2019-20 Highlanders

@NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY HIGHLANDERS BASKETBALL 2019-20 G7: NJIT (2-4) at Rutgers (4-1) Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 • 7:00pm • Rutgers Athletic Center • Piscataway, NJ • BTN 2019-20 Record|ASUN:...... 2-4 | 0-0 2019-20 Record|B1G:...... 4-1| 0-0 2018-19 Record|ASUN:...22-13 | 8-8 2018-19 Record|B1G:... 14-17| 7-13 2018-19 ASUN Finish...... 5th 2018-19 B1G Finish...... 12th KenPom:...... 193 KenPom:...... 84 All-Time Record vs. B1G...... 1-4 NJIT All-Time vs. RU...... 0-6 Head Coach:...... Brian Kennedy Head Coach...... Steve Pikiell Record at NJIT (4th):...... 49-53 Record at RU (4th):...... 96-113 Career Record (4th):...... 49-53 Career Record (15th):...... 48-54 CIT SEMIFINALISTS 2015, 2016 • MEMBER OF THE ASUN CONFERENCE SINCE 2015

2019-20 SCHEDULE BROADCAST INFORMATION: RECORDS NOVEMBER Video: BTN Wayne Randazzo (pXp) & Christy Winters-Scott(color) Overall 2-4 6 at Colgate L, 80-75 Audio: WOR 710 AM/SiriusXM 372 Jerry Recco (pXp) & Joe Boylan (color) Home 1-1 9 at Providence L, 76-47 HIGHLIGHTS: Away 1-2 Neutral 0-0 13 at Cornell W, 59-58 * Tonight’s game is NJIT’s seventh of the 2019-20 season -- which marks its 14th participating 16 WAGNER W, 88-69 ASUN 0-0 in Division I, fifth as a member of the ASUN and third in the Wellness & Events Center Home 0-0 20 BINGHAMTON L, 77-75 (WEC). Away 0-0 23 at Brown L, 79-63 * NJIT earned its first victory of the season on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at Cornell, but it was any- Non-Conference 2-4 26 at Rutgers 7PM thing but easy. The Highlanders trailed by 20 early in the second half, only to erase the deficit Home 1-1 with the help of a pair of 11-0 runs. Shyquan Gibbs’ contest bucket with 0:00.5 on the clock Away 1-3 DECEMBER was the difference, as NJIT won 59-58. Neutral 0-0 4 at Army West Point 7pm * The Highlanders made it two in a row with a convincing 88-69 victory in their home opener Current streak L2 7 at Central Florida 12pm against Wagner on Saturday at the WEC. Five NJIT players finished in double figures, while four Long. W streak W2 11 UMASS-LOWELL 7pm freshmen found the scoring column, including Xavier Mayo and Caleb Matthews who earned Long. L streak L2 Leading at Half 1-1 14 at St. Francis (NY) 2pm their first-career points. Trailing at Half 1-3 22 KEAN 2pm * Zach Cooks has led the Highlanders in scoring in each of their six games. The junior captain broke the single-game program scoring record last Wed. with 35 points and followed it up with Tied at Half 0-0 29 at UConn 1pm Overtime 0-0 a 30-point performance on Saturday at Brown. Cooks leads the ASUN in scoring and entered Travel Days 0-0 JANUARY the week fifth in the nation (25.5 ppg). Day 1-2 4 LIBERTY* 4pm * Today’s game is the second of a season-long, four-game road trip for NJIT. The Highlanders Night (6 PM on) 1-2 9 at Jacksonville* 7pm wil go three weeks between home games (11/20 - 12/11). . Ranked Teams 0-0 11 at North Florida* 5pm * The Highlanders recorded the first ASUN Championship win in program history in the Power Conf. 0-1 16 LIPSCOMB* 12pm quarterfinals of the ASUN tournament last season, defeating FGCU on the road, 83-78. The win All-Time 165-245 18 KENNESAW STATE* 4pm was also NJIT’s first win in “Dunk City.” Division I 136-245 23 at Stetson* 7pm * The Highlanders non-conference schedule is highlighted by trips to Providence, Rutgers, Non Division I 29-0 25 at Florida Gulf Coast* 7pm UCF and UConn. 30 NORTH ALABAMA* 7pm PROBABLE STARTERS FEBRUARY # Name PO YR HT WT Notes 6 NORTH FLORIDA* 7pm 2 San Antonio Brinson F Jr. 6-8 200 • Double-double vs. Binghamton (Career-high 22 points, 11 rebounds) • 10 Points in win vs. Wagner 8 JACKSONVILLE* 4pm 4 Zach Cooks CC G Jr. 5-9 155 • Back-to-back 30+ pt games including program-record 35 vs. Bing. 13 at Lipscomb* 6:30pm (ct) • One of four unanimous Preseason All-ASUN selections 15 at Liberty* 7pm • Leading scorer in all six games; leads ASUN in scoring (25.5 ppg) 20 STETSON* 7pm • Played all 40 minutes in season opener 22 Florida Gulf Coast* 4pm 11 Shyquan Gibbs CC G Sr. 6-1 150 • Played in 100th career game last Wed. vs. Binghamton 27 at North Alabama* 7pm (ct) • Scored 14 points at Colgate (12 in second half) 29 at Kennesaw State* 4:30pm /SHY-qwan/ • 10 points vs. Wagner, didn’t miss a shot 14 Reilly Walsh CC G Gr. 6-3 180 • Career-high 21 points in last season’s opening night victory vs. Colgate MARCH • Suffered season-ending injury in third game of 2018-19 season ASUN CHAMPIONSHIP • Finished undergrad degree with perfect 4.0 GPA; now pursuing MBA 3 Quarterfinals TBA 21 Souleymane Diakite F So. 6-9 210 • First career start at Colgate -- 32 min (career-high), 8 points, 9 boards 5 Semifinals TBA /SOO-lee-mahn dee-ah-KEY-tay/ • First career double-double (10pt, 13rb) at Cornell CC 8 Finals TBA Co-Captains REST OF ROTATION HOME GAMES IN CAPS # Name PO YR HT WT Notes *ASUN Conference Game 0 Levar Williams G Fr. 6-0 185 • Played 10+ minutes in first four games of the season • USA Today First Team All-State (MA) last season 5 Diego Willis G So. 6-3 175 • Career-high 13 points on 4-of-6 3FG vs. Wagner • Scored five points off the bench at Colgate, added five more at Brown. 10 Caleb Matthews G Fr. 6-4 175 • Drained first-career 3FG vs. Wagner 22 Byron Breland III G Fr. 6-3 180 • New England Prep School Player of the Year in 2018-19 /Bree-land/ • Seven points off the bench vs. Wagner 32 Xaiver Mayo F Fr. 6-7 230 • Earned All-MAPL honors at The Hill School (PA) • Scored first four points of career vs. Wagner. MBB CONTACT: 33 Kjell de Graaf F Fr. 6-10 210 • Appeared in 26 of 35 games last season, starting both CIT contests Myles Rudnick • Career-high nine points at Lipscomb (2/24/19) 201.602.2181 | [email protected] • 6-for-6 from the foul line at Cornell

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2018-19 ASUN STANDINGS: Conference Overall Standings Rec Win % PF PA Rec Win % PF PA H A N L10 Strk Lipscomb 14-2 .875 82.7 68.6 29-7 .806 83.6 69.9 14-3 14-4 1-0 8-2 W 4 Liberty 14-2 .875 69.9 59.9 29-7 .806 73.7 61.4 16-1 11-3 2-3 8-2 L 1 North Florida 9-7 .563 75.6 74.2 16-17 .485 75.3 76.7 10-3 5-13 1-1 7-3 L 1 LIBERTY IS PRESEASON FAVORITE; FGCU 9-7 .563 69.5 68.7 14-18 .438 71.2 73.8 10-4 4-12 0-2 6-4 L 1 HOMESLEY & AMINU COLLECT NJIT 8-8 .500 67.5 66.3 22-13 .629 70.6 68.6 11-5 11-8 0-0 4-6 L 1 INDIVIDUAL HONORS North Alabama 7-9 .438 68.9 73.6 10-22 .313 67.0 73.7 8-4 2-18 0-0 2-8 L 2 Jacksonville 5-11 .313 73.9 74.8 12-20 .375 74.5 75.1 5-8 6-11 1-1 3-7 L 5 ATLANTA, Ga. - Liberty is favored to capture the 2019- Stetson 3-13 .188 67.6 76.7 7-24 .226 69.4 78.4 7-8 0-16 0-0 3-7 L 2 20 ASUN Conference Men’s Basketball title after being Kennesaw State 3-13 .188 64.1 77.1 6-26 .188 63.4 76.7 6-8 0-16 0-2 2-8 L 1 selected to the top spot in both the Coaches & Media Polls. Liberty, the 2019 ASUN Championship title winners 2019-20 ASUN OFFENSIVE RANKINGS: and Co-Regular Season champions, returns four-of- 1 FGCU 6 128-326 39.3 44-133 33.1 65-94 69.1 9.5 24.5 34.0 12.8 19.2 6.8 4.0 17.7 60.8 five starters and its top-two scorers from last season’s squad which advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second 2 Jacksonville 7 167-391 42.7 50-155 32.3 90-139 64.7 9.1 28.9 38.0 12.6 14.6 4.6 3.0 15.3 67.7 Round after defeating Mississippi State in its opener. 3 Kennesaw State 5 92-283 32.5 17-80 21.3 63-94 67.0 11.6 23.8 35.4 8.8 17.6 5.2 2.0 16.6 52.8 North Florida was selected second while FGCU secured 4 Liberty 8 186-403 46.2 62-166 37.3 117-166 70.5 7.9 27.0 34.9 12.5 9.9 5.8 2.8 14.4 68.9 the third spot to round out the top three in both polls. NJIT and Lipscomb, an NIT Final participant last season, 5 Lipscomb 6 155-355 43.7 36-129 27.9 74-110 67.3 9.3 27.8 37.2 11.2 14.7 5.2 3.8 14.3 70.0 were ranked in the fourth and fifth slots with the High- 6 NJIT 6 144-345 41.7 39-124 31.5 80-114 70.2 9.2 23.0 32.2 10.0 10.3 5.2 2.3 17.7 67.8 landers placing fourth in the Coaches Poll and the Bisons 7 North Alabama 6 147-345 42.6 41-124 33.1 75-118 63.6 10.7 22.8 33.5 11.8 15.7 7.5 3.2 23.5 68.3 claiming the No. 4 spot in the Media Poll. 8 North Florida 7 191-459 41.6 90-232 38.8 72-99 72.7 13.3 27.4 40.7 16.3 14.0 6.3 3.1 15.0 77.7 Flames senior guard Caleb Homesley was tabbed the 9 Stetson 7 158-366 43.2 49-146 33.6 84-127 66.1 10.4 26.6 37.0 10.7 14.7 6.6 3.1 15.6 64.1 ASUN Preseason Player of the Year. The Indian Trail, N.C., native earned First Team All-Conference last season after leading Liberty with 13.3 points per game against league foes and averaging 12.4 for the year. He pulled down 5.6 rebounds per outing and dished out 2.7 2019-20 ASUN DEFENSIVE RANKINGS: assists per contest in his first year in the ASUN. 1 FGCU 6 156-368 42.4 45-135 33.3 13.7 25.7 39.3 -5.3 11.7 13.5 8.5 3.8 17.2 73.5 Reigning ASUN Conference Defensive Player of the Year 2 Jacksonville 7 172-422 40.8 55-184 29.9 9.1 26.9 36.0 2.0 11.9 11.0 6.6 2.4 16.9 68.7 Wajid Aminu was selected by the coaches to repeat this 3 Kennesaw State 5 135-289 46.7 56-120 46.7 9.2 28.8 38.0 -2.6 16.8 14.6 8.2 4.8 18.0 77.4 season after leading the conference in total blocks (68) 4 Liberty 8 143-404 35.4 40-152 26.3 8.4 23.4 31.8 3.1 6.5 12.6 5.3 1.5 18.1 51.9 and blocks per game (2.1) last season. The senior forward enters the 2019-20 campaign ranked 23rd in ASUN 5 Lipscomb 6 147-375 39.2 43-149 28.9 12.3 26.3 38.7 -1.5 12.7 16.2 6.0 4.0 17.7 66.5 history with 133 career swats and needs just 59 to crack 6 NJIT 6 152-338 45.0 52-145 35.9 9.7 27.0 36.7 -4.5 14.8 12.5 5.2 3.7 17.0 73.2 the top-five. 7 North Alabama 6 153-325 47.1 32-89 36.0 10.5 26.2 36.7 -3.2 11.3 16.8 5.0 4.3 18.0 74.5 Homesley was one-of-four unanimous selections to the 8 North Florida 7 195-449 43.4 40-125 32.0 11.4 27.4 38.9 1.9 15.9 13.9 6.4 3.3 14.6 70.4 Preseason All-Conference Team alongside teammate 9 Stetson 7 152-399 38.1 71-206 2019-20 34.5 ASUN 10.3 Men's 22.4 Basketball 32.7 4.3 15.0 11.6 5.7 2.7 16.4 64.4 Page 1/4 Scottie James, NJIT’s Zach Cooks and North Florida’s Individual Statistics Ivan Gandia-Rosa as seven of the 10 players selected as of Nov 25, 2019 are seniors. All games

PRESEASON MEDIA POLL: 2019-20To be ranked, ASUN a player must INDIVIDUAL appear in at least 75.0% RANKINGS: of their team's games. Rank (1st-Place Votes) Total Pts 1. Liberty (44) 429 Scoring Rebounding 2. North Florida (2) 340 Player G FG 3FG FT Pts Avg/G Player G Oﬀ Def Total Avg/G 3. FGCU 314 1. Cooks, Zach - NJIT 6 51 16 35 153 25.50 1. Asadullah, Ahsan - Lips 5 12 47 59 11.80 4. Lipscomb (2) 298 2. Perry, Rob - Stet 7 40 18 15 113 16.14 2. Bell, David - JVille 7 16 54 70 10.00 5. NJIT 240 6. North Alabama 189 3. Blackmon, Jamari - UNA 6 30 18 17 95 15.83 3. Diakite, Souleymane - NJIT 6 19 35 54 9.00 7. Jacksonville 161 4. Hendricksen, Carter - UNF 7 39 17 15 110 15.71 4. James, Scottie - Lib 8 26 44 70 8.75 8. Kennesaw State 99 5. Scott, Zach - FGCU 6 27 14 16 84 14.00 5. Hendricksen, Carter - UNF 7 16 44 60 8.57 9. Stetson 90 6. Asadullah, Ahsan - Lips 5 28 1 8 65 13.00 6. Littles, Emanuel - UNA 6 13 38 51 8.50 7. Escobar, J.T. - UNF 7 31 23 4 89 12.71 7. Aminu, Wajid - UNF 7 17 32 49 7.00 PRESEASON COACHES POLL: 8. Catto, Caleb - FGCU 6 26 12 12 76 12.67 Harris, Armani - KennSt 5 18 17 35 7.00 Rank (1st-Place Votes) Total Pts 9. Santos, Aamahne - JVille 7 29 17 13 88 12.57 9. Spencer, Antonio - KennSt 5 14 19 33 6.60 1. Liberty (7) 79 10. Johnson, KJ - Lips 6 25 5 20 75 12.50 10. Rainwater, Justus - FGCU 6 15 24 39 6.50 2. North Florida (2) 74 11. Gandia-Rosa, Ivan - UNF 7 26 20 14 86 12.29 11. Workman, Bryce - JVille 7 11 30 41 5.86 3. FGCU 60 4. NJIT 51 12. Diawara, Mahamadou - Stet 7 33 1 16 83 11.86 12. Brinson, San Antonio - NJIT 6 7 28 35 5.83 5. Lipscomb 40 13. Bell, David - JVille 7 31 0 18 80 11.43 13. Perry, Rob - Stet 7 14 26 40 5.71 6. North Alabama 35 14. Aminu, Wajid - UNF 7 29 4 16 78 11.14 14. Diawara, Mahamadou - Stet 7 16 21 37 5.29 7. Jacksonville 32 15. McGhee, Darius - Lib 8 27 19 16 89 11.13 15. Rawley, Jahlil - Stet 7 2 34 36 5.14 8. Kennesaw State 20 16. Brinson, San Antonio - NJIT 6 24 6 11 65 10.83 16. Cooks, Zach - NJIT 6 4 25 29 4.83 9. Stetson 14 17. James, Scottie - Lib 8 32 0 20 84 10.50 Scott, Zach - FGCU 6 6 23 29 4.83 Preseason Player of the Year: 18. Barnes, Destin - JVille 7 26 13 7 72 10.29 Hazen, Parker - Lips 6 8 21 29 4.83 Caleb Homesley, Liberty 19. Warren, Jalen - FGCU 6 22 1 13 58 9.67 19. Lockley, Bryson - KennSt 5 7 17 24 4.80 Defensive Player of the Year: 20. Fleming, Andrew - Lips 6 20 5 11 56 9.33 20. Norman, Kevin - JVille 7 9 24 33 4.71 Wajid Aminu, North Florida Agnew, Christian - UNA 6 18 5 15 56 9.33 Fan-Voted Preseason Player of the Year: Cristiaan Jones, Stetson Fan-Voted Defensive Player of the Year: Field Goal Percentage (Minimum 5 FGM/G average) Assists Jahil Rawley, Stetson Player G FGM FGA Pct. Player G No. Avg/G 1. Cooks, Zach - NJIT 6 51 111 .459 1. Gandia-Rosa, Ivan - UNF 7 44 6.29 PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: 2. Asadullah, Ahsan - Lips 5 28 61 .459 2. Santos, Aamahne - JVille 7 31 4.43 Pos Name School Year 3. Hendricksen, Carter - UNF 7 39 85 .459 3. Warren, Jalen - FGCU 6 23 3.83 *Caleb Homesley Liberty Sr. 4. Perry, Rob - Stet 7 40 88 .455 Blackmon, Jamari - UNA 6 23 3.83 *Scottie James Liberty Sr. 5. Blackmon, Jamari - UNA 6 30 68 .441 5. Gibbs, Shyquan - NJIT 6 16 2.67 *Zach Cooks NJIT Jr. *Ivan Gandia-Rosa North Florida Sr. Fleming, Andrew - Lips 6 16 2.67 Tyler Hooker Kennesaw State Sr. 7. Cooks, Zach - NJIT 6 13 2.17 Ahsan Asadullah Lipscomb So. Brim, C.J. - UNA 6 13 2.17 Michael Buckland Lipscomb Sr. 9. Cuﬀee, Elijah - Lib 8 17 2.13 Jamari Blackmon North Alabama So. Wajid Aminu North Florida Sr. 10. Pacheco-Ortiz, Georgie - Lib 8 16 2.00 Garrett Sams North Florida S r. Jones, Christiaan - Stet 7 14 2.00 When referring to our conference, please use “ASUN Conference” or “ASUN” and refrain from using “Atlantic Sun Conference”. Sides, Trey - JVille 7 14 2.00 *Denotes unanimous selection The conference underwent a rebranding in April of 2016 which dropped the usage of “Atlantic Sun.” Catto, Caleb - FGCU 6 12 2.00 Asadullah, Ahsan - Lips 5 10 2.00 #SACRIFICE Burden, Terrell - KennSt 5 10 2.00 @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY HIGHLANDERS BY THE NUMBERS NJIT: QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location: University Heights, Newark, NJ Founded: 1881 5 6.7 20 84 165 Enrollment: 11,400 (undergraduate & graduate) As of Mon. 11/22 NJIT has taken Four NJIT fresh- Shyquan Gibbs NJIT’s three Nickname/Colors: Highlanders/Red & White (Blue accent) Zach Cooks ranks care of the ball men combined to enters Tuesday captains - Cooks, Gibbs and Walsh Affiliation: NCAA Division I 8th nationally in of late - and are score 20 points in night’s game with Transition to Division : I 2006-07 the Wagner win, 84-straight starts, - enter tonight’s PPG, averaging averaging under Conference: ASUN (5th season) 24.6 per contest. seven turnovers led by Byron Bre- highest active game with a com- over their last land III (seven). streak in ASUN. bined 165 career University President: Dr. Joel Bloom EdD three games. starts. Director of Athletics: Lenny Kaplan Athletic Dept. Phone: 973-596-3636 SportsCenter Top 10 for Number 11: NJIT website: www.njit.edu Senior captain Shyquan Gibbs’ heroic, last-second basket to beat Cornell was featured as the #5 play Athletics website: www.njithighlanders.com on SportsCenter Top 10. Reilly Walsh inbounded the ball to Gibbs with 3.6 seconds to play and Gibbs Tickets website: www.njittix.com took it towards the basket and finished an incredible shot between two Cornell defenders to put the Twitter/Instagram: @NJITHoops Highlanders ahead with just :0.5 seconds to play. Facebook: NJIT Men’s Basketball

