0-4 4 0 22 2 2 0 2 38 2/1 @ LU 2015-16: 2/6 KSU • A-Sun Ranks: 2nd 3FGM/G (3.5), 2nd 3FGM (80), 3rd spg (1.6), 5th ppg (17.7), 5th FT% (.827), 10th in apg (3.3) 2/11 SU • Last 9 G: Averaging 18.7 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 3.7 3FG/G (158, 36, 33); Scored 20+ in 4 straight games from 1/2-1/14 2/13 FGC • Has scored in double figures in 75 of 85 career games... 20+ points in 36 of 85 G... 30+ points in 3 of 85 G 2/18 @ UNF • Roadie!: In 12 G on road, avg’g 20.3 ppg, .395 3FG (244; 47-119); In 11 G at home, at 14.8 ppg, .295 (163; 33-112) 2/20 @ JU • 1/16 at Stetson: Recorded 1st career double-double with 15 points and a career-high 10 rebounds, added 3 assists 2/25 @ USCU • 1/2 vs. UMBC: Scored a team-high 20 pts w/ 5 reb and 7 asts while tying his career-high & program record 6 steals 3/1 TBD • 12/20 @ St. John’s: Scored game-high 32* pts (9-16, 5-10, 9-10) w/ 6 reb, 3 asts and 3 stl (*tied 2nd all-time total) + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record • 12/5 vs. UMass Lowell: Tied his career-high in assists (8), hit season-high in rebounds (3) and steals (3); added 14 points • 11/27 @ UAlbany: Had a game-high 23 points (8-18, 7-14, 0-0); His 7 three-pointers were two shy of his NJIT record • 11/16 at South Florida: Scored a game-high 27 points (9-20, 5-12, 4-5), including the GW three-pointer w/ 0:48 left SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky: Scored a team-high 19 points (6-15, 4-9, 3-4) with a rebound Points Season: 32 at St. John’s -- 12/20/15 2014-15: Career: 34* at NC A&T – 1/18/14 • Led NJIT in scoring at 17.5 ppg, breaking his own program record; ranked 55th in DI (eighth among underclassmen) Rebounds • Set a new program single-season record with 126 3FG, breaking his own mark of 107 as a freshman Season: 10 at Stetson – 1/16/16 • Also led team in assists with program record 123 and steals with 58 • Led team in scoring 23 times (with 15, 20+ efforts), in assists 13 times, in steals 16 times and in rebounding twice Career: 10 at Stetson – 1/16/16 • CIT Tournament: Averaged 19.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg in the four games, playing 158 of a possible 160 minutes (98.8%) Assists • 3/16 vs. New Hampshire (CIT): Scored a game-high 25 points (8-18, 6-12, 3-5) in first-round victory Season: 8 vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/5/15 • 12/6 at #17 Michigan: Scored a team-high 20 points (7-16, 6-10) with three rebounds and four assists in 72-70 upset Career: 8 (2); last: vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/5/15 Blocks 2013-14: Season: 1 at St. Francis BK -- 12/10/15 • Led NJIT in scoring at 17.2 ppg (highest avg in school’s DI era; began in 2006-07) Career: 1 (3); last: vs. Sarah Lawrence (D3) – 2/28/15 • Led NJIT in scoring 16 times, in rebounds three times, in assists seven times and in steals nine times Steals • His 500 points set a freshman record while then ranking second all-time overall (517, Isaiah Wilkerson 2011-12) Season: 6 vs. UMBC -- 1/2/16 • 1/18 at North Carolina A&T: Set NJIT record with 34 points (10-20, 9-18, 5-7); his nine 3FG all set NJIT record Career: 6^ (3); last: vs. UMBC -- 1/2/16 3-Pointers HIGH SCHOOL: Season: 7 at UAlbany -- 11/27/15 Named in March 2013 by The Star-Ledger as one of the state’s Top 10... As a senior, avg’d 24.4 ppg, 3.3 apg while leading Career: 9* at NC A&T – 1/18/14 Union Catholic to an 18-6 record... Finished with 1,344 career points and 198 3FG (90 as a SR)... Season-high 42 pts vs. Minutes Marist (Bayonne)... Star-Ledger All-State 2nd team, 2nd-team All-Non-Public, 2nd-team All-Senior & 1st-team All-Union County Season: 45 (2); last: at FGCU -- 1/14/16 PERSONAL: Career: 45 (3); last: at FGCU -- 1/14/16 Damon Nariq Lynn... son of Keisha Allen and Al-Tariq Lynn, who won the 1991 North Jersey Group 2 state title with *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record Hillside HS... communication major... born 3/5/95 in Newark, NJ LYNN 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 2013-14 29 29 981 33.8 151 405 .373 107 282 .379 91 117 .778 15 65 80 2.8 32 0 60 53 1 35 500 17.2 2014-15 33 33 1203 36.5 182 499 .365 126 350 .360 88 114 .772 15 83 98 3 67 1 123 92 2 58 578 17.5 2015-16 23 23 863 37.5 123 335 .367 80 232 .345 81 98 .827 7 66 73 3.2 30 0 76 53 1 37 407 17.7 2016-17 CAREER 85 85 3047 35.8 456 1239 .368 313 864 .362 260 329 .790 37 214 251 3.0 129 1 259 198 4 130 1485 17.5 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB DEREK McKNIGHT 10 FR | G | 6-1 | 160 | Teaneck, NJ | Gaston Day School (Gastonia, NC)

McKNIGHT GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB 2015-16: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK DNP (CD) • 11/29 vs. UMFK: Scored his first two points in his NCAA career (1-1), added a rebound in eight minutes 11/16 @ USF DNP (CD) • 11/21 vs. Lafayette: Logged first career NCAA minute in an 80-66 win 11/19 BU DNP (CD) 11/21 LC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 HIGH SCHOOL: 11/23 @ PC DNP (CD) Three-year starter at Gaston Day School in Gastonia, N.C... earned North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic As- 11/27 @ UA DNP (CD) sociation (NCISAA) 2A all-conference and NCISAA 2A all-state honors. ... a 1,000-point scorer, Derek was selected 11/29 MFK 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 8 12/5 UML DNP (CD) to the 2015 MAC all-conference, North Carolina Private School all-star basketball game and 2014-15 all-Gazette 12/7 KSU DNP (CD) basketball team. ... led his team in assists (6.4apg) while scoring 12.9ppg and 4.8rpg. ... in his sophomore and junior 12/10 @ SFB DNP (CD) seasons, he led the team in scoring and was selected to Dave Telep’s Carolina Challenge. ... ranked top 80 players in 12/12 @ CU DNP (CD) North Carolina as a junior and sophomore. ...played for the Upward Stars AAU... 12/20 @ SJU DNP (CD) 12/28 SBU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 PERSONAL: 12/30 @ SFU DNP (CD) Derek M. McKnight... son of Ronald and Kim McKnight. ... business major... 1/2 UMBC DNP (CD) 1/6 @ YU 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1/9 USCU DNP (CD) 1/14 @ FGC DNP (CD) 1/16 @ SU DNP (CD) 1/21 JU 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1/23 UNF DNP (CD) 1/27 LU DNP (CD) 1/30 @ KSU DNP (CD) 2/1 @ LU 2/6 KSU 2/11 SU 2/13 FGC 2/18 @ UNF 2/20 @ JU 2/25 @ USCU 3/1 TBD + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 2 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 2 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Rebounds Season: 1 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 1 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Assists Season: Career: Blocks Season: Career: Steals Season: Career: 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: 8 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 8 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record

