NJIT Highlanders Men's Basketball GAME 24: NJIT (12-11, 3-4) at Lipscomb University (7-17, 3-4) Monday, Feb. 1, 2016 • 7:30 PM (CT) • Allen Arena • Nashville, TN • ESPN3 2015-16 Record|ASC:.......12-11 | 3-4 2015-16 Record|ASC:.........7-17 | 3-4 ASC Rank (Preseason):......T-4th (3rd) ASC Rank (Preseason):......T-4th (4th) NCAA RPI:.....................................194 NCAA RPI:.....................................272 2014-15 Record|ASC:........21-12 | n/a 2014-15 Record|ASC:........14-17 | 7-7 All-time vs. ASC:............................3-4 All-time vs. NJIT:...........................1-0 Head Coach:........................Jim Engles Head Coach:...............Casey Alexander Record at NJIT (8th):.............103-135 Record at LU (3rd):....................36-49 Career Record (8th):..............103-135 Career Record (5th):..................60-85 2015 CIT SEMIFINALISTS • MEMBER OF THE ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE SINCE 2015 2015-16 SCHEDULE BROADCAST INFORMATION: RECORDS NOVEMBER (4-3) Video: ESPN3 (WatchESPN app) Jonathan Seamon (play-by-play), Justin Seamon (analysis) Overall 12-11 14 at Kentucky L, 87-57 Audio: njithighlanders.com (FREE) Matt Provence (play-by-play) Home 6-5 16 at South Florida W, 60-57 Away 6-6 19 BOSTON UNIVERSITY W, 90-76 HIGHLIGHTS: Conference 3-4 21 LAFAYETTE W, 80-66 Lipscomb leads the season series and all-time series against NJIT, 1-0, after an 81-72 win at Home 1-3 23 at Providence L, 83-76 Fleisher Athletic Center on Jan. 27. Away 2-1 27 at Albany L, 74-73 Non-Conf. 9-7 29 MAINE-FORT KENT W, 89-60 NJIT is at the halfway point of its Atlantic Sun schedule. The Highlanders are 3-4 after playing Home 5-2 each team once -- which is good for a share of fourth place in conference standings. DECEMBER (4-3) Away 4-5 NJIT is 6-6 on the road this season. Win a win tonight, the Highlanders will set a new Current streak W1 5 UMASS LOWELL W, 90-77 program record for road wins (7) in a season. Previously, they won six in 2013-14 & 2014-15. Long. W streak W3 7 KENT STATE L, 80-75 NJIT leads the A-Sun in road wins (6). First-place North Florida is second (5) with a 5-6 record. Long. L streak L2 10 at St. Francis Brooklyn W, 92-86 OT Leading at Half 8-1 12 at Columbia L, 65-56 NJIT has never trailed in any of its three conference wins this season: a 71-59 win at Stetson on Tailing at Half 4-9 20 at St. John’s W, 83-74 Jan. 16, an 83-63 win against Jacksonville on Jan. 21 and a 75-67 win at Kennesaw St. on Saturday. Tied at Half 0-1 28 STONY BROOK L, 83-61 NJIT finished 4-5 in January -- its first sub-.500 month since December ’14 -- after winning re- Overtime 1-1 30 at St. Francis U. W, 77-65 cords in all five in-season months in 2015: Jan. (6-1), Feb. (5-1), March (4-1), Nov. (4-3) & Dec (4-3). Travel Days 1-1 JANUARY (4-5) Day 7-1 In its Division-I history, NJIT is now 27-22 (.551) all-time in conference play -- with all but its most Night (6 PM on) 5-10 2 UMBC W, 86-83 recent seven A-Sun games during its four official seasons in the now-defunct Great West Conference. 6 at Yale L, 83-65 Ranked Teams 0-1 9 USC UPSTATE* L, 80-78 Senior Ky Howard needs just seven points to become the fifth Highlander in the D-I era to Power Conf. 2-2 reach the 1,000-point milestone, joining Jheryl Wilson ‘11 (1359), Isaiah Wilkerson ’12 (1577), 14 at Florida Gulf Coast* L, 82-78 OT All-Time (D-I) 108-188 Chris Flores ‘13 (1724) and Damon Lynn ’17 (1463). 