TAKING ADVANTAGE AT THE LINE: HEAD COACH BRIAN KENNEDY After draining all 12 of their free throw attempts in a one-point win at Cornell, the Highlanders have Alma Mater: Monmouth ’90 struggled a bit from the foul line. NJIT is shooting 63.8% (53-83) in its last three games. Seasons: 4th as Head Coach (8th season at NJIT) Career Record: 49-53 (.480); 102 games 2018-19 Quick Rewind: ASUN Record: 18-26 (.409); 1-3 in Postseason At 22-13, the Highlanders earned their best record in Division-I history (13 seasons) and since 1994-95 – a season in which it went 28-2 and advanced to the NCAA Division-III Elite Eight... NJIT became the TEAM INFORMATION nation’s first NCAA program to reach three victories against Division-I opponents this season following Assistant Coaches: Jeff Rafferty (4th season) a 63-60 win over Brown University on Nov. 11 and the first to six road wins after a 90-80 win at Fair- Kim Waiters (5th season) leigh Dickinson University on Dec. 11. Joe Gutowski (3rd season) • Additionally, NJIT started 4-0 for the first time since it competed at the D-III level in 1996-97. Dir. of Basketball Ops: Danny Manuel (1st season) • The Highlanders’ 3-0 start was their first as a Division-I program (transitioned to D-I in 2006-07). Athletic Trainer: Matt Koscs • NJIT started 4-0 on the road for the first time since 1988-89, when it competed as a D-III program. 2018-19 Record: 22-13 2018-19 Postseason: ASUN Semifinals/CIT Quarterfinals 2018-19 ROAD WARRIORS: Final RPI: 137 NJIT was the first team in the nation to reach six road victories and tied for third most Division-I road Returning/Lost (Starters): 8/6 (3/2) wins with 11. UC Irvine led D-I in road wins at 13-2. The Highlanders recorded road wins against five different Division-I conferences: Atlantic 10, America East, Colonial Athletic Association, Northeast (3) SPORTS INFORMATION and ASUN (5)... The total broke the single-season program record of eight (8-9) road wins during the Men’s BB Contact: Myles Rudnick 2015-16 season (20-15). Phone / Email: 201-602-2181 / [email protected] Asst. AD, Media Relations: Stephanie Pillari DEFENSE WON: Phone / Email: 973-596-8324 / [email protected] NJIT ranked third in ASUN three-point field-goal percentage defense at .329 while ranking second in scoring defense at 68.6 ppg and third in field-goal percentage defense at .427. In their 22 wins last PROGRAM RECORDS season, NJIT’s defensive stats were 66.0 ppg (1,451) on 40.2 FG% (498-for-1,239)-- compared to 73.1 Inaugural Season: 1922 ppg (950) on 47.6 FG% (350-for-735) in their 13 losses. All-Time Record: 935-837 (.526) / 1,772 games • In its win on Dec. 11, NJIT held Fordham 23.5 points below its season average and forced the Pre-NCAA (1922-73): 264-270 (.494) Rams into shooting just 36.8-percent (21-for-57) from the floor. Division III Era (1974-96): 368-160 (.697) / 528 games • In the win against St. Francis Brooklyn (82-60 on Dec. 8), the Highlanders held a Terriers team that Division II Era (1997-06): 118-133 (.470) / 251 games ranked second in the NEC in scoring average (78.5 ppg) to 18.5 points below their season average. Division I Era (2006-pres): 164-244 (.400) / 408 games . • In a road win at CAA opponent Drexel (70-67 on Nov. 28), the Highlanders held the Dragons to Vs. Division I Teams: 135-246 (.354) / 380 games 15 points lower than the CAA-leading 82.0 ppg average they sported prior to the game. Vs. Division III Teams: 22-0 (1.000) • In the win at LIU Brooklyn (77-70 on Nov. 24), NJIT held a Blackbirds team that then ranked Vs. Non NCAA Teams: 7-0 (1.000) second in the NEC in scoring average (84.0 ppg) to 14 points below their season average. Conference Titles (Reg): 1 (Great West 2012-13) Conference Titles (Tour): 0 WHAT'S COOKIN'?: National Postseason Tour: 7-3 Zach Cooks followed up an impressive freshman season with an even better sophomore campaign. Coaches and media took notice as the Georgia native was named Second Team All-SUN last season WELLNESS & EVENTS CENTER (WEC) and is one of just four ASUN players to earn unanimous Preseason All-ASUN accolades. Address: 100 Lock St., Newark, NJ, 07102 As a sophomore, Cooks scored 20+ points 15 different times, including his career high 34 point-effort Year Opened: 2017 in a first round CIT win against Quinnipiac. The 34-point night tied Damon Lynn’s program single-game Capacity: 3,500 scoring record. Home Record (WEC): 22-13 (.629) / 35 games Cooks led the ASUN in spg (2.5), while ranking seventh in the NCAA in total steals with 88. Home Record (D-I Era): 108-73* (.595) / 181 games Home Record (Kennedy): 30-17 (.635) / 47 games Home Record (Conference): 31-17** (.646); doesn’t inc. ASUN tourney *Does not include 0-9 in home games at Prudential Center **Does not include 0-2 in conference home games at Prudential Center

ASUN CONFERENCE Established: 1978 SINGLE SEASON PPG LEADERS CAREER REBOUNDS LEADERS Former Name: Trans America Athletic Conf. (1978–01) Number of Teams: 9 Rk PPG Name Years Rk REB Name Years Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia 1 20.6 Damon Lynn (SR) 2016-17 1 773 Abdul Lewis 2016-19 Commissioner: Ted Gumbart (since 2007) Asst Commissioner (Media): Patrick McCoy 2 18.3 Damon Lynn (JR) 2015-16 2 762 Tim Coleman 2013-17 Website: www.asunsports.org 3 17.6 Zach Cooks (SO) 2018-19 3 616 Isaiah Wilkerson 2008-12 2018-19 Champs (Reg): Lipscomb University 2018-19 Champs (Tour): Liberty University 4 17.5 Damon Lynn (SO) 2014-15 4 533 Ky Howard 2012-16 NJIT All-Time Record: 27-32 (.448); doesn’t inc. ASUN tournament 5 17.2 Damon Lynn (FR) 2013-14 5 492 Jheryl Wilson 2007-11 NJIT Tournament Record: 1-4 (.250)

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JERSEY BOYS: NJIT finished 2018-19 with the best winning percentage among the eight Division-I ASUN RANKINGS programs in N.J.: NCAA NET* KEN POM** RK SCHOOL RECORD WINNING% 1 Lipscomb 49 1 Liberty 71 1. NJIT (ASUN) 22-13 .629 2. Seton Hall (Big East) 20-14 .588 2 Liberty 58 2 North Florida 169 3. Fairleigh Dickinson (NEC) 20-14 .588 3 NJIT 172 3 NJIT 193 4. Princeton (Ivy) 16-12 .571 5. Rider (MAAC) 16-15 .516 4 North Florida 190 4 Lipscomb 210 6. Rutgers (Big Ten) 14-17 .452 5 Florida Gulf Coast 227 5 Jacksonville 268 7. Monmouth (MAAC) 14-21 .400 6 Florida Gulf Coast 280 8. Saint Peter’s (MAAC) 10-22 .313 6 Jacksonville 289 7 North Alabama 310 7 North Alabama 281 8 Stetson 337 8 Stetson 320 9 Kennesaw State 343 9 Kennesaw St. 342 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS VOL II: * Final 2018-19 rankings **as of 11/25/2019 All three NJIT sophomores are international student-athletes: forward Souleymane Diakite (6'9") is a native of Bamako, Mali; forward Kjell de Graaf hails from Rotter- dam, Netherlands; and guard Diego Willis is a product of Hermosillo, Mexico. Add- ing to the international flair, all three played high school basketball in the Canary Islands -- an autonomous community of Spain.

WILLIS REPRESENTS MEXICO TWICE THIS SUMMER: Diego Willis spent part of his summer competing in a pair of international tournaments for his home country of Mexico. Willis, who saw action in 28 games as a freshman last season first played alongside fellow collegiate athletes in the 30th Summer Universiade, before finishing his summer playing for the Mexican National Team at the Pan-American Games. The 30th Summer Universiade took place in early July in Naples, Italy, where Willis’ Mexico squad was one of 16 participants. After being one of the older players on the team in Italy, Willis was one of the younger members of the Mexican National Team at the Pan-American games, which took place from July 27-August 10 in Lima, Peru. Despite having little experience with the National Team, Willis saw a lot of game action and even started a game for Mexico, which defeated the US Virgin Islands 92-81 in the seventh-place game. Willis’ best game in Lima came in that start, a 65-61 overtime loss to the Dominican Republic. The Hermosillo, Mexico, native scored nine points and added three rebounds in almost 32 minutes of action.

TOUGH SLATE: According, to MidMajorMadness.com, the Highlanders have the 28th most difficult schedule for mid- and low-major teams in the NCAA. The schedule is ranked the second-toughest in the ASUN behind Lipscomb (11th), with Liberty’s (91st) being ranked the third most difficult in the league.

40-MINUTE MAN: Zach Cooks played all 40 minutes for the Highlanders in the squad’s season opener at Colgate. It was the 15th time in his NJIT career that he never came off the floor and 16th time he played at least 40 minutes, as he saw a career-high 41 minutes of court time in last year’s OT victory vs. North Alabama in Newark.

PUTTING THE NJ IN NJIT: Just three seasons ago, NJIT entered the season with the most localized roster in all of Division-I basketball -- as the average player was just 39 miles from hometown to Newark. This season, the Highlanders would rank towards the bottom of that list, as Shyquan Gibbs is the only NJIT player to hail from the Garden State. Gibbs, who was born and raised in Jersey City before his family moved to Hillside during his childhood, played and won a state championship for Hall of Famer Bob Hurley Sr. at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City.

LOU HENSON AWARD WATCH LIST : Junior captain Zach Cooks was named to the Lou Henson Award Preseason Watch List, it was announced on Tuesday, November 5. The Lou Henson Award is given annually to the nation’s top Division I mid-major player. The award honors Henson, the former Illinois and New Mexico State coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons. Henson is the winningest coach in Illinois basketball history with 423 victories. During his 21 seasons (1975-1996), Henson led the Fighting Illini to 16 postseason appearances, including 12 NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 1989. Overall, 50 players were named to the Preseason Watch List.

STUDENT-ATHLETES: The NJIT roster features many players who have excelled in the class room. Grad- uate student Reilly Walsh has been selected to the ASUN All-Academic Team in back-to-back seasons (4.0 GPA). In addition, he was named to the ECAC Winter/ Spring Academic Honor Roll and was one of just 10 players named to the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team. Senior Shyquan Gibbs as also named to the ASUN All-Academic and the ECAC Winter/Spring Academ- ic Honor Roll last season. Both players have also been named CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees, with Walsh earning the honor in 2017-18, and Gibbs taking the award home last season. #SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

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BY STATE/ BY CLASS Rankings as of November 18, 2019 COUNTRY: RK TEAM (1ST VOTES) REC PTS PRE CONFERENCE Connecticut (1): Graduate Student (1): Reilly Walsh 1. Gonzaga (30) 4-0 774 1 West Coast OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: UNCG 86, Buffalo Byron Breland III 2. ETSU 3-0 700 3 Southern 77, Pepperdine 75, South Dakota 71, North Da- Delaware (1): Seniors (1): 3. Vermont (1) 4-0 698 4 America East kota State 66, Stephen F Austin 46, William & Shyquan Gibbs Caleb Matthews 4. Liberty 4-0 671 5 ASUN Mary 40, Bradley 35, San Francisco 34, North- eastern 32, Winthrop 29, Southern Utah 25, Georgia (2): Juniors (2): 5. Saint Mary’s 3-1 642 2 West Coast San Antonio Brinson Montanta State 23, NKU 21, Central Michigan San Antonio Brinson 6. Furman 4-0 589 7 Southern 19, Georgia Southern 19, Akron 17, Loyola Chi- Zach Cooks Zach Cooks 7. BYU 3-1 484 14 West Coast cago 16, UTA 16, Wofford 16, South Alabama 14, Maryland (1): Sophomores (3): 8. Bowling Green 3-1 462 9 Mid-American UMBC 13, Drake 12, Morehead State 12, Nichol- Jason Murphy Kjell da Graaf ls State 12, Lipscomb 11, Iona 9, Norfolk State 8, Souleymane Diakite 9. Belmont 2-1 422 21 Ohio Valley Western Michigan 8, Santa Clara 6, Grambling 5, Massachusetts (1): Diego Willis 10. Evansville 3-0 381 NR Missouri Valley North Florida 5, Bucknell 4, Hofstra 4, Yale 3, Ha- Levar Williams Freshmen (6): 11. UC Irvine 3-1 360 15 Big West waii 2, Manhattan 2, Milwaukee 2, Rider 2, Chat- tanooga 1, Green Bay 1, Longwood 1, Ohio 1. New Jersey (1): Byron Breland III 12. New Mexico State 2-2 358 6 WAC Shyquan Gibbs Da’mir Faison Caleb Matthews 13. Harvard 3-2 352 8 Ivy League New York (2): Xavier Mayo 14. Northern Iowa 4-0 273 NR Missouri Valley Xavier Mayo Jason Murphy 15. Penn 2-1 269 20 Ivy League Reilly Walsh Levar Williams NOTE: The Mid-Major Poll is made up of teams from 16. Colgare 1-2 255 11 Patriot the following conferences: America East, ASUN, Big Pennsylvania (1): 17. Wright State 3-1 252 10 Horizon Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Indepen- Da’mir Faison dents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-East- 18. Toledo 3-1 235 23 Mid-American ern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Mali (1): 19. Charleston 2-1 199 13 Colonial Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Souleyman Diakite 20. Murray State 2-2 198 17 Ohio Valley Belt, West Coast, Western Athletic. Mexico (1): 21. Missouri State 2-1 156 12 Missouri Valley The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 is Diego Willis 22. Kent State 3-0 128 NR Mid-American now in its 21st season of existence. Netherlands (1): 23. Illinois State 2-1 122 18 Missouri Valley Kjell da Graaf 24. Delaware 5-0 98 NR Colonial 25. UCSB 1-2 96 22 Big West

KENNEDY NAMES THREE CAPTAINS NJIT men’s basketball Head Coach Brian Kennedy announced that graduate student Reilly Walsh, senior Shyquan Gibbs and junior Zach Cooks will serve as captains for the 2019-20 season. Walsh and Gibbs are each in their second seasons in the role, while Cooks is a first-year captain. “It’s really hard to find three better representatives of the student-athlete than Reilly, Shyquan and Zach,” said Kennedy. “All three have contributed both on- and off-the court, not only to NJIT, but to the Newark area and the state of New Jersey, as well.” The trio, all guards, have started a combined 147 career games prior to taking the court in 2019-20, with Gibbs’ 78 starts leading the way. Cooks was the team’s leading scorer last season and was a unanimous selection to the Presea- son All-ASUN team. Walsh missed most of 2018-19 with an ankle injury, but it didn’t stop him from serving as a leader as the Highlanders had a remarkable season. ASUN CHAMPS! Head Coach Fernando Barboto and the NJIT men’s soccer team came from behind to beat Florida Gulf Coast 2-1 on Sat. November 16, and win the program’s first-ever ASUN Conference. The Highlanders went 5-1-0 in the regular season to earn the top seed and the right to host the tournment on Lubetkin Field at Mal Simon Stadium. Barboto’s squad advanced to the NCAA Tournament where it was defeate by Providence in the first round. NJIT has been one of the nation’s top offensive teams this season, led by Rene White, who is tied atop the NCAA leaderboard with 17 goals. White was named the ASUN Player of the Year, while Barboto (ASUN Coach of the Year), Samuel Re- isgys (ASUN Goalkeeper of the Year) and Alejandro Rabell (ASUN Freshman of the Year) also took home postseason honors. The ASUN title was the first in any sport for NJIT, which is in its fifth season in the conference. NJIT Jumps into Top 100 for 2020 U.S. News College Rankings NJIT has continued its impressive climb up the annual U.S. News and World Report of those applying also have grown. The credentials of NJIT’s nearly 1,400 first-year ranking of colleges and universities by joining the top 100 National Universities for students this fall rival those of students at the most prestigious universities in the 2020. Now ranked #97 in the nation, NJIT has risen nearly 50 places during the last nation. NJIT’s current first-year students have an average high school grade point two years. NJIT also is ranked #41 overall on the publication’s “Best Value Schools” average (GPA) of 3.6 out of 4.0 and achieved average SAT scores of 1,297 out list and #43 overall among “Top Public Schools.” Additionally, NJIT is ranked within of a possible 1,600. For the 154 students entering NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors the top 100 undergraduate engineering programs in the nation. College, the average high school GPA is 3.95 and the average SAT reaches 1486.