McKNIGHT 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 5 0 14 2.8 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.4 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 CAREER 5 0 14 2.8 1 3 .333 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.2 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.4 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB WINFIELD WILLIS 11 SR | G | 6-0 | 180 | Baltimore, MD | St. Paul’s School (Clarion)

WILLIS GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK+ 0-4 0-2 0-0 0-3 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 29 • Has scored 1,140 points in his college career between between Division II Clarion (one season) and NJIT (two) 11/16 @ USF+ 3-9 1-5 0-0 0-4 4 1 7 3 2 0 4 34 11/19 BU+ 7-13 2-6 1-1 1-0 1 1 17 4 0 0 2 31 HONORS/AWARDS: 11/21 LC+ 4-9 1-5 6-6 2-4 6 3 15 2 2 0 0 31 • 2015-16 (SR): Selected to the Atlantic Sun Preseason All-Conference Team 11/23 @ PC+ 1-2 0-1 2-2 0-1 1 5 4 3 4 0 0 25 11/27 @ UA+ 4-9 3-4 2-2 1-1 2 2 13 1 0 0 2 26 2015-16: 11/29 MFK+ 2-7 1-4 0-0 1-3 4 1 5 3 2 0 0 19 12/5 UML+ 8-12 4-5 3-3 2-0 2 2 23 3 1 0 0 28 • Suffered torn achillies in game against Kent State, 12/7 (expected to miss remainder of the season) 12/7 KSU+ 1-6 0-2 7-8 2-3 5 2 9 2 0 1 0 25 • At time of injury (12/7), ranked 1st in the A-Sun in FT% (95.5), 16th in apg (2.7)... Led team in assists in first 2 G 12/10 @ SFB DNP (INJ) • Home Games (5 G): 13.8 ppg (69), .468 (22-47)... Away Games (4 G): 6.0 ppg (24), .333 (8-24) 12/12 @ CU DNP (INJ) • Last 7 G: Averaging 12.3 ppg (86), shooting .466 (27-58 FG)... First 2 G: averaged 3.5 ppg, shooting .231 (3-13) 12/20 @ SJU DNP (INJ) • 12/7 vs. Kent State: Left injured in second half; had scored 9 points with 5 rebounds and 2 assists in 25 minutes 12/28 SBU DNP (INJ) • 12/5 vs. UMass Lowell: Drained a game-high and season-high 23 points (8-12, 4-5, 3-3); with 2 boards and 3 assists 12/30 @ SFU DNP (INJ) • 11/16 at South Florida: Recorded a career-high tying four steals 1/2 UMBC DNP (INJ) • One of three seniors on the team (Ky Howard, Emmanuel Tselentakis) 1/6 @ YU DNP (INJ) 1/9 USCU DNP (INJ) 2014-15: 1/14 @ FGC DNP (INJ) 1/16 @ SU DNP (INJ) • Finished 49th in the nation in free-throw percentage at .848 (84-99)... Drained 28-of-29 (.966) over last 10 games 1/21 JU DNP (INJ) • NJIT finished 17-5 when Willis scored 10+ points; had double-digit totals in 16 of the last 22 games 1/23 UNF DNP (INJ) • Last 15 games: Averaged 14.5 ppg shooting .522 (70-134) from floor and .537 (36-67) from beyond arc 1/27 LU DNP (INJ) • 3/23 vs. Cleveland State (CIT): Scored season-high 24 points (9-12 FG; 5-6 3FG) with five assists and three steals 1/30 @ KSU DNP (INJ) • 3/16 vs. New Hampshire (CIT): Finished with 16 points, going a perfect 10-for-10 from line 2/1 @ LU • 2/7 vs. Fisher College (NAIA): Tied career high with seven assists, with nine points, three rebounds and three 2/6 KSU • 1/14 vs. St. Joe’s Brooklyn (DIII): Scored then season-high 23 points with six rebounds and six assists 2/11 SU 2/13 FGC • 12/6 at #17 Michigan: Scored 17 pts (6-7 FG; 3-3 3FG; 2-2 FT) with game-sealing steal with :44 left in 72-70 upset 2/18 @ UNF 2/20 @ JU 2013-14: 2/25 @ USCU • Fourth on the team in points per game (8.0) appearing in all 29 games with 17 starts (including final 8 games) 3/1 TBD • Led the regulars in free throw pct (82.7) while ranking second in 3-pointers (32) and third in assists (54) + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record • 12/12 vs. LIU Brooklyn: Came off bench for what was a then-NJIT Division I-record 30 points in 28 minutes* * Shot 10-17 FG; 5-8 3FG; 5-5 FT; added four assists, 0 turnovers; Prior record of 28 had been done four times • 11/12 at Tulane: Starter opener and scored 10 points with 3 assists in his Division I debut SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2012-13: Points Season: 23 vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/5/15 • Was not able to compete under NCAA transfer rules Career: 30 vs. LIU Brooklyn – 12/12/13 2011-12 (CLARION UNIVERSITY): Rebounds Season: 6 vs. Lafayette College -- 11/21/15 • Recording the second-most points by a Golden Eagle rookie with 446 (513) Career: 7 at Saint Francis U. – 1/4/14 • Ranked 11th in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in scoring at 15.9 ppg Assists • His 15.9 ppg was the second-best freshman mark in the conference and the top rookie mark in the PSAC West Season: 4 at Boston University -- 11/19/15 PREP: Career: 7 (2); last: vs. Fisher (NAIA) – 2/7/15 Blocks Attended Westwind (AZ) Prep (2010-11), where he averaged 11.5 ppg... National Prep School Tournament Quarter- Season: 1 vs. Kent State -- 12/7/15 finalist… Career: 1 (8); last: vs. Sarah Lawrence (D3) – 2/28/15 HIGH SCHOOL: Steals Season: 4 at South Florida -- 11/16/15 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Champions (20-4) at St. Paul’s School for Boys (2009-10) Career: 4 (2); last: at South Florida -- 11/16/15 … Willis converted a 3-point play with 5.2 seconds left in overtime to send the Crusaders past the upset-minded 3-Pointers Archbishop Curley. ...two-time all-MIAA conference honoree. ... averaged 21 ppg, 5.2 rebs., 3.5 assists, 2.5 steals... Season: 4 vs. UMass Lowell -- 12/5/15 PERSONAL: Career: 5 vs. LIU Brooklyn – 12/12/13 Minutes Winfield “Win” Timothy Willis II. ... son of Winfield Willis Sr and Patricia Lewis-Willis ... international business major. Season: 34 at South Florida -- 11/16/15 ... born 3/27/92 in Baltimore... Career: 37 (2); last: vs. Cleveland State (3/23/15) *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record

WILLIS CAREER STATISTICS (CLARION D-II 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 2011-12 28 28 985 35.2 150 343 .437 48 129 .372 98 125 .784 22 54 76 2.7 65 --- 58 52 28 3 446 15.9 2012-13 DID NOT PLAY (NCAA transfer rules) 2013-14 29 17 633 21.8 79 190 .416 32 82 .390 43 52 .827 6 49 55 1.9 65 3 54 39 3 23 233 8.0 2014-15 33 33 982 29.8 130 274 .474 59 135 .437 84 99 .848 33 71 104 3.2 93 1 79 56 5 36 403 12.2 2015-16 9 9 248 27.6 30 71 .423 12 34 .353 21 22 .955 9 19 28 3.1 18 1 24 14 1 8 93 10.3 CAREER 71 59 1863 26.2 239 535 .447 103 251 .410 148 173 .855 48 139 187 2.6 176 5 157 109 9 67 729 10.3 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB JAMES McMILLON 13 SO | G | 6-1 | 185 | Newark, NJ | Science Park

