Women's Basketball | 1/25/2016 7:36:00 AM

Women's Basketball Gameday Information vs. Jacksonville

Game 20	Jacksonville (12-7, 4-0 A-Sun) at NJIT (3-16, 0-4 A-Sun)
Date | Time	Tuesday, January 26, 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); Cathy Andruzzi (color)
Live Stats	In-game statistics (free)
Social Media	@njithighlanders
All-time series	First Meeting
Game Notes	NJIT Notes | Jacksonville 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, with Cathy Andurzzi handling color commentary.
 
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 host Jacksonville in the Fleisher Athletic Center on Tuesday at 7 pm.
The home game against Jacksonville, originally slated for Monday, January 25 at 7 pm, has been pushed back a day to Tuesday, January 26 at 7 pm in the Fleisher Athletic Center.
 
The reason for the change is that the widespread storm-related flight cancellations throughout the Eastern Seaboard have made it impossible for Jacksonville to get to Newark in time to play on Monday.

SERIES
Tuesday will mark the first meeting between the two schools.

SCOUTING THE DOLPHINS
Jacksonville enters Tuesday's contest with a 12-7 overall mark and a perfect 4-0 in A-Sun Conference play.  The Dolphins, winners of its last six straight, are 5-0 in the month of January, with its most recent victory at USC Upstate, 49-43, on Saturday, January 23.

The Dolphins opened their season participating in the first-ever trip to the Preseason Women's National Invitation Tournament on the road at No.19/20 South Florida before concluding the tournament against Texas-Arlington.  In addition to South Florida and Texas-Arlington, Dartmouth and McNesse State were included in the consolation bracket.  The Dolphins picked up a 51-44 victory against Dartmouth, with a solid fourth quarter, outscoring the Big Green, 21-9.

Jacksonville head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin, is in her third season at the helm, after serving three seasons as an Assistant Coach at Clemson.  McPhee-McCuin also served as the Bahamian Women's National Team Coach.

Last season, McPhee-McCuin guided Jacksonville to its second consecutive A-Sun tournament appearance, advancing to the semifinals and concluded the season with a 12-17 overall mark, 6-8 in the conference.

Before the start of the 2015-16 season, McPhee-McCuin guided the Bahamian Women's National Team to it's first-ever Centro Basket Championship title game.  Bahamas defeated Jamaica 55-51 in the Caribbean Basketball Confederation's gold medal game.

Jacksonville featured three players on the Atlantic Sun Conference preseason team – Briona Brown, Kayla Gordon and Sherranda Reddick.  The Dolphins were selected to finish third in the league.

As a team, Jacksonville in ranked in the nation in three categories – forced turnovers (21^st; 20.63), steals (tied for 24^th; 197) and scoring defense (24^th; 54.9). 
 
JACKSONVILLE LEADERS
Points: Briona Brown (12.6 ppg); Sherranda Reddick (12.1ppg); Kayla Gordon (11.1 ppg); Christian Mercer (10.6 ppg)
Rebounds: Kayla Gordon (9.2 rpg) – ranked fourth in the A-Sun
Field Goal Percentage: Christian Mercer (75-147; 51.0) – ranked third in the A-Sun
3-Point FG Made: Sherranda Reddick (36) – tied for sixth in A-Sun
Assists: Sherranda Reddick (44) – tied for 10^th in A-Sun
Steals: Sherranda Reddick (37) – ranks second in A-Sun

SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS
NJIT (3-16, 0-4 in A-Sun) seeks its first A-Sun victory Tuesday, when the Highlanders host Jacksonville in the Fleisher Athletic Center.

Visiting North Florida outscored NJIT in the fourth quarter, 20-6, as the Ospreys, who led by 3 points through three quarters, pulled away for a 68-51 win.

NJIT, which trailed by two after a quarter, by one at the half, and by three after three quarters, got 19 points from redshirt freshman Kelly Guarino, who shot 6-for-13 from the field and made four 3-pointers. She also led the Highlanders with 3 steals.

Leah Horton gave a strong effort off the NJIT bench, making 6 of her 13 shots from the field and finishing with 14 points in 21 minutes.

NJIT LEADERS
Points: Leah Horton (10.5 ppg)
Rebounds: Leah Horton (7.1 rpg)
Field Goal Percentage: Leah Horton (72-for-166; 43.4)
3-Point FG Made: Kelly Guarino (41) – ranked fourth in the A-Sun
Assists: Alana Dudley (55) – ranked seventh in the A-Sun
Steals: Alana Dudley (53) – ranked tied for 14^th in the A-Sun

NEXT UP
NJIT will return to action on Saturday when the Highlanders visit Kennesaw State in Georgia.  Tipoff iis slated for 2pm.
 
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).