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2018-19 SEASON REWIND 2019-20 SEASON PREVIEW The NJIT Highlanders’ record-setting 2018-19 season came to a close on March When the 2019-20 NJIT men’s basketball team takes the court for its first game 28, 2019, in the CIT Quarterfinals. on Wednesday, November 6, they’ll do so with a unique mix of four established veterans and nine underclassmen looking to break out and help the program take Head Coach Brian Kennedy’s team finished in fifth place of the ASUN Con- the next step. ference with a 22-13 (8-8 ASUN) record, the third-best overall record in the Last season, the Highlanders won a program-record 22 games and earned their conference. Kennedy’s overall record in three seasons as NJIT’s head coach first-ever ASUN postseason victory on the road at Florida Gulf Coast. With the improves to 47-49 (.490) and 117-105 (.527) in his seven seasons as a member graduation of several key players, NJIT will need its underclassmen to step up and of the Highlanders’ coaching staff. join the proven veterans to build upon last season’s success.

NJIT’s 22 wins included 11 road wins, 13 non-conference wins, the program’s Leading the Way first ASUN Championship win and a CIT First Round win.

Preseason All-ASUN and First Team All-ASUN forward, Abdul Lewis, led the Fourth-year Head Coach Brian Kennedy will rely on three captains to lead the team in double-doubles (9) and rebounds (9.1 rpg). The senior eclipsed 1,000 Highlanders on and off the court this season. Graduate student Reilly Walsh, career points (1,015, NJIT & 232, South Alabama) and reached 1,000 career senior Shyquan Gibbs and junior Zach Cooks were named captains prior to the rebounds (773, NJIT & 237, South Alabama) in his final game against Lipscomb season and combine for 147 games started in their careers. in the ASUN Championship Semifinals. Lewis’ 773 rebounds in his three years at NJIT broke Tim Coleman’s (762) record, while his incredible 21 rebound The trio started the first three contests of the 2018-19 season, before Walsh game versus Jacksonville broke his own program record. The Newark, N.J., fell victim to a season-ending injury. Gibbs and Cooks started all 35 games, native finished his NJIT career averaging 11.5 ppg and 8.8 rpg, with 22 career with Cooks averaging a team-high 17.4ppg en route to Second Team All-ASUN double-doubles for the Highlanders, a program record. honors. Gibbs put together a consistent season, averaging 8.6 ppg and led the squad in assists. Second Team All-ASUN guard, Zach Cooks, followed up his ASUN All-Freshman season with an impressive sophomore year, ranking nationally in steals (88, 7th Production, Not Potential NCAA), steals per game (2.5, 12th NCAA), total minutes (1,304, 6th NCAA) and minutes per game (37.3, 14th NCAA). Cooks led NJIT in scoring, averaging 17.6 San Antonio Brinson started 32 games as a sophomore last year and showed ppg, which ranked third in the ASUN. His 34 point-performance in the CIT First plenty of promise at the forward position. Kennedy is looking for Brinson to Round tied Damon Lynn’s single-game scoring record. The sophomore earned use that experience and elevate his game as he enters the second half of his his first double-double at Jacksonville (24 points, 13 rebounds) and scored 20+ college career. points in 15 games this season. Brinson averaged 6.0 ppg and 4.1 rpg last season, which included a 15-point, ASUN All-Tournament Team selection, Diandre Wilson, finished his senior sea- 15-rebound effort in a victory at Duquense. son in style. Ranking 15th in ASUN scoring at 11.9 ppg, Wilson led the team in scoring in both the ASUN Championship Quarterfinals and Semifinals, includ- No Sophomore Slumps ing a career-high 26 points in the program’s first ever ASUN tournament win at FGCU. The senior was clutch throughout the year, scoring game-winning shots NJIT’s three sophomores will also see a great deal of playing time this season against Colgate and Brown, and led the team in free throw percentage (77.6%). after playing smaller roles as freshmen. Souleymane Diakite will be in the starting lineup for the Highlanders, while Kjell de Graaf and Diego Willis will be Two-time ASUN All-Academic Team selection, Shyquan Gibbs, started all 35 among the first few players off the bench. games in his junior season, providing consistency on offense and defense throughout the year. NJIT’s co-captain led the team in assists per game (2.2) and ranked sixth in ASUN assist/turnover ratio (2.0). The junior ranked second Diakite nearly recorded a double-double last season, scoring 11 points and on the team in free throw percentage (77.2%) and displayed his ability to take grabbing nine rebounds against Binghamton. De Graff and Willis each started over a game against Cornell, which featured a career-high 25 points, and in games at the end of the 2018-19 season. NJIT’s second game at Lipscomb, inspiring his team in a second-half comeback with 19 points. Gibbs was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District The New Crew Team, which recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. Kennedy’s six-player freshmen class will provide depth in both the backcourt and front court. Levar Williams and Xavier Mayo project to see the most court Sophomore San Antonio Brinson played in all 35 games this season, including time early, while Byron Breland III, Caleb Matthews and Jason Murphy provide 32 starts. The athletic forward finished second on the team in blocks (18) and Kennedy with other capable options off the bench. A sixth freshman, Da’mir was one of NJIT’s most efficient players shooting from the field at 45.6%. Brin- Faison, has missed most of the preseason with an injury and is out indefinitely. son led the team in points twice and had his best performance of the season against Duquesne, which featured his first career double-double (15 points, 15 Non-Conference Slate rebounds). One of NJIT’s most athletic players, Brinson frequently delivered highlight-reel dunks and will be a key player for the Highlanders next season. Kennedy calls this season’s non-conference slate among the toughest since he arrived in Newark eight years ago. The Highlanders open up at reigning Patriot Senior Mohamed Bendary provided consistency off the bench throughout League Champion Colgate, before taking on Providence, an NCAA Tournament the 2018-19 season. The forward started eight games this season and led the regular, three days later in Rhode Island. Contests against Rutgers, UCF and team in field goal percentage (61.9%). Bendary shined against Drexel, which UConn also highlight the slate, which features four home games against Wag- featured 12 points and four blocks (both career-highs), as well as NJIT’s final ner, Binghamton, UMass-Lowell and Kean. game at Jacksonville with eight points, six rebounds and a team-high +16 plus/ minus in a must-win game for the Highlanders. The senior played 128 games Conference Play for the in his four-year career, finishing with an astonishingly efficient 65.1% field goal percentage. The ASUN once again projects to be among the top mid-major conferences in that nation, with all eyes centered on last season’s ASUN Tournament Champi- Senior Donovan Greer was also a key player off the bench for NJIT this season. on, Liberty, as the league favorite. NJIT will welcome the Flames to the WEC for The guard was NJIT’s most efficient three-point shooter at 43.3% from the their first ASUN contest of the season on Jan. 4. The ASUN’s double round-rob- perimeter. Greer’s most memorable performances this season came at Stetson in format gives each team a home and an away game against each conference where he finished a perfect 5-5 from the field (4-4 3FG) for 14 points and at foe. The ASUN Tournament will take place during the first week of March at home against North Alabama, when he drained the game-tying three pointer to send the game to overtime with five seconds remaining, a game NJIT the sites of each higher-seeded team. eventually won. Greer finishes his three-year career with NJIT having played 55 games and shooting a career 37.4% from beyond the arc.

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TODAY’S OPPONENT: TALE OF THE TAPE: TEAM RANKINGS (NCAA/CONF.) RUTGERS HIGHLANDERS (2-4, 0-0) NCAA ASUN Rutgers (4-1, 0-0) NCAA B1G STAT CATEGORIES STATS RANK RANK STAT CATEGORIES STATS RANK RANK NJIT and Rutgers will square off on Tuesday as the Scoring Offense 67.8 258 4 Scoring Offense 72.8 180 12 Highlanders take the court for the seventh time this season and Rutgers for the sixth. Scoring Defense 73.2 262 6 Scoring Defense 60.8 67 5 Scoring Margin -5.3 288 6 Scoring Margin 12 94 9 The Highlanders are coming off of a pair of losses, while the Scarlet Knights won their last time out, de- Field-Goal Percentage 41.7 257 6 Field-Goal Percentage 45 134 10 feating Stephen F. Austin last Wednesday at home. 3-Point Field-Goal PCT 32 218 6 3-Point Field-Goal PCT 29 283 11 Tuesday’s contest will be televised on BTN, Wayne Free-Throw Percentage 70.2 159 1 Free-Throw Percentage 65.9 256 9 Randzoo (pXp) and Christy Winters-Scott (color) will have the call from Piscataway. 3-point FGM 39 174 6 3-point FGM 31 233 7 3-pt Field Goal Attempts 124 142 7 3-pt Field Goal Attempts 107 188 5 All-Time Series Tuesday marks the seventh meeting all-time between 3-Point FG Per Game 6.5 243 6 3-Point FG Per Game 6 258 11 NJIT and Rutgers, with the Scarlet Knights coming away victorious in the previous six outings. Five of the six O-Rebounds Per Game 9.17 256 6 O-Rebounds Per Game 12.4 80 6 games took place at the RAC, with the sixth being an D-Rebounds per Game 23 309 8 D-Rebounds per Game 28 117 7 NJIT home game at the Prudential Center in Newark. Rebounds 193 201 7 Rebounds 202 119 4 Last three meetings: Rebounds Per Game 32.17 319 8 Rebounds Per Game 40.4 83 7 12/7/17: Rutgers 73, NJIT 64 -- Piscataway, NJ 12/22/11: Rutgers 77, NJIT 53 -- Piscataway, NJ Rebound Margin -4.5 297 7 Rebound Margin 8.4 49 6 12/1/10: Rutgers 66, NJIT 54 -- Piscataway, NJ Assists 60 273 7 Assists 75 117 5 Last Game vs. Rutgers Assists Per Game 10 317 7 Assists Per Game 15 106 10 Corey Sanders scored 13 of his team-high 18 points in the second half to guide Rutgers University past NJIT, Assist-Turnover Ratio 0.97 186 3 Assist-Turnover Ratio 1.09 126 12 73-64, at the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC) on Thurs- Turnovers (Fewest) 62 94 2 Turnovers (Fewest) 69 177 12 day, December 7, 2017. Turnovers Per Game 10.3 21 2 Turnovers Per Game 13.8 169 11 Rutgers (7-3) led 33-32 at halftime and then pulled away from the Highlanders (5-4) during a 20-6 run that Turnovers Forced 12.5 286 5 Turnovers Forced 16 95 2 began at 16:24 in the second half. The spurt, fueled Turnover Margin 2.2 115 2 Turnover Margin 1.6 149 2 by six points from sophomore Eugene Omoruyi and five from Sanders, allowed the Rutgers lead swell to FG Percentage Defense 45 275 7 FG Percentage Defense 38.2 85 5 game-high, 17-point lead at 61-44 with 8:58 remaining 35.9 278 33.9 237 12 in the game 3-Pt FG Defense 7 3-Pt FG Defense Blocks 14 241 7 Blocks 33 9 1 Yet, NJIT would not go away. Blocked Shots Per Game 2.3 275 7 Blocked Shots Per Game 6.6 10 1 The Highlanders scored the next five points and con- Steals 31 238 6 Steals 38 126 2 tinued to claw their way back into the contest. NJIT trimmed the deficit down to eight points on a jumper Steals Per Game 5.2 298 6 Steals Per Game 7.6 116 2 by sophomore Anthony Tarke with 2:18 remaining in the game. The Highlanders again drew to within eight Personal Fouls (Fewest) 106 250 6 Personal Fouls (Fewest) 76 100 8 points late on a triple by junior Donovan Greer in the Personal Fouls Per Game 17.7 192 7 Personal Fouls Per Game 15.2 64 4 final minute, but would pull no closer, ultimately falling by nine. Winning PCT 33.3 259 5 Winning PCT 80 59 6

Brushing Up on the Scarlet Knights Rutgers is 4-1 on the young season, winning its first three games, before falling to St. Bonaventure on a neutral floor in Toronto, then coming back home to defeat Stephen F. Austin.

The Knights are balanced offensively, with seven players averaging at least 7.0 ppg, led by Geo Baker (12.8), Akwasi Yeboah (10.8) and Ron Harper Jr. (10.0). Myles Johnson is the squad’s leading rebounder, averaging 6.2 boards per game.

Rutgers ranks among the top 10 in the nation in blocks and blocks per game, with Johnson’s nine blocks leading the way.

Coach’s Corner Steve Pikiell is in his fourth season leading the Scarlet Knights following a 11-year stint as the head coach at Stony Brook.

In his final season at Stony Brook, Pikiell led the Sea- wolves to an America East Championship and NCAA Tournament berth.

Pikiell played for Jim Calhoun at UConn and spent time as an assistant coach with the Huskies, Yale, Central Conn. St., and George Washington before getting the Stony Brook job.

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2019-20 NJIT Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Team Game-by-Game as of Nov 25, 2019

Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds Opponent Date Score FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A T/O BLK STL PTS AVG at Colgate 11/06/19 75-80 L 30-65 .462 8-26 .308 7-9 .778 9 20 29 29.0 19 13 9 2 5 75 75.0 at Providence 11/09/19 47-76 L 17-52 .327 5-26 .192 8-10 .800 8 24 32 30.5 19 7 23 1 2 47 61.0 at Cornell 11/13/19 59-58 W 22-60 .367 3-12 .250 12-12 1.000 10 28 38 33.0 14 9 10 2 6 59 60.3 Wagner 11/16/19 88-69 W 28-55 .509 10-23 .435 22-32 .688 8 26 34 33.3 15 17 4 3 4 88 67.3 Binghamton 11/20/19 75-77 L 26-59 .441 8-22 .364 15-23 .652 12 22 34 33.4 15 10 6 1 6 75 68.8 at Brown 11/23/19 63-79 L 21-54 .389 5-15 .333 16-28 .571 8 18 26 32.2 24 4 10 5 8 63 67.8 Total 407 144-345 .417 39-124 .315 80-114 .702 55 138 193 32.2 106 60 62 14 31 407 67.8 Opponents 439 152-338 .450 52-145 .359 83-107 .776 58 162 220 36.7 102 89 75 22 31 439 73.2

Team Averages Games Points/ 3FG Rebounds/ Assists/ Turnovers/ Assist/Turnover Steals/ Blocks/ FG Pct FT Pct Played game Pct 2019-20game NJITgame Men's Basketballgame ratio game gamePage 1/1 6 67.8 41.7 31.5 70.2 Points-Rebounds-Assists32.2 10.0 10.3 1.0 as of5.2 Nov 25,2.3 2019

NJIT Points-Rebounds-Assists 0 2 4 5 10 11 Opponent Date Score WILLIAMS,L BRINSON,SA COOKS,ZACH WILLIS,DIE MATTHEWS,C GIBBS,SHYQ at Colgate 11/06/19 75-80 L 3-1-1 15-5-4 23-4-3 5-1-0 DNP 14-4-1 at Providence 11/09/19 47-76 L 5-0-0 6-4-0 22-4-2 4-3-0 DNP 2-3-0 at Cornell 11/13/19 59-58 W 0-0-0 6-7-1 22-7-2 2-1-0 0-1-0 9-1-4 Wagner 11/16/19 88-69 W 6-1-0 10-5-0 21-7-4 13-3-3 3-0-0 11-1-5 Binghamton 11/20/19 75-77 L 0-0-0 22-11-3 35-3-1 3-3-0 DNP 6-4-4 at Brown 11/23/19 63-79 L 5-0-0 6-3-1 30-4-1 5-1-0 0-1-0 8-3-2 14 21 22 32 33 Opponent Date Score WALSH,REIL DIAKITE,SO BRELAND II MAYO,XAVIE DE GRAAF,K at Colgate 11/06/19 75-80 L 4-2-1 8-9-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 at Providence 11/09/19 47-76 L 2-3-1 2-8-4 2-1-0 0-0-0 2-3-0 at Cornell 11/13/19 59-58 W 2-3-1 10-13-0 2-1-1 0-0-0 6-0-0 Wagner 11/16/19 88-69 W 0-3-1 10-9-3 7-2-0 4-3-1 3-0-0 Binghamton 11/20/19 75-77 L 2-5-1 3-6-1 DNP DNP 4-0-0 at Brown 11/23/19 63-79 L 2-2-0 4-9-0 1-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-0