McMILLON GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK DNP (CD) • Was a team manager in 2014-15 before being receiving an invitation to walk on in 2015-16 11/16 @ USF DNP (CD) 11/19 BU DNP (CD) 2015-16: 11/21 LC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 • 11/29 vs. UMFK: Recorded his first NCAA rebound and assist in two minutes of play 11/23 @ PC DNP (CD) • 11/21 vs. Lafayette: Logged first career NCAA minute in an 80-66 win 11/27 @ UA DNP (CD) 11/29 MFK 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 HIGH SCHOOL: 12/5 UML DNP (CD) 12/7 KSU DNP (CD) Attended Science Park High School in Newark... 12/10 @ SFB DNP (CD) 12/12 @ CU DNP (CD) PERSONAL: 12/20 @ SJU DNP (CD) James Denzel McMillon... son of James and Mildres McMillon... electrical engineering major... born 9/4/95 in Livings- 12/28 vs. SBU DNP (CD) ton, NJ... 12/30 @ SFU DNP (CD) 1/2 UMBC DNP (CD) 1/6 @ YU DNP (CD) 1/9 USCU DNP (CD) 1/14 @ FGC DNP (CD) 1/16 @ SU DNP (CD) 1/21 JU 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1/23 UNF DNP (CD) 1/27 LU DNP (CD) 1/30 @ KSU DNP (CD) 2/1 @ LU 2/6 KSU 2/11 SU 2/13 FGC 2/18 @ UNF 2/20 @ JU 2/25 @ USCU 3/1 TBD + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: Career: Rebounds Season: 1 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 1 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Assists Season: 1 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 1 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Blocks Season: Career: Steals Season: Career: 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: 2 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 2 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record

McMILLON 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 3 0 5 1.7 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0.7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 CAREER 3 0 5 1.7 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 0.7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB REILLY WALSH 14 FR | G | 6-3 | 180 | Staten Island, NY | St Peter’s Boys

WALSH GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK DNP (shin) • Won the Warren Jaques Award in 2014-15, presented annually to the top high school player on Staten Island 11/16 @ USF DNP (shin) • Coach Engles Quote on Reilly: ”Reilly has all the qualities of the student-athletes that have been successful here 11/19 BU DNP (shin) at NJIT,” noted Engles, who is also a graduate of St. Peter’s Boys HS. “He is a big-time shooter, tough, high basket- 11/21 LC DNP (shin) ball IQ, and has a ton of potential. He continues the recent pipeline that we have had with players from Staten Island.” 11/23 @ PC DNP (shin) 11/27 @ UA DNP (shin) 2015-16: 11/29 MFK DNP (shin) 12/5 UML DNP (shin) • 12/30 at St. John’s: Made his collegiate debut with four minutes off the bench in NJIT’s 83-74 victory 12/7 KSU DNP (shin) 12/10 @ SFB DNP (CD) HIGH SCHOOL: 12/12 @ CU DNP (CD) Playing at St. Peter’s, Walsh averaged 25 points per game as a senior, making 109 3-point baskets in the process. He 12/20 @ SJU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 topped 30 points in a game nine times and topped 40 twice, including a season-best 43 points, including 10 threes, 12/28 SBU 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 against Susan Wagner High. ...Walsh finished his high school career with 1,388 points, fourth on the all-time list at St. 12/30 @ SFU 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Peter’s and 17th all-time for the entire borough of Staten Island. He scored 751 of his points as a senior playing for 1/2 UMBC DNP (CD) coach Charles Driscoll. ...Walsh was a two-time Staten Island Advance all-star and also a two-time all-Staten Island 1/6 @ YU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 pick by the New York Daily News. He played in the New York City Mayors Cup All-Star game and was a New York 1/9 USCU DNP (CD) 1/14 @ FGC DNP (CD) Sportswriters Association Class AA all-state pick. He was also Most Valuable Player of the Staten Island division 1/16 @ SU DNP (CD) of the Catholic High Schools Athletic Association (CHSAA), the governing body of Catholic scholastic sports in New 1/21 JU 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 York City. ...Salutatorian of his graduating class at St. Peter’s, Reilly followed in the footsteps of his father, John, 1/23 UNF DNP (CD) who was the starting point guard on the 1983 St. Peter’s team that is the only Staten Island team ever to capture 1/27 LU DNP (CD) the New York City CHSAA AA City championship.... 1/30 @ KSU DNP (CD) 2/1 @ LU PERSONAL: 2/6 KSU Reilly Walsh. ... son of John and Christine Walsh... John was the starting point guard on the 1983 St. Peter’s team 2/11 SU 2/13 FGC that is the only Staten Island team ever to capture the New York City CHSAA AA City championship... undecided 2/18 @ UNF major. ... born 4/16/97 in Staten Island, NY... 2/20 @ JU 2/25 @ USCU 3/1 TBD + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: Career: Rebounds Season: Career: Assists Season: Career: Blocks Season: Career: Steals Season: Career: 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: 5 vs. Stony Brook -- 12/28/15 Career: 5 vs. Stony Brook -- 12/28/15 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record

WALSH 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 5 0 16 3.2 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 CAREER 5 0 16 3.2 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB TERRENCE SMITH 15 R-JR | F | 6-6 | 195 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Dillard

