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NJIT will host Longwood, its final non-conference opponent of the season, on Sunday at 2pm in the Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center … The Highlanders have a bye week in the Great West Conference.
 
Sunday's game will be a rematch of when the Highlanders visited Longwood on January 14 and fell to the Lancers, 72-71, on Rianna Frazer's three-point shot from the top of the key to beat the final buzzer.
 
Frazier's three points on the game-winning shot were her only points of the contest.   On top of that, the game-winner was just the second made 3-pointer of the day for the Lancers, who were 1-for-14 from distance before Frazer's fateful basket.
 
For NJIT, Rayven Johnson is both the leading scorer (11.4ppg) and rebounder (8.1rpg).  Johnson is the NJIT D1 single season leader with 202 rebounds and for her career, the junior has 496 rebounds, which ranks her third all-time in the D1 career books.  Johnson was also named Great West Conference Player of the Week leading the Highlanders to a 2-0 mark in the league last week averaging 12.5ppg and 8.0rpg.
 
Sophomore Uju Nwankwo is averaging (7.9ppg) and (6.4rpg) while shooting 49 percent from the field (84-170).  Nwankwo has at least one block or steal in 21 of 26 games and is ranked 77^th in the nation in blocks per game (1.7bpg; 44 total).  CollegeSportsMadness.com named Nwankwo Great West Player of the Week, as the forward averaged (11.0ppg) and (8.0rpg) while shooting 52 percent from the field (11-21) last week.
 
Center Nicole Maticka has recorded at least one block in every game but two (24 out of 26 games) and ranks 20^th in the nation (only freshman) in blocks per game with (2.6).  She is the NJIT single season leader in blocks (68) and needs one block to become the NJIT D1 career leader in blocks (record is 69, held by Ivana Seric). 

The 11 wins for NJIT ties the Division I program record with victories in a season.  NJIT, who began Division I competition in 2006-07, posted 11 wins in 2009-10.

The Highlanders have won its last three out of four contests and are on a two-game winning streak after the pair of wins at home over  Great West Conference opponents, Texas-Pan American and Houston Baptist.  The last time the Highlanders won three straight  games was in 2009-10 (1/16 at HBU, 1/23 vs. CSU and 1/30 vs. UVU).
 
Longwood (6-22 overall, 1-17 on the road) is coming off a 76-65 victory at home over Gardner-Webb on Monday evening.  Prior to the win against Gardner-Webb, the Lancers lost its previous five games.
 
The Lancers, who have competed as a NCAA Division I Independent since 2007, have been invited to join the Big South Conference as of July 1, 2012, becoming the 12^th team in the conference.
 
Longwood has three players averaging double-digits led by Crystal Smith with (11.2ppg) and a team-leading 109 assists.  Brittanni Billups ranks second on the team with (10.5ppg) and leads the team with 186 rebounds (7.2rpg) while Chelsea Coward is averaging (10.0ppg).
 
Both teams have played Great West Conference opponent Utah Valley.  Longwood dropped a 64-59 decision in Utah while the Highlanders split with the Wolverines (61-54 loss in Newark) and (48-46 victory in Orem).
 
Longwood holds a 4-2 all-time record vs. NJIT.
 
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. Audio coverage begins a few minutes before the 2pm game.