2019-20 NJIT Men's Basketball Page 1/1 Season Box - Average per 40 Minutes as of Nov 25, 2019

Player min fgm fga pct 3fgm 3fga pct ftm fta pct oreb dreb treb pf a to blk stl pts 22 BRELAND III, Byron 40 3.8 8.9 .429 0.0 0.0 .000 7.6 16.5 .462 3.8 2.5 6.3 7.6 1.3 3.8 1.3 1.3 15.2 2 BRINSON, San Antonio 40 5.7 13.5 .421 1.4 4.3 .333 2.6 4.5 .579 1.7 6.6 8.3 3.8 2.1 2.1 0.2 0.2 15.4 4 COOKS, Zach 40 9.2 20.0 .459 2.9 8.3 .348 6.3 8.1 .778 0.7 4.5 5.2 1.8 2.3 2.0 0.2 2.2 27.6 21 DIAKITE, Souleymane 40 3.4 7.7 .444 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 2.6 .417 4.1 7.5 11.5 4.3 2.4 3.0 1.7 0.6 7.9 11 GIBBS, Shyquan 40 4.2 10.9 .388 0.7 2.9 .231 2.0 2.0 1.000 0.7 2.9 3.6 2.9 3.6 1.8 0.0 1.8 11.1 10 MATTHEWS, Caleb 40 3.3 6.7 .500 3.3 3.3 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 6.7 6.7 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 32 MAYO, Xavier 40 2.0 4.1 .500 0.0 0.0 .000 8.2 8.2 1.000 2.0 4.1 6.1 4.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 12.3 14 WALSH, Reilly 40 1.6 6.4 .250 0.0 2.1 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 2.4 2.4 4.8 2.4 1.3 1.1 0.0 1.1 3.2 0 WILLIAMS, Levar 40 3.7 11.8 .318 2.7 10.2 .263 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 1.1 1.1 6.4 0.5 2.7 0.5 0.0 10.2 5 WILLIS, Diego 40 5.2 9.5 .550 3.3 5.7 .583 1.4 1.9 .750 0.5 5.2 5.7 4.3 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.5 15.1 33 DE GRAAF, Kjell 40 2.8 8.4 .333 0.6 3.9 .143 3.9 4.5 .875 0.6 1.1 1.7 4.5 0.0 1.7 0.6 0.6 10.1

Note: All statistics are pro-rated based on an average per 40-minute game.

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2019-20 NJIT Men's Basketball Page 1/3 Player Highs Analysis as of Nov 25, 2019

NJIT - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS POINTS 35 Zach Cooks - Binghamton (11/20/19) 30 Zach Cooks - at Brown (11/23/19) 23 Zach Cooks - at Colgate (11/06/19) 22 San Antonio Brinson - Binghamton (11/20/19) 22 Zach Cooks - at Cornell (11/13/19) 22 Zach Cooks - at Providence (11/09/19) FIELD GOALS MADE 11 Zach Cooks - Binghamton (11/20/19) 8 Zach Cooks - at Brown (11/23/19) 8 Zach Cooks - Wagner (11/16/19) 8 Zach Cooks - at Cornell (11/13/19) 8 Zach Cooks - at Providence (11/09/19) 8 Zach Cooks - at Colgate (11/06/19) FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 22 Zach Cooks - at Brown (11/23/19) 22 Zach Cooks - Binghamton (11/20/19) FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (min 5 made) .571 (8-14) Zach Cooks - at Providence (11/09/19) .545 (6-11) San Antonio Brinson - at Colgate (11/06/19) .545 (6-11) Shyquan Gibbs - at Colgate (11/06/19) 3 PT FG MADE 6 Zach Cooks - Binghamton (11/20/19) 4 Diego Willis - Wagner (11/16/19) 3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 12 Zach Cooks - Binghamton (11/20/19) 9 Zach Cooks - at Colgate (11/06/19) 3 PT FG PERCENTAGE (min 2 made) .750 (3-4) San Antonio Brinson - at Colgate (11/06/19) .667 (4-6) Diego Willis - Wagner (11/16/19) FREE THROWS MADE 11 Zach Cooks - at Brown (11/23/19) 7 Zach Cooks - Binghamton (11/20/19) 7 San Antonio Brinson - Binghamton (11/20/19) FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 17 Zach Cooks - at Brown (11/23/19) 11 San Antonio Brinson - Binghamton (11/20/19) FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (min 3 made) 1.000 (6-6) Kjell de Graaf - at Cornell (11/13/19) 1.000 (6-6) Zach Cooks - at Colgate (11/06/19) 1.000 (4-4) Shyquan Gibbs - Wagner (11/16/19) 1.000 (4-4) Zach Cooks - at Cornell (11/13/19) REBOUNDS 13 Souleymane Diakite - at Cornell (11/13/19) 11 San Antonio Brinson - Binghamton (11/20/19) ASSISTS 5 Shyquan Gibbs - Wagner (11/16/19) 4 Shyquan Gibbs - Binghamton (11/20/19) 4 Zach Cooks - Wagner (11/16/19) 4 Shyquan Gibbs - at Cornell (11/13/19) 4 Souleymane Diakite - at Providence (11/09/19) 4 San Antonio Brinson - at Colgate (11/06/19) STEALS 3 Zach Cooks - at Brown (11/23/19) 3 Zach Cooks - at Cornell (11/13/19) BLOCKED SHOTS 3 Souleymane Diakite - at Brown (11/23/19) 2 Souleymane Diakite - Wagner (11/16/19) TURNOVERS 5 Souleymane Diakite - at Cornell (11/13/19) 4 Zach Cooks - at Brown (11/23/19) 4 Zach Cooks - at Providence (11/09/19) 4 San Antonio Brinson - at Providence (11/09/19) 4 Souleymane Diakite - at Providence (11/09/19) 4 Shyquan Gibbs - at Colgate (11/06/19) FOULS 5 Byron Breland III - at Brown (11/23/19) 5 San Antonio Brinson - at Brown (11/23/19) 5 Souleymane Diakite - Binghamton (11/20/19) 5 Souleymane Diakite - at Colgate (11/06/19)

2019-20 Individual Team-Leaders 2019-20 Ind. Stat Distribution ALL-TIME RECORDS (includes ties) PTS AST REB BY D-I CONFERENCES DBL Player Name Pts Reb Ast Blk Stl Player Name 10+ 20+ 5-9 10+ America East (15-22) Ivy League (4-18) DBL American Athletic MAAC (3-16) Breland III, Byron Breland III, Byron (1-2) MAC (0-3) Brinson, San Antonio 1 1 1 Brinson, San Antonio 3 1 1 Atlantic 10 (3-5) MEAC (7-7) Cooks, Zach 6 1 5 Cooks, Zach 6 6 ASUN (26-32; 1-4 PS) Mountain West (0-1) de Graaf, Kjell de Graaf, Kjell ACC (0-3) NEC (20-12) Diakite, Souleymane 4 1 5 Diakite, Souleymane 2 1 1 Big 10 (1-4) Pac 10 (0-1) Big 12 (0-1) Patriot (14-24=5) Faison, Da’mir Faison, Da’mir BIG EAST (1-23) SEC (0-1) Gibbs, Shyquan 4 1 Gibbs, Shyquan 2 1 Big Sky (1-1) Sun Belt (2-1) Matthews, Caleb Matthews, Caleb Big South (0-1) Independents (7-15) Mayo, Xavier Mayo, Xavier CAA (2-3) Murphy, Jason Murphy, Jason Conference USA Walsh, Reilly 1 Walsh, Reilly (0-3) Williams, Levar 1 Williams, Levar Great West (27-41) Willis, Diego Willis, Diego 1 Horizon (1-0)

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LAST TIME OUT -- at BROWN: BROWN 79, NJIT 63 (11/23/19) ZACH COOKS SCORES 1,000TH CAREER POINT AS NJIT FALLS TO BROWN Junior Captain Scores 30 Points in Road Loss

PROVIDENCE, RI - The NJIT men’s Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics NJIT vs Brown basketball team fell behind big NJIT showed a great deal of life 11-23-19 4:30 pm at Pizzitola Sports Center; Providence, RI early and couldn’t claw all the early in the second half, making NJIT 63 • 2-4 way back as it was defeated 79- runs that cut the deficit to as Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 63 by host Brown on Saturday little as 10 on several occasions. ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min 02 Brinson,San Antonio f 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 5 6 1 1 0 0 23 at the Pizzitola Sports Center. 21 Diakite,Souleymane f 2-6 0-0 0-2 3 6 9 2 4 0 3 3 2 35 04 Cooks,Zach g 8-22 3-8 11-17 0 4 4 2 30 1 4 0 3 39 The Highlanders were unable 11 Gibbs,Shyquan g 3-11 0-3 2-2 2 1 3 1 8 2 0 0 1 35 NJIT (2-4) junior captain Zach to get within the 10-point 14 Walsh,Reilly g 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 21 00 Williams,Levar 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 16 Cooks led all scorers with 30 margin, however, and Brown 05 Willis,Diego 2-2 1-1 0-1 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 7 points, including the 1,000th continued to be lethal from 10 Matthews,Caleb 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 Breland III, Byron 0-1 0-0 1-4 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 1 1 13 of his career in the loss. Brown deep to maintain their lead. 32 Mayo,Xavier 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 33 Graaf,Kjell de 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 (4-1) was led by Brandon An- Team 1 1 2 derson, who scored 26 points Souleymane Diakite grabbed a Totals 21-54 5-15 16-28 8 18 26 24 63 4 10 5 8 200 FG % 1st Half: 7-22 31.8% 2nd half: 14-32 43.8% Game: 21-54 38.9% Deadball while playing all 40 minutes. game-high-tying nine rebounds 3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 14.3% 2nd half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 5-15 33.3% Rebounds to lead the Highlanders, who FT % 1st Half: 9-15 60.0% 2nd half: 7-13 53.8% Game: 16-28 57.1% 7 Anderson and the Bears shot were out-rebounded 40-26 on Brown 79 • 4-1 Total 3-Ptr Rebounds 51.9% from the field in the the evening. The sophomore also ## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min win, including 60.0% (9-of- led all players with three blocks. 05 Howard, Joshua f 2-2 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 0 17 25 Choh, Tamenang f 8-15 1-1 2-6 1 4 5 2 19 1 4 2 1 31 15) from long-range, while 44 DeWolf, Matt f 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 3 2 4 1 1 1 16 02 Anderson, Brandon g 7-18 3-7 9-11 2 5 7 3 26 2 6 0 0 40- holding the Highlanders to Cooks, who also tallied a game- 20 Hunsaker, Zach g 5-5 3-3 0-0 0 6 6 4 13 3 0 0 1 21 38.9% shooting from the best three steals, has now 00 Mitchell, David 2-2 0-0 0-0 3 6 9 1 4 1 0 0 1 26 01 Friday, Dan 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 12 field and 33.3% from deep. scored 30 points in back to back 22 Gainey, Jaylan 2-4 0-0 1-1 0 1 1 1 5 2 1 2 0 20 23 Cowan, Perry 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 17 games for the first time in his Team 5 2 7 1 The Bears came out of the career and is averaging 25.5 Totals 27-52 9-15 16-22 11 29 40 22 79 16 15 6 5 200 gates fast and jumped out to ppg on the season. That mark FG % 1st Half: 17-33 51.5% 2nd half: 10-19 52.6% Game: 27-52 51.9% Deadball 3FG % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 9-15 60.0% Rebounds a 7-2 lead. The margin blos- leads the ASUN Conference FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 11-16 68.8% Game: 16-22 72.7% 3 Officials: Jose Carrion, Casey Kett, Sean Campbell somed to double-digits mid- and ranks fifth in the NCAA. Technical fouls: NJIT-None. Brown-Hunsaker, Zach; TEAM. way through the first half on a Attendance: 555 three-pointer from Perry Cowan NJIT continues its season-long, Score by periods 1st 2nd Total In Off 2nd Fast NJIT 24 39 63 Points Paint T/O Chance Break Bench NJIT 20 16 10 2 13 with 10:40 left before halftime. four-game road trip on Tuesday Brown 45 34 79 BRWN 32 10 14 5 14

when it travels down the Turn- Last FG - NJIT 2nd-01:42, BRWN 2nd-02:53. Score tied - 1 time. Largest lead - NJIT None, BRWN by 26 1st-01:30. Lead changed - 0 times. Levar Williams answered Cow- pike to take on Rutgers. Tip-off NJIT led for 00:00. BRWN led for 38:57. Game was tied for 01:03. an’s triple with a jumper to is slated for 7pm at the Rutgers make the deficit nine, but Athletic Center in Piscataway Brown came back down the and the game will be aired na- floor and got a Joshua How- tionally on the Big Ten Network. ard three-pointer to go back ahead by 12 and it led by double-digits the rest of the way.

The Brown lead increased to a game-high 26 with 1:30 left in the half before the High- landers scored five-straight points to make the margin 21, 45-24 at halftime.

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NUMERICAL No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. Hometown/High School (Last School) 0 Levar Williams Fr. 6-0 185 G Hyde Park, MA / Burke 2 San Antonio Brinson Jr. 6-8 200 F Thomson, GA / Thomson (South Kent School | CT) 4 Zach Cooks Jr. 5-9 155 G Lawrenceville, GA / Berkmar 5 Diego Willis So. 6-4 175 G Hermosillo, Mexico / Canaries Basketball Academy [Spain] 10 Caleb Matthews Fr. 6-4 175 G Smyrna, DE / Smyrna (Mt. Zion Prep [MD]) 11 Shyquan Gibbs Sr. 6-1 150 G Hillside, NJ / St. Anthony’s 13 Jason Murphy Fr. 6-8 232 F Owings Mills, MD / St. Frances Academy 14 Reilly Walsh Gr. 6-3 180 G Staten Island, NY / St. Peter’s Boys 21 Souleymane Diakite So. 6-9 210 F Bamako, Mali / St. Benedict’s 22 Byron Breland III Fr. 6-3 180 G New Haven, CT / Hamden Hall Country Day 32 Xavier Mayo Fr. 6-7 230 F Beacon, NY / The Hill School (PA) 33 Kjell de Graaf So. 6-10 210 F Rotterdam, Netherlands / Canaries Basketball Academy [Spain] 35 Da’mir Faison Fr. 6-7 200 F Philadelphia, PA / Hazleton Area

ALPHABETICAL No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos. Hometown/High School (Last School) 22 Byron Breland III Fr. 6-3 180 G New Haven, CT / Hamden Hall Country Day 2 San Antonio Brinson Jr. 6-8 200 F Thomson, GA / Thomson (South Kent School | CT) 4 Zach Cooks Jr. 5-9 155 G Lawrenceville, GA / Berkmar 33 Kjell de Graaf So. 6-10 210 F Rotterdam, Netherlands / Canaries Basketball Academy [Spain] 21 Souleymane Diakite So. 6-9 210 F Bamako, Mali / St. Benedict’s 35 Da’mir Faison Fr. 6-7 200 F Philadelphia, PA / Hazleton Area 11 Shyquan Gibbs Sr. 6-1 150 G Hillside, NJ / St. Anthony’s 10 Caleb Matthews Fr. 6-4 175 G Smyrna, DE / Smyrna (Mt. Zion Prep [MD]) 32 Xavier Mayo Fr. 6-7 230 F Beacon, NY / The Hill School (PA) 13 Jason Murphy Fr. 6-8 232 F Owings Mills, MD / St. Frances Academy 14 Reilly Walsh Gr. 6-3 180 G Staten Island, NY / St. Peter’s Boys 0 Levar Williams Fr. 6-0 185 G Hyde Park, MA / Burke 5 Diego Willis So. 6-4 175 G Hermosillo, Mexico / Canaries Basketball Academy [Spain]

Head Coach: Brian Kennedy (Monmouth ’90), fourth season Assistant Coaches: Jeff Rafferty (Springfield ’97), fourth season PRONUNCIATIONS: Kim Waiters (Robert Morris ’11), fifth season Byron Breland III Bree-land Joe Gutowski (Roanoke ‘13), first season Kjell de Graaf KELL duh-GRAF Dir., Basketball Operations: Danny Manuel (Davis & Elkins ‘10) first season Souleymane Diakite SOO-lee-mahn Head Athletic Trainer: Matt Koscs dee-ah-KEY-tay Head Strength & Cond.: Bobby Fisk Da’mir Faison Dah-Meer Shyquan Gibbs SHY-qwan

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY HEAD COACH BRIAN KENNEDY Monmouth ’90 | 4th Season as Head Coach (49-53) | 8th Season at NJIT