SMITH GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK+ 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-4 5 3 4 1 1 0 0 23 • Has five double-doubles in his collegiate career in 61 games, last: 1/14/16 at FGCU (15 points, 14 rebounds) 11/16 @ USF+ 1-4 0-0 1-2 3-1 4 4 3 2 4 0 0 17 • 2013-14: Ranked third in the nation in field-goal percentage (.629), which set a program single-season record 11/19 BU+ 5-9 0-0 1-2 1-2 3 4 11 2 2 0 1 24 11/21 LC+ 6-7 0-0 5-6 0-1 1 4 17 2 2 0 0 23 2015-16: 11/23 @ PC+ 4-6 0-0 0-2 2-3 5 5 8 2 1 0 1 22 • DNP last two games with knee soreness (vs. Lipscomb, 1/27; at Kennesaw St., 1/30) 11/27 @ UA+ 2-5 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 25 • Ranks 1st in A-Sun in FG% (.583)... finished 3rd in nation in 2013-14 (.629) 11/29 MFK+ 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 12/5 UML+ 4-7 0-0 1-2 2-4 6 2 9 0 1 0 0 23 • Last 4 G: 11.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg (46, 28)... L7: 9.9 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.0 apg (69, 43, 7) while shooting 33-for-46 FG (.717) 12/7 KSU+ 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 21 • 1/14 at FGCU: Scored 15 points (7-9 FG) with a game-high and career-high 14 rebounds, added an assist and block 12/10 @ SFB+ 2-3 0-0 2-6 2-1 3 1 6 0 2 1 0 27 • 1/2 vs. UMBC: Scored 14 points on a perfect 6-6 FG with a season-high 6 rebounds and an assist 12/12 @ CU+ 6-10 0-0 0-0 4-1 5 2 12 1 1 0 0 34 • 12/5 vs. UMass Lowell: Bounced back from 0-point game with nine points and a season-high six rebounds 12/20 @ SJU+ 1-2 0-0 1-4 1-1 2 5 3 0 0 1 0 8 • Did not score against UMFK on 11/29 -- first time in 47 career games he recorded 0 points 12/28 SBU+ 0-3 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 4 0 1 1 1 3 17 • 11/21 vs. Lafayette: Scored a season-high 17 points (6-7, 0-0, 5-6) -- his highest total since 19, 2/22/14 vs. Fisher 12/30 @ SFU+ 2-7 0-0 0-0 2-2 4 2 4 0 2 0 1 23 • 11/19 vs. Boston: Scored a then season-high 11 points (5-9 FG) -- his highest total since 19, 2/22/14 vs. Fisher 1/2 UMBC+ 6-6 0-0 2-5 0-6 6 1 14 1 0 0 0 23 • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky: Scored four points with a team-high five rebounds in 23 minutes in his first game since ‘13-14 1/6 @ YU+ 3-6 0-0 0-0 2-4 6 4 6 1 2 0 1 17 1/9 USCU+ 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 21 2014-15: 1/14 @ FGC+ 7-9 0-0 1-2 7-7 14 1 15 1 1 1 0 29 1/16 @ SU+ 4-5 0-0 0-0 1-3 4 4 8 1 1 0 0 25 • Missed the entire season after surgery to repair a Jones fracture; received a medical red shirt 1/21 JU+ 5-7 0-0 0-0 1-5 6 2 10 1 0 1 0 23 1/23 UNF+ 6-12 0-0 1-1 1-3 4 2 13 2 2 0 1 20 2013-14: 1/27 LU DNP (knee) • Set a program single-season record with a .629 field goal percentage, with ranked third in the nation 1/30 @ KSU DNP (knee) • Shot 47-for-58 (.810) over the final eight games, missing just one shot in each of his last five games 2/1 @ LU • Led the team in rebounds per game (6.0)… Led team in rebounds 12 games, points in nine games and blocks in eight 2/6 KSU • Starting all 29 games, reached double-figure points 18 times 2/11 SU 2/13 FGC • Had two games with 10 FG: 10-15 vs. Lafayette, 11/23 (career-high 24 points) and 10-12 vs. Duquesne, 1/29 (20) 2/18 @ UNF • Scored 10+ points in first six games to tie NJIT record for most consecutive double-digit totals by a post player 2/20 @ JU • 1/29 vs. Duquesne: Finished with 20 pts (10-12 FG) and nine rebounds 2/25 @ USCU • 1/27 at Delaware State: Finised with 11 points, nine reboindss and game-saving block on man 4” taller in OT 3/1 TBD • 12/23 at St. Francis Brooklyn: Had 18 pts (6-11, 6-8) and career-high 11 rebounds for second straight double-double + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record • 12/21 vs. Holy Cross: Notched third double-double of career with 16 pts (7-10 FG) and 10 rebounds • 12/4 vs. Maine: Finished with 22 points (9-10 FG, 4-5 FT), eight rebounds • 11/23 vs. Lafayette: Career-high 24 points (10-15 FG, 4-5 FT) with six rebounds SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • 11/19 at Maine: Recorded his first double-double of season (12 points, 10 rebounds) and second of NCAA career Points 2012-13: Season: 17 vs. Lafayette College -- 11/21/15 Career: 24 vs. Lafayette College – 11/23/13 • Made his mark as a starter in the first 10 games, but missed the next 18 due to a stress fracture in his left foot Rebounds • Made a cameo appearance off the bench in the postseason Great West Conference tournament. Season: 14 at FGCU -- 1/14/16 • Ranked third in the GWC in rebounding at 7.0 rpg prior to the injury Career: 14 at FGCU -- 1/14/16 • 12/1 @ St. John’s: Had 10 points and a team-high 10 rebounds for his first career double-double; also had 4 blocks Assists • 11/10 vs. Providence: Had a game-high 10 rebounds along w/ four points, two assists and two steals in his NCAA debut Season: 2 (3), last: vs. UNF -- 1/24/16 HIGH SCHOOL: Career: 2 (10), last: vs. UNF -- 1/24/16 Blocks Grad of Dillard HS in Fort Lauderdale, Florida ... selected Broward All-County and Big 8 all-team... Averaged 16 ppg Season: 1 (7); last: vs. Jacksonville -- 1/21/16 and 12 rpg... Broward County Athletic Association All-Star South-Central MVP (team-high 14 points) ... 2012 Bro- Career: 4 at St. John’s – 12/1/12 ward County Scholar Athlete ... played AAU ball for the South Florida Panthers ... Ranked as the 53rd best prospect Steals in the state by floridahoops.com... Season: 3 vs. Stony Brook -- 12/28/15 PERSONAL: Career: 3 vs. Stony Brook -- 12/28/15 3-Pointers Terrence Durand Smith II... son of Lawanda and Eddie Henderson and Terrence Smith I... business major... born Season: 11/4/93 in Coral Springs, FL... Career: Minutes Season: 34 at Columbia -- 12/12/15 Career: 43 at Delaware State – 1/27/14 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record

SMITH 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 2012-13 11 10 254 23.1 27 61 .443 0 0 --- 5 8 .625 25 45 70 6.4 31 1 5 10 10 7 59 5.4 2013-14 29 29 773 26.7 154 245 .629 0 0 --- 47 64 .734 67 106 173 6 74 2 16 36 14 14 355 12.2 2014-15 DID NOT PLAY (Jones Fracture) 2015-16 21 21 458 21.8 70 120 .583 0 0 .000 15 32 .469 39 54 93 4.4 57 2 18 25 7 8 155 7.4 2016-17 CAREER 61 60 1485 24.3 251 426 .589 0 0 .000 67 104 .644 131 205 336 5.5 162 5 39 71 31 29 569 9.3 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB OSA IZEVBUWA 23 JR | G | 6-3 | 230 | Staten Island, NY | McKee/Staten Island Tech (Williston State)

