NJIT Men's Basketball Gameday Information

Game 21	NJIT (10-10) at Maine (1-16)
Date/Time	Monday, January 19, 2015/1 pm
Location/Arena	Bangor, Maine/Cross Insurance Center
Live Audio	Highlander Sports Network w/Matt Provence pbp (free)
Live video	Link to AmericaEast.tv
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-Time Series	NJIT leads, 3-2 (last game: NJIT 90, Maine 86; Nov. 17, 2014)
Game Notes	NJIT notes / Maine notes

 
BANGOR, Maine--Having seen its longest winning streak in nearly two years end on Saturday at Dartmouth, NJIT visits Maine in a special Martin Luther King, Jr, holiday matinee Monday at 1 pm.
 
Monday's game will be the second in this season's home-and-home series between the programs, with the Highlanders having won their 2014-15 home opener vs. Maine, 90-86, in Newark on November 17.
 
The Highlanders lead the series between the schools, 3-2, with the first game having been played in NJIT's first season of Division I competition, 2006-07. Maine won that year in Newark, 68-58, and then pummeled the Highlanders in Orono, Maine, a year later (86-58 on December 1, 2007).
 
The series was dormant until last season, when the Highlanders and Black Bears squared off twice early in 2013-14. NJIT and the Black Bears played the first men's basketball game in Bangor's new Cross Insurance Center arena and the Highlanders won (88-82 on November 19). Maine came south to Newark and NJIT completed the sweep, 81-72 (December 4). This season's home-opening win gave NJIT the 3-2 lead in the all-time series.
 
MAINE NOTES (1-16)
Coming off a 6-23 season and having made a head coaching change, a rebuilding season appeared likely and it has come to pass for the Black Bears, who have one victory in 17 starts.
 
Maine lost its first five, including the Game 2 loss at NJIT (90-86). The Black Bears got in the wins column with an 82-81 overtime victory against Wagner at home on Dec. 2, but the ensuing 11 games have all been defeats, most recently 82-39 on Saturday against Stony Brook, which appears to be the best team in Maine's America East Conference this season.
 
In addition to the head-to-head matchup won by NJIT in November, the teams have several common opponents. They are:
 
Dartmouth (beat Maine at home, 74-51, Dec. 6; beat NJIT at home, 62-53, Jan. 17); LIU Brooklyn (beat Maine at home, 83-70, Dec. 9; beat NJIT at home, 65-49, Dec. 14); UAlbany (beat Maine at home, 80-56, Jan. 3; beat NJIT at home, 65-48, Nov. 19); UMass Lowell (beat Maine at Maine, 62-59, Jan. 13; beat NJIT at NJIT, 63-61, Nov. 22; beat NJIT at home, 71-67, Dec. 3).
 
Black Bears head coach Bob Walsh spent 11 years as a DI assistant before leading DIII Rhode Island College for 9 years (204-63, .764 winning pct; 8 straight NCAA DIII postseason tournament berths).
 
Team stats and leaders:
Scoring (team 60.2 ppg, -17.7 ppg): Till Gloger (6-8, Jr; 11.5; .527 FG pct; 81 pct FTs); Zarko Valjarevic (6-4, Sr.; 10.7 ppg; 35 3-pt FGs; 81 pct FTs)
Rebounding (team 29 rpg, -7.4 rpg): Marko Pirovic (6-7, So.;4.8 rpg; 9 GP, all since Dec. 29); Gloger (4.2 rpg); Garet Beal (6-6, So.; 4.2 rpg; 13 GP, all since Nov. 30) 
Assists: Aaron Calixte (5-11, Fr; 57); Shaun Lawton (6-5, Jr.; 52)
Blocks: Gloger (6)
Steals: Lawton (35)
 
NJIT has three available players averaging double-figure scoring: sophomore Damon Lynn (16.2 ppg), and junior Winfield Willis (11.3 ppg), and sophomore Tim Coleman (10 ppg).
 
Junior Ky Howard averaged 11.3 points in the first 18 games, but he is out due to injury. He also leads NJIT in rebounding (5.6 rpg) and assists (73).
 
Matt Provence will provide play-by-play on the live streaming audio, accompanied by live streaming video on the Highlanders Sports Network here on www.njjthighlanders.com. Programming is scheduled to begin around 15 minutes before tipoff.