@BKennedyhoops KENNEDY'S CAREER

HIGHLIGHTS: HEAD COACH (3): • NJIT has posted a 119-108 record since Kennedy's addition to the coaching staff YEAR SCH CONF W-L PCT NOTE • 2015-16: Top Assistant for semifinal run to 2016 CollegeInsider.com Tournament 2016-17 NJIT ASUN 11-20 .355 First year as a D-I Head Coach • 2014-15: Top Assistant for semifinal run to 2015 CollegeInsider.com Tournament 2017-18 NJIT ASUN 14-16 .467 Finished in 4th place in ASUN • 2012-13: Assistant for Great West Conference regular season championship 2018-19 NJIT ASUN 22-13 .629 Most wins in NJIT’s D-I Era • 1999-00: Assistant for DePaul’s first NCAA Tournament berth in eight seasons 2019-20 NJIT ASUN 2-4 .333 • 1999-00: Assistant for DePaul, which made earned a Top-25 ranking TOTAL 49-53 .480 • 1999: Assistant for DePaul for the Number 1 Recruiting Class in the nation • 1998-99: Assistant for DePaul which reached the quarterfinals of the 1999 NIT • 1989-90: Team captain as a senior point guard for the Monmouth Hawks (NEC) ASSISTANT COACH (9): PLAYER SUCCESS: YEAR SCH CONF HEAD COACH W-L NOTE • Recruited/coached two AP All-America honorable mention honorees at NJIT: 1997-98 DePaul CUSA Pat Kennedy 7-23 Chris Flores (‘12-13) and Damon Lynn (‘14-15) 1998-99 DePaul CUSA Pat Kennedy 18-13 NIT Quarterfinalist • Recruited/coached future NBA players while at DePaul: Andre Brown, Steven 1999-00 DePaul CUSA Pat Kennedy 21-12 NCAA Tournament Hunter, Paul McPherson, Quentin Richardson and Bobby Simmons. 2000-01 DePaul CUSA Pat Kennedy 12-18 2001-02 DePaul CUSA Pat Kennedy 9-19 rian Kennedy enters his fourth season as head coach of NJIT men’s basketball after serving as NJIT’s top assistant under Jim Engles for four seasons (2012-16). He was in- 2012-13 NJIT Great West Jim Engles 16-13 Reg. Seaso Champs troduced as the 11th head men’s basketball coach in program history on April 15, 2016. 2013-14 NJIT Ind. Jim Engles 13-16 BEntering the 2019-20 season, the Highlanders have posted a 117-105 (.527) record since Ken- 2014-15 NJIT Ind. Jim Engles 21-12 CIT Tournament nedy’s addition to the coaching staff in 2012. 2015-16 NJIT ASUN Jim Engles 20-15 CIT Tournament Coach Kennedy made NJIT history in the 2018-19 season with a 22-13 record, 11 road wins and 13 non-conference wins – all program records. NJIT’s ASUN Championship Quarterfi- nals win at Florida Gulf Coast marked the program’s first-ever ASUN tournament victory. Kennedy, whose involvement with the sport of basketball literally covers his entire life, is DIVISION-I PLAYING CAREER (3): the son of the late Bob Kennedy, a former college and high school coach and the nephew of Pat Kennedy, who was a Division I head coach for 31 years at Iona, Florida State, DePaul, YEAR SCH CONF W-L GP PPG RPG APG BPG SPG Montana, and Towson. The Kennedy family business, the Hoop Group, began in the Trenton, NJ, CYO in 1963 with 1986-87 Princeton IVY 16-19 3 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 summer basketball camps and moved in 1969 to Cherry Valley, PA, and the Pocono Invita- tional began. 1988-89 Monmouth NEC 15-13 27 6.8 2.1 4.1 0.0 1.4 In 1991, the Hoop Group acquired the Eastern Invitational camp and renamed it the Hoop Group Elite Camp. A few years later, the Hoop Group began running grassroots tourna- 1989-90 Monmouth* NEC 17-12 27 5.2 2.6 4.0 0.1 1.3 ments and the subsequent years have seen numerous alumni go on to play in the NBA, * Team Captain including Kobe Bryant, Amar’e Stoudemire, 2010 #1 overall pick John Wall, 2011 #1 pick Kyrie Irving and 13 other first-round picks that year. Numerous legendary coaches have lectured at the camp, including the late Jim Valvano and Hall of Famers Lou Carnesecca, Rollie Massimino, Hoop Group Skills Camp Director Bob Two members of that first recruiting class put their names all over the NJIT record books. Hurley, Bob Knight, and Herb Magee. Damon Lynn, who was picked second-team all-state (all groups) by the Star-Ledger as a se- Kennedy, who played at both Princeton and Monmouth (1990 graduate), took over the nior at Union Catholic High School, became the program’s all-time leading scorer on Nov. family business after graduating from Monmouth in 1990 and was President and co-found- 11, 2016, and finished his career with 2,153 points. He currently ranks fifth in Division-I er when it was rebranded from the Pocono Invitational to the Hoop Group and became history with 434 career three-pointers. Tim Coleman came in the same class, entering NJIT after gradu- the largest basketball instructional organization in the world. He entered the college coaching ranks in 1997 as an assistant coach at DePaul on the ating from St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, NJ, where he staff headed by his uncle Pat. There, he was part of one of played for Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley. At major college basketball’s great turnarounds, as the Blue St. Anthony, Coleman was a contributor on teams that won New Jersey state Tournament of Champions crowns following his sopho- Demons, who won fewer than five games the year before he arrived, made the National Invitation Tournament quarterfi- more and junior seasons. nals in 1999 and then the NCAA Tournament in 2000 as a team Coleman carried that success into his NJIT career, as he finished ranked in the national Top 25. as the program’s all-time leading rebounder (762) and fourth all- “BK” as he is known to his many friends, was involved in all time scorer (1,462). He departed the NCAA ranks as the only ac- aspects of the DePaul program and was a leader in efforts tive Division-I player with at least 1,400 points, 750 rebounds, 225 that brought in a group named as the nation’s top recruiting assists (244), 150 steals (154) and 135 blocks (135). Coleman and Rob Ukawuba, also part of Kennedy’s inaugural re- class in 1998 by The Sporting News. Among the players he helped bring to DePaul five future cruiting class, are now both playing professionally in the National NBA players: Quentin Richardson, Bobby Simmons, Steven Basketball League of Canada. Hunter, Paul McPherson, and Andre Brown. In the historic 2018-19 season, the winningest in program history, the team earned its third CIT berth and advanced as far as the CIT He stepped aside from coaching from 2002 through 2009, when he worked on Wall Street in the financial sector. Quarterfinals following a first round win as second round bye as He returned to the Hoop Group as Athletic Director, one of the top three seeds in the tournament. For the first time in program history, NJIT received its first AP Top- serving in that capacity from 2009 until 2012, when he joined the staff at NJIT. 25 Poll vote on Dec. 10, 2018. The Highlanders received one vote In his first year as an assistant, the Highlanders captured for three consecutive weeks (Dec. 10-24). their first Division I league title when they were regular sea- Kennedy’s 2018-19 team earned multiple accolades for their per- son champions of the old Great West Conference. formances on and off the court, including Abdul Lewis (Preseason As with DePaul in his first turn as a college coach, Kennedy All-ASUN, First Team All-ASUN), Zach Cooks (Second Team All- spearheaded the recruiting efforts for NJIT and he faced ASUN), Shyquan Gibbs (ASUN All-Academic Team, CoSIDA Academic a major task in his first recruiting year, with all three dou- Kennedy with members of his inaugural recruiting class (players left All-District), Diandre Wilson (ASUN All-Tournament Team) and Reilly to right): Tim Coleman, Damon Lynn and Rob Ukawuba Walsh (Preseason Fan-Voted ASUN Defensive Player of the Year). ble-figure scorers from the 2012-13 Great West champions graduating in May 2013. Individually, Lewis broke Tim Coleman’s all-time rebounds record Kennedy’s first recruiting class (Class of 2017) has gone down as the best to date in the (773), eclipsed 1,000 career points (1,015, NJIT & 232 South Ala- history of the program were vital to the Highlanders men’s basketball reaching unprec- bama), reached 1,000 career rebounds (773, NJIT & 227, South edented success. Alabama), broke his own single-game rebounds record versus Jacksonville with 21 boards and set NJIT’s double-double record with 22 in his three seasons for the Highlanders. Cooks also add- The extremely inexperienced 2013-14 team finished with a 13-16 record. But over the three seasons, the squads won a combined 52 games -- including 20 win seasons in 2014- ed his name to the record books by tying Damon Lynn’s single-game scoring record (34 points) 15 (21-12) and in 2015-16 (20-15). In fact, in each of those two seasons, the Highlanders against Quinnipiac in the CIT First Round and averaged 17.6 ppg, third most in NJIT history. Brian Kennedy is the proud father of four children: daughters Taylor, Tatum, and Kelly; and advanced to the semifinals of the national CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). In addition, the Highlanders won their first-ever game over a ranked opponent when they son Brian, Jr. Kennedy is the proud father of four children: daughters Taylor, Tatum upset #17/#16 Michigan in December 2014 and scored their first-ever win over a BIG EAST and Kelly; and son Brian, Jr. Conference opponent when they topped St. John’s in December 2015. #SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

NJIT HIGHLANDERS ASSISTANT COACHES JEFF RAFFERTY KIM WAITERS SPRINGFIELD ’97 | 4TH SEASON AT NJIT ROBERT MORRIS ’11 | 5TH SEASON AT NJIT

eff Rafferty joined the NJIT staff after serving im Waiters joined the NJIT men’s basketball Jnine years at the University of Delaware -- Kstaff as an assistant in July 2015. where he earned the title of Associate Head Coach In four seasons as an assistant coach at NJIT, for the 2013-14 season. In three seasons as an as- Waiters and the Highlanders are a combined 67-64 sistant coach at NJIT, Rafferty and the Highlanders (.512). Coach Waiters helped make NJIT history in are a combined 47-49 (.490). Coach Rafferty helped make NJIT history in the 2018-19 season with a 22-13 record, 11 road wins and 13 non-confer- the 2018-19 season with a 22-13 record, 11 road wins and 13 non-con- ence wins – all program records. NJIT’s ASUN Championship Quarterfinal ference wins – all program records. NJIT’s ASUN Championship Quar- win at Florida Gulf Coast marked the program’s first-ever ASUN tourna- terfinals win at Florida Gulf Coast marked the program’s first-ever ASUN ment victory. The team earned its third CIT berth and advanced as far as tournament victory. The team earned its third CIT berth and advanced as the CIT Quarterfinals following a first round win as second round bye as far as the CIT Quarterfinals following a first round win as second round one of the top three seeds in the tournament. Waiters got involved with bye as one of the top three seeds in the tournament. Prior to his stint on coaching when he was an undergraduate at Robert Morris in Pennsyl- the Delaware staff, Rafferty spent time coaching at the University of New vania. At Robert Morris, Waiters worked as a student assistant and after Hampshire and UMASS-Lowell. He holds the distinction of having worked graduating in 2011 with a bachelor’s of Business Management, Waiters as a coach in all three levels of the NCAA (Division I, II, and III), as well as became the Director of Skills Camps at the Pocono Invitational, a pres- the NBA. Rafferty and his wife, Whitney, are the parents of sons Patrick tigious overnight camp that began operation in 1963. From the Pocono and Brendan and a daughter, Kaitlyn. Invitational, Waiters headed to The Hoop Group, the largest basketball instruction organization in the world.

JOE GUTOWSKI DANNY MANUEL ROANOKE ’13 | 3RD SEASON AT NJIT DAVIS & ELKINS ‘10 | 1ST SEASON AT NJIT oe Gutowski joined the NJIT men’s basketball anny Manuel was hired as the Director of Jstaff in August 2017 as the program’s Director of DOperations for the NJIT men’s basketball Basketball Operations and was promoted to a full- program in August, 2019, following an impres- time Assistant Coach role in the summer of 2019.In sive stint at his high school alma mater, The two seasons as NJIT’s Director of Basketball Opera- tions, Gutowski and the Highlanders were a combined 36-29 (.554). Coach Miller School. Gutowski helped make NJIT history in the 2018-19 season with a 22-13 Manuel took over a Miller boy’s basketball program that won eight record, 11 road wins and 13 non-conference wins – all program records. games the season before he arrived and transformed it into one NJIT’s ASUN Championship Quarterfinals win at Florida Gulf Coast marked of the top prep school programs in the country. In four seasons at the program’s first-ever ASUN tournament victory. The team earned its Miller, Manuel sent several players to play in college and teams third CIT berth and advanced as far as the CIT Quarterfinals following a won 83 games, making the Virginia state championship three times, first round win as second round bye as one of the top three seeds in the including 2017-18 when they won the title. Additionally, Manuel was tournament. The 22 victories in 2018-19 were he most in program history and NJIT received its first-ever AP Top-25 Poll vote on Dec. 10, 2018. The named the Virginia State Coach of the Year following the 2017-18 Highlanders received one vote for three consecutive weeks (Dec. 10-24). season Manuel played collegiately at Davis and Elkins College, where Gutowski entered college coaching in 2014-15 as an Assistant Coach and he graduated from in 2010 with a degree in history. Following his Recruiting Coordinator for Muhlenberg College men’s basketball program. playing days, Manuel coached at St. Mary’s Ryken High School (Mary- He graduated in 2013 with a bachelor’s in Health and Physical Education land) and Wheeling Jesuit. He earned a Master’s in organizational from Roanoke College in Salem, VA.

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#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LEVAR WILLIAMS 0 FR | G | 6-0 | 185 | Hyde Park, MA | Burke HS

WILLIAMS' GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M 2019-20: 11-6 @COL 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 11 • Played a season-high 16 minutes vs. Wagner, draining a pair of three-pointers to finish with six points. 11-9 @PC 2-5 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 4 5 0 3 0 0 15 • Scored five points in 15 minutes against Providence 11-13 @COR 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 • Saw 11 minutes off the bench at Colgate for first-career action, finished with three points. 11-16 WAG 2-5 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 3 6 0 1 0 0 16 11-20 BU 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 HIGH SCHOOL: 11-23 @BR 2-4 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 16 Coached by Sean Ryan at Burke High School in Dorchester, MA....first male athlete from Burke to earn a Division 11-26 @RU I scholarip...led Burke to its first sectional title since 1998...named First Team All-State by the USA Today after 12-4 @AWP averaging 28.2 ppg as a senior...set program record with 128 made three-pointers as a senior...finished his 12-7 @UCF career with 1,604 points...two-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic. 12-11 UML 12-14 @SFB PERSONAL: 12-22 KU Levar Williams. ... intends to major in engineering. 12-28 @UC 1-4 LIB 1-9 @JU 1-11 @UNF 1-16 LIP 1-18 KSU 1-23 @SU 1-25 @FGCU 1-30 UNA 2-6 UNF 2-8 JU 2-13 @LIP 2-15 @LIB 2-20 SU 2-22 FGCU 2-27 @UNA 2-29 @KSU 3-3 TBA 3-5 TBA 3-8 TBA

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 6 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 6 vs. Wagner (11/16) Rebounds: Season: 1 (2) Last: vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 1 (2) Last: vs. Wagner (11/16) Assists Season: 1 at Colgate (11/6) Career: 1 at Colgate (11/6) Blocks Season: 1 at Cornell (11/13) Career: 1 at Cornell (11/13) Steals Season: Career: 3-Pointers Season: 2 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 2 vs. Wagner (11/16) Minutes Season: 16 (2) last at Brown (11/23) Career: 16 (2) last at Brown (11/23)

WILLIAMS' CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2019-20 6 0 74 12.3 7 22 .318 5 19 .263 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.3 12 0 1 0.2 5 1 0 19 3.2 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 CAREER 6 0 74 12.3 7 22 .318 5 19 .263 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.3 12 0 1 0.2 5 1 0 19 3.2

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO BRINSON 2 JR | F | 6-8 | 200 | Augusta, GA | Thomson HS/South Kent School (CT)

BRINSON'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB 2019-20: DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M 11-6 @COL * 6-11 3-4 0-2 1-4 5 4 15 4 1 0 0 28 •Career highs against Binghamton: Points (21), Minutes (37); Second career double-double. 11-9 @PC * 2-8 2-6 0-0 0-4 4 3 6 0 4 1 0 23 • One of five Highlanders to finish in double-figures, scoring 10 points to go along with five boards vs. Wagner 11-13 @COR * 3-10 .0-1 0-0 2-5 7 2 6 1 1 0 0 31 • Scored five points in 15 minutes against Providence Played a season-high 31 minutes at Cornell, scoring 11-16 WAG * 3-8 0-2 4-6 0-5 5 0 10 0 1 0 0 27 six points and pulling down a season-best seven boards. Brinson shut down Cornell’s leading scoring, Jimmy 11-20 BU * 7-15 1-5 7-11 3-8 11 2 22 3 1 0 1 37 Boeheim (five points), who was averaging more than 22.0 ppg on the season. 11-23 @BR * 3-5 0-0 0-0 1-2 3 5 6 1 1 0 0 23 • Scored six points at Providence on two three-pointers. 11-26 @RU • Started at forward at Colgate, scoring 15 points on 3-of-4 shooting from 3-point range and adding five 12-4 @AWP rebounds and four assists. 12-7 @UCF 12-11 UML 2018-19: 12-14 @SFB 12-22 KU • Played all 35 games, including 32 starts 12-28 @UC • Finished second on the team in blocks (18) 1-4 LIB • One of NJIT’s most efficient players shooting from the field at 45.6%; led the team in points twice 1-9 @JU • 2/9 at KSU: 16 points and six rebounds in 25 M 1-11 @UNF • 1/12 at UNA: Led team in scoring with 16 points; hit 5-9 FGs and drained a three pointer 1-16 LIP • 12/31 at Duquesne: First double-double feat. 15 points, 15 rebounds 1-18 KSU • 12/8 - 12/15: Averaged 11.3 ppg (34), 6.0 rpg (18) and 1.0 spg (3) 1-23 @SU • 12/15 at FDU: Scored a career-high 18 pts on 6-11 FG, 2-5 3FG; added 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal in 32 M 1-25 @FGCU • 12/11 at Fordham: Tied season high with 8 rebounds; added 7 points, 1 block and 1 steal in 27 M 1-30 UNA • 11/24 at LIU: Tied his career-high with 15 points (6-12, 1-3, 2-3) with season-high 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 2-6 UNF block 2-8 JU • 11/14 vs. Kean: Put forth a full stat line with 12 points (5-8 FG), 4 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal in 21 M 2-13 @LIP • 11/6 vs. Colgate: Recorded 14 points (one shy of career-high), 4 reb, 2 stl and 1 blk in a career-high 33 M 2-15 @LIB 2-20 SU 2017-18: 2-22 FGCU • Scored in each of his last 4 G, averaging 5.8 ppg (23) and 4.3 rpg (17) while shooting 8-16 FG (.500) 2-27 @UNA • In 2-G span from Dec. 22-28, averaged 5.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg in 11.5 mpg 2-29 @KSU • DNP in NJIT's first two games this season after sustaining a concussion in preseason 3-3 TBA • 2/26 vs. UNF (ASUN Quarterfinals): Led NJIT with career-highs in both points (15) & rebounds (9) in just 18 M 3-5 TBA • 2/22 at USC Upstate: Made first start of NCAA career; recorded 4 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal in 24 M 3-8 TBA • 12/22 vs. Bryn Athyn: Grabbed a team-high and career-high 9 rebounds with 6 pts, 2 ast and 3 blk in 15 M • 11/22 vs. Kean: Recorded then-career-highs is points (7), rebounds (2), assists (3) and minutes (11) SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • 11/18 @ Seton Hall: Played his first career NCAA game and logged his first point and rebound in 7 minutes • Scored 2 points with 3 rebounds in lone exhibition game vs. St. Peter's (DNP vs. Princeton ) Points Season: 21 vs. Binghamton (11/20) HIGH SCHOOL: Career: 21 vs. Binghamton (11/20) The 6-foot-8, 200-pound forward, comes to NJIT after attending South Kent School in Connecticut. South Rebounds: Kent School, which plays in the New England Preparatory School Athletic Conference, advanced to the AAA Season: 11 vs. Binghamton (11/20) Semifinals against Northfield and played in the National Prep School Championship Tournament first round, Career: 15 at Duquesne (12/31/18) defeating Tilton and advancing to the quarterfinals against Hargave Military Academy. ...Brinson graduated Assists Thomson High School in 2016, which he also attended as a freshman. As a sophomore and junior, Brinson Season: 4 at Colgate (11/6) attended Aqanis High School in Augusta, Georgia, where he was named to the 2015 All-State Class A honorable Career: 4 at Colgate (11/6) mention. ...He played AAU for the Georgia Power, based in Augusta, leading the team in points and rebounds. Blocks Season: 1 at Providence (11/9) PERSONAL: Career: 3 at North Alabama (1/27/19) San Antonio Brinson... intends to major in business information systems at NJIT Steals Season: 1 vs. Binghamton (11/20) Career: 2 (3) Last: at UML (12/1/18) 3-Pointers Season: 3 at Colgate (11/6) Career: 3 at Colgate (11/6) Minutes Season: 37 vs. Binghamton (11/20) Career: 37 vs. Binghamton (11/20)