IZEVBUZA GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 • Transferred from Williston State Junior College in Williston, ND, following the 2013-14 season 11/16 @ USF 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 11/19 BU 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2015-16: 11/21 LC 2-3 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 10 • Last 7 G: Combined 6 pts and 7 reb in 35 minutes (0.9 ppg, 1.0 rpg)... Prior 4 G: Averaged 4.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg (19, 10) 11/23 @ PC 1-4 0-3 0-0 2-2 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 14 • 1/2 vs. UMBC: Grabbed a season-high 5 rebounds in just 9 minutes, added 4 points (1-2, 0-1, 2-2) 11/27 @ UA 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 11 • 12/30 at Saint Francis U: Tallied a season-high 7 points (3-5, 1-3) with an assist in 2 steals in 17 minutes off bench 11/29 MFK 1-4 0-3 2-3 0-1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 12 12/5 UML 2-5 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 14 • 12/28 vs. Stony Brook: Tied his then season-high with 5 points (1-2, 0-0, 3-4) with 3 rebounds, an assist and a steal 12/7 KSU 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 7 • 12/7/15 vs. Kent State: Scored a then season-high 5 points (2-4, 1-2) in just 7 minutes off the bench 12/10 @ SFB 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 12 • 11/21 vs. Lafayette: Scored the first four of his points this season (2-3 FG) in 10 minutes off the bench 12/12 @ CU 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky: Played 10 minutes off the bench and registered one assist 12/20 @ SJU DNP (groin) 12/28 SBU 1-2 0-0 3-4 2-1 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 16 2014-15: 12/30 @ SFU 3-5 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 7 1 1 0 2 17 • Played in 32 games with all his action coming off the bench 1/2 UMBC 1-2 0-1 2-2 2-3 5 2 4 0 1 0 0 9 • Last 11 games: Averaged 6.4 ppg (70), including 14 points (5-9, 4-7) vs. NAIA Fisher College, 2/7 1/6 @ YU 1-3 0-1 1-3 0-2 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 18 • 2/28 vs. Sarah Lawrence (DIII): Scored an NJIT career-high 15 points (6-11, 1-3, 2-2) w/ 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals 1/9 USCU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1/14 @ FGC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 • 12/23 at #7 Villanova: Scored then career-high 11 points (4-7, 3-5) 1/16 @ SU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 • 11/22 vs. UMass Lowell: Netted 10 points (4-5 FG) in just 17 minutes 1/21 JU 1-5 1-3 0-0 3-2 5 4 3 2 2 0 0 10 1/23 UNF 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 2013-14 (WILLISTON STATE JUNIOR COLLEGE): 1/27 LU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 • Played in 33 games and averaged 8.7 ppg and 3.8 rpg 1/30 @ KSU 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 10 • Scored in double-figures 12 times with a career-high 24 against Colorado Northwestern Community College 2/1 @ LU 2/6 KSU HIGH SCHOOL: 2/11 SU 2/13 FGC Attended McKee/Staten Island Technical School in Staten Island, where the Warriors became the first Island PSAL 2/18 @ UNF school and sixth all-time to reach the semifinals of the leagues playoff New York State Sportswriters Association. 2/20 @ JU ...McKee/Staten Island went 21-0 against Island competition, capturing the SIHSL Championship for the second 2/25 @ USCU straight year... Izevbuwa led the Island averaging 25.5 points (766 points in 30 games) and became the 10th in Isalnd 3/1 TBD history to score two 40-point games... he finished with 1,653 career points at McKee/Staten Island Tech, second + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record best in SIHSL history and fourth best among Staten Island scoring leaders... all-State Class A New York State Sports- writers Association New York State Sportswriters Association... played for the Staten Island Stingrays... SEASON/CAREER HIGHS PERSONAL: Points Osa Joshua Izevbuwa... son of Shareece Slayton... business major... born 2/24/94 in Staten Island... Season: 7 at Saint Francis U – 12/30/15 Career: 15 vs. Sarah Lawrence (D3) – 2/28/15 Rebounds Season: 5 (2); last: vs. Jacksonville -- 1/21/16 Career: 5 (3); last: vs. Jacksonville -- 1/21/16 Assists Season: 2 (4); last: vs. Jacksonville -- 1/21/16 Career: 3 at UMBC – 1/2/15 Blocks Season: Career: 1 vs. Lafayette – 12/28/14 Steals Season: 2 at Saint Francis U – 12/30/15 Career: 2 (3); last: at Saint Francis U – 12/30/15 3-Pointers Season: 1 (4); last: at Kennesaw St. – 1/30/16 Career: 4 vs. Fisher (NAIA) – 2/7/14 Minutes Season: 18 at Yale -- 1/6/16 Career: 27 vs. Sarah Lawrence (D3) – 2/28/15 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record

IZEVBUWA CAREER STATISTICS (WILLISTON ST. 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 2013-14 33 11 564 17.1 94 217 .433 23 59 .390 71 90 .789 41 80 121 3.7 48 1 30 44 2 30 282 8.5 2014-15 32 0 430 13.4 48 119 .403 25 62 .403 13 23 .565 11 33 44 1.4 35 0 19 27 1 12 134 4.2 2015-16 22 0 223 10.1 18 56 .321 4 29 .138 8 12 .667 12 22 34 1.5 17 0 13 11 0 8 48 2.2 2016-17 CAREER 54 0 653 12.1 66 175 .377 29 91 .319 21 35 .600 23 55 78 1.4 52 0 32 38 1 20 182 3.4 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB MANNY TSELENTAKIS 24 SR | G | 6-5 | 205 | Thessaloniki, Greece | American College of Anatolia (Saint Louis)

TSELENTAKIS GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 20 • Honored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) on its annual Honors Court for his combined 11/16 @ USF 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 academic and athletics success in 2013-14 11/19 BU 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 • Transferred from Saint Louis University following the 2011-12 season (did not play/received red shirt) 11/21 LC 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 11/23 @ PC DNP (CD) 2015-16: 11/27 @ UA 1-1 1-1 2-2 0-0 0 4 5 0 1 0 0 10 • Last 4 G: Averaging 3.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg in 22.3 mpg, shooting 5-9, 1-4, 1-2 (12, 21, 89) 11/29 MFK+ 4-4 2-2 0-0 4-1 5 1 10 5 1 1 4 27 12/5 UML 1-3 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 9 • Has multiple offensive rebounds in each of the last 4 G, averaging 2.8 o-rpg (11) 12/7 KSU 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 • In his 15 starts this season: Averaging 2.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 1.1 apg in 15.5 mpg (32, 44, 16, 233) 12/10 @ SFB+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 • 1/27 vs. Lipscomb: Set a season-high with 8 rebounds (3rd straight G with 3+ offensive rebounds), added 2 assists 12/12 @ CU+ 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 18 • 1/24 vs. UNF: Solid all-around performance with 6 points, 5 rebounds (3 offensive), 2 assists and a block in 20 M 12/20 @ SJU+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 16 • 1/2 vs. UMBC: Grabbed a game-high and season-high 7 rebounds, also added an assist in 21 minutes 12/28 SBU+ 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 • 11/29 vs. UMFK: Posted season-high 10 points (4-4, 2-2) and 5 rebounds w/ game-highs in assists (5) and steals (4) 12/30 @ SFU+ 2-4 1-3 0-0 2-2 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 19 • 11/27 at UAlbany: Scored a then career-high 5 points (1-1, 1-1, 2-2) in 10 minutes 1/2 UMBC+ 0-4 0-1 0-0 4-3 7 2 0 1 2 0 1 21 • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky: Played 20 minutes and registered two rebounds and an assist 1/6 @ YU+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 • One of three seniors on the team (Ky Howard, Winfield Willis) 1/9 USCU+ 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 8 1/14 @ FGC+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2014-15: 1/16 @ SU+ 1-3 0-2 0-0 1-0 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 15 1/21 JU+ 1-2 1-2 1-2 3-1 4 2 4 1 2 0 0 24 • Started NJIT’s final 15 games... only other start was Opening Day (11/14 at St. John’s) 1/23 UNF+ 3-3 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 2 6 2 1 1 0 20 • Last seven games: 32 points after 19 in first 26 games... Averaged 4.6 ppg while shooting .542 (13-24) 1/27 LU+ 0-2 0-1 0-0 3-5 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 19 • 3/23 vs. Cleveland State (CIT): Provided early spark, scoring five points (2-2 FG, 1-1 3FG) and a steal in 5 minutes 1/30 @ KSU+ 1-2 0-1 0-0 2-2 4 4 2 0 2 0 1 25 • 2/28 vs. Sarah Lawrence (DIII): Recorded career-highs in points (16), rebounds (9) and steals (5) 2/1 @ LU • 2/2 vs. Hampton: Had a career-high four assists to go with five rebounds and a steal in 17 minutes 2/6 KSU 2/11 SU 2013-14: 2/13 FGC 2/18 @ UNF • Appeared in 26 of the team’s 29 games, with five starts 2/20 @ JU • 2/6 vs. Wheelock (DIII): Scored nine points (4-7) with three rebounds, three assists, one block and one steal 2/25 @ USCU • 12/7 vs. UMass Lowell: 13 points (4-5, 3-3, 2-2). With team struggling, scored 8 points in first 4:39 after entering 3/1 TBD • 11/15 at Army: Made his first start of NCAA career; finished w/ four points, two rebounds and one assist in 24 min. + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record 2012-13: • Was not able to compete under NCAA transfer rules SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 2011-12: Points Season: 10 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 • Did not see action with Saint Louis University; received a redshirt Career: 16 vs. Sarah Lawrence (D3) – 2/28/15 HIGH SCHOOL: Rebounds Season: 8 vs. Lipscomb -- 1/27/16 Attended American College of Anatolia while growing up in Greece... selected Athlete of the Year (2008 & 2011)... Career: 9 vs. Sarah Lawrence (D3) – 2/28/15 named MVP in the Kalamata Tournament... earned Olympic bronze medal in first official youth Olympics in 2010... Assists played for Greece in the U-18 European Championships... Club ball for the Academy of Asteria... Season: 5 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 PERSONAL: Career: 5 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Blocks Emmanuel Anthony Tselentakis... son of Anthony and Linda Louise Tselentakis... business major... grandfather (Rich- Season: 1 (6); last: vs. USC Upstate -- 1/9/16 ard Mitchell) graduated from NJIT (at the time called Newark College of Engineering) and mother (Linda Louise) played Career: 2 vs. Delaware State – 2/3/15 basketball for UVA... born 5/24/93 in Englewood, NJ, but spent most of his youth in his father’s native Greece... Steals Season: 4 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 5 vs. Sarah Lawrence (D3) – 2/28/15 3-Pointers Season: 2 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 3 vs. UMass Lowell – 12/7/13 Minutes Season: 27 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 35 vs. Sarah Lawrence (D3) – 2/28/15 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record

