Women's Basketball Gameday Information vs. North Florida

Game 19	North Florida (5-13, 1-2 A-Sun) at NJIT (3-15, 0-3 A-Sun)
Date | Time	Friday, January 22, 2016 | 7pm
Location | Arena	Newark, NJ | Fleisher Athletic Center (1,500)
Live Video|Audio	ESPN3 streaming telecast (WatchESPN app., www.watchespn.com) Michael Ventola (play-by-play)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series	North Florida leads, 1-0 | UNF 52, NJIT 46 (11.17.06)
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | North Florida Notes

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The game will be shown live on ESPN3 (all remaining home women's basketball games and all Atlantic Sun Conference away games will be live on ESPN3)

Michael Ventola, voice of the Highlanders, is on play-by-play.
 
A simple way to find ESPN3 is on NJIT's official athletics website, www.njithighlanders.com. At the top of the webpage, in the red bar, click on Watch/Listen and click on Live ESPN3 Events.  That brings you to an ESPN3 portal where you can access the desired program.
 
For more details on how to watch NJIT on ESPN3, visit Frequently Asked Questions about WatchESPN.

NJIT will play the next two games at home, first hosting, North Florida on Friday at 7pm.  The contest, originally scheduled for 1 pm on Saturday, will be played a day earlier due to the major winter storm forecast to hit the East Coast this weekend.

SERIES  
North Florida leads the all-time series, 1-0.  The two teams met in the first year of Division I for the Highlanders (2006-07) at the Longwood Tournament.  The Ospreys went on to win, 52-46.

SCOUTING THE OSPREYS
North Florida (5-13, 1-2) snapped a six-game skid against Lipscomb on Monday, defeating the Lady Bisons, 78-70, powered by the Ospreys best outing from the floor (shot 54 percent with four players in double figures for the fourth time this season).  Sophomore guard Sierra Shepherd shared game-high honors, scoring 20 points following by Claire Ioannidis (16), junior guard Taru Madekivi (13) and guard Kadesia Johnson (12).  Johnson recorded a double-double grabbing 10 rebounds.
 
Junior point guard Claire Ioannidis leads the Ospreys from three-point range with 47 three-point field goals made, ranking 21^st in the nation.  As a team, North Florida ranks 36th in the nation with 129 three-point field goals made and sank at least one three-pointer in 19 consecutive games dating back to the 2014-15 season.
 
Darrick Gibbs, in his first season, took over the Ospreys after a 10-year stint as an assistant coach at University of Miami.  During his decade at Miami, Gibbs guided the Hurricanes to six consecutive postseason appearances including four trips to the NCAA. 

NORTH FLORIDA LEADERS
Points: Claire Ioannidis (14.5ppg); Sierra Shepherd (13.1ppg)
Rebounds: Kadesia Johnson (8.1 rpg)
Field Goal Percentage: Sierra Shepherd (93-209; .445)
3-Point FG Made: Claire Ioannidis (47)
Assists: Sierra Shepherd (69)
Steals: Sierra Shepherd (35)
 
SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS
NJIT (3-15, 0-3) will look for its first A-Sun victory when it hosts North Florida Friday in the Fleisher Athletic Center.

The Highlanders are coming off a 70-37 loss at Atlantic Sun Conference Preseason favorite, Florida Gulf Coast, to conclude NJIT's first A-Sun road trip to Florida.  NJIT was led by junior guard Camerin Spahn, who was the only Highlander to reach double-figures, just missing, her first career double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds. The nine rebounds match Spahn's personal-best mark of 9 vs. Division III St. Joseph Brooklyn on November 24, 2015.
 
Junior forward Leah Horton tops the Highlanders in four categories—points (10.3), rebounds (7.4), field goal percentage (66-155; 43.0) and steals (22).  Horton has scored double-figures in 10 of NJIT's 18 games this season, including one double-double.

NJIT LEADERS
Points: Leah Horton (10.3 ppg)
Rebounds: Leah Horton (7.4 rpg)
Field Goal Percentage: Leah Horton (66-for-155; 42.6)
3-Point FG Made: Kelly Guarino (37)
Assists: Alana Dudley (52)
Steals: Leah Horton (22)
 
NEXT UP
NJIT will return to action on Monday night, hosting Jacksonville at 7pm in the Fleisher Athletic Center. 

How to watch NJIT sports programming on ESPN3
ESPN3 is the live platform for at least 14 NJIT women's basketball games this season.
 
Starting in January, every NJIT game played in the Atlantic Sun Conference, home and away, 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).