BRINSON'S CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2017-18 23 1 186 8.1 22 56 .393 0 12 .000 16 23 .696 17 31 48 2.1 16 1 12 0.5 7 7 8 60 2.6 2018-19 35 32 676 19.3 78 171 .456 12 48 .250 41 66 .621 29 113 142 4.1 85 4 19 0.5 53 18 19 209 6.0 2020-21 6 6 169 28.2 24 57 .421 6 18 .333 11 19 .579 7 28 35 5.8 16 1 9 1.5 9 1 1 65 10.8 2021-22 CAREER 64 39 1031 16.1 124 284 .437 18 78 .231 68 108 .630 53 172 225 3.5 117 6 40 0.6 69 26 28 334 5.2

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY ZACH COOKS 4 JR | G | 5-9 | 155 | Lawrenceville, GA | Beckmar CAPTAIN COOKS' GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB 2019-20: DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M • Hit the 30-point mark for the second-straight game against Brown. 11-6 @COL * 8-19 1-9 6-6 0-4 4 2 23 3 0 1 2 40 • Set new single-game scoring record vs. Binghamton with 35 points in 38 minutes of action 11-9 @PC * 8-14 2-7 4-6 1-3 4 4 22 2 4 0 1 34 • 22 points, seven rebounds, four assists in win vs. Wagner 11-13 @COR * 8-16 2-4 4-4 1-6 7 2 22 2 1 0 3 39 • Led all scorers with 22 at Cornell. His second three-pointer of the game put NJIT in front for the first time 11-16 WAG * 8-18 2-6 3-4 1-6 7 0 21 4 0 0 2 32 with 1:01 to play. 11-20 BU * 11-22 6-12 7-8 1-2 3 0 35 1 2 0 1 38 • Game-high 22 points at Providence. 11-23 @BR * 8-22 3-8 11-17 0-4 4 2 30 1 4 0 3 39 • Led NJIT with 23 points while playing all 40 minutes in season opener at Colgate 11-26 @RU 12-4 @AWP 2018-19: 12-7 @UCF • Scored 20+ points in 15 games 12-11 UML • Led ASUN in spg (2.5)...Ranked 7th in NCAA in total steals (88) 12-14 @SFB • Ranked 18th in ASUN in rpg (4.8), 20th in apg (2.1) and 14th in 3FG% (.349) 12-22 KU • 3/28 vs. Hampton (CIT Quarterfinals): Led NJIT with 22 points • 3/18 vs. Quinnipiac (CIT First Round): Tied Damon Lynn’s NJIT single-game scoring with 34 points (12-20 FG, 12-28 @UC 4-7 3FG, 6-8 FT) 1-4 LIB • 3/4 at FGCU (ASUN Quarterfinal): Scored personal postseason-best 25 points 1-9 @JU • 2/23 at Jacksonville: Earned first career double-double with 24 points and 13 rebounds 1-11 @UNF • 1/17: Cooks, at the time averaging 18.7 ppg and 2.7 spg, ranked eighth in ppg out of 12 players in D-I that 1-16 LIP average over 17 ppg and two spg, a shortlist led by Duke’s Zion Williamson (21.2 ppg, 2.0 spg) 1-18 KSU • 12/29 at No. 22 Houston: Scored a game-high 20 points (6-19 FG, 3-10 3FG) with a team-high 4 assists 1-23 @SU • 12/15 at FDU: Scored a game-high 25 points (7-13 FG) while tying career highs in 3FG (5) and rebounds (7) 1-25 @FGCU • 12/4 vs. Army: Scored then a career-high 27 points (8-12, 4-7, 7-12) w/ then career-high 7 rebounds; added 3 assists & 2 steals 1-30 UNA • 12/1 at UMass Lowell: Tied his then career high with 25 points (10-19 FG); added 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 2-6 UNF 1 assist 2-8 JU • 11/24 at LIU: Game-high-tying 22 points (6-11, 2-5, 8-10); added game-high 3 steals & 5 rebounds in 40 M 2-13 @LIP • 11/20 at Wagner: Registered a game-high-tying 22 points on 7-14 FG; tied career-high with 5 steals in 40 M 2-15 @LIB • 11/17 vs. Cornell: Scored a career-high 25 points on 9-16 FG with team-high 6 rebounds and 4 steals in 40 M 2-20 SU • 11/9 at Binghamton: Recorded 12 points w/ career-high-tying 6 boards; game-highs in assists (4) & steals (4) 2-22 FGCU • 11/6 vs. Colgate: Recorded 19 points (one shy of career-high) on 7-12 FG, 4-5 3FG; added 4 rebounds, 3 2-27 @UNA assists & 1 steal 2-29 @KSU 2017-18: 3-3 TBA • Ranked 2nd in ASUN in 3FG% in conference play (.519; 27-for-52) and 3rd in ASUN in 3FG% overall (.432) 3-5 TBA • Ranked 6th in ASUN in spg (1.6)... Finished 114th in Division-I in spg (1.6) and 156th in the nation in steals (48) 3-8 TBA • Also finished 14th in ASUN in ast/TO ratio (1.3), 16th in apg (2.1) and 31st in ppg (8.5)* * ASUN's 5th-leading freshman scorer at 8.5 ppg... Led NJIT freshmen in mpg (22.0) • Led NJIT in scoring twice, in assists nine times and in steals nine times SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • Last 15 G: Averaging 10.3 ppg (154), shooting 51-for-114 FG (.447), 28-for-58 3FG (.483) • 2/15 at Jacksonville: Sunk game-winning free-throws with :03.8 left to play; finished with 7 pts, 3 reb and 3 ast Points • 2/10 vs. Stetson: First career start (played all 40 M), finished w/ career-high/game-high 21 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast, 2 stl Season: 35 vs. Binghamton (11/20) • 1/13 at FGCU: Led NJIT in scoring (12 points) for first time in career, shot 4-for-5 FG, 3-for-4 3FG in 22 M Career: 35^ vs. Binghamton (11/20) • 1/11 at Stetson: Notched 5 points with a game-high and career-high tying 5 assists; added 4 reb and 3 steals Rebounds: • 1/6 vs. USCU: Scored 15 points -- a career-high vs. a D-I foe -- with 3 rebounds, 3 assists and a steal in 22 M Season: 7 (2) last: vs. Wagner (11/16) • 1/3 at Brown: Set a career-high with 6 rebounds; added 5 points, 3 assists and 2 steals in 20 minutes Career: 13 at Jacksonville (2/23/19) • 12/22 vs. Bryn Athyn: Set career-high in blocks (3) and tied career-high in assists (5) while adding 7 pts in 27 M Assists • 11/22 vs. Kean: Notched career-highs in points (17), rebounds (4), assists (5) and steals (5) in 22 minutes Season: 4 vs. Wagner (11/16) • 11/11 vs. Wagner: Registered 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals in 19 minutes in his NCAA debut • Scored 2 pts w/ game-highs in assists (5) & steals (4) in lone exhibition game vs. Princeton (DNP vs. St. Peter's) Career: 7 at FGCU (2/13/19) Blocks HIGH SCHOOL: Season: 1 at Colgate (11/6) A 5-foot-9 point guard known for both excellent ball-handling and play-making abilities. ...spent his first two Career: 3 at North Alabama (1/27/19) high school seasons at Norcross HS. ...transferred to Berkmar HS and helped guide the Patriots to a Sweet 16 in Steals the State Tournament. ...averaged 11.4 points per game and 2.5 assists per game at Berkmar as a junior while Season: 3 (2) last at Brown (11/23) earning a Scholar Athlete Award. ...Played AAU basketball with the Southern Stampede and named co-MVP of Career: 5 vs. Kean (11/22/17) the 2016 Best of the South AAU Tournament after averaging 27 points per game. 3-Pointers PERSONAL: Season: 6 (3); last: vs. Binghamton (11/20) Zach Cooks.... intends to major in marketing Career: 6 (2); last: vs. Binghamton (11/20) Minutes Season: 40 at Colgate (11/6) Career: 41 vs. North Alabama (1/27/19)

^Set NJIT D-I Record COOKS' CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2017-18 30 1 663 22.1 87 191 .455 41 95 .432 41 56 .732 11 54 65 2.2 34 0 64 2.1 50 5 48 256 8.5 2018-19 35 35 1304 37.3 216 479 .451 73 209 .349 112 153 .732 22 147 169 4.8 68 1 73 2.1 76 2 88 617 17.6 2019-20 6 6 222 37.0 51 111 .459 16 46 .348 35 45 .778 4 25 29 4.8 10 0 13 2.2 11 1 12 153 25.5 2021-22 CAREER 71 42 2189 30.8 354 781 .453 130 350 .371 188 254 .740 37 226 263 3.7 112 1 150 2.1 137 8 148 1026

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY DIEGO WILLIS 5 SO | G | 6-3 | 175 | Hermosillo, Mexico | Canaries Basketball Academy

WILLIS' GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB 2019-20: DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M • Career-high 13 points vs. Wagner to go along with three boards and three assists. Willis was 4-of-6 from long 11-6 @COL 2-3 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 5 0 1 0 1 15 range and finished off a four-point play. 11-9 @PC 1-3 0-2 2-2 0-3 3 3 4 0 1 0 0 14 • Came off the bench at Providence, scoring four points in 14 minutes. 11-13 @COR 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 • Played 15 minutes in season opener at Colgate, scoring five including a three-pointer. 11-16 WAG 4-6 4-6 1-1 0-3 3 1 13 3 0 0 0 26 11-20 BU 1-3 1-1 0-0 1-2 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 16 2018-19: 11-23 @BR 2-2 1-1 0-1 0-1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 7 • Played in 28 of 35 games as freshman, including one start 11-26 @RU • Knocked down a three-pointer in 3 straight games from 11/11-17 (4.3 ppg) 12-4 @AWP • 2/13 at FGCU: Made NJIT’s final two field goals with two late three pointers to finish with six points 12-7 @UCF • 1/16 vs. Lipscomb: Drained 3 three-pointers (3-6) for season-high nine points and 1 assist in 18 M 12-11 UML • 12/29 at No. 22 Houston: Scored two points (1-2 FG) and 1 assist in 3 M 12-14 @SFB • 11/14 vs. Kean: Earned first career start and tied for game-high with 5 rebounds; added 3 points, 2 assists 12-22 KU and 2 steals in career-high 36 M 12-28 @UC • 11/11 vs. Brown: Netted the first FG of his NCAA career; finished with a career-high 7 points (3-6 FG; 1-4 3FG) 1-4 LIB • 11/9 at Binghamton: Recorded the first point of his NCAA career on a FT; recorded career-high 4 boards in 5 M 1-9 @JU 1-11 @UNF HIGH SCHOOL: 1-16 LIP Attended the Canarias Basketball Academy (CBA), where he was the starting guard and averaged 18.2ppg, 1-18 KSU 4.6rpg and shot 44 percent from three-point range in 2017-18. ... The combo guard combined for a dou- 1-23 @SU ble-double 27 points and 11 rebounds, connecting on 7-of-11 from three-point range in a 76-67 win over South 1-25 @FGCU Kent. ... represented Mexican National Team at the 2018 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers and in 2017, played for the 1-30 UNA Mexican National Team in the World Championship Qualifiers 2-6 UNF 2-8 JU 2-13 @LIP 2-15 @LIB 2-20 SU 2-22 FGCU 2-27 @UNA 2-29 @KSU 3-3 TBA 3-5 TBA 3-8 TBA

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 13 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 13 vs. Wagner (11/16) Rebounds: Season: 3 (3) Last: vs. Binghamton (11/20) Career: 5 (2) Last: vs. FGCU (1/30/19) Assists Season: 3 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 3 vs. Wagner (11/16) Blocks Season: Career: 3 at North Alabama (1/27/19) Steals Season: 1 at Colgate (11/6) Career: 2 vs. Kean (11/14/18) 3-Pointers Season: 4 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 4 vs. Wagner (11/16) Minutes Season: 26 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 26 vs. Wagner (11/16)

WILLIS' CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2018-19 28 1 272 9.7 19 59 .322 13 42 .310 1 3 .333 4 37 41 1.5 14 0 18 0.6 10 0 6 52 1.9 2019-20 6 0 85 14.2 11 20 .550 7 12 .583 3 4 .750 1 11 12 2.0 9 0 3 0.5 3 0 1 32 5.3 2020-21 2021-22 CAREER 34 1 357 10.5 30 79 .380 20 54 .370 4 7 .571 5 48 53 1.6 23 0 21 0.6 13 0 7 84 2.5

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY CALEB MATTHEWS 10 FR | G | 6-4 | 175 | Smyrna, DE | Smyrna (Mt. Zion Prep [MD])

MATTHEWS GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB 2019-20: DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M • Came off the bench late against Wagner, drained a three-pointer for first collegiate field goal 11-6 @COL DNP • Made collegiate debut at Cornell - pulled down one rebound in six minutes of action, all during the first half. 11-9 @PC DNP 11-13 @COR 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 HIGH SCHOOL: 11-16 WAG 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 Played for Smyrna high school before completing a prep year at Mt. Zion Prep...2017-18 Delaware Gatorade 11-20 BU DNP Player of the Year as a senior at Smyrna where he was also two-time First Team All-State...helped lead Smyrna 11-23 @BR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 to a state championship...played AAU basketball for the Jersey Force. 11-26 @RU 12-4 @AWP PERSONAL: 12-7 @UCF Caleb Matthews...intends to major in business...father played professional basketball in Germany and sister 12-11 UML played collegiate basketball. 12-14 @SFB 12-22 KU 12-28 @UC 1-4 LIB 1-9 @JU 1-11 @UNF 1-16 LIP 1-18 KSU 1-23 @SU 1-25 @FGCU 1-30 UNA 2-6 UNF 2-8 JU 2-13 @LIP 2-15 @LIB 2-20 SU 2-22 FGCU 2-27 @UNA 2-29 @KSU 3-3 TBA 3-5 TBA 3-8 TBA

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 3 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 3 vs. Wagner (11/16) Rebounds Season: 1 at Cornell (11/13) Career: 1 at Cornell (11/13) Assists Season: Career: Blocks Season: Career: Steals Season: Career: 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: 6 at Cornell (11/13) Career: 6 at Cornell (11/13)

MATTHEWS’ 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 2019-20 3 0 12 4.0 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 3 1.0 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 CAREER 3 0 12 4.0 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 3 1.0

