NJIT Women's Basketball Gameday Information

Game 4	NJIT (0-3, 12-17 in 2014-15) vs. St. Joseph's Brooklyn (0-4, 17-12 in 2014-15)
Date | Time	Tuesday, November 24 | 7pm
Location | Arena	Newark, NJ | Fleisher Athletic Center
Video Preview	Lanpher Video Preview vs. St. Joseph's Brooklyn
Live Audio | Live Video	Highlanders Sports Network w/ Michael Ventola
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series | Last Meeting	NJIT leads, 2-0 | NJIT 78, SJB 35 (2/27/15)
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | St. Joseph's Brooklyn Stats

The Highlanders have a pair of Thanksgiving week home games against non-Division I foes, first hosting St. Joseph's Brooklyn on Tuesday at 7 pm in the Fleisher Athletic Center.

A LOOK AT NJIT
The Highlanders (0-3) are paced by forward Leah Horton, who was chosen 2nd team All-Atlantic Sun Conference in preseason by the website CollegeSportsMadness. The 6-foot-1 junior is coming off a 12-point, 9-rebound performance at Marshall and is averaging 9.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg. 

Freshman guard Kelly Guarino ranks second at 7.7 ppg and leads the team in three-point field goals made (7). Guarino was NJIT's top scorer at Marshall, scoring a career-best 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the field, with all five field goals coming from behind the arc (four in the first half).

Sophomore center Maria Ruban, standing at 6-foot-5, paces the Highlanders on the boards, averaging 7.3 rpg.

KEEPING ITS SOCIAL
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LIVE VIDEO
Michael Ventola will handle play-by-play in conjunction with the live streaming video feed on www.njithighlanders.com beginning at 6:45pm.

NEXT ACTION
NJIT will host College of St. Joseph (VT) Saturday at 2pm.

A LOOK AT ST. JOSEPH'S BROOKLYN
Sophomore guard Destiny Marino, the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) co-Rookie of the Year in 2014-15, paces the Lady Bears in points (15.3 ppg) and field goal percentage (.468).

Senior guard Erica Eddy is second on the team, averaging 14.3 ppg, while freshman guard Victoria Porcasi is the third Lady Bear averaging double-digits with 12.5 ppg.  Junior Kristen Candelaria is the top leader in rebounds averaging 6.0 per game.

HEAD COACH TOM FLAHIVE
Alumnus Tom Flahive '75 takes over a team that won the Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2014-15 with a 17-12 mark.  Flahive joins the Lady Bears after two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Division I St. Peter's University from 2011 to 2013, where he was responsible for all aspects of recruiting, scheduling and team travel as well as preparing scouting reports.

SKYLINE CONFERNCE PRESEASON COACHES' POLL
St. Joseph's, which held a dual membership in the small-college organization United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) and in NCAA Division III Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference last season, opens a new era in 2015-16 in the Skyline Conference.  The Bears were picked to finish sixth in the preseason coaches' poll.