2012-13 W OMEN ’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES GAME #14 Stephanie Pillari, Assistant Sports Information Director Women’s Basketball Contact ROSTER P: 973-596-8324 F: 973-596-8440 [email protected] www.njithighlanders.com No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr. 2 Kim Tullis 5-9 G So. 2012-13 NJIT S CHEDULE /R ESULTS 3 Alyssa Albanese 5-3 PG So. OVERALL HOME AWAY 4 Sarah Olson 5-9 G/F So. OVERALL 6-7 4-2 2-5 5 Rayven Johnson 5-8 G Sr. CONFERENCE (GWC) 0-0 0-0 0-0 10 Melanie Griffin 5-7 G Sr. Date Opponent Time Score 11 Nicole Maticka 6-3 C So. W/L 12 Kimberly Dweck 5-7 G Sr. November 13 Denisa Domiterova 5-9 G So. 9 at Seton Hall L 66-69 14 Martina Matejcikov 5-11 F So. 12 at Rider W 53-51 15 Jelena Zoric 5-10 G Sr. 15 CENTENARY (NJ) W 72-37 22 Nyasia Davis 6-2 F Fr. 18 RUTGERS-NEWARK W 90-31 50 Uju Nwankwo 6-0 F Jr. 20 ST. FRANICS (NY) W 73-61 Head Coach: Steve Lanpher (College of St. Joseph (VT), ‘87) 25 STONY BROOK L 34-59 Assistant Coaches: Mark McCaleb, LaKea Jones, Epiphany 28 at Albany L 41-76 Smith December 1 NORTHEASTERN L 45-59 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 5 at Fairleigh Dickinson L 58-67 Denisa Domiterova da-KNEE-sa DOME-i-ter-OV-a 8 DELAWARE STATE W 55-42 Nicole Maticka ma-TEAK-a 11 at Saint Peter’s W 62-35 Martina Matejcikova ma-TIJ-joe-KOVA 21 at VCU L 52-64 Uju Nwankwo OO-joo new-WON-koo 23 at Penn State L 37-82 Jelena Zoric ya-LAY-na ZOR-ich 28 at St. John’s 7pm Steve Lanpher lan-FEAR 30 RHODE ISLAND 2pm January PROBABLE STARTERS 3 at Colgate 7pm 5 LEHIGH 2pm 4 G Sara Olson Career-high 25 vs. Brown (11.13.11); 10.2 ppg this season; season-high 24pts vs. FDU; 5-out- 8 at Bucknell 7pm 13 games double-digit scoring.. 12 TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN* 2pm 5 G Rayven Johnson 12-13 College Sports Madness Great West 15 at Brown 11:30am Conference & Great West Conference Preseason 19 at Chicago State* 7:30pm (CT) 1st team; GWC POW 11.13.12. ... averaging 17.3; 9.4rpg. ... 6 out of 13 games 24 HOWARD 7pm with double-doubles. ... double-figure scoring in 26 UTAH VALLEY* 2pm 11 out of 13 games ... 980 career pts February 10 G Melanie Griffin 5th-year senior; 5.2ppg & 2.5rpg 12 G Kimberly Dweck Team-leading 37 assists; career-high 9 vs. St. 2 at Texas-Pan American* 4:30pm (CT) Francis Brooklyn (9 assists, 0 turnovers) 5 COLGATE 7pm 50 F Uju Nwankwo 12-13 College Sports Madness Great West 9 at Utah Valley* 3pm (MT) Conference Preseason 1st team; averaging 16 HOUSTON BAPTIST* 2pm 8.5ppg and 6.5rpg with 25 blocks; has at least one block or one steal in 11 out of 13 games March 2 CHICAGO STATE* 2pm 9 at Houston Baptist* 2pm (CT) Great West Conference Tournament (at Chicago State) 13-16 GWC Tournament TBD OFF THE BENCH Home Games in CAPS/BOLD Notes *Great West Confernece contests 2 G Kim Tullis Season-high 22 mins vs. HBU (2.18.12) 3 PG Alyssa Albanese Hard-nosed; great vision; started first two games of (11-12); career-high 10pts vs. Lehigh (12.7) NJIT Q UICK FACTS 11 C Nicole Maticka School-record 9blks vs. Long-wood; NJIT single season leader in blocks (2012; 83); Holds the Location: University Heights, Newark NJIT School & D1 record for career leader blocks (record 103) as a sophomore. Founded: 1881 career-high 17 points vs. Chicago State (3.3) Enrollment: 7,125 (undergraduate) 13 G Denisa Domiterova Preseason GWC second-team. ... played in 10 NJIT website: www.njit.edu games 14 F Martina Matejcikov 3-4 physical defender; averaging 5.2ppg Nickname: Highlanders 15 G Jelena Zoric Played in 15 games; matched career-high 12pts Colors: Red and White (Blue Accent) at Houston Baptist (2.18.11); averaged 5.2mpg. Home Court (cap): Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center (1,500) 22 F Nyasia Davis 12-13 College Sports Madness Great West Conference Preseason Freshman of the Year; ESPN.com’s recruiting web site ranked her as Affiliations: NCAA Division I, ECAC 85th-best forward prospect class of 2012. Conference: Great West Conference President: Joel Bloom EdD Athletic Director: Lenny Kaplan GAME 14 P REVIEW - S T. J OHN ’S LOOKING AHEAD AT 2012-13 S CHEDULE NJIT Notes The NJIT women’s basketball team under the guidance of first-year NJIT (6-7) has dropped its last two contests - at VCU (64-54) and at No. 11/10 Penn State (82- 37) coming into Friday’s match-up at St. John’s. This will be the first meeting between the two head coach Steve Lanpher will face five first-time opponents in the teams. 