TSELENTAKIS 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 2012-13 DID NOT PLAY (NCAA Transfer Rules) 2013-14 26 5 354 13.6 23 64 .359 11 33 .333 8 12 .667 10 38 48 1.8 38 0 23 17 8 13 65 2.5 2014-15 33 16 409 12.4 21 61 .344 4 27 .148 5 8 .625 22 47 69 2.1 29 0 26 17 8 22 51 1.5 2015-16 22 15 299 13.6 16 38 .421 7 20 .350 3 4 .750 23 28 51 2.3 36 0 18 16 6 8 42 1.9 CAREER 81 36 1062 13.1 60 163 .368 22 80 .275 16 24 .667 55 113 168 2.1 103 0 67 50 22 43 158 2.0 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB ROB UKAWUBA 25 JR | G | 6-3 | 210 | East Brunswick, NJ | East Brunswick

UKAWUBA GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK 2-6 0-0 2-2 1-1 2 3 6 1 2 0 0 22 • Became East Brunswick High School’s all-time leading scorer with 1,311 career points 11/16 @ USF 0-2 0-1 2-2 1-1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 18 11/19 BU 0-4 0-0 4-4 2-7 9 2 4 4 0 0 1 20 2015-16: 11/21 LC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 6 • Ranks 31st in the A-Sun in ppg (7.8)... Has reached double-figures in points in three of his last four games 11/23 @ PC 6-8 4-6 4-5 0-4 4 3 20 1 2 0 0 22 • Last 4 G: Averaging 12.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg on 16-of-32 FG (.500)... Last 19 G: 8.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.7 apg (167, 67, 33) 11/27 @ UA 1-4 0-2 2-3 1-5 6 3 4 4 1 0 0 24 • 1/27 vs. Lipscomb: Made first start of career; Scored 13 pts (4-10, 1-3, 4-4) with 5 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal 11/29 MFK 4-9 1-3 1-2 2-2 4 1 10 3 0 1 3 24 12/5 UML 3-8 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 3 7 0 1 1 1 26 • 12/30 at Saint Francis U: Scored a team-high 17 points off bench (6-11, 3-7, 2-2); added 5 rebounds and 4 assists 12/7 KSU 5-8 1-2 3-3 2-2 4 3 14 1 1 0 0 21 • 12/10 vs. St. Francis: Helped seal 92-86 victory with 5 of his 15 points in overtime; added 4 rebounds in 29 minutes 12/10 @ SFB 4-10 0-1 7-9 2-2 4 1 15 1 0 1 1 29 • 12/7 vs. Kent State: Came off the bench for 14 points (5-8, 1-2, 3-3) with 4 rebounds and 1 assist in 21 minutes 12/12 @ CU 1-8 0-3 2-6 0-2 2 3 4 0 1 1 1 22 • 11/24 at Providence: Scored a career-high 20 points (6-8, 4-6, 4-5) along with four rebounds and one assist 12/20 @ SJU 1-4 0-1 2-2 1-3 4 1 4 1 2 0 0 24 • 11/19 vs. Boston: Recorded a team-high and career-high tying nine rebounds; also had four points and four assists 12/28 SBU 1-6 0-4 4-4 0-0 0 3 6 1 3 0 0 19 • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky: Scored six points (2-6, 0-0, 2-2) with two rebounds and an assist in 22 minutes 12/30 @ SFU 6-11 3-7 2-2 2-3 5 2 17 4 0 0 0 26 1/2 UMBC 0-5 0-2 2-2 0-3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 23 2014-15: 1/6 @ YU 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-2 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 17 • Last 10 games: Averaged 9.8 ppg, including a then career-high 18 vs. NAIA Fisher College, 2/7 1/9 USCU 3-8 0-4 3-3 1-3 4 2 9 4 3 0 2 28 1/14 @ FGC 0-3 0-3 0-2 0-2 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 18 • Last 17 games: 8.0 ppg, .595 FG% (47-79)... Last 25 games: .570 FG% (61-107) after starting 2-15 in first three games 1/16 @ SU 1-5 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 16 • Returned for CIT semifinal game at No. Arizona, 3/31 after missing five games (concussion); Scored seven points 1/21 JU 5-9 1-3 3-10 1-2 3 3 14 3 1 0 2 22 • 2/7 vs. Fisher College (NAIA): Scored career-high 18 pts (5-9, 3-3, 5-7) and tied career-high with nine rebounds 1/23 UNF 2-4 0-0 2-2 1-5 6 0 6 0 3 0 0 21 • 2/2 vs. Hampton: Dished out a career-high six assists while recording 10 points and three rebounds 1/27 LU+ 4-10 1-3 4-4 0-5 5 1 13 3 0 0 1 30 • From 1/14-1/19: Matched or set career scoring high in three straight games (12, 12, 14) 1/30 @ KSU 5-9 1-2 6-8 3-1 4 3 17 1 0 0 1 23 • 1/19 at Maine: Set a DI career high with 14 pts (5-7 FG), added a rebound and two steals 2/1 @ LU • 1/14 vs. St. Joe’s Brooklyn (DIII): Set career-highs in rebounds (9) with 12 points and a then career-high four assists 2/6 KSU • 11/22 vs. UMass Lowell: Scored five points, including highlight reel dunk 2/11 SU 2/13 FGC 2013-14: 2/18 @ UNF 2/20 @ JU • Did not play in the first 17 games, but came off the bench in 10 of the last 12 contests 2/25 @ USCU • Finally missed a shot in fourth college game (1/27) after making first four tries in three games … 3/1 TBD • 2/5 vs. Wheelock (DIII): Registered freshman year season-high nine points (4-7, 1-1) with three rebounds and a steal + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record Played last 7 minutes at NCCU (1/16) and hit two corner 3-pointers for 6 points … • 1/13 vs. CCNY (DIII): College debut; scored six points, inc. thunderous dunk for first bucket just :36 after checking in SEASON/CAREER HIGHS HIGH SCHOOL: Points Versatile swingman was one of New Jersey’s top players as a senior at East Brunswick High School and is known Season: 20 at Providence -- 11/24/15 for his toughness and athleticism… Ukawuba averaged 16.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.9 steals a game for East Career: 20 at Providence -- 11/24/15 Brunswick, which posted a 26-4 record in 2012-13... Had nine games with 20 or more points and reached double- Rebounds figure scoring in 29 of the 30 games... Had seven double-figure rebound games... Ukawuba reaped numerous honors Season: 9 vs. Boston University – 11/19/15 for leading veteran coach Bo Henning’s East Brunswick’s Central Jersey Group 4 champions. The Star-Ledger of Career: 9 (3); last: vs. Boston U. – 11/19/15 Newark named Rob third-team All-State for all groups, making him one of New Jersey’s top 15 high school players in Assists the eyes of the state’s largest newspaper. In addition, The Star-Ledger also named him first-team All-State in Group Season: 4 (4); last: vs. USC Upstate – 1/9/16 4 (largest public schools); second-team All-State among senior players; and first-team All-Middlesex County. His local Career: 6 vs. Hampton – 2/2/15 daily paper, the Home News Tribune, which is part of MyCentralJersey.com, selected Ukawuba for its All-Area first Blocks team. ...Born in New Brunswick, NJ, to parents who immigrated to the United States from Nigeria before he was Season: 1 (4); last: at Columbia -- 12/12/15 born, Rob is a chiseled 6-foot-3, 210 pounder who followed his older brother into basketball. He spent the early part Career: 1 (13); last: at Columbia -- 12/12/15 of his high school career playing around the basket, but has expanded his game to hone his perimeter skills and he Steals made 25 3-point baskets as a senior, while also notching 66 assists. ...To get a sense of Ukawuba’s pure athletic Season: 3 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 ability, as a senior he told a newspaper interviewer he “might try” track and field in the spring. He did just that in Career: 3 (3); last: vs. UMFK (USCAA) – 11/29/15 the spring and posted a high jump of 6’0’’ in the Greater Middlesex Conference Relays. That jump in high school, 3-Pointers with limited competitive experience, would have been good for a Top Nine finish in the 2013 championships for local Season: 4 at Providence -- 11/24/15 Division I college conference... Career: 4 at Providence -- 11/24/15 PERSONAL: Minutes Season: 30 vs. Lipscomb -- 1/27/16 Robert Ukawuba... son of Charity and Hyacinth Ukawuba... business & information systems major... born 12/2/94 Career: 31 vs. St. Joe’s Brooklyn (D3) – 1/14/15 in New Brunswick, NJ... *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record