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SHYQUAN GIBBS 11 SR | G | 6-1 | 150 | Hillside, NJ | St. Anthony’s CAPTAIN /SHY-qwan/ GIBBS' GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M • 2018-19 (JR): Named to ASUN All-Academic Team 11-6 @COL * 6-11 1-3 1-1 0-4 4 1 14 1 4 0 1 32 • 2018-19 (JR): Selected to CoSIDA Academic All-District Team 11-9 @PC * 0-5 0-2 2-2 0-3 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 27 • 2017-18 (SO): Named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll 11-13 @COR * 4-10 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 3 9 4 1 0 2 28 • 2017-18 (SO): Selected to ASUN All-Academic Team 11-16 WAG * 3-3 1-1 4-4 0-1 1 4 11 5 1 0 2 26 • Scored the first four points in history of the Wellness & Events Center (WEC) on a four-point play, 11/11 vs. WU 11-20 BU * 3-9 0-1 0-0 1-3 4 2 6 4 0 0 2 33 11-23 @BR * 3-11 0-3 2-2 2-1 3 1 8 2 0 0 1 35 2019-20: 11-26 @RU • Very efficient in win vs. Wagner, scoring 11 points on 3-of-3 shooting and 4-of-4 at the foul line 12-4 @AWP • Nine points, all after halftime, at Cornell. Driving layup with :0.5 seconds to play gave NJIT the victory. • Started and played 32 minutes at Colgate, scored 14 points including 12 after halftime. 12-7 @UCF 12-11 UML 2018-19: 12-14 @SFB • Ranked 28th in ASUN in ppg (8.6), 17th in apg (2.2), 6th in ast/TO (2.0) 12-22 KU • Scored in double-figures in career-high 3 straight games twice: 11/14-20 (17.7 ppg); 11/28-12/4 (11.3 ppg) 12-28 @UC • Has started 79 consecutive games since his first as a freshman against North Florida on Jan. 14, 2017 1-4 LIB • 3/18 vs. Quinnipiac (CIT First Round): Scored 15 points and tied career-high 7 assists 1-9 @JU • 2/25 at Lipscomb: Scored 19 points all in the second-half on 7-8 field goals 1-11 @UNF • 11/28 at Drexel: Scored 11 points and led team with career-high 7 assists; also added career-high 6 rebounds • 11/17 vs. Cornell: Scored a career-high 25 points on 9-16 FG, 3-4 3FG;added 2 rebounds and 2 steals in 36 M 1-16 LIP • 11/14 vs. Kean: Registered game-highs in points (15) and assists (4); added 4 rebounds and 3 steals in 31 M 1-18 KSU 1-23 @SU 2017-18: 1-25 @FGCU • Ranked 7th in ast/TO ratio (2.0), t17th in spg (1.0) & 22nd in apg (1.9)... Last 25 G: 50 ast to just 22 TO in 557 M 1-30 UNA • Would've ranked 2nd in ASUN in 3FG% (.500; 24-48), if enough attempts to qualify (KSU's Masterson, .541) 2-6 UNF • Has averaged only 1 turnover every 23.1 minutes for the season (29 TO in 671 M) 2-8 JU • Last 17 G: Averaged 6.2 ppg (106), 2.0 apg (34), 1.0 spg (17)... didn't score in the prior 2 G (40 M) 2-13 @LIP • 11/28-12/9: Did not commit a turnover in 5 consecutive games and 123 minutes; handed out 10 assists in span • 1/18 vs. North Florida: Handed out a season-high 5 assists in just 20 M; added 5 points and 1 rebound 2-15 @LIB • 11/14 vs. Lafayette: Scored 14 points on 6-8 FG, 2-3 3FG along with 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steaks in 25 M 2-20 SU • 11/11 vs. Wagner: Logged 9 points, 2 rebounds and and first block in NCAA career in 24 M before fouling out 2-22 FGCU • Averaged 6.0 ppg, 2.5 apg in two exhibition games (both starts), including 9 pts vs. St. Peter's 2-27 @UNA 2-29 @KSU 2016-17: 3-3 TBA • ASUN final ranks: 12th in assists/TO ratio (1.6), 25th in spg (0.7)... First 21 G: 38 points... Last 9 G: 61 points 3-5 TBA • Last 9 G: 6.8 ppg (61), 1.6 rpg (14), 2.0 apg (18), 1.3 spg (12) on 22-for-48 FG (.457), 10-for-23 3FG (.435) 3-8 TBA • As a Starter* (13 G): 5.4 ppg (70), 2.0 apg (26) with just 1.2 TO/G (15)...*firsts starts of career • Started season averaging 23.5 mpg in first 4 G... then just 8.3 mpg and 1 DNP over NJIT's next 9 G • 2/27 at Lipscomb: Started and played just 3 minutes as result of a toe injury (did not record a stat) • 2/23 vs. USC Upstate: Scored 10 points, including game-winning FTs with 0:07 left; added 4 ast, 3 reb, 1 stl SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • 1/30 vs. Kennesaw St.: Played all 40 M and scored career-high 16 pts (6-8, 2-2, 2-3); go-ahead layup w/ :17 left Points • 1/28 vs. Lipscomb: Scored then-career-high 14 points (5-6, 2-3, 2-4) w/ 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals in 39 M Season: 15 at Colgate (11/6) • 1/25 at Kennesaw State: Played a career-high 38 minutes and didn't commit a TO; had 4 points and 2 assists Career: 25 vs. Cornell (11/17/18) • 1/14 vs. North Florida: Made first start of NCAA career; posted 2 pts w/ game-high 4 asts in career-high 32 M • 12/22 vs. Dean: Scored 5 pts w/ career-highs in asts (7) and stls (3) in 28 min... after just 8.3 mpg in prior 8 G Rebounds • 11/30 vs. Saint Francis: Recorded then-career-high 6 pts (2-2, 0-0, 2-2) and 4 rebounds in 27 M; added 2 asts Season: 4 (2) last: vs. Binghamton (11/20) • 11/17 at Lafayette: Scored a then career-high 4 points in a career-high 31 minutes Career: 6 at Drexel (11/28/18) • 11/11 vs. Sarah Lawrence: Started NCAA career with 3 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists in 19 minutes Assists Season: 5 vs. Wagner (11/16) HIGH SCHOOL: Career: 7 vs. Quinnipiac (3/18/19) Shyquan Gibbs a graduate of St. Anthony’s High School in Jersey City, where he was coached by Bob Hurley, a 2010 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, will be the third St. Anthony alumnus on Blocks the Highlander roster, which features senior Tim Coleman and sophomore Mohamed Bendary. ...Gibbs, ranked Season: among the top 25 New Jersey players in the Class of 2016 by NJHoops.com, led the Friars (26-0) to be ranked Career: 1 at Kennesaw St. (2/9/19) No.1 Boys High School basketball team in New Jersey and fourth-best in the nation, according to USA Today. Steals ...as a junior, Gibbs helped the Friars to a 28-2 record and sixth consecutive NJSIAA Non-Public, North B Cham- Season: 2 (3) last vs. Binghamton (11/20) pionship. ...Gibbs played for the Jersey City Boys Club on the AAU circuit. Career: 4 (3) last: vs. Brown (11/11/18) 3-Pointers PERSONAL: Shyquan Wanya Gibbs. ... son of Shelton and Elyse Gibbs... Shelton, a longtime boys basketball coach at Henry Season: 1 (3); last: vs. Wagner (11/6) Snyder (NJ) H.S., is a member of the Saint Peter's (NJ) University Athletic Hall of Fame and still ranks fourth Career: 3 (3); last: at FGCU (2/13/19) on the Peacocks' all-time career scoring list... Shyquan’s older brother, Shelton Jr., was a key player on St. Minutes Anthony’s 2004 undefeated team... Gibbs, who intends to major in business at NJIT, was named St. Anthony Season: 33 vs. Binghamton (11/20) High School Valedictorian, News12 co-Scholar-Athlete of the Week (November 15, 2015) and recipient of the Career: 40 vs. Kennesaw St. (1/30/17) Investors Bank Academic Excellence Award.

GIBBS' CAREER STATISTICS' CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2016-17 30 13 623 20.8 35 95 .368 11 37 .297 18 27 .667 6 28 34 1.1 44 0 49 1.6 30 1 22 99 3.3 2017-18 30 30 671 22.4 55 117 .470 24 48 .500 39 48 .813 10 56 66 2.2 73 2 57 1.9 29 2 31 173 5.8 2018-19 35 35 1073 30.7 98 210 .467 27 68 .397 78 101 .772 5 69 74 2.1 81 1 78 2.2 40 3 29 301 8.6 2019-20 6 6 181 30.2 19 49 .388 3 13 .231 9 9 1.000 3 13 16 2.7 13 0 16 2.7 8 0 8 50 8.3 CAREER 101 84 2548 25.2 207 471 .439 65 166 .392 144 185 .778 24 166 190 1.9 211 3 200 2.0 107 6 90 623 6.2

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY JASON MURPHY 13 FR | F | 6-8 | 232 | Owings Mills, MD | St. Frances Academy

MURPHY'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGH SCHOOL: DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M Began career at Chapelgate Christian Academy where he earned Howard County Player of the Year honors in 11-6 @COL DNP 2017...transferred to national power St. Frances Academy in Baltimore for final two seasons where he was 11-9 @PC DNP coached by Nick Myles...also played for Team Melo in the EYBL...inducted into the National Honor Society. 11-13 @COR DNP 11-16 WAG DNP PERSONAL: 11-20 BU DNP Jason Murphy...intends to major in communications and media. 11-23 @BR DNP 11-26 @RU 12-4 @AWP 12-7 @UCF 12-11 UML 12-14 @SFB 12-22 KU 12-28 @UC 1-4 LIB 1-9 @JU 1-11 @UNF 1-16 LIP 1-18 KSU 1-23 @SU 1-25 @FGCU 1-30 UNA 2-6 UNF 2-8 JU 2-13 @LIP 2-15 @LIB 2-20 SU 2-22 FGCU 2-27 @UNA 2-29 @KSU 3-3 TBA 3-5 TBA 3-8 TBA

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: Career: Rebounds Season: Career: Assists Season: Career: Blocks Season: Career: Steals Season: Career: 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: Career:

MURPHY’S CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2019-20 0 0 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 CAREER 0 0

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY REILLY WALSH 14 GR | G | 6-3 | 180 | Staten Island, NY | St Peter’s Boys CAPTAIN WALSH'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M • 2018-19 (SR): Selected as Fan-Voted ASUN Preseason Defensive Player of the Year 11-6 @COL * 2-5 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 23 • 2018-19 (SR): NJIT Co-Captain 11-9 @PC * 1-5 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 27 • 2017-18 (JR): Named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court 11-13 @COR * 1-5 0-2 0-0 2-1 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 30 • 2017-18 (JR): Named to the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team (1 of 10 players) 11-16 WAG * 0-3 0-1 0-0 2-1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 17 • 2017-18 (JR): Named to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll 11-20 BU * 1-3 0-1 0-0 3-2 5 2 2 1 2 0 1 31 • 2017-18 (JR): Selected to ASUN All-Academic Team (unanimous selection); only selection with a 4.0 GPA) 11-23 @BR * 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 21 • 2016-17 (SO): Selected to ASUN All-Academic Team (first NJIT player to earn honor; only selection with a 4.0) 11-26 @RU • 2014-15 (HS): Won Warren Jaques Award, presented annually to the top high school player on Staten Island 12-4 @AWP 2019-20: 12-7 @UCF • Started and played 23 minutes at Colgate, scoring four points on 2-of-5 shooting 12-11 UML 12-14 @SFB 2018-19: 12-22 KU • Missed 32 of 35 games due to injury 12-28 @UC • 11/11 vs. Binghamton: Left game with left ankle injury at 17:24 remaining in first half; did not return 1-4 LIB • 11/6 vs. Colgate: Led all scorers with a career-high 21 points & 5 3FG (6-9, 5-6, 4-4); 2x in career led NJIT in pts 1-9 @JU 2017-18: 1-11 @UNF • Ranked tied for 17th in ASUN in spg (1.1) 1-16 LIP • Started all 30 games (his firsts starts of NCAA career) 1-18 KSU • In ASUN Games (14): Averaged 5.2 ppg (73), 3.2 rpg (45), 1.0 spg (14) 1-23 @SU • Going back to last season, averaging 5.7 ppg (97) in last his last 17 ASUN games 1-25 @FGCU • Last 33 G (going back to last season): Averaging 4.7 ppg (154)... First 24 G of career: Averaged 1.6 ppg (38) 1-30 UNA • 2/22 at USC Upstate: Tied career high with 8 rebounds while also contributing 7 points, 3 assists and 1 steal 2-6 UNF • 1/24 at KSU: Contributed 9 points (3-6 FG, 1-1 3FG, 2-2 FT); added 5 rebounds and career-high-tying 3 steals 2-8 JU • 1/18 vs. North Florida: Handed out a career-high 4 assists; added 9 points (4-5 FG, 1-1 3FG), 4 reb, 2 stl in 18 M • 1/13 at FGCU: Grabbed a career-high 8 rebounds; added 2 points and 1 steal in 30 minutes 2-13 @LIP • 1/7 vs. USCU: Scored a career-high 15 points on 5-8 FG, 3-5 3FG; contributed 5 rebounds and an assist in 27 M 2-15 @LIB • 11/25 vs. Drexel: Scored a game-high 14 pts (first time in career led NJIT in scoring); added 3 ast, 3 stl, 2 reb 2-20 SU • 11/11 vs. Wagner: Made first start of his NCAA career; posted 2 points, 4 rebounds and a game-high 3 steals 2-22 FGCU 2-27 @UNA 2016-17: 2-29 @KSU • Last 3 G: Averaged 8.0 ppg (24) in 25 mpg (75)... L15: 3.8 ppg (57), 1.3 rpg (20), 1.1 apg (17) in 15.9 mpg (238) 3-3 TBA • Vs. Non-D-I Opponents: Averaging 6.0 ppg (12), 3.5 rpg (7), 1.0 apg (2), 1.5 spg (3) & 1.0 bpg in 18.0 mpg (36) 3-5 TBA • 2/27 at Lipscomb: Registered career highs in points (14), 3FG (4) and minutes (33), shooting 5-10 FG, 4-6 3FG • 2/18 vs. Stetson: Hit GW-3FG w/ 0:49 left; set career-highs in pts (10), 3FG (3), min (31); tied c-h in reb (5), ast (3) 3-8 TBA • 1/28 vs. Lipscomb: Played a career-high 26 M; scored 5 points with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals • 1/21 at FGCU: Handed out a career-high 3 assists in just 7 M; addd 3 points (1-1, 1-1, 0-1) and a steal • 1/4 vs. Brown: Scored his first career points against a D-I opponent with 4 (1-2, 0-0, 2-2); added 2 reb and 1 stl SEASON/CAREER HIGHS • 11/11 vs. Sarah Lawrence: Scored the first 6 points of his NCAA career; career-highs in reb (5), ast (1), stl (3) Points Season: 4 at Colgate (11/6) 2015-16: • DNP in the last 10 games Career: 21 vs. Colgate (11/6/18) • 2/6 vs. Kennesaw State: Logged a season-high six minutes and recorded his first NCAA rebound Rebounds • 12/30 at St. John’s: Made his collegiate debut with four minutes off the bench in NJIT’s 83-74 victory Season: 5 vs. Binghamton (11/20) Career: 8 (2); last: at USC Upstate (2/22/18) HIGH SCHOOL: Assists Playing at St. Peter’s, Walsh averaged 25 points per game as a senior, making 109 3-point baskets in the pro- Season: 1 (5); last: vs. Binghamton (11/20) cess. He topped 30 points in a game nine times and topped 40 twice, including a season-best 43 points, in- Career: 4 vs. North Florida (1/18/17) cluding 10 threes, against Susan Wagner High. ...Walsh finished his high school career with 1,388 points, fourth on the all-time list at St. Peter’s and 17th all-time for the entire borough of Staten Island. He scored 751 of his Blocks points as a senior playing for coach Charles Driscoll. ...Walsh was a two-time Staten Island Advance all-star and Season: also a two-time all-Staten Island pick by the New York Daily News. He played in the New York City Mayors Cup Career: 2 vs. Dean Coll. (USCAA) (12/22/16) All-Star game and was a New York Sportswriters Association Class AA all-state pick. He was also Most Valuable Steals Player of the Staten Island division of the Catholic High Schools Athletic Association (CHSAA), the governing Season: 1 (4) last: at Brown (11/23) body of Catholic scholastic sports in New York City. ...Salutatorian of his graduating class at St. Peter’s, Reilly Career: 3 (5); last: at Kennesaw St. (1/24/18) followed in the footsteps of his father, John, who was the starting point guard on the 1983 St. Peter’s team that is the only Staten Island team ever to capture the New York City CHSAA AA City championship. 3-Pointers Season: PERSONAL: Career: 5 vs. Colgate -- 11/6/18 Reilly Walsh... son of John and Christine Walsh... John was the starting point guard on the 1983 St. Peter’s team Minutes that is the only Staten Island team ever to capture the New York City CHSAA AA City championship... undecided Season: 31 vs. Binghamton (11/20) major... born 4/16/97 in Staten Island, NY. Career: 36 vs. Drexel (11/25/17)

WALSH'S CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2015-16 6 0 22 3.7 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 1 0.2 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2016-17 21 0 306 14.6 22 50 .440 10 23 .435 8 12 .667 12 19 31 1.5 39 1 20 1.0 21 3 13 62 3.0 2017-18 30 30 586 19.5 52 110 .473 15 45 .333 11 19 .579 26 55 81 2.7 62 0 34 1.1 26 1 31 130 4.3 2018-19 3 3 62 20.7 6 12 .500 5 8 .625 4 4 1.000 2 5 7 2.3 8 1 1 0.3 2 1 2 21 7.0 2019-20 6 6 149 24.8 6 24 .250 0 8 .000 0 0 .000 9 9 18 3.0 9 0 5 0.8 4 0 4 12 2.0 CAREER 66 39 1125 17.0 86 198 .434 30 85 .353 23 36 .639 49 89 138 2.1 119 2 60 0.9 53 5 50 225 3.4

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SOULEYMANE DIAKITE 21 SO | F | 6-9 | 210 | Bamako, Mali | St. Benedict's (NJ)