2012-13 season Lanpher announced. Penn State is the highest nationally ranked team the Highlanders have faced since competing against a Division I schedule (2006-07). NJIT faced DePaul (No. 13/18) in 2010-11 in Chicago. NJIT, which finished 13-17 in the 2011-12 season, will tipoff the 2012- 13 season against at Big East opponent Seton Hall at Walsh Gym on Prior to the two losses on the road for the Highlanders, NJIT had won back-to-back contests at November 9. home vs. Delaware State (55-42) and at Saint Peter’s (62-35) before breaking for exams. Friday’s game will mark the fifth Big East team the Highlanders have faced since competing The Highlanders will also face Big East powerhouse St. John’s, which against a DI schedule. advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the first time ever last season. The Highlanders are led by Preseason Great West Conference first-team honoree Rayven Johnson The Highlanders will pay visit to the Red Storm at Carnesecca Arena on who is averaging 17.3ppg and 9.4rpg. Johnson needs 20 points to hit the 1,000 point mile - December 28. stone. The senior guard has scored in double-figures in 11-out-of-13 games this season with six double-doubles. NJIT will also face Big 10 foe Penn State at Happy Valley on December NJIT’s other double-figurer scorer is Sarah Olson with 10.2ppg. Olson, a sophomore guard, is a 23. The Highlanders will host Northeastern of the Colonial Athletic As - three-point threat from behind the arc leading the team with 32 three-point field goals made. sociation on December 1 and travel to Ivy League Brown on January Olson is ranked tied for 55th in the nation (2.55). 15. Junior forward Uju Nwanwko, the 2012-13 CollegeSportsMadness Great West Conference Presea - son first-team honoree, is third on the team in scoring (8.4ppg), second in rebounding (6.5rpg) NJIT will also face two Atlantic 10 conference foes, first traveling to Vir - and leads the team with 25 total blocks. ginia Commonwealth on December 21 and will play host to Rhode Is - St. John’s Notes land at the Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center on January 30. St. John’s, which advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the first time ever last season, comes into Friday’s contest with a 5-5 record. The Highlanders will face three Patriot League opponents, with a home The Red Storm is coming off a 75-72 loss at Quinnipiac on Decemeber 22 and prior to that game and home against Colgate, traveling to upstate New York on January 3 St. John’s dropped a 53-52 overtime decision to No. 14/17 UCLA on a last second layup at the and coming back home to Newark on February 4. St. John’s Charwells Holiday Classic. Shenneika Smith, a 2012-13 Preseason All-Big East selection for the third-straight season and a NJIT will host Lehigh on January 5 and visit Bucknell on January 8. Naismith Early Season Watch List candidate, leads St. John’s in four categories -- 17.9ppg, 9.3rpg, 27 blocked shots and 22 steals. NJIT will play two America East teams back-to-back, first hosting Stony Nadirah McKenith, received 2012-13 Preseason All-Big East accolades and also named to the Brook on November 25 and visit Albany on November 28. 2012-13 Naismith Player of the Year Early Season Watch List, is the Red Storm’s other double-fig - urer scorer with 14.2ppg and ranks second with 6.2rpg. Out of the Northeast Conference, NJIT will play host to St. Francis of Briana Brown, one of two players to start all 10 games, is averaging 9.1ppg and 6.0rpg while New York on November 20 and visit the Knights from Fairleigh Dickin - shooting 85 percent from the free throw line (22-for-26). son on December 5. Former head coach Kim Barnes Arico coached at NJIT for two seasons (1997-99). Barnes Arico helped the program transition from Division III to Division II while being named New Jersey The 2012-13 season will be the fourth for the Highlanders in the Great Coach of the Year after taking the program from a five-win total in her first season to 11 victories West Conference. NJIT will play eight regular season conference games, in her second season. playing each school in a home and home series. The Great West Conference Tournament is scheduled for March 13-16 NEXT NJIT G AME at Chicago State.