UKAWUBA 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 2013-14 10 0 89 8.9 13 21 .619 4 6 .667 6 8 .750 2 10 12 1.2 9 0 7 5 3 5 36 3.6 2014-15 28 0 531 19.0 63 121 .521 17 40 .425 38 59 .644 26 70 96 3.4 63 1 26 22 6 18 181 6.5 2015-16 23 1 501 21.8 55 143 .385 13 52 .250 56 77 .727 21 61 82 3.6 53 0 40 25 4 15 179 7.8 2016-17 CAREER 61 1 1121 18.4 131 285 .460 34 98 .347 100 144 .694 49 141 190 3.1 125 1 73 52 13 38 396 6.5 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB VLAD SHUSTOV 33 SO | C | 6-9 | 225 | Tomsk, Siberia, Russia | Absegami (NJ)

SHUSTOV GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB 2015-16: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 9 • 1/30 at Kennesaw St.: Made first start of his NCAA career; tallied four points, two rebounds, two assists in 11 M 11/16 @ USF 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 4 0 0 3 0 0 11 • 12/28-1/23: Missed 9 G due to torn plantar fasciitis 11/19 BU 1-4 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 12 • 1/27 vs. Lipscomb: Returned from missing 9 games, chipped in 2 points in 16 M (1-2); first action since 12/20 11/21 LC 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 9 • 11/29 vs. UMFK: Registered a career-high 7 rebounds while tying a career-high 3 blocks; scored a season-high 6 pts 11/23 @ PC 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 9 • 11/21 vs. Lafayette: Had a career-high three blocks; also recorded a rebound in nine minutes 11/27 @ UA 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 9 • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky: Scored two points -- both from the free-throw line -- with a steal in nine minutes 11/29 MFK 3-5 0-0 0-0 2-5 7 2 6 0 1 3 0 16 12/5 UML DNP (CD) 2014-15: 12/7 KSU 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 8 12/10 @ SFB 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 8 • Last 15 games: Averaged 3.6 ppg (24-47, 2-5 in 154 minutes)... after 0 points in prior three games 12/12 @ CU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 • 3/2 vs. Howard: Had one of best games against a DI opponent w/ seven points (3-5), four rebounds, assist, two blocks 12/20 @ SJU 1-3 0-0 1-2 0-3 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 12 • 2/28 vs. Sarah Lawrence (DIII): Scored a career-high 10 points (5-9, 0-2) with five rebounds and an assist 12/28 SBU DNP (plantar fasciitis) • 12/23 at #7 Villanova: Tied season-high with four rebounds in just 13 minutes, added four points 12/30 @ SFU DNP (plantar fasciitis) 1/2 UMBC DNP (plantar fasciitis) 2013-14: 1/6 @ YU DNP (plantar fasciitis) • Did not appear in a game, but practiced throughout the season; received a redshirt 1/9 USCU DNP (plantar fasciitis) 1/14 @ FGC DNP (plantar fasciitis) HIGH SCHOOL: 1/16 @ SU DNP (plantar fasciitis) 1/21 JU DNP (plantar fasciitis) Before NJIT, he lived in the Atlantic City, NJ, area for a couple of years and is a 2013 graduate of Absegami High 1/23 UNF DNP (plantar fasciitis) School in Galloway, NJ. And before that, he studied and played ball near Moscow... An independent scouting report on 1/27 LU 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 16 hoopgroup.com described him as “very fluid for his size and runs the floor very well.” And, like many European trained 1/30 @ KSU+ 2-5 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 2 4 2 1 0 0 11 big men, Shustov has a well-developed ability to shoot from the outside. Added the hoopgroup.com report: “(he is) a 2/1 @ LU legitimate catch-and-shoot threat from the outside.” Another scouting web site called him an “intriguing prospect… 2/6 KSU with oodles of upside if he works hard.”... In his native Russia, he competed in both national and international compe- 2/11 SU 2/13 FGC tition in the “School of Olympic Reserve” based in the Moscow region... 2/18 @ UNF 2/20 @ JU PERSONAL: 2/25 @ USCU Vladmir S. Shustov... son of Sergey Shustov and Nadezda Shustov... enrolled in NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College 3/1 TBD and majors in business... born 4/26/94 in Russia in Tomsk, Siberia -- a city of more than half a million people located + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record about 1,800 air miles east of Moscow (which more than 4,600 air miles east of Newark)... SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 6 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 10 vs. Sarah Lawrence (D3) – 2/28/15 Rebounds Season: 7 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 7 vs. Maine Fort Kent (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Assists Season: 2 at Kennesaw St. – 1/30/16 Career: 2 at Kennesaw St. – 1/30/16 Blocks Season: 3 (2); last: vs. UMFK (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Career: 3 (2); last: vs. UMFK (USCAA) – 11/29/15 Steals Season: 1 (2); last: at Providence – 11/24/15 Career: 1 (3); last: at Providence – 11/24/15 3-Pointers Season: Career: 2 (2); last: vs. Cleveland St. – 3/23/15 (CIT) Minutes Season: 16 (2); vs. Lipscomb – 1/27/16 Career: 20 vs. Sarah Lawrence (D3) – 2/28/15 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record

