2012-13 NJIT Men’s Basketball Game Notes Game 26: Saturday, February 23, 2013, 2 p.m. (EST) New Orleans (8-15; Independent; Pom #346 / 17-15 in 2011-12) at NJIT (14-11; Great West; PS#2; Pom #243 / 15-17 in 2011-12) Fleisher Athletic Center, Newark, N.J. NJIT SPORTS INFORMATION Interim Contact : Matt Provence O ce : 973-596-8324 Cell : 610-504-1037 www.njithighlanders.com [email protected] @NJITHighlanders @NJIT_Radio 2012-13 NJIT Records GAME 26 MATCHUP: vs. University of New Orleans Privateers Overall Home Away All-Time Series : 0-1 (0-1 TY) Last : UNO, 96-94 in 3 OT, at Lakefront Arena on 1/21 Overall : 14-11 10-3 4-8 Head Coach : Mark Slessinger (Aurora ’95); 2nd at UNO (25-30); 4th overall (61-55) Conf. : 5-1 3-0 2-1 HIGH LIGHTS: Streak : W3 L5 : 4-1 L10: 7-3 • At 14-11, NJIT is three games above .500 for the # rst time in the program’s Division-I era and for the # rst time since ending a D-II season at 18-11 in 2002-03. 2012-13 Schedule & Results • With a win, NJIT will tie the program’s D-I record for wins in a season with 15 (2010-11, 2011-12). NOVEMBER • With a win, NJIT will notch a program-record, sixth victory against a non-conference D-I opponent. 10 at Providence L, 64-63 • With a win, NJIT will have its longest winning streak of the season (Nov. 21-27; Jan. 5-14) and its 13 EASTERN NAZARENE W, 76-43 # rst four-gamer since 2/25/12-3/9/12 – a span which included two GWC Tournament games. < e 18 at South Carolina State L, 77-74 only longer win streak in NJIT’s D-I history was a program-record six-gamer, 2/1/11-2/19/11. • NJIT has a magic number of one to clinch its # rst-ever Great West Conference regular-season title. 21 NEW HAMPSHIRE W, 69-67 • Since Jan. 8, 2011, NJIT has an overall record of 42-33 (.560). 24 SOUTH CAROLINA ST. W, 72-63 • NJIT leads the GWC in many key categories: scoring o= ense (70.8 ppg) and defense (64.4 ppg), FG 27 LYNDON STATE W, 98-42 percentage defense (.378; 11th in NCAA), 3PT FG percentage (.381; 32nd in NCAA), rebounding mar- DECEMBER gin (+3.7) and blocked shots (5.2 bpg)... NJIT also ranks 11th in the nation in rebounding (40.1 rpg). 1 at St. John’s L, 57-49 A$ er another week in between games, the red-hot Highlanders will look to avenge arguably their 4 at Seton Hall (Prudential) L, 68-59 most frustrating loss of the season when they host University of New Orleans in a rematch on Satur- 11 ARMY W, 69-67 day. Tip-o= is set for 2 p.m. at Fleisher Athletic Center. 13 NORTH CAROLINA A&T L, 76-71 CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 22 CITY COLLEGE OF N.Y. W, 71-43 28 at Villanova L, 70-60 2012-13 NJIT Highlanders 30 ST. FRANCIS !N.Y." L, 89-87 PROBABLE STARTERS JANUARY No. Name Pos YR HT WT Notes 2 at Lafayette L, 83-66 1 Chris Flores G Sr. 6-2 195 • Became all-time D-I leading scorer w/ c-h 32 vs. FC 5 at Utah Valley W, 57-52 Preseason P-O-Y • Leads GWC in scoring (17.1) & steals (2.3 spg) 12 CHICAGO STATE (3 OT) W, 83-78 • L10: Avg’g 19.0 ppg; Led team 13x... Has 20+ pts 9x 14 at Fairleigh Dickinson W, 66-63 2 PJ Miller G Sr. 6-3 175 • Ranks 2nd in GWC steals (1.7 spg) & 3rd at 3.7 apg 17 Penn L, 54-53 • L14: 11.0 ppg, 3.1 apg... NJIT D-I rec. 9 ast vs. CSU 21 at New Orleans L, 96-94 • Preseason GWC 2nd team; starting PG all 4 years 26 TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN* W, 64-51 10 Daquan Holiday F So. 6-7 195 • Since joining starters (12/28): 6.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg in 14 G • 2nd in GWC w/ 1.6 bpg, 7th w/ 5.2 rpg, 2nd w/ 2.2 orpg 30 FISHER COLLEGE W, 108-69 • Set program D-I record w/ 17 reb vs. CSU (1/12) FEBRUARY 14 Ryan Woods F/G Sr. 6-5 210 • 1st in GWC in 3PT/G (3.0) & 2nd in 3PT% (.411) 2 at Houston Baptist* L, 66-57 • 3rd in GWC at 14.4 ppg; Last 17 D-I G: Avg’g 15.3 ppg 6 at Colgate W, 77-58 • Pre. GWC 2nd team; 3rd in GWC in 3PT% (.415) LY 9 at Chicago State* W, 63-58 50 Sean McCarthy C Sr. 6-10 265 • Last 14 G: Averaging 3.8 ppg and 5.3 rpg 16 UTAH VALLEY* W, 63-58 • Had 2nd career double-double (10 pts, 12 reb) vs. FC 23 NEW ORLEANS 2:00 p.m. • Set NJIT D-I record w/ 9 blk vs. FDU, 2/1/11 RESERVES MARCH No. Name Pos YR HT WT Notes 2 HOUSTON BAPTIST* 4:00 p.m. 0 Ky Howard G Fr. 6-3 185 • Leading freshman scorer in the GWC (7.1 ppg) 9 at Texas-Pan American* 7:00 (CT) • Last 7 G: Avg’g 8.