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@NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 3: AT #22 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY NJITN MEN'S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GAME 3: NJIT (1-1; 11-20 in 2016-17) vs. #22-SETON HALL (3-0; 21-12 in 2016-17) Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 • 4:00 PM • Pruden al Center • Newark, NJ • FS2 2017-18 Record|ASUN:.......1-1 | 0-0 2017-18 Record|BE:............3-0 | 0-0 2016-17 Record|ASUN:.11-20 | 3-11 2016-17 Record|BE:......21-12 | 10-8 ASUN Rank (Preseason):...............8th BE Rank (Preseason):..................2nd KenPom:......................................297 KenPom:........................................29 All-Time vs. BIG EAST:...............1-21 NJIT All-Time vs. SH:...................0-5 Head Coach:...............Brian Kennedy Head Coach:.................Kevin Willard Record at NJIT (2nd):...............12-21 Record at SH (8th):..............131-102 Career Record (2nd):................12-21 Career Record (11th):..........176-151 898-805 ALL-TIME (SINCE 1922) • CIT SEMIFINALISTS 2015, 2016 • MEMBER OF THE ASUN CONFERENCE SINCE 2015 2017-18 SCHEDULE BROADCAST INFORMATION: RECORDS NOVEMBER (1-1) Video: FS2 Dave Sims (pbp); Sarah Kustok (analyst) Overall 1-1 11 WAGNER L, 60-49 Audio: WMCA 570 Gary Cohen (pbp); Dave Popkin (analyst) Home 1-1 14 LAFAYETTE W, 96-80 HIGHLIGHTS: Away 0-0 18 at Seton Hall 4 PM Neutral 0-0 This is NJIT’s sixth mee ng with the Seton Hall Pirates, who lead the all- me series, 5-0. ASUN 0-0 22 KEAN (NJ) 4 PM The two teams played in fi ve straight seasons from 2009-10 to 2013-14 (but not since). Home 0-0 25 DREXEL 4 PM Away 0-0 28 LIU BROOKLYN 7 PM The Pirates won the last mee ng, 71-55, on Dec. 10, 2013. In that game, NJIT trailed just 31- 28 at the half and later pulled to within fi ve points with 5:15 le (53-48) before a 10-0 SHU run. Non-Conference 1-1 30 at West Virginia 7 PM Home 1-1 The average margin of victory in the all- me series is 23.6 points. The closest contest was Away 0-0 DECEMBER (0-0) on was a 68-59 SHU win on Dec. 4, 2012, when NJIT pulled to within four points with 2:09 le . Neutral 0-0 3 UMASS LOWELL 2 PM Current streak W1 All- me, the Highlanders are 1-21 against the BIG EAST -- but won their last matchup 7 at Rutgers 7 PM Long. W streak W1 against the conference with an 83-74 victory at St. John’s on Dec. 20, 2015. 9 IONA 4 PM Long. L streak L1 12 at Colgate 7 PM NJIT has been highly compe ve against BIG EAST teams since opening the 2012-13 sea- Leading at Half 1-0 16 FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 4 PM son with a 64-63 loss at Providence on Nov. 10 -- leading at the half in four of its last 10 tries. Tailing at Half 0-1 Tied at Half 0-0 22 BRYN ATHYN (PA) 2 PM This is NJIT's fi h all- me mee ng with a Top-25 opponent, and enters 1-3 a er a 79-68 Over me 0-0 28 at Buff alo 7 PM loss at #18-Purdue on Nov. 26, 2016. Their win came at #17-Michigan on Dec. 6, 2014 (72-70). Travel Days 0-0 Day 0-0 JANUARY (0-0) NJIT earned its fi rst win of the season its last me out -- a 96-80 home victory over Lafay- e e on Tuesday. The Highlanders held leads of 13-0 and 20-2 and led by as many as 30 points. Night (6 PM on) 1-1 3 at Brown 7 PM Ranked Teams 0-0 Junior transfer Diandre Wilson led the way with a career-high 20 points (7-9 FG, 3-4 3FG). 6 USC UPSTATE* 4 PM Power Conf. 0-0 11 at Stetson* 7 PM With a victory, NJIT will have its fi rst win at The Rock a er star ng 0-14 (0-9 as home team). All-Time 128-212 Division I 102-212 13 at Florida Gulf Coast* 7 PM With a victory, NJIT will snap an eight-game, road losing streak that started a er the High- 18 NORTH FLORIDA* 7 PM landers' notched a 64-61 win at Stony Brook on Dec. 28, 2016. Non Division I 26-0 20 JACKSONVILLE* 4 PM 24 at Kennesaw State* 7 PM 27 LIPSCOMB* 4 PM PROBABLE STARTERS 29 KENNESAW STATE* 7 PM # Name PO YR HT WT Notes 0 Abdul Lewis F R-Jr. 6-10 225 • Leads ASUN in rpg (12.5) and dbl-dbl (2); Has 6 dbl-dbl in NJIT career FEBRUARY (0-0) Preseason All-ASUN • ASUN's leading returning rebounder at 8.5 rpg; averaged 9.7 ppg 3 at Lipscomb* 4 PM (CT) • 2016-17: Set NJIT reb records for single-season (264) & single-game (19) 8 FLORIDA GULF COAST* 7 PM • 2014-15 (South Alabama): Averaged 7.