SHUSTOV 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 2014-15 28 0 256 9.1 31 66 .470 2 7 .286 6 12 .500 15 29 44 1.6 41 0 7 17 11 3 70 2.5 2015-16 13 1 133 10.2 10 25 .400 0 0 .000 3 4 .750 8 15 23 1.8 30 0 6 13 8 2 23 1.8 2016-17 2017-18 CAREER 41 1 389 9.5 41 91 .451 2 7 .286 9 16 .563 23 44 67 1.6 71 0 13 30 19 5 93 2.3 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB MOHAMED BENDARY 34 FR | F | 6-9 | 235 | Jersey City, NJ | St. Anthony’s

BENDARY GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: Date m-a m-a m-a o-d tot pf tp a to bk st min 11/14 @ UK 0-2 0-0 3-4 2-1 3 4 3 0 0 1 0 8 Coach Engles on Mohamed: ”Mohamed comes from one of the top high school programs in the United States at St 11/16 @ USF 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 12 Anthony’s,” said Engles of the freshman big man. “He comes to NJIT with a relentless competitiveness, unbelievable 11/19 BU 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 desire to improve, and the toughness and skill level to be a great addition to our frontcourt for the next four years.” 11/21 LC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 11/23 @ PC 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 0 4 1 2 1 1 8 2015-16: 11/27 @ UA 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 6 • Last 4 G: Averaging 6.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 0.8 apg (24, 19, 3) -- shooting 12-for-17 FG (.706) 11/29 MFK 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 11 12/5 UML DNP (CD) • Last 11 G: Averaging 3.5 ppg and 4.6 rpg in just 15.9 mpg (39, 51, 175) 12/7 KSU 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-7 7 4 2 0 1 1 0 11 • Registered at least 2 points in 14 of his first 22 games of NCAA career 12/10 @ SFB 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 7 • 1/27 vs. Lipscomb: Made first career start; held to just 10 M due to foul trouble; 0 pts (0-0 FG), 5 reb, 2 blk 12/12 @ CU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 • 1/24 vs. UNF: Shattered old career high with 16 points (8-10 FG), added 5 reb and an assist in a career-high 24 M 12/20 @ SJU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 • 1/21 vs. Jacksonville: Tied then-career high with 6 points (3-4 FG), added 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 17 minutes 12/28 SBU 2-4 0-0 2-3 1-4 5 4 6 0 1 0 0 19 • 1/9 vs. USC Upstate: Recorded a career-high 4 blocks (an NJIT season high) along with 3 rebounds and an assist 12/30 @ SFU 2-3 0-0 0-0 3-5 8 2 4 0 1 0 1 9 • 1/6 at Yale: Logged a career-high 23 minutes; contributed 2 points, 3 rebounds (all offensive) and 2 assists 1/2 UMBC 0-0 0-0 1-2 2-2 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 • 12/30 at Saint Francis: Grabbed a career-high and a game-high tying 8 rebounds; added 4 points and a steal 1/6 @ YU 1-2 0-0 0-0 3-0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 23 • 12/28 vs. Stony Brook: Scored a then career high 6 pts (2-4 FG) and added 5 rebounds in a then career-high 19 min. 1/9 USCU 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 3 3 0 1 1 4 0 19 1/14 @ FGC 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-5 6 3 2 2 0 0 1 20 • 12/7 vs. Kent State: Grabbed a team-high and then career-high 7 rebounds in just 11 minutes; added 2 points 1/16 @ SU 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 4 0 1 2 0 0 6 • 11/24 at Providence: Best game to date, scoring four points (2-2 FG) with three rebounds and an assist, steal and block 1/21 JU 3-4 0-0 0-1 1-3 4 3 6 2 1 0 0 17 • 11/16 at South Florida: Scored a then career-high four points (2-3 FG) with two rebounds in 12 minutes 1/23 UNF 8-10 0-0 0-0 0-5 5 3 16 1 0 0 0 24 • 11/14 at #2 Kentucky: Scored three points with three rebounds and a block in his NCAA debut 1/27 LU+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 4 0 0 2 2 0 10 1/30 @ KSU 1-3 0-0 0-0 3-2 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 16 HIGH SCHOOL: 2/1 @ LU Bendary is a 2015 graduate of St. Anthony High School in his hometown, Jersey City. He was coached at St. Anthony 2/6 KSU by Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley... Bendary joins NJIT two years after Tim Coleman, a 2013 St. 2/11 SU 2/13 FGC Anthony grad, who was a stalwart for the record-setting 2014-15 Highlanders, who won 21 games and reached the 2/18 @ UNF semifinals of the national postseason CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT)... A member of the National Honor Society 2/20 @ JU in high school, Bendary has a brother and two cousins who are NJIT graduates... 2/25 @ USCU 3/1 TBD PERSONAL: + Game started | *set NJIT Record | ^tied NJIT Record Mohamed M. Bendary... son of Nabila and Mohamed Bendary... his brother and two cousins graduated from NJIT... business major... born 11/18/96 in Bayonne, NJ... SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 16 vs. UNF -- 1/24/16 Career: 16 vs. UNF -- 1/24/16 Rebounds Season: 8 at Saint Francis U -- 12/30/15 Career: 8 at Saint Francis U -- 12/30/15 Assists Season: 2 (3) last: vs. JU -- 1/21/16 Career: 2 (3) last: vs. JU -- 1/21/16 Blocks Season: 4 vs. USC Upstate -- 1/9/16 Career: 4 vs. USC Upstate -- 1/9/16 Steals Season: 2 at Kennesaw St. -- 1/30/16 Career: 2 at Kennesaw St. -- 1/30/16 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: 24 vs. JU -- 1/21/16 Career: 24 vs. JU -- 1/21/16 *set NJIT D-I Record; ^tied NJIT D-I Record

BENDARY 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 22 1 258 11.7 26 41 .634 0 0 .000 6 10 .600 27 44 71 3.2 51 0 13 15 10 5 58 2.6 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 CAREER 22 1 258 11.7 26 41 .634 0 0 .000 6 10 .600 27 44 71 3.2 51 0 13 15 10 5 58 2.6 @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB NJIT HIGHLANDERS: 2015-16 STATISTICS (OVERALL) @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB NJIT HIGHLANDERS: 2015-16 STATISTICS (CONFERENCE ONLY) @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB 2015-16 NJIT HIGHLANDERS HEAD SHOT CHART

HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH DIR, BASKETBALL OPS JIM ENGLES BRIAN KENNEDY JESSE AGEL KIM WAITERS ANDREW McGLYNN

KY TIM CHRIS SETH DAMON 0 HOWARD 2 COLEMAN 3 JENKINS 4 CALLAHAN 5 LYNN

DEREK WINFIELD JAMES REILLY TERRENCE 10 McKNIGHT 11 WILLIS 13 McMILLON 14 WALSH 15 SMITH

OSA EMMANUEL ROB VLAD MOHAMED 23 IZEVBUWA 24 TSELENTAKIS 25 UKAWUBA 33 SHUSTOV 34 BENDARY