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Game 19	NJIT (9-9; 0-1 A-Sun) at Stetson (7-11; 1-2 A-Sun)
Date/Time	Saturday, January 16, 2016/ 3:30 pm
Location/Venue	DeLand, FL/ Edmunds Center (4,000)
Live Coverage	ESPN3 streaming telecast (WatchESPN app; www.watchespn.com)  Live audio: www.njithighlanders.com Matt Provence (play-by-play)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-Time Series	First meeting
Game Notes	NJIT notes / Stetson notes

 
The game will be shown live on ESPN3 (all remaining NJIT basketball games--home and away--will be live on ESPN3)
  
A simple way to find ESPN3 is on NJIT's official athletics website, www.njithighlanders.com. Near the middle of the home page NJIT TV section, click Upcoming Events for a list of scheduled NJIT contests. After finding the event, click the camera icon to the right of the event listing. That brings you to an ESPN3 portal where you can access the desired program.
 
For more details on how to watch NJIT on ESPN3, go to the section at the bottom of this page.
 
Matt Provence, voice of the Highlanders, will have the audio call of the game live on the Highlander Sports Network, which can be found on www.njithighlanders.com (no charge). Access the audio feed by clicking the speaker icon on the NJIT TV Upcoming Events listing for the Stetson game.
 
Atlantic Sun Conference Game: NJIT at Stetson (Saturday, 3:30 pm)
Listen to a basketball coach long enough and it's almost certain you'll hear the phrase: "You have to play the full 40 minutes."
 
NJIT has played two games as a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference and both games had pivotal moments with 4/10 of a second remaining on the game clock; that's 39 minutes, 59 and 6/10 seconds, not 40 minutes.
 
The first time, at home last Saturday, the game was tied, but visiting USC Upstate scored on a tip-in with 4/10 of a second remaining to win the game 80-78. Next, in the first road game at FGCU Thursday night, NJIT, trailing the entire game, got a pair of Damon Lynn free throws with 4/10 of a second left to force overtime. Unfortunately for the Highlanders, who fought back from being down 21 points earlier in the game, they fell short in overtime, 82-78.
 
Now, the Highlanders have traveled over 240 miles north and east in Florida from Fort Myers to DeLand and Stetson University.
 
As with most A-Sun games in 2016, this will be the first all-time meeting between the Highlanders and Hatters in men's basketball.
 
Aside from the new surroundings, NJIT is dealing with a three-game losing streak for the first time since November 2014, as the Highlanders lost their last pre-conference game at Yale and then the two razor-thin defeats to open the A-Sun slate.
Also important, being in a conference means that NJIT has to concern itself with standings and too many early losses would remove any margin for error as the conference schedule progresses.
 
A LOOK at STETSON (7-11; 1-2 A-Sun)
Picked in a seventh-place tie with Kennesaw State in the A-Sun preseason coaches' poll, the Hatters went 6-9 outside the conference before starting conference play on January 6 at defending champ North Florida and then visiting Florida Gulf Coast (picked #2 in the preseason poll). Those were decisive losses (97-79 at UNF and 82-53 at FGCU). But Stetson returned home to host USC Upstate (the team that edged NJIT last Saturday) and defeated Upstate in overtime (89-86).
 
Coming off a 9-22 record a season ago, the Hatters needed help from their newcomers and one, 6-foot-7 freshman Derick Newton has stepped in as the team's top scorer (15.9 ppg). He scored 30 in the win over USC Upstate.
 
Sophomore guard Divine Myles and junior forward Brian Pegg are two other strong performers for third-year head coach Corey Williams, who was member of the 1993 NBA champion Chicago Bulls in his playing days.
 
Stetson team stats and leaders:
Scoring (team 81.4 ppg; -3.0 ppg): Derick Newtown (6-7, Fr; 15.9 ppg); Divine Myles (5-11, So; 12.9 ppg); Brian Pegg (6-7, Jr; 11.4 ppg); Luke Doyle (6-5, R-So; 9.9 ppg)
Rebounding (team 35.3 rpg; -4.9 rpg): Pegg (9.2 rpg); Newton (5.6 rpg); Myles (4.3 rpg)
Assists: Angel Rivera (5-8, So; 88); Myles (83)
Blocks: Pegg (15)
Steals: Myles (30)
3-pt FGM: Doyle (38)
 
A LOOK at NJIT (9-9; 0-2 A-Sun)
After posting a pre-conference record of 9-7, their best mark after 16 games in program history at the Division I level, the Highlanders have hit a rough patch with an ongoing three-game slide.
 
Last season, on January 19 they defeated Maine, raising their record to 11-10 and they were on the winning the side of the ledger the rest of the way, finishing 21-12. This season, NJIT lost the opener to then-#2 Kentucky, but won the next three and eventually hit a season-high 3 games over .500 at 9-6 after beating UMBC on January 2.
 
NJIT had five double-figure scorers in the loss at FGCU, led by Damon Lynn's game-high 22. The junior has put up 20, 22, 22, and 22, respectively in the past four games, hitting 19 3-point baskets along the way. Tim Coleman has 65 points and Ky Howard has 64 in the same span, while Terrence Smith had 15 points and a career-best 14 rebounds at FGCU.
 
NJIT team stats and leaders:
Scoring (team 75.9 ppg; +0.3 ppg): Damon Lynn (5-11 Jr; 18.1 ppg); Tim Coleman (6-5, Jr; 14.2 ppg); Ky Howard (6-4, Sr; 13.6 ppg);
Rebounding (team 34.7 rpg; -3.4 rpg): Coleman (7 rpg); Howard (4.8 rpg);
Assists: Howard (78)
Blocks: Coleman (19)
Steals: Lynn (27); Coleman (26)
3-pt FGM: Lynn (66)
 
How to watch NJIT sports programming on ESPN3
ESPN3 is the live platform for at least 23 NJIT men's basketball games this season. Every NJIT game in the Atlantic Sun Conference throughout the regular season and into the A-Sun postseason tournament will be covered on ESPN3. 
 
ESPN3 is ESPN's live multi-screen sports network.  It is accessible online at WatchESPN.com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. 
 
The network is currently available to more than 99 million homes at no additional cost to fans who receive their high-speed Internet connection or video subscription from an affiliated service provider. 
 
ESPN3 is also available at no cost to approximately 21 million U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel via computers, smartphones and tablets connected to on-campus educational and on-base military broadband and Wi-Fi networks. That means devices served by NJIT's on-campus computer network can link directly to ESPN3.
 
Others can access ESPN3 through WatchESPN if they receive ESPN programming from an affiliated service provider. Those users need to provide the username and password they use in online communication with their regular service provider (can usually be found on regular billing material from the service provider).
 
Here is a link to Frequently Asked Questions about WatchESPN.