/SOO-lee-mahn dee-ah-KEY-tay/ DIAKITE'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB HIGHLIGHTS: DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M • Originally signed a National Letter of Intent with Oklahoma State University 11-6 @COL * 3-8 0-0 0-0 5-4 9 5 8 3 1 1 1 33 11-9 @PC * 1-5 0-0 0-0 3-5 8 1 2 4 4 0 0 36 2019-20: 11-13 @COR * 4-8 0-0 2-2 4-9 13 4 10 0 5 1 0 33 • Nearly missed second-straight double-double, scoring 10 points and grabbing nine boards in win vs. Wagner 11-16 WAG * 4-6 0-0 2-4 3-6 9 3 10 3 0 2 0 25 • First career double-double at Cornell, scoring 10 and grabbing career-best 13 rebounds in 33 minutes. 11-20 BU * 1-2 0-0 1-4 1-5 6 5 3 1 1 1 0 25 • Played 36 minutes at Providence, a new career-high. Pulled down a team-best eight rebounds. 11-23 @BR * 2-6 0-0 0-2 3-6 9 2 4 0 3 3 2 35 • Made the most of his first-career start at Colgate, logging career-high 33 minutes, while scoring eight points 11-26 @RU and and tying his career-high with eight rebounds. 12-4 @AWP 12-7 @UCF 2018-19: 12-11 UML • Played in 17 of 35 games as freshman 12-14 @SFB • Finished with .526 FG percentage (10-19), .667 FT percentage (8-12) and 10 blocks 12-22 KU • 3/28 vs. Hampton (CIT Quarterfinals): Totaled 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks in 19 M 12-28 @UC • 3/18 vs. Quinnipiac (CIT First Round): Tied career-high 9 rebounds (led team) and set career-high 22 M 1-4 LIB • 12/29 at No. 22 Houston: Scored for first time in his last 5 G, recording 2 points(1-2 FG) and 3 rebounds in 3 M 1-9 @JU • 11/9 at Binghamton: Just missed double-double w/ 11* points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks in 20 M (*firsts in NCAA) 1-11 @UNF 1-16 LIP HIGH SCHOOL: 1-18 KSU Played three seasons at Canterbury High School in Gran Canaria, Spain... The Academy, considered the top 1-23 @SU prep school in Europe both academically and athletically, has sent over 80 players to Division-I schools in re- 1-25 @FGCU cent years... during his senior campaign, Diakite attended St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, where the team went 1-30 UNA 28-2 overall and finished ranked in the Top 50 by USA Today Sports... as a junior at the Canterbury School, he 2-6 UNF averaged a double-double – 17.6 ppg and 11.2 rpg 2-8 JU 2-13 @LIP PERSONAL: 2-15 @LIB Souleymane Diakite ... speaks three languages (English, French and Spanish) and speaks two dialects (Bam- 2-20 SU bava and Sonrhai) ... he intends to study engineering or mathematics at NJIT 2-22 FGCU 2-27 @UNA 2-29 @KSU 3-3 TBA 3-5 TBA 3-8 TBA

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 10 (2) last: vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 11 at Binghamton (11/9/18) Rebounds Season: 13 at Colgate (11/13) Career: 13 at Cornell (11/13/19) Assists Season: 4 at Providence (11/9) Career: 4 at Providence (11/9/19) Blocks Season: 3: at Brown (11/23) Career: 3 (2); last: at Brown (11/23/19) Steals Season: 2: at Brown (11/23) Career: 2: at Brown (11/23) 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: 36 at Providence (11/9/19) Career: 36 at Providence (11/9/19)

DIAKITE'S CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2018-19 16 0 135 8.4 10 19 .526 0 0 .000 8 12 .667 14 32 46 2.9 25 1 6 0.4 5 10 3 28 1.8 2019-20 6 6 187 31.2 16 36 .444 0 0 .000 5 12 .417 19 35 54 9.0 20 2 11 1.8 14 8 3 37 6.2 2020-21 2021-22 CAREER 22 6 322 14.6 26 55 .473 0 0 .000 13 24 .542 33 67 100 4.5 45 3 17 0.8 19 18 6 65 3.0

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY BYRON BRELAND III 22 FR | G | 6-3 | 180 | New Haven, CT | Hamden Hall Country Day School

/Bree-Land/ BRELAND'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB 2018-19: DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M • Career-high 15 minutes off the bench at Brown. 11-6 @COL 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 • Career-high seven points in 12 minutes vs. Wagner 11-9 @PC 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 • Scored first points of his career at Providence. 11-13 @COR 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 • Made collegiate debut in season opener at Colgate 11-16 WAG 1-2 0-0 5-9 1-1 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 12 11-20 BU DNP HIGH SCHOOL: 11-23 @BR 0-1 0-0 1-4 1-0 1 5 1 0 2 1 1 13 Played for head coach Sean Doherty at Hamden Hall Country Day School...New England Prep School Player of 11-26 @RU the Year as a senior...two-time All-State honoree...two-time Connecticut State Champion. 12-4 @AWP 12-7 @UCF PERSONAL: 12-11 UML Byron Breland III....also goes by “Tre”...intends to major in engineering...mother played basketball at Rutgers 12-14 @SFB and St. John’s and is in the Connecticut Hall of Fame. . 12-22 KU 12-28 @UC 1-4 LIB 1-9 @JU 1-11 @UNF 1-16 LIP 1-18 KSU 1-23 @SU 1-25 @FGCU 1-30 UNA 2-6 UNF 2-8 JU 2-13 @LIP 2-15 @LIB 2-20 SU 2-22 FGCU 2-27 @UNA 2-29 @KSU 3-3 TBA 3-5 TBA 3-8 TBA

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 7 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 7 vs. Wagner (11/16) Rebounds Season: 2 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 2 vs. Wagner (11/16) Assists Season: 1 at Cornell (11/13) Career: 1 at Cornell (11/13) Blocks Season: 1 at Brown (11/23) Career: 1 at Brown (11/23) Steals Season: 1 at Brown (11/23) Career: 1 at Brown (11/23) 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: 13 at Brown (11/23) Career: 13 at Brown (11/23)

BRELAND'S CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2019-20 5 0 31 6.2 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 6 13 .462 3 2 5 1.0 6 1 1 0.2 3 1 1 12 2.4 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 CAREER 5 0 31 6.2 3 7 .429 0 0 .000 6 13 .462 3 2 5 1.0 6 1 1 0.2 3 1 1 12 2.4

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY XAVIER MAYO 32 FR | F | 6-7 | 230 | Beacon, NY | The Hill School (PA)

MAYO’S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB 2018-19: DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M • Made both free throw attempts at Brown. 11-6 @COL 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 • Drained two foul shots vs. Wagner for his first collegiate points; also had a putback for first field goal 11-9 @PC 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 • Made collegiate debut at Colgate, logging five minutes off the bench. 11-13 @COR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0+ 11-16 WAG 1-1 0-0 2-2 1-2 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 4 HIGH SCHOOL: 11-20 BU DNP Coached by Seth Eilberg at The Hill School in Pottstown, PA, where he earned All-MAPL honors and helped lead 11-23 @BR 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 his team to a PAISAA state championship....also played AAU basketball for the Albany Ciy Rocks. 11-26 @RU 12-4 @AWP PERSONAL: 12-7 @UCF Xavier Mayo. ... intends to major in law, technology & culture 12-11 UML 12-14 @SFB 12-22 KU 12-28 @UC 1-4 LIB 1-9 @JU 1-11 @UNF 1-16 LIP 1-18 KSU 1-23 @SU 1-25 @FGCU 1-30 UNA 2-6 UNF 2-8 JU 2-13 @LIP 2-15 @LIB 2-20 SU 2-22 FGCU 2-27 @UNA 2-29 @KSU 3-3 TBA 3-5 TBA 3-8 TBA

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 4 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 4 vs. Wagner (11/16) Rebounds Season: 3 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 3 vs. Wagner (11/16) Assists Season: 1 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 1 vs. Wagner (11/16) Blocks Season: 1 at Brown (11/23) Career: 1 at Brown (11/23) Steals Season: Career: 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: 9 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 9 vs. Wagner (11/16)

MAYO’S CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2019-20 4 0 16 4.0 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 0.8 2 0 1 0.3 1 0 0 4 1.0 2020-21 5 0 19 3.8 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 1 2 3 0.6 2 0 1 0.2 1 1 0 6 1.2 2021-22 2022-23 CAREER 5 0 19 3.8 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 4 4 1.000 1 2 3 0.6 2 0 1 0.2 1 1 0 6 1.2

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY KJELL DE GRAAF 33 SO | F | 6-10 | 175 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Canaries Basketball Academy

/KELL duh-GRAF/ DE GRAAF'S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB 2019-20: DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M • Scored all six of his points at Cornell at the free throw line (6-for-6). 11-6 @COL 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 11 • Came off the bench to play 21 minutes at Providence. 11-9 @PC 1-5 0-3 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 21 11-13 @COR 0-2 0-0 6-6 0-0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 12 2018-19: 11-16 WAG 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 7 • Appeared in 26 of 35 games as freshman, including two starts 11-20 BU 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 15 • 3/28 vs. Hampton (CIT Quarterfinals): Started second consecutive game and tied career-high 5 rebounds in 11-23 @BR 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 M 11-26 @RU • 3/18 vs. Quinnipiac (CIT First Round): Earned first career start and played career-high 26 minutes; 8 points 12-4 @AWP (2-4 3FG, 2-2 FT) 12-7 @UCF • 2/25 at Lipscomb: Career-high 9 points on 3-4 three pointers in 24 M 12-11 UML • 1/24 at Stetson: Hit 2-3 three pointers and one free throw for 7 points 12-14 @SFB • 1/21 at UNF: Totaled 6 points (1-2 3FG, 3-4 FT) and career-high 5 rebounds 12-22 KU • 1/16 vs. Lipscomb: Knocked down a three pointer and snatched 2 rebounds 12-28 @UC • 11/17 vs. Cornell: Scored 5 pts (2-3 FG, 1-1 3FG) with first NCAA three-pointer; added 3 rebounds 1-4 LIB • 11/14 vs. Kean: Drained his first career NCAA field goal; finished with 2 points, 4 rebounds in 11 M 1-9 @JU 1-11 @UNF 1-16 LIP HIGH SCHOOL: 1-18 KSU Played last two seasons for the Canarias Basketball Academy in Gran Canaria, Spain... The Academy, considered 1-23 @SU the top prep school in Europe both academically and athletically, has sent over 80 players to Division-I schools 1-25 @FGCU in recent years... averaged 14.5 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game while shooting 45-percent from 1-30 UNA three-point territory for the Elite A Team... spent his first two years of high school at The Thornbecke Voort- 2-6 UNF gezet Ondrewijsin (Holland)... played on the Netherlands Junior National Team since he was 14 years old and 2-8 JU was a member of the 14u European Championship team in 2013. 2-13 @LIP 2-15 @LIB PERSONAL: 2-20 SU Kjell De Graaf... intends to study either chemical engineering or biomedical engineering. 2-22 FGCU 2-27 @UNA 2-29 @KSU 3-3 TBA 3-5 TBA 3-8 TBA

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: 6 at Cornell (11/13) Career: 9 at Lipscomb (2/25/19) Rebounds Season: 3 at Providence (11/9) Career: 4 vs. Kean (11/14/18) Assists Season: Career: 1 vs. Kean (11/14/18) Blocks Season: 1 vs. Wagner (11/16) Career: 1 vs. Wagner (11/16) Steals Season: 1 vs. Binghamton (11/20) Career: 1 (3); last: at Lipscomb (2/25/19) 3-Pointers Season: 1 at Colgate (11/6) Career: 3 at Lipscomb (2/25/19) Minutes Season: 21 at Providence (11/9) Career: 24 at Lipscomb (2/25/19)

DE GRAAF'S CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2018-19 26 2 243 9.3 16 49 .327 12 37 .324 8 11 .727 13 27 40 1.5 27 0 14 0.5 10 6 3 52 2.0 2019-20 6 0 71 11.8 5 15 .333 1 7 .143 7 8 .875 1 2 3 0.5 8 0 0 0.0 3 1 1 18 3.0 2020-21 2021-22 CAREER 32 2 314 9.8 21 64 .328 13 44 .295 15 19 .789 14 29 43 1.3 35 0 14 0.4 13 7 4 70 2.2

#SACRIFICE @NJITHOOPS 2019-20 GAME NOTES GAME 7: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY DA’MIR FAISON 35 FR | F | 6-7 | 200| Philadelphia, PA | Hazleton Area

/dah-meer/ FAISON’S GAME-BY-GAME FG 3FG FT REB 2019-20 DATE OPP GS M-A M-A M-A O-D TOT PF TP A TO BK ST M • Faison was expected to contribute as a freshman, but suffered a knee injury during the preseason and is out 11-6 @COL DNP indefinitely. 11-9 @PC DNP 11-13 @COR DNP HIGH SCHOOL: 11-16 WAG DNP Wyoming Valley Conference MVP, three-time District Champion and an All-State honoree at Hazleton Area HS... 11-20 BU DNP played his AAU basketball for the NJ Playaz. 11-23 @BR DNP 11-26 @RU PERSONAL: 12-4 @AWP Da’mir Faison. ... intends to major in business. 12-7 @UCF 12-11 UML 12-14 @SFB 12-22 KU 12-28 @UC 1-4 LIB 1-9 @JU 1-11 @UNF 1-16 LIP 1-18 KSU 1-23 @SU 1-25 @FGCU 1-30 UNA 2-6 UNF 2-8 JU 2-13 @LIP 2-15 @LIB 2-20 SU 2-22 FGCU 2-27 @UNA 2-29 @KSU 3-3 TBA 3-5 TBA 3-8 TBA

SEASON/CAREER HIGHS Points Season: Career: Rebounds Season: Career: Assists Season: Career: Blocks Season: Career: Steals Season: Career: 3-Pointers Season: Career: Minutes Season: Career:

FAISON'S CAREER STATISTICS MIN SHOOTING 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 APG TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2019-20 0 0 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 CAREER 0 0

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2019-2020 New Jersey Institute of Technology Men's Basketball Overall Statistics (as of Nov 23, 2019)

Overall Record: 2-4 Conf: 0-0 Home: 1-1 Away: 1-3 Neutral: 0-0

FG 3PT FT Rebounds # Player GP-GS MIN AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG 04 Cooks, Zach 6-6 222 37.0 51-111 .459 16-46 .348 35-45 .778 4 25 29 4.8 10 0 13 11 1 12 153 25.5 02 Brinson, San Antonio 6-6 169 28.2 24-57 .421 6-18 .333 11-19 .579 7 28 35 5.8 16 1 9 9 1 1 65 10.8 11 Gibbs, Shyquan 6-6 181 30.2 19-49 .388 3-13 .231 9-9 1.000 3 13 16 2.7 13 0 16 8 0 8 50 8.3 21 Diakite, Souleymane 6-6 187 31.2 16-36 .444 0-0 .000 5-12 .417 19 35 54 9.0 20 2 11 14 8 3 37 6.2 05 Willis, Diego 6-0 85 14.2 11-20 .550 7-12 .583 3-4 .750 1 11 12 2.0 9 0 3 3 0 1 32 5.3 00 Williams, Levar 6-0 74 12.3 7-22 .318 5-19 .263 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0.3 12 0 1 5 1 0 19 3.2 33 de Graaf, Kjell 6-0 71 11.8 5-15 .333 1-7 .143 7-8 .875 1 2 3 0.5 8 0 0 3 1 1 18 3.0 22 Breland III, Byron 5-0 31 6.2 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 6-13 .462 3 2 5 1.0 6 1 1 3 1 1 12 2.4 14 Walsh, Reilly 6-6 149 24.8 6-24 .250 0-8 .000 0-0 .000 9 9 18 3.0 9 0 5 4 0 4 12 2.0 32 Mayo, Xavier 5-0 19 3.8 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 1 2 3 0.6 2 0 1 1 1 0 6 1.2 10 Matthews, Caleb 3-0 12 4.0 1-2 .500 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.0 Total 6 1200 200.0 144-345 .417 39-124 .315 80-114 .702 55 138 193 32.2 106 4 60 62 14 31 407 67.83 Opponents 1200 200.0 152-338 .450 52-145 .359 83-107 .776 58 162 220 36.7 102 1 89 75 22 31 439 73.17

Team Statistics NJIT OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 407 439 11/06/19 at Colgate L 75-80 871 Points Per Game 67.8 73.2 11/09/19 at Providence L 47-76 7102 Scoring Margin -5.4 – 11/13/19 at Cornell W 59-58 274 FIELD GOALS-ATT 144-345 152-338 11/16/19 vs Wagner W 88-69 1255 Field Goal Pct .417 .450 11/20/19 vs Binghamton L 75-77 504 3 POINT FG-ATT 39-124 52-145 11/23/19 at Brown L 63-79 555 3PT FG Pct .315 .359 3PT Made Per Game 6.5 8.7 * = Conference game FREE THROWS-ATT 80-114 83-107 FT Pct .702 .776 FT Made Per Game 13.3 13.8 REBOUNDS 193 220 Rebounds Per Game 32.2 36.7 Rebounds Margin -4.5 – ASSISTS 60 89 Assists Per Game 10.0 14.8 TURNOVERS 62 75 Turnovers Per Game 10.3 12.5 Turnovers Margin 2.2 – Assist/Turnover Ratio 1.0 1.2 STEALS 31 31 Steals Per Game 5.2 5.2 BLOCKS 14 22 Blocks Per Game 2.3 3.7 ATTENDANCE 1,759 8,802 Dates/Avg Per Date 2-880 4-2,201 Neutral Site #/Avg – 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total NJIT 171 236 407 Opponents 212 227 439

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HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH DIR, BASKETBALL OPS BRIAN KENNEDY JEFF RAFFERTY KIM WAITERS JOE GUTOWSKI DANNY MANUEL

LEVAR SAN ANTONIO ZACH DIEGO 0 WILLIAMS 2 BRINSON 4 COOKS 5 WILLIS

CALEB SHYQUAN JASON REILLY SOULEYMANE 10 MATTHEWS 11 GIBBS 13 MURPHY 14 WALSH 21 DIAKITE

BYRON XAVIER KJELL DA’MIR 22 BRELAND III 32 MAYO 33 DE GRAAF 35 FAISON

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