NEWARK, NJ—NJIT made a school-record 14 three-point field goals on the way to an 83-67 women's basketball win over visiting Longwood Saturday afternoon in the first game of women's/men's doubleheader in the Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center.

The Highlanders, who shot 61 percent from long distance, connecting 14 times on just 23 tries, broke the mark they had set when they were 12-for-28 in a 69-54 home win over Texas-Pan American on January 24. The school record before this season was 11, done twice in NJIT's Division II era.

Senior guard Jackie McCaffrey was a perfect 4-for-4 from beyond the arc, helping her lead the Highlander attack with 22 points. McCaffrey equaled her career scoring high, set in a 79-69 win at Fairleigh Dickinson on January 15.

Classmate Jill Dickinson added 15 points, getting all of her points on 5-for-8 three-point shooting. It was the fourth time in her career she has made five threes in a game.

The two senior guards were the only double-figure scorers for NJIT, but Kehinde Oyelola, who finished with nine points, shot 3-for-4 on treys.

Longwood, which beat the Highlanders, 84-80, in overtime at Longwood in the teams' first meeting on January 4, got a game-high 23 points from guard Sierra Fletcher. The 5-foot-5 freshman also grabbed a game-high six rebounds for the Lancers.

The other double-figure scorer for Longwood was another freshman guard, Lindsey Martin, who came off the bench for 12 points.

The Highlanders, who led at halftime, 42-27, thanks largely to 6-for-8 three-point shooting, trailed only briefly, first a 2-0 and then at 4-3.

With the score knotted at 8-8, NJIT scored eight unanswered points on two Femi Oyelola three-pointers sandwiched around a McCaffrey layup and the Highlanders led, 16-8, with 12:07 left in the half.

After the Highlanders briefly went ahead by double-digits, Longwood closed to within six, 25-19, after Martin's three with 6:52 left. But the Highlanders went on a 15-4 run over the next 5:44 for a 40-23 advantage after Melanie Griffin hit a jump shot at 1:08.

McCaffrey had 12 points at halftime, while Longwood's Fletcher scored 13.

The Highlanders couldn't quite maintain their 75-percent three-point shooting from the first half, but they did fine in the second half, nonetheless, connecting on better than half of their long-range tries (8-15) over the final 20 minutes, as five different players made at least one trey.

NJIT led by at least 11 and by as many as 23 (74-51 on Dickinson's three with 6:17 left) in the second half.

The Highlanders will play the fourth of four straight home games when they host Bryant on Wednesday at 7 pm in the Estelle and Zoom Fleisher. Bryant defeated the Highlanders, 66-62, when the teams played on January 28 in Rhode Island.