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg (led USA; 7th in SBC) 11 Shyquan Gibbs G Fr. 6-1 150 • Scored fi rst four points in WEC history with a four-point play vs. WU 10 STETSON* 4 PM /SHY-qwan/ • Last 11 G (back to LY): Avg'g 7.6 ppg on 31-60 FG (.517), 14-28 3FG (.500) 15 at Jacksonville* 7 PM • Valedictorian led St. Anthony’s HS to a NJ State Championship (26-0) 17 at North Florida* 7 PM 12 Anthony Tarke G/F Fr. 6-6 205 • Ranks tied for 3rd in the ASUN in spg (2.0) and 17th in ppg (15.8) 22 at USC UPSTATE* 7 PM /TARK/ Preseason All-ASUN • Going back to LY, has led NJIT in scoring 4 of last 5 G (15.8 ppg in span) ASUN CHAMPIONSHIPS • 2016-17: Ranked 7th in ASUN in FG% (.523), 9th spg (1.1), 11th o-rpg (1.6) 26 ASUN Quarterfi nals TBD • 2016-17: Finished as ASUN's leading FR scorer in conference play (12.5) 14 Reilly Walsh G So. 6-3 180 • 11/11: Made his first start of NCAA career (2 pts, 4 reb, 3 stl in 27 M) MARCH (0-0) ASUN All-Academic • 2016-17: Averaged 8.0 ppg in L3, inc. career-high 15 in QF at Lipscomb 1 ASUN Semifi nals TBD 15 Diandre Wilson G Jr. 6-2 170 • 11/14: Scored a game-high 20 points (7-9, 3-4, 3-4) in 2nd D-I game 4 ASUN Finals TBD /dee-ON-dray/ • 2016-17 (Mo CC): NJCAA All-Amer. 1st-team; 22.3 ppg (11th in na on) • 2015-16 (Mo CC): Led na on in FTA (290); 19th in scoring (19.5) HOME GAMES IN CAPS CCo-Captains *ASUN Conference Game REST OF ROTATION # Name PO YR HT WT Notes 1 Taj Price /TAAJ/ F So. 6-7 210 • 12/22/16 vs. DC: C-h 13 pts... 11/11/16: Posted 9-7-1 line in NCAA debut 2 San Antonio Brinson F Fr. 6-8 200 • Highest-rated recruit in program history; out of South Kent School (CT) 3 Chris Jenkins G/F Sr. 6-4 215 • Ranked 7th in ASUN in 3FG% (.556) & 10th 3FG/G (2.5) • In NCAA career, 84.9% of FGM are 3FG -- for 474 (86.7%) of 547 points 4 Zach Cooks G Fr. 5-9 155 • Game-highs in ast (5) & stl (4) in his lone EXH, 11/4 vs. Princeton (2 pts) MBB CONTACT: 10 David Kachelries G Fr. 6-1 160 • Emmaus (Pa.) High School's all- me leading scorer with 1,910 points MATT PROVENCE 23 Shawndale Jones G Fr. 6-3 230 • Hoopseen.com: "Could be steal of class" in ASUN... 8.5 ppg in 2 EXH G 32 Donovan Greer G Jr. 6-3 165 • 2016-17: Limited to 4 G (ankle)... Transfer from San Jacinto (8.8 ppg) CELL: 610-504-1037 • 2016-17: Scored 11 pts in 9 M in NCAA debut (4-5, 2-3), 2/4 at Lipscomb [email protected] 34 Mohamed Bendary F Jr. 6-9 235 • Holds career .639 fi eld goal PCT (69-108)... C-h 16 pts, 1/24/16 vs. UNF /ben-DARR-ee/ • 2016-17: Season-high 10 pts (5-5 FG) w/ 3 reb & c-h 3 ast, 2/23 vs. USCU @NJITHoops 2017-18 HIGHLANDERS #PROTECTTHEWEC @NJITHOOPS 2017-18 GAME NOTES GAME 3: AT #22 SETON HALL UNIVERSITY 2016-17 FINAL ASUN STANDINGS: Conference Overall Standings Rec Win % PF PA Rec Win % PF PA H A N L10 Strk FGCU 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 2-0 1.000 92.0 70.0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 W 2 Stetson 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 2-1 .667 80.0 76.0 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 L 1 Lipscomb 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 2-1 .667 79.7 79.7 2-0 0-1 0-0 2-1 L 1 FGCU GRABS PRESEASON TOP SPOT; NJIT 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 1-1 .500 72.5 70.0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 W 1 GOODWIN & AMINU COLLECT USC Upstate 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 1-2 .333 75.7 77.3 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-2 L 1 INDIVIDUAL HONORS Jacksonville 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 0-2 .000 62.0 84.5 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 L 2 Kennesaw State 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 0-2 .000 60.5 78.5 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-2 L 2 LAKEPOINT, GA -- A er winning back-to-back North Florida 0-0 .000 0.0 0.0 0-3 .000 72.3 93.0 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-3 L 3 ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Champi- onship tles, FGCU was voted the favorites ASUN OFFENSIVE RANKINGS: to three-peat in the Preseason Coaches & RK NAME GP FG PCT 3PT PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS Media Polls.