16 at Stetson* W, 71-59 Division I 84-188 21 JACKSONVILLE* W, 83-63 Since Dec. 30, 2014, the Highlanders have won 28 of their last 42 (66.7%) games. Non Division I 24-0 24 NORTH FLORIDA* L, 94-80 27 LIPSCOMB* L, 81-72 PROBABLE STARTERS 30 at Kennesaw State* W, 75-67 No. Name PO YR HT WT Notes FEBRUARY (0-0) 0 Ky Howard G Sr. 6-4 185 • A-Sun: 3rd apg (4.5), 10th FT% (.767), 12th FG% (.492), 15th ppg (13.0) 1 at Lipscomb* 7:30 p.m. NJIT’s D-I career • Last 9 G: Avg’g 13.1 ppg, 43-52 FT... 4th in NJIT’s D-I era in reb (479) 6 KENNESAW STATE* 4:00 p.m. assists leader (360) • Just 7 points away from becoming NJIT’s 5th 1,000-point D-I scorer 11 STETSON* 7:00 p.m. 2 Tim Coleman F Jr. 6-5 210 • A-Sun: T4th in bpg (0.9), 5th spg (1.5), 5th rpg (7.2), 11th ppg (14.3) 13 FLORIDA GULF COAST* 4:00 p.m. • L9: 15.3 ppg, 49-94 FG (.521), 16-36 3FG... 10+ pts in each of last 11 G 18 at North Florida* 2:00 p.m. • vs. JU (1/21): 10 pts, 12 reb (4th dbl-dbl this year; 7th of career) 20 at Jacksonville* 7:00 p.m. 5 Damon Lynn G Jr. 5-11 165 • A-Sun: 2nd in 3PT/G (3.5), 3rd spg (1.6), 5th ppg (17.7), 10th apg (3.3) 25 at USC Upstate* 7:00 p.m. Preseason All A-Sun • L9: 18.7 ppg (6 G w/ 20+ pts)... Career: At least 1 3FG in 83 of 85 G MARCH (0-0) NJIT 3FG King (313) • D-I Act. Career Rnk: 1st in 3FG/G (3.7), 1st in 3FG (313), 12th ppg (17.5) 1-6 Atlantic Sun Tournament (sites TBD) 15 Terrence Smith F Jr. 6-6 195 • Leads A-Sun in FG% (.583)... ‘13-14: Ranked 3rd in NCAA (.629) • L4: 11.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg... L7: 9.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 0.8 apg, 33-46 FG (.717) HOME GAMES IN CAPS • Missed all ‘14-15 after surgery to repair Jones fracture (foot) *Atlantic Sun Conference Game 24 Manny Tselentakis G Sr. 6-5 205 • Last 4 G: 3.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg... Grabbed at least 2 o-reb in each of L4 (2.8) • In his 15 starts: Avg’g 2.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg and 1.1 apg in 15.5 mpg • vs. UMFK (11/29): C-h in ast (6); s-h in pts (10) & stl (4), added 5 reb REST OF ROTATION No. Name PO YR HT WT Notes 3 Chris Jenkins G/F So. 6-4 215 • Last 5 G: 9.8 ppg, 1.0 apg, 1.2 spg... L14: 8.2 ppg in 17.9 mpg • C-h 19 pts at SJU, 12/20 (7-8, 5-6)... DNP ‘14-15 (transfer from Hofstra) #NewarksTeam 11 Winfield Willis G Sr. 6-0 180 • Preseason All A-Sun... Tore achilles 12/7... Last 7 G: 12.3 ppg, .466 FG 23 Osa Izevbuwa G Jr. 6-3 230 • Last 7 G: 6 pts, 7 reb in 35 minutes... Prior 4 G: 4.8 ppg and 2.5 rpg 25 Rob Ukawuba G Jr. 6-3 210 • L4: 12.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 16-32 FG... vs. LU (1/27): 13 pts in 1st career GS MBB CONTACT: • at PC (11/23): Career-high 20 pts (6-8, 4-6, 4-5) with 4 reb in 22 M MATT PROVENCE 33 Vlad Shustov F So. 6-9 225 • at KSU (1/30): First GS of career; notched 4 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast in 11 M CELL: 610-504-1037 • Missed 9 G, 12/28-1/23 (plantar faciitis)... vs. UMFK: C-h 7 reb; 3 blk [email protected] 34 Mohamed Bendary F Fr. 6-9 235 • L4: 6.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg (12-17 FG)... vs. LU (1/27): 1st GS (0 pts, 5 reb) @NJITHoops • vs. UNF (1/24): Career-high 16 pts (8-10 FG); Played for Bob Hurley in HS 2015-16 HIGHLANDERS @NJITHOOPS GAME NOTES GAME 24: AT LIPSCOMB A-SUN PRESEASON POLLS ATLANTIC SUN STANDINGS Conference Overall OSPREYS SWEEP PRESEASON Standings Rec Win % PF PA Rec Win % PF PA Home Away Neut L10 STK POLLS, SUPERLATIVES North Florida 7-0 1.000 88.9 75.1 18-6 .750 85.6 77.4 11-0 5-6 2-0 8-2 W 8 Jacksonville 5-2 .714 74.3 72.3 13-11 .542 74.8 73.2 10-0 3-9 0-2 7-3 W 3 MACON, Ga. - North Florida enters the FGCU 4-3 .571 78.3 73.1 13-10 .565 77.5 71.2 11-4 2-5 0-1 7-3 L 3 2015-16 Atlantic Sun Men’s Basketball NJIT 3-4 .429 76.7 75.1 12-11 .522 76.0 75.0 6-5 6-6 0-0 5-5 W 1 season as the favorites to repeat after gar- Lipscomb 3-4 .429 85.3 85.6 7-17 .292 78.3 80.9 4-6 2-8 1-3 3-7 L 1 nering first place in both preseason coach- Stetson 2-5 .286 73.0 83.1 8-15 .348 79.0 83.0 5-4 2-10 1-1 4-6 L 2 es’ and media polls. USC Upstate 2-5 .286 74.1 82.3 8-16 .333 72.7 77.6 5-8 3-8 0-0 5-5 W 1 The defending regular season and tour- Kennesaw State 2-5 .286 78.3 82.1 6-17 .261 70.5 79.0 5-6 1-11 0-0 3-7 L 1 nament champions secured seven of the A-SUN OFFENSIVE RANKINGS eight first place votes in the coaches’ poll, RK NAME GP FG PCT 3PT PCT FT PCT OFF DEF REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS while picking up 24 of the 31 first place 1 North Florida 24 716-1468 48.8 303-707 42.9 320-430 74.4 8.5 26.3 34.8 17.2 11.0 5.4 5.5 15.9 85.6 votes in the media poll.