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NJIT hosts Fairleigh Dickinson, the second of three teams in the season-opening homestead for the Highlanders, with action set to begin on Wednesday night at 7pm in the Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Ceter.
 
NJIT (1-0) opened up the season with a thrilling 70-66 win over visiting Brown Sunday afternoon.
 
Fairleigh Dickinson (0-2), a member of the Northeast Conference, opened the season at Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) opponent Boston College (68-57 loss on November 11) and hosted Yale (80-51 loss on November 14).
 
NJIT started four freshmen in its women's basketball season opener Sunday afternoon led by Sarah Olson with a game-high 25 points.
 
In addition to Olson, whose eight rebounds tied for game honors in addition to her leading 25 points, the Highlanders got 14 points and eight rebounds from junior Melanie Griffin and 13 points, including three decisive free throws with 1.2 seconds left, from junior Kimberly Dweck.
 
Sophomore post player Uju Nwankwo was a big contributor, as well, coming off the bench for seven points, five rebounds, and a team-leading three steals.
 
Fairleigh Dickinson was selected to finish seventh out of 12 teams in the Northeast Conference preseason rankings.  The Knights finished with a 14-13 overall mark in 2010-11 and 7-9 in the NEC.
 
Senior G Mariyah Laury was a first-team all-NEC honoree, leading the Knights in scoring in her previous three years.  Laury is the only player who averaged double-figure scoring a year ago, 15.9ppg.  This season, after playing two games, the senior guard is averaging 19.0ppg.
 
Sophomore G Danielle Pankey is averaging 11.0ppg and 6-foot-1 freshman C Erika Livermore is averaging 7.0ppg and 5.3rpg, ranking Livermore tied for first on the team with senior C Esther Wallace.
 
In the Knight's loss to Boston College, Laury led her team with 19 points and Monday when FDU hosted Yale she scored a game-high 20 points.
 
NJIT and FDU have faced each other five times, with the Knights taking the first meeting (in 2006, the first year of NCAA Division I competition for NJIT).  Under head coach Margaret McKeon, who is in her fifth season at NJIT, holds a 2-2 record against Fairleigh Dickinson.
 
In the last meeting between NJIT and FDU, the Knights strong first half proved to be the difference defeating visiting NJIT 59-41.  Jasmyra Saunders scored 10 of her 12 points in the first half while NJIT got a double-double from senior Ivana Seric who netted a team-high 10 points and game/career-high 12 rebounds.
 
Fans unable to make the game can follow all the action live on www.njithighlanders.com, which will carry a webcast play-by-play and commentary from Matt Provence, as well as an in-game real-time stat feed.