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg and 3.3 apg GREAT WEST TOURNAMENT • Dad, Mo, drafted by Cleveland in ’76; 32 G in NBA 14-16 Hosted by Chicago State 12 Mitch Farrell G Fr. 6-3 185 • Avg’g 9.5 ppg vs. 4 non-D-I foes (only 19 min vs. D-I) 15 x-Terrence Smith F Fr. 6-6 195 • DNP last 15 G; out inde# nitely (stress fracture lt. foot) HOME GAMES IN CAPS 21 Quentin Bastian F Jr. 6-6 240 • Sidelined 9 G (12/28-1/26); Tied c-h 8 pts vs. UVU *Conference Game 22 Odera Nweke F/G So. 6-5 210 • Last 15 G: Avg 5.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg (1.2 ppg first 8 G) • Has 74 pts in last 13 D-I G (5.7 ppg) after 8 in first 15 G 23 Nigel Sydnor G Fr. 6-2 210 • Last 5 G: Avg’g 6.4 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.4 apg • Dad selected in 1980 NFL Dra$ by Pittsburgh QUICK FACTS 2012-13 THEY SAID IT... NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Georgetown Head Coach John # ompson III on NJIT’s e" ort under Jim Engles Location : University Heights, Newark, NJ We are a better team than they are, but I think Jimmy (Engles) Founded : 1881 has done a terri! c job there and you see the progression and I Enrollment : 7,125 (undergraduate) also think you see no matter what the score was, they played hard NJIT website : www.njit.edu for 40 minutes and they made us work for 40 minutes. Athletics website : www.njithighlanders.com Nickname/Colors : Highlanders/Red and White (Blue accent) Rutgers Head Coach Mike Rice Home Court : Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center (1,500) on NJIT’s e" ort under Jim Engles A" liations : NCAA Division I Conference : Great West Conference I thought NJIT came out with tremendous energy. Coach (Engles) University President : Dr. Joel Bloom EdD had them prepared, had them playing harder, had them more Director of Athletics : Lenny Kaplan focused. I give a lot of credit to NJIT. " ey are improving every game. Athletic Dept. Phone : 973-596-3636 Head Coach : Jim Engles (Dickinson ’90) Seton Hall Head Coach Kevin Willard NJIT Career Record : 41-83 (4) on the job Jim Engles has done at NJIT Assistant Coaches : Mike Spisto, Brian Kennedy, Michael Brown I think Jim’s done an unbelievable job. Absolutely unbelievable. Dir. of Basketball Ops : Matt Healing You watch them -- they had Providence beat, they were up 15 at Captains : Chris Flores, PJ Miller, Ryan Woods St. John’s, they come in here and have us life and death... 2011-12 Record : 15-17 Jim -- they didn’t have a conference forever, they # y GWC Record/Finish : 5-5/3rd Returning/Lost (Starters) : 6/9 (3/2) all across the country to play teams and have a good group of kids who play hard. He coaches them up the right way. SPORTS INFORMATION Results hotline : 973-596-5555 Seton Hall Junior Guard/Forward Fuquan Edwin Asst. AD, Sports Info : Tim Camp / 973-596-8461 / [email protected] on Chris Flores Assistant SID : Stephanie Pillari / 973-596-8324 / [email protected] He turned his game on tremendously. Interim BB Contact : Matt Provence / 610-504-1037 / [email protected] He worked on his game and got much better. He’s a good player. WHO WE PLAY esides its eight Great West Utah Valley (2-0; 4-11*) ALL-TIME RECORD (as D-I): Longwood (4-7) Conference contests (home- 59-147 Loyola MD (0-2) Band-home series with, NJIT Independent (0-1; 6-15): Maine (0-1) has 20 non-conference games. New Orleans (L, 96-94 in 3OT; 0-1) ALL-TIME RECORD VS. D-I: Maryland Eastern Shore (0-2) ese consist of 14 games against 44-147 Manhattan (1-5) teams from six other Division I Ivy League (0-10): Maryland (0-1) conferences, two match-ups with Penn (L, 54-53; 0-3) ALL-TIME VS. CONFERENCES: Massachusetts (0-1) D-I Independent New Orleans, 3 Atlantic 10 (0-4) Monmouth (0-1) tilts against Division-III squads and Mid-Eastern Athletic (1-2; 1-4): Atlantic Coast (0-3) Navy (0